Visiting two civilizations on the same Pegasus planet, Sheppard and McKay are stunned each to be welcomed as their divine oracles, because those received for real the instructions they believed to give in an Ancient 'video game' they played in Atlantis, unaware it all happened for real. In those two years, the leaders Baden in John's and Nola in Rodney's nation switched from good neighbors to bitter rivals. Hvaing revealed the truth, the ex-gods try to reconcile their peoples, but loose control and find it hard to agree as the game positions are addictive, as with Zelenka and Lorne who play the game on Atrantis, having discovered the AZncients practiced it on many other planets. Nola trusts the technological superiority McKay's input provided enables seizing peace by total victory, Baden mounts an armed defense. Diplomacy failing totally, disproving Weir's US reputation, a virtual alternative saves the day.
—KGF Vissers