Lua is pretty uncontroversial as the embedded language of choice and is actually made specifically to be embedded and play nice with the surrounding application.

I get why they chose Python for this and it's not all that hard to embed, well the interpreter anyway, compiled modules are another story.

Yeah if what you are making are videogames.

If you are doing grown up stuff, you use a grown up language.

+1. I’ve had to fire guys like the OP. Smart guys often, but nearly impossible to work with productively.