World War III Pop Culture: The Day After Part III

Even though The Day After received accolades, and rave reviews this doesn’t mean the finish product was a flawless movie. There were mistakes, just as there are in almost every movie ever made. Some were noticeable and identified by many viewers rather quickly. Others were more subtle and provincial, picked up mainly by residents of …

World War III Pop Culture: The Day After Part II

The lead up to nuclear war presented in The Day After is a textbook example of a late Cold War era escalatory scenario. It is practically an exact copy of the ones used in Title X wargames at the time, and very similar to what could be found in military publications of the ‘80s. Realism …

Coming In February, 2020: The Day After Review

I have never been a big fan of post-apocalyptic fiction and cinema. I realize it is quite popular and trendy these days but to be honest it bores the hell out of me. I could care less about what society looks like two generations after an apocalyptic event has ravaged the planet. The dystopian government …

Gaming World War III: Tabletop Armageddon Part IV

1983 was one of the most dangerous years of the entire Cold War. As the year went on, events were taking place, and situations deteriorating on a number of fronts. Life went on as usual, however, it seemed as if the world was moving towards an imminent nuclear confrontation and there was nothing anyone could …

Gaming World War III: A Few Titles From the ’80s

(Author's Note: This post was originally supposed to be about naval WWIII games. Unfortunately, I lost the article when my laptop died on Tuesday. I'm getting back up to speed with the new one and will rewrite the naval piece and put it out next week) A hypothetical NATO-Warsaw Pact conflict in Central Europe has been …