ye the point of the article is that the good ones are ones that actually exist rather than just "haha I fooled you into being excited for something that doesn't exist" - this year's Steamforged one was good, they announced a joke model for guildball, but the twist at the end of the video was that it was actually available as an alternate sculpt for an existing model and comes with a stat card for the joke one for funsies.
I haven't really done very much programming, but I think Warcraft 3's world editor counts. There's Jass which I never learnt, but the trigger system is quirky and weird and the hoops you have to jump through to avoid memory leaks are fun.
Dogmantra wrote
Reply to Humble Book Bundle is offering a bunch of game studies books by MIT Press by devtesla
this is the #content I live for
I got so excited I emailed the link to one of my old tutors cause I think he would appreciate them