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A firsthand account reveals how pick-up artist tactics from Neil Strauss's 'The Game' were weaponized by Sean Parker and Silicon Valley to engineer addictive products and toxic workplace cultures. This insider testimony traces the origins of gamification and systemic misogyny to a single cultural virus that reshaped tech's social DNA.

Developer Florent Tapponnier has released Boba.vim, an interactive game designed to transform learning Vim's notoriously complex motions and commands into an engaging experience. Targeting programmers seeking efficiency, the web-based platform gamifies skill acquisition with scores and achievements, though its Terms of Service highlight standard data collection practices.