"Also I heard Perl isn't much for games..."

You have been fooled:

karls-mac-mini:~ karl$ perl -MChatbot::Eliza -e '$mybot=new Chatbot::E
+liza;$mybot->command_interface;'
Eliza:    Please tell me what's been bothering you. 
you:    perl isn't for games
Eliza:    Tell me more about that.
you:    IT ISN'T
Eliza:    Does talking about this bother you?
you:    perl is a scripting language
Eliza:    I'm not sure I understand you fully.
you:    i like ruby
Eliza:    Please go on
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Best regards, Karl