Deluded Geek or Public Enemy No 1?

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THE question posed by the film poster asked: "Is it a game or is it real?"

The year was 1983 and the movie was WarGames and it told of a bored high school student called David Lightman who inadvertently uses his computer to gain access to the United States' nuclear programme.

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Deluded Geek or Public Enemy No 1?

Once logged in, Lightman, played by Matthew Broderick, is asked to take part in a game between the two world superpowers but it soon becomes apparent he is triggering Armageddon.

Sitting in a north London cinema 24 years ago, a teenage boy watched the movie, fascinated. It created in him a burning desire t...

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