Potent Potables
The Screwdriver
Vodka
This building block language developed at MIT has been a well-established gateway to game development.
Scratch
This fighting game series was so violent, it encouraged the creation of the ESRB.
Mortal Kombat
This biped with hooves shares its name with the state it keeps getting spotted in.
Jersey Devil
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Neil Armstrong
The Margarita
Tequila
This general purpose language developed by Bjarne Stroustrup is also known as “C with classes”
C++
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start is better known by this nickname associated with a then-popular developer.
The Konami Code
Move over, Nessie! Vermont has its own Sea serpent, and its name is this abbreviation of the lake it inhabits.
“I came, I saw, I conquered.”
Julius Caesar
The Pina Colada
Rum
Originally specified in 1958, this language is the second oldest high level programming language in widespread use today.
LISP
Nintendo lost the rights to Popeye, which led them to rebrand a potential video game adaptation into this arcade classic.
Donkey Kong
This insect cryptid was so popular it was featured in a movie with Richard Gere.
Mothman
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi
The Tom Collins
Gin
The fifth edition of this language gained widespread popularity in the late 1990s as a CGI scripting language, in part due to its unsurpassed regular expression and string parsing abilities.
Ruby
The blue blur took to his usual speeds in a competitive context for the first time in this 1994 racing title.
Sonic Drift
The Himalayas house this big son of a gun. Some may know his name from certain holiday specials.
The Abominable Snowman (Yeti)
“Time is money.”
Ben Franklin
The Bellini
This programming language shares its name with an animal character from the Disney film Tangled.
Travel the kingdom of Daventry and beyond in this long-running adventure series.
King's Quest
This creature of Australian Aboriginal origin tends to wait in swamps for its prey.
Bunyip
“If you want to be happy, be.”
Leo Tolstoy