[ZenzerNet]

Sounds like "The Game" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119174/ from 1997. Quite a good film, hopefully this game is not that sinister. :)

[Ogre]

Also "This is not a Game" by Walter Jon Williams. The main character designs games like this. Then since it's fiction winds up involved in the real thing, of course. I liked it, and there's a sequel coming out soon too.

[chopsueyar]

What other movies have your favorite NPR personalities... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Schorr