Why Programmers are Such Avid Gamers

Programmers have a long history of being huge advocates of video games, and it’s not simply a coincidence that these two things overlap.

Looking at the way games came to be and the crowd behind them, it comes as no shock that these two fields are so intertwined. Video games are essentially the realization of programmer’s passions for tabletop games.

To really grasp just how influential video games have been to programmers, it’s almost impossible to not mention the history of role-playing games (RPGs).