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pygame Exposed

This week’s interview:
Is it fun being pygame?

Head First: Hello, pygame. Nice of you to join us. Head First: Surely you know what people are
saying about you?
pygame: Hello. Thank you so much for giving me
this opportunity to discuss my situation with you. pygame: Now they’re talking about me, too? How
awful... <sobs>
Head First: What situation is that?
Head First: Yeah, there’s lots of talk, but it’s all
pygame: Well, you know, just because I’m used for good. The Python programming community loves you,
gaming, everyone expects me to be fun all the time. pygame.
Life and soul of the party... never stopping to smell
the roses... always on the go. <sigh> It’s all too much pygame: They do? <sobs even more>
fun, really.
Head First: Yes. You are well-tested, well-written,
Head First: Too much fun? Really?!? and your documentation is first rate. Your support
for all the major releases of Python is right on the
pygame: Well... yes. Not a lot of people know this, money, too, and you work on Mac OS X, Windows,
but my life as pygame is hard. Not only do I have and Linux.
to help out regular folks with their programming
problems, but there’s all those gamers, too. Some of pygame: All I’ve ever tried to do is keep everyone
those guys never sleep... it’s just play, play, play, play, happy.
play, play... I’m simply exhausted.
Head First: And you do. We’ve heard so many
Head First: Oh, sorry to hear that. But, don’t you great things about you that we are recommending
feel good that all those programmers out there in the you to all our friends.
Python community are using you?
pygame: Do they play games? I’m good at that, you
pygame: I guess so. know.
Head First: You’ve made a lot of programmers’ Head First: Yes, some of them do. But others just
lives easier. There’s lots of great code written that talk about the great things their applications can now
would not have been written if it weren’t for you. do thanks to you, pygame.

pygame: Yeah, right. I do all the heavy lifting while pygame: I guess things aren’t quite so bad after all?
everyone else is off doing other things.
Head First: Not at all. We’re big fans!
Head First: Ah, come on, your life’s not that bad, pygame: Why, thanks. That’s awesome. Do you
is it?
have time for a quick game? There’s this new
pygame: <sighs> Dungeons and Dragons that I’ve been dying to try...

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