War Planning Can Be Exhausting. It's About Time He Got His Much Needed Nap!

excerpt from one of my oldest wargames fics that I never posted

"Professor Falken let [Joshua] sleep next to him once during a particularly ‘low-functioning’ day on both of their parts."

Imma be honest I haven't checked anything wargames on here in ages... I still love it from the bottom of my heart but my mental health took a dive recently and I stopped using tumblr for the most part

I've been more active on my twitter if u wanna see me more often (this is technically my priv but I use it more)

I'll try to be more active since I've noticed more WG fans finding me, and I would like to assert myself as THE wopr guy before anyone else tries to take my crown... /silly

much love everyone

I think my favorite detail I've picked up on from tonight's WarGames rewatch is that when the kids first meet Falken he terrorizes them with a flying machine. twice.

like I'm pretty sure he flies his pterosaur into them on purpose and there is NO way he wasn't laughing his ass off while chasing them in his helicopter with his bright ass spotlight. :sob: what is his problem

Some kind of deranged sibling dynamic (not like they would ever meet)

"now read out his address, he lives at 123 main street"

@hyacinth43 that one person who drew these two together was so right, they would be SO SILLAY...

WarGames (1983)

We are introduced to computer-savvy techno-brat David as he works to game the system by changing his grades in the school district’s report card database.  This presupposes a world where teachers keep no written records of grades, or at the very least that data in a computer would be trusted over the word of a professional educator.  That’s pretty stupid, right?  Well, this movie does seem to think that cutting from an exterior shot of the Seattle waterfront to a high school clearly named ‘Snohomish High’ makes any sense at all.  Geographic hilarity aside, this sense of blind faith in computers encapsulates the very core of WarGames’ larger conflict—the race to stop WOPR from sparking nuclear war.  The computer system’s LED display ‘face’ may look sinister, but it’s just carrying out a program.  Is automation the answer in war—have we so dehumanized ourselves that we need to come up with something even more empathy-free in order to ensure our future destruction?  

THE RULES

SIP

Someone says ‘launch’ or ‘missile’.

WOPR appears onscreen.

David does something unethical on a computer.

A phone starts ringing.

Falken is mentioned.

BIG DRINK

Someone says ‘Global Thermonuclear War’.

A new nerd archetype appears onscreen.

Bo is a good boye.

The DEFCON rating changes or is mentioned.

Confidence is high.

Yes I like fictional characters a very normal amount. Don’t look at my blog.

hello ^^ I'm joshua / galen (it/its) (minor)

neptunic objectum who selfships with wopr. this blog is going to be mainly wargames and some other objectum stuff🙏

pleaaase talk 2 me about wopr 🥺🥺plewaae pleasepleaaasepleas pelaaese 🥺🥺🥺🥺plspls please pelase please🥺🥺🥺

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friend told me to put this on tumblr