I only know what "sokoban" means because of the sokoban levels in NetHack.
replySo is there any way to explain it to the people who grew up in the half century since then?
replyPuzzles involving pushing blocks around a grid, where most of the challenge comes from the constrained motion. Blocks might get stuck if you push them into a corner, for example. It might be necessary to move things in a certain order, which isn't obvious at first.
reply"Sokoban" translates to "warehouse keeper". The original game was about moving boxes around in a crowded warehouse.
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Sure, though they're already familiar with it too.
replyhttps://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5758783607eaa0...
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlockPuzzle
Complaining that games may be described as "like Sokoban" is kind of like complaining that they might be described as "real-time strategy".