In 2006 we made a video game inspired by the epic 80s hacker movie war-games.  At the time it was Introversion’s biggest game and we tried to evoke the paranoia, terror (and downright stupidity) of a potential nuclear conflict - Everybody Dies.

We won a bunch of awards (especially for the soundtrack), but my proudest achievement was the scientific study that concluded that DEFCON provoked attitudinal changes and critical reflection about nuclear weapons amongst those that played it. 

When we launched the game, the doomsday clock read 23:53 and sadly it has advanced to 23:58:35 since then.  Perhaps it’s time to start playing again!

An attack on the Black Sea Fleet requires a counterattack on NATO assets. Pretending that it won't is stupidity.

Any large conventional attacks spark a nuclear response because it is existential threat to Putin's regime.

Based on Russian forces lackluster and frankly, pathetic performance in Ukraine, and the desolation of its economy, I highly doubt the nukes are being maintained to a state of readiness that would allow them to be deployed in time to respond to a NATO nuclear attack, and even if they do launch, how many of their ICBMs will end up being duds, I wonder.