The game developer was almost arrested for drawing on the board

Board with a sketch of the game "Global Thermonuclear War"

A funny incident occurred with the English game developer Henry Smith (Henry Smith) from Bristol. He is currently working on a multiplayer simulator of atomic warfare using the Google Maps API. A few days ago, the manager of a residential building where Smith rents an apartment, visited his dwelling with a scheduled check. Soon the real estate agent called back to the developer and said that the inspector had some concerns about the drawing he saw on the board.

The figure shows a diagram of a nuclear attack on Washington.

The programmer hurried to explain the misunderstanding. He is currently working on a computer game, and this is only a sketch of the interface.
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However, soon Henry Smith received an e-mail that his case was reported to the police.

Henry said that he was terribly frightened - and immediately rushed home, expecting to see the special forces detachment. Knowing how potential terrorists are being treated now, he was preparing for the worst.

However, the police have not appeared yet. Probably, common sense still prevailed. “No one is planning an attack by Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles on Washington from a Bristol suburb,” Henry said. - And definitely does not draw the trajectory by hand on the board. Moreover, this drawing will not be left on the wall on the day of the planned inspection. ”

In any case, thank God that everything ended normally.



The source code of the “Global Thermonuclear War”, an early prototype of the multiplayer mode.

As the author says, the only way to win this war is not to play it.