A text version of the game rock, paper, scissors, lizard, spock. Idea from a stackoverflow question, he woundered how he could make his code more beautiful. I enjoyed making this little game one afternoon. stackoverflow Q: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19584234/a-more-python-efficient-way-to-write-a-code/19592121

rplsls.py

from random import randint

# ex. scissors and lizard is beaten by rock
beaten_by = {'rock': ['scissors', 'lizard'],
             'paper': ['rock', 'spock'],
             'scissors': ['paper', 'lizard'],
             'lizard': ['spock', 'paper'],
             'spock': ['scissors', 'rock']}

def rplsls_game():
    "How to play:"
    "You choose a weapon by typing its name or its corresponding number."
    "The computer chooses a weapon at random."
    "If your weapon, for example paper, is beaten by the computers weapon, scissor"
    " the computer gains a point."
    "Whoever leads by 2 points win."
    
    player_score, computer_score = 0, 0
    weapons = ['rock', 'paper', 'scissors', 'lizard', 'spock']

    while(abs(player_score - computer_score) < 2):

        print "-----------------------------------------------------------"
        print " Please enter your selection: "
        print " 1 (Rock), 2 (Paper), 3 (Scissors), 4 (Lizard) or 5 (Spock): """

        computer_weapon = weapons[randint(0, 4)]
        weapon = raw_input()
        if weapon in '12345': weapon = weapons[int(weapon) - 1]
        if weapon not in weapons:
            print "invalid input"
            continue        
        print "You selected: " + weapon
        print "Computer selected: " + computer_weapon

        if computer_weapon in beaten_by[weapon]:
            print "You won!"
            player_score += 1
        elif weapon in beaten_by[computer_weapon]:
            print "Computer won!"
            computer_score += 1
        else:
            print "Draw!"

        print "Player " + str(player_score) + " Computer: " + str(computer_score)

    print "Congratulations! You won the game!" if player_score > computer_score else "Sorry, you lost :("

rplsls_game()