LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

New computer spy game

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

26 Jan 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:04:14

Description

A new interactive computer game means people can come in from the cold and immerse themselves in covert operations. Reporter Jeff Collins was at the launch of Spycraft at London’s Imperial War Museum. The computer games company Activision enlisted the help of two of the top names from the real intelligence world: CIA Director William Colby and KGB Major-General Oleg Kalugin. Interviews with Activision Director of Creative Affairs Scott Lehman; William Colby; thriller writer and head of the Sunday Times’ Washington office James Adams who wrote the story for the game.

Contributors

Jeff Collins; Scott Lehman; William Colby; James Adams

Keywords

Espionage; Spies; Computers; Games (leisure activities); Oleg Kalugin; William Colby

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