280 WarGames 1983

Aug 6, 2025

3 years before Ferris Bueller took the day off, Mathew Broderick played another high school student who skipped school. But in this movie, instead of spending the day goofing off with his friends, here he brings the world close to thermonuclear war. You can call this Ferris Buller’s F*ck Up. 

---

• Links

• You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably)

• Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast

• https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105

• ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts

• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867

• Creator Accountability Network

• creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org.

• Nuclear Arms Race Targeted For Victory

• Page 1: 

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-280-wargames-1983-11/177490507/

• Page 2:

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-280-wargames-1983-12/177490669/

• The Rush for Artificial Intelligence

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-280-wargames-1983-2/177493452/