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Malcolm Craig
@malcolmcraig.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in American History at LJMU. Historian of the nuclear age. Researching the social/cultural history of Cold War era post-apocalypse roleplaying games. RPG designer. You may remember me from such games as a|state, Cold City, and Hot War
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Although, this does mean that Scottish kids in the early 80s missed the chance to play a Missile Command arcade machine that had you defending Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, and Alloa.
You press the 'fire' button and a caption appears explaining that the MoD has determined it is not economically advantageous to waste missiles protecting civilian centres north of Watford.
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Malcolm Craig
@malcolmcraig.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in American History at LJMU. Historian of the nuclear age. Researching the social/cultural history of Cold War era post-apocalypse roleplaying games. RPG designer. You may remember me from such games as a|state, Cold City, and Hot War
355 followers201 following883 posts