Nuclear Movie Club: WarGames (1983)

Join the Nuclear Movie Club for WarGames, John Badham’s 1983 technothriller starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy—and perhaps better known in the security field as the movie that caused President Ronald Reagan *major anxiety* about U.S. cybersecurity. In this episode, we discuss WarGames‘s many themes, technical intricacies, and 80s parenting styles. AI, video games, NORAD, dinosaurs—this movie has it all.