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Re:Gamers solve problem in AIDS research that puzzled scient... by Osiris on Monday October 14, 2013 @09:15PM (#6550815)
Wasn't something like this the premise for a character in Stargate Universe? The math wizz kid gets recruited because he solves a puzzle in a game they thought was impossible.
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Re:Gamers solve problem in AIDS research that puzzled scient... by Wingman4l7 on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @12:27AM (#6551511)
That was likely an homage to the 1984 film The Last Starfighter -- a teenager gets recruited "by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war" via being the top scorer on an arcade game.
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