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So, #Tron Legacy, thanks for t…

So, #Tron Legacy, thanks for the Gen-X kitsch, but couldn’t you’ve just been called The Big Lebowski 2.0? Like, that’d be pretty zen, man.

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Wargames, how did this happen?

You have to understand, when Wargames was released in 1983, it created a generation of wannabe computer hackers. The idea that a teenager could do anything of far reaching proportions, let alone deter a world war was novel and thrilling. Real computers were beginning to show up in people’s homes, and for the first time, [...]

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