I dunno. I fit the "unix and command line" type description, but I think today's flashy crap can make for some fun games.

What doesn't fit my idea of a fun game is making my server 'do something "cool"'. That's the sort of thing I want to "just work" (to steal a line from Apple), and I shouldn't have to put my thought and energy into making something work that should "just work" already. That's why I use perl... because when things inevitably don't "just work", it's the easiest way to make them work.

Perl is the crutch that supports my laziness.