This reminded me of a recent post about using cute error messages to enhance the user experience. I feel like many of the arguments translate here as well (more expressive "error messages", texbook empathy vs real empathy...), so I'm linking the discussion post:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32337520
Nice to see some Tetris news here! I've been a little obsessed lately with Tetr.io. For those who don't know it, it's a version of tetris where you can play against other players and send them pieces when, for example, you do a tetris or a combo. It's pretty impressive to watch the competitions :
https://youtu.be/A4SFWfXZsks