In addition to landing the role of the enigmatic scientist Dr. Stephen Falken, John Wood got a second part in WarGames. When trying to develop the voice for the Joshua computer, Badham initially ...

What he finds instead is “Joshua,” a program at the heart of the War Operations Planned Response, or WOPR, used by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, to simulate war “games” and ...

The lights go down, then Joshua speaks into the darkness: “Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.” It could be a John Lennon lyric. The Oscar nominations for WarGames were in ...

Ah, 1983—to be honest I can barely remember it, but who could ever forget WarGames—the thrills ... and a programme called Joshua—ably voiced by James Ackerman who easily wins second place ...