DEFCON is existentially terrifying. How about a nice game of chess? Studies: David L. Waddington et al.“Education from inside the bunker: Examining the effect of Defcon, a nuclear warfare simulation game, on nuclear attitudes and critical reflection.” Journal of the Canadian Game Studies Association. vol. 7(12), Apr. 2014 Chong-U Lim. "An A.I. Player for DEFCON: An Evolutionary Approach Using Behavior Trees." Department of Computing Imperial College London. June 2009 Miguel Sicart "How I Learned to Love the Bomb: Defcon and the Ethics of Computer Games." Center for Computer Game Research IT University of Copenhagen. 2009 Subscribe to our YouTube channel! https://goo.gl/D8prdf Like us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/PolygonFB Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/PolygonTwitter Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/PolygonInsta And for more gaming and entertainment coverage, visit www.polygon.com