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Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? by jgroszko on Monday April 11, 2016 @05:41PM (#11475359)
There were a couple different movies that explored this theme around the time The Matrix came out. eXistenZ is another one that I enjoyed a lot, where video games become completely immersive, but there's still a few tropes like vapid NPCs and generic place names that kind of give it away.
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Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? by anexprogrammer on Monday April 11, 2016 @11:35PM (#11477059)
There was a late night TV show. 80s Twilight Zone or something of similar vintage.

Height of the Cold War, on the brink of Nuclear War which after a series of cock-ups arrives and MAD results. Camera pulls back to reveal "Game Over", then further to show two alien teens at an arcade machine. A short exchange and another coin in the slot to start at pre-life. Show ends.

Was refreshingly well done.

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