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I think, being a fictional role-playing game, Hack Wars is about hacking in more the "Hack The Gibson" sort of way, than the "learn about how things work" sort
by BenjaminCoe 17y ago
I think, being a fictional role-playing game, Hack Wars is about hacking in more the "Hack The Gibson" sort of way, than the "learn about how things work" sort of way. The Blog post itself, however, is discussing this game in terms of the learning experience involved (for better or for worse) in cobbling the game together.
- diN0bot 17y agodoes anyone outside of hacker news think of "hacking" as "learn about how things work"? i always thought pg made this up. whenever i talk to people outside of hacker news i say "maker" instead of hacker. rambling: i like to think i've found the awesomeness that is hacker news (and ycombinator) despite poor naming choices. the 'y' in ycombinator combined with photos of men and combined with the classical hacker culture really lowered my expectations for this community....then i discovered it was totally different. ps - even knowing lambda calculus and fixed point calculations, i still half thought the choice of 'y' was ostentatiously male. on the other hand, it wouldn't be the first time i had a skewed perspective of language and culture.
- BenjaminCoe 17y agoFairly worthwhile documentary discussing the etymology of the term Hacker: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5464925144369700635# http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5464925144369700635#
- Luyt 17y agohttp://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#what_is http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#what_is is a good read about 'hackers' in the true, original meaning of the word.