So it is, then, that you, and only you, and absolutely no one else in the whole wide world, can defeat the WOPR forces (War Operation Programmed Response, for trivia fans) and save the world. You find a fault in the game which connects you to a government simulator, with the result that all the events in the game are echoed in the real world (sound familiar?). You play the role of a computer nerd (sorry, expert) who buys an action-strategy game called WarGames which has the ability to play real opponents in real scenarios. WarGames the computer game is set 20 years after the movie. WarGames is a reasonably good film, and a reasonably good backdrop for a virtual reality videogame, we're sure you'll agree. The government mistake events in the game for real-life events and decide the Russians are launching a nuclear attack, so they prepare their military arsenal to respond accordingly.Įverything goes predictably pear-shaped from here on in, and the boy finds himself caught in the middle of a highly amusing misunderstanding between the computer and the American government.

Joshua challenges inquisitive boy to a game', and the boy obliges. Joshua simulates military warfare and presents the government with hypothetical scenarios which they analyse in order to better their understanding of real warfare. One particular government computer in particular, actually, called Joshua. Same boy stumbles across access code to American government computers. But in the unlikely event that you haven't seen it (perhaps your TV has blown up or something), here's a brief synopsis: inquisitive boy plays with computers.

It's a fairly safe assumption that most people reading this review have seen WarGames the movie - it's been shown umpteen times on TV (usually around Christmas).

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