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Re:How 'Factorio' Seduced Silicon Valley by mrgoldenbrown on Saturday October 26, 2024 @09:49PM (#41959243)
Many people are quoted in the article claiming it is in fact useful for training/educating software engineers.
Re:How 'Factorio' Seduced Silicon Valley by herval on Saturday October 26, 2024 @09:52PM (#41959257)
People say the same thing about Sudoku. Or any video game (historically claimed as a hobby that creates coders, just because many coders liked computers at an early age, I suspect)
Re:How 'Factorio' Seduced Silicon Valley by JoshuaDavid on Saturday October 26, 2024 @11:24PM (#41959638)
Liking video games sometimes leads to modding video games, and modding video games is a gateway drug for "real" programming.