Talk:WarGames

message: I watched it again recently, and I suddenly noticed there are a lot of drug references in the film. 
I wonder does anyone know what the reasons are it cannot be coincidence considering the number of times it occurs. 
Even in the opening dialogue in the first few minutes of the film, the two airmen at the silo talk about marijuana consumption.
And when David is in the infirmary and discovers the tape recorder, the last recording is presumably a doctor discussing marijuana and PCP use. 
This seems to be a hidden subtext in the film. 90.255.234.173 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 10:55, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The 1980s was the era of D.A.R.E. and "Just Say No." Political efforts against drugs were in full swing at the time in America. Forklift17 (talk) 00:11, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Drug references

message: Right now, there is a seperate article for WOPR, which seems rather unecessary.  The computer does not really have any notability outside of the film (or any real reliable sources to demonstrate that it does), and the majority of the article is either just plot information that is already covered here, or unsourced and unnotable trivia, making it a pretty pointless split from the film's article.  Pretty much the only information there that is actually useful, sourced information is the section on the creation of the prop itself, which can be merged nicely into the Development section of this article.  So, I am proposing that information be merged to the main WarGames article.  Rorshacma (talk) 17:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: The article currently states "The movie was notable for coining the term firewall in reference to computer network security." with the [citation needed] remark.  In the movie the dialogue is at about 1 hour and 39 minutes in: "Can we invade the deep logic?" - McKittrick, "We keep hitting a damn firewall" - Richter.  An online transcript can be found, but it is not wholly accurate.
I tried to do a quick search for other claims to the term firewall in relation to computers in general, and most claim "90's" or "late 80's" (in reference to the 20th century).  While Wikipedia itself cannot be considered a source, the article on [Firewall (Computing)] states "The first paper published on firewall technology was in 1988", the paper referenced claims "Firewalls have existed since about 1987, and several surveys and histories have already been written.".
While I doubt the writers coined the term, the movie (1983) certainly predates those claims by a healthy margin, and an earlier claim is proving elusive.  Perhaps the paper referred to as the first written on firewalls, by Dodong Sean James and Elohra (no title mentioned), could shed some light on it, but I can't find this paper.  Kmqz (talk) 00:31, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Firewall origin claim 

message: List of attack simulations in the film.
Text is a direct copy from a YouTube clip contributor (Hater67876) - with no editing by me - around August 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpmGXeAtWUw&list=PLZbXA4lyCtqpGOS2KC1mAAKaGwbup-DQt&index=11&ab_channel=Movieclips
USSR First Strike
US First Strike
NATO/WARSAW Pact
Far East Strategy
US, USSR Escalation
Middle East War
USSR China Attack
India Pakistan War
Mediterranean War
Hongkong Variant
SEATO Decapitating
Cuban Provocation
Inadvertent ??? (Guy running past cut it off)
Atlantic Heavy
Cuban Paramilitary
Nicaraguan Preemptive
Pacific Territorial
Burmese Theaterwide
Turkish ???voy (Guy running past strikes again)
NATO ??? (Like if you hate Guy running past)
Argentina Escalation
Iceland Maxium
Arabian Theaterwide
US Subversion
Australian Maneuver
???an Diversion (I want this man tracked down and fined)
??? Limited (Yep, another thing ruined by Guy running pass)
Sudan Surprise
NATO Territorial
Zaire Alliance
Icelandic Incident
English Escalation
Zaire S??en (Guy Running past is my arch enemy)
E??????? ???????Itary
Middle East Heavy
Mexican Takeover
Chad Alert (Virgin guy running past vs Chad Alert)
Saudi Maneuver
African Territorial (Guy Running past almost ruined this one)
Ethiopian Escalation
Canadian ???
Turkish Heavy
NATO Incursion
US Defense
Cambodian Heavy
Pact Medium
Arctic Minimum
Mexican Domestic
Taiwan Theaterwide
Pacific Maneuver
Portugal Revolution
Albanian Decoy
Palestinian Local
Moroccan Minimal
????rian Divers (Guy leaning towards console joins my hitlist)
Czech Option
French Alliance
Arabian Clandestine
Gabon Rebellion
Northern Maximum
???rian Su????se
Turkish Paramilitary
SEATO Takeover
Hawaiian Escalation
Iranian Maneuver
NATO Containment
Swiss Incident
Cuban Minimal
Chad Alert [Again] (Virgin Screenblockers vs Chad Alerts)
Iceland Escalation
Vietnamese Retaliatio
Syrian Provocation
Libyan Local
Gabon Takeover
Romanian War
Middle East Offensive
Denmark Massive (I find it quite small)
Chile Confrontation
South African Subversion
USSR Alert
Nicaraguan Thrust
Greenland Domestic
Iceland Heavy
Kenya Option
Pacific Defense
Uganda Maximum
Thai Subversion
Romanian Strike
Pakistan Sovereignty
Afghan Misdirection
Thai Variant
Northern Territorial
Polish Paramilitary
South African Offensive
Panama Misdirection
Scandinavian Domestic
English Thrust
Burmese Maneuver
Spain Counter (I checked there is just one, no need for this)
Arabian Offensive
Chad Interdiction (Chad will not be denied)
Taiwan Misdirection
Bangladesh Theaterwide
Ethiopian Local
Italian Takeover
Vietnamese Incident
English Preemptive
Denmark Alternate
Thai Confrontation
????? (Taiwan) Surprise (Nuke Flash doesn't help)
Brazilian Strike
Venezuela Sudden
Malaysian Alert
Israel Discretionary (they spelt it Isreal lol)
Libyan Action
Palestinian Tactical
NATO Alternate
Cypress Maneuver
Egypt Misdirection
Bangladesh Thrust
Kenya Defense
Bangladesh Containment (Seems like someone missed a mistake here cause it says Containmen)
Vietnamese Strike
Albanian Containment
Gabon Surprise
Iraq Sovereignty
Vietnamese Sudden
Lebanon Interdiction
Taiwan Domestic
Algerian Sovereignty
Arabian Strikev
Atlantic Suddenv
Mongolian Thrust
Polish Decoy
Alaskan Discretionary
Canadian Thrust
Arabian Light
South African Domestic
Tunisian Incident
Malaysian Maneuver
Jamaica Decoy
Malaysian Minimal
Russian Sovereignty
Chad Option (Pick this one)
Bangladesh War
Burmese Containment
Asian Theaterwide
Bulgarian Clandestine
Greenland Incursion
Egypt Surgicial
Czech Heavy
Taiwan Confrontation
Greenland Maximum
Uganda Offensive
Caspian Defense
Wikambi (talk) 03:10, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of attack simulations