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The only difference between programming and games is that games have win conditions. But if programming languages were games, which would be which?

“The only difference between programming and games is that games have win conditions.”

What about MMORPGs? Where do they fit in this classification? I’m genuinely curious.

There’s predefined goals and rules.

It has win and lose conditions, for example failing a raid.

It can technically be completed even if that takes an insane amount of time and effort. You can therefore fail to complete it.

So you could argue it is a game quite easily. You could also argue it’s a set of distinct games within a framework.

But things get a lot more messy with digital games compared to classic games.

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