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Tag: defcon

defcon
The Day After

Everybody Dies in DEFCON

How do you rationalize a game where “everybody dies?” “How do you rationalize nuclear war?” It’s a humid mid-spring day and I’m lying ...
By Jonathan Glover Legacy AuthorJune 15, 2010
The Future of Gaming

There Is Research To Be Done

As researchers go, Robin Baumgarten isn’t especially unusual. He sits down at his desk, does his calculations and runs his experiments. Tucked away ...
By Michael Cook Legacy AuthorNovember 11, 2008
Can't Get it Out of My Head

The Introversion Aesthetic

One thing you must remember above all things is this: Uplink doesn’t smile. It doesn’t smirk about how clever we are for acknowledging ...
By Shannon Drake Legacy AuthorFebruary 13, 2007
Reviews

DEFCON, or how I Learned to Stop Worrying and …

For the sake of the free world, pray I’m never given control of a nuclear-capable Africa. I’ve run some numbers through The Simulator, ...
By Joseph Blancato Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2006
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