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Category: The Hunt for Red October (1984 novel)

Old Gamers Never Die: A Discussion on ‘Stalking the Red Bear’ in the ‘Cold Waters’ Submarine Sim

Sep 23, 2021

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Cold War-Turns-Hot Games, Cold Waters, Computer and Video Games, Computer Games, Killerfish Games, Red Storm Rising (1986 novel), Red Storm Rising (1988 game), The Hunt for Red October (1984 novel), Tom Clancy (author)

Background Cold Waters, the submarine warfare simulation released a few years ago by Killerfish Games, is one of my favorite computer games of all time. Aside from the coolness of its state of the art graphics, sound design, and exciting gameplay, I like Cold Waters because it has what I call a “Tom Clancy technothriller…
Movie Review: ‘The Hunt for Red October’ (1990)

Aug 5, 2020

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Movies, The Hunt for Red October (1984 novel), The Hunt for Red October (1990 film), Tom Clancy (author)

The Hunt for Red October (1990) Directed by: John McTiernan Written by: Larry Ferguson and Donald E. Stuart, John Milius (uncredited), David Shaber (uncredited) Based on: The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy Starring: Alec Baldwin, Sean Connery, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Joss Ackland, Richard Jordan, Peter Firth, Tim Curry, Courtney…