Re: Defcon: Most horrifying game ever?

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

On Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:50:30 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJVLwB51LA is all I need to say from
this rad movie. I enjoyed both. I remember seeing it in the theatre with
my colony, but I cared not. I saw it again a few decades ago when I was
older. I loved it.

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It really captured the zeitgeist of the era. The existential fear of
nuclear annihilation. The banality of suburban life. The belief that
technology would better the world. The hope in the younger generation
overcoming the sins of their elders. The conflict between America's
desire to do right (heck, still believing America wanted to 'do
right!) versus its inclination towards stupidity and evil.
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Also, Ally Sheedy jogging in legwarmers.
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Truly, a more accurate depiction of the early 80s has never been
filmed. ;-)

Watched that movie just the other day.

I haven't seen its sequel, but its ratings aren't good.

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It wasn't. I don't remember much about the movie (wasn't it
direct-to-video?) but I do remember being extremely disappointed.

Wargames:The Dead Code, moronically stupid movie.

A gambling website featuring terrorism acts, to root out wannabe
terrorists, but the "AI" is framing people, so kid who makes bet is
suddenly being chased by the Feds for terrorism that of course never
actually happened.

Not a patch on the original.

How stupid is The Dead Code?  It makes Hackers look like Oscar material.

Xocyll