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It's Super Tuesday, and you know what that means! No? Don't worry, I looked it up on Wikipedia myself. Gamers historically aren't the most votey of people, seeing as how voting means going somewhere that is not in front of a giant television and standing in line, but Gamecock is hoping to change all of that - or at least make you more aware of Hail to the Chimp, Wideload's political animal party game due out this May for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
"Gamecock wants YOU to vote in the human American presidential election," said Mike Wilson, Gamecock Media Group's Grand Champeen and CEO. "And, perhaps more importantly, to check out Hail to the Chimp's candidates and get involved in the first ever presidential election for the new animal republic!"The website, www.cockthevote.us, contains two links to register to vote, one for information on the presidential primaries, and a ton of information, clips, and screens from Hail to the Chimp. Come on Gamecock. You aren't going to get gamers to vote while at the same time distracting them with monkeys. That way lies madness!
Gamecock Media Group Supports Rock the Vote With CockTheVote.us!Non-Partisan Site Promotes Voter Registration to Video Game Audience and Offers Comic Relief With Party Game Hail to the Chimp's Animalistic Approach to the Political Process; Campaign Bus in Los Angeles for Super Tuesday
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 5, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Fired up and ready to go! Today video game publisher, Gamecock Media Group, announced the launch of CockTheVote.us, a site aimed at video gamers to promote voter registration using its special brand of animalistic political humor. Their GRRNews.com campaign bus will be traveling around Los Angeles all day today for Super Tuesday.
"Gamecock wants YOU to vote in the human American presidential election," said Mike Wilson, Gamecock Media Group's Grand Champeen and CEO. "And, perhaps more importantly, to check out Hail to the Chimp's candidates and get involved in the first ever presidential election for the new animal republic!"
Gamecock has been on the campaign trail adding some humor to the intensity of the election process and hoping to inspire the vote in the process. With a cast of furry animal candidates from its upcoming politically charged party game, Hail to the Chimp, Gamecock has partied with Rock the Vote at the Iowa Caucus, and, most recently, visited with the University of South Carolina and their newspaper, The Daily Gamecock, at the South Carolina Primary. Today, the cast of candidates will be bringing their message to Los Angeles.
Mike continued, "Our original intent was to join the campaign trail with Hail to the Chimp to provide much-needed comic relief from the election season. And, now that Colbert's not running, we thought we'd better focus our attention on those who are. However, our meeting with Rock the Vote inspired us to use our gaming muscle to energize people in the election process. Thus was born, CockTheVote.us."
CockTheVote.us will include an embedded widget where gamers can register to vote. The site will also feature campaign trail video clips and images of Hail to the Chimp's giant, furry-costumed animal candidates — from Crackers the monkey to Hedwig the polar bear. Woodchuck Chumley, Hail to the Chimp's animal kingdom woodchuck newscaster, will be on assignment, and even a cock-masked Gamecock or two will make an appearance.
Created by Wideload Games, Hail to the Chimp is a fast-paced party game that delivers exciting gameplay, lush interactive environments, and a comic look at politics. It is a bare-knuckled fight to win the crown of President of the animals. The Hail to the Chimp ballot now boasts ten candidates, each with their own personality, platforms and style. Just like any political race, mud is being slung, names are being named, alliances are being made and broken, and the candidates are clawing up the ladder to reach that golden seat.
Comments
God no, stop giving those idiots any press. Gamecock is like MTV, tries way to hard to be cool and have never done anything of merit. We're so cool and edgy! Look at all the games we have made.... oh wait.....
No thanks, the last two Presidental Elections were cocked up enough for me, thank-you-very-much.
Go Obama gooooooo!
Casting my vote first thing after class. Democracy is awesome!
Anyone in the states who is old enough to vote and whose state has a primary today: VOTE DAMMIT!
Who is elected will have an impact on the culture war that is going on right now, and video games are clearly our preferred medium.
Don't care who you vote for, just do it.
I voted. Gamers for Obama FTW
Sadly, I'm a registered independent and forgot to re-register as a democrat before today. :( Oh well, my vote would have gone to Obama.
is it game8====D?
isn't obama the guy who just plays lip service and doesn't know what he's talking about?
@Kyle81: dementium was good!
i just came back from an Obama vote. Obama ftw.
@jkingsowner: Nope, you must have him confused with yourself.
@Big_Jock:
Exactly Big_Jock. People seem to forget that Gamecock put out Dementium: The Ward, which was almost universally reviewed well. Also, I like Stubbs the Zombie which was Wideload's last game, so I have hope for this one.
@jkingsowner: Nope, that's our current President
@dipic: Ya I'm registered Non Partisan in CA so I could only vote for the democratic primaries. The way registration works for primaries is kinda wacked.
Also voted. Even have a sticker to prove it.
Didn't vote in the FL primary since we have no delegates, but I would've voted for Obama :o)
@Kj719:
Well I'm not voting for him, he still offers the same bellicose fear mongering bs we're accustomed to.
But I respect your vote.
I'm with Foggynotion, if you live in a state that is voting today, and haven't voted yet, drop what you're doing and go vote!
I'm bitter because our state (NC) never matters in primary season, we go too late.
Go McCain, go!
Shame that Edwards lost in the running, a real shame :(
@jkingsowner: Other than when he is referencing the statements of our current Fearmonger-In-Chief, what fearmongering has Obama done? I'm really asking, because while he has said and done things I understand people don't like, that wasn't one of them that I was aware of.
I just voted. Obama, ftw!
@Irenicus-the one and only: Yeah, Edwards polls around 35% here, in his home state. If you can't win your home state, why even bother?
@jkingsowner: You must be confused with some other candidate.
Obama has the most open/diplomatic foreign policy of ANY of the remaining candidates. He is willing to sit at the table with and talk to our "enemies" instead of just going to war with them.
@DaiMacculate: He was still a lot better person and candidate with better stance on things then Clinton or Obama. Now I hope/root for McCain to win.
obama gets my vote.
@darthmole12: Obama sure does talk a lot, but can he walk the walk? :O
Just watched the Lawrence Lessig video that is Digged up high right now. Made me feel good about an Obama vote.
I was planning on voting, but if these guys are telling me that I should, it's clearly a bad idea.
It would be really messed up if after all the shit people talk about Bush being a bad President.
What if the next President is worse and dont even say that cant happen because there is always a possibility.
@GUNDAM-RX-78-2:
unless the next president attacks iran for no reason and then kicks me in the shins he/she will be better than bush.
@Irenicus-the one and only: His agenda is ambitious. But so are the agendas of all of the candidates. I don't expect Obama or anyone if they're elected president to do everything they want to do, no president ever does. Even the greatest presidents are only remembered for doing a couple of things that really mattered ultimately.
@Irenicus-the one and only: We'll just have to see. I admit it's a gamble but I don't really like the alternatives. McCain is alright but I don't really care for any of the republican candidates, and if Clinton won the democratic vote I would have to move to Canada. (not really, but God do I hate her)
Obama may be young and inexperienced but for me he seems like he is worth the dice roll. I mean, you can't get much worse than the Bush admin anyway, right? :p
@dipic: Honestly, I do like McCain as a person more than Clinton, but I'm not really a fan of his "I don't care if we are there for 100 years, we will win Iraq!" policy.
@Irenicus-the one and only: I had no problem with him myself, just saying his viability was always tenuous at best.
@Truepatriot: lol...a president worse than the current one is unfathomable
Cock the vote? That's just embarrassingly immature. Really, if this type of thing (including Rock the Vote or Vote or Die, etc.) that motivates you to vote, please, pretty please with sugar on top, stay home.
Hooray campaign to get people to register to vote after the deadline to participate in the primary!
I appreciate their effort, and I know they are using the media rush of the primaries today to push it... but it kind of irks me when these "OMGVOTE" things go out too late to help the primaries, and so early that some lazies will just register and forget.
At any rate, VOTE! I don't care if you're voting for someone I dislike... participate in the government!
I wish that Gamecock would put half as much energy into making games as they do trying to appeal to the Spike TV crowd.
My state votes by mail. One has no excuse for not voting, as it costs them nothing and their ballots are sent to their home. My excuse is that my mom gets my ballots, and I suspect that she doesn't try very hard to get them to me because we're on opposite ends of the spectrum.
@GUNDAM-RX-78-2: Bust started a never ending war, killed of what good standing the US had with their allies and the rest of the world and relations they had with them. He then wasted all of your money surplus you have built up from the time Clinton was in office and is about to lead the country down a recession maybe even a depression while at the same time making blooper reels everytime he opens his mouth. IT CAN'T GET WORSE!
@Irenicus-the one and only: Things can ALWAYS get worse its something ive learned from life.
@GUNDAM-RX-78-2: Things can get worse, but at that point our entire democracy will probably be in shambles and the guy sitting in what's left of the White House will be the least of our concerns ;)
@DaiMacculate: I still think he was the best candidate of the democratic party, I really like him. So for me I hope a republican wins now, McCain, something I never thought I hear myself saying after Bush but I like the man. McCain has very good agendas so to speak.
@dipic: I really don't think Obama will be able to make anything he said come true. But if he wins then power to him, can't get worse anyway lol
That looks absolutely nothing like a V.
Cock the Эote?
I'd already voted when I read this; my cock went along but didn't vote this year. It's been a long time since I voted in a state that had the privacy curtains conducive to this tradition, although I noticed that Mrs. Clinton was sure to close hers...
TV coverage was great when I got back home; CNN had a reporter in Atlanta slinging burgers and fries at the Varsity, and Faux News had Ann Coulter doing her usual impression of Lucille Ball's evil twin. Go go go American TV!
Cock the Vote?
DIAF
@dipic:
Obama may be young and inexperienced but for me he seems like he is worth the dice roll. I mean, you can't get much worse than the Bush admin anyway, right? :p
He's young only by comparison to other current candidates. He's older than Bill Clinton was when Bill took office. And as for experience, he's been a State Senator, and Federal Senator, he was President of Harvard Law Review, and he taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago.
You don't get to be any of those things without wisdom and experience.
@DaiMacculate: Our state (California) used to be like that, but we moved up to Super Tuesday. This will be my first presidential election (I turned 18 just in time for the election of '06, but that was a midterm), so I'm really excited.
@doubtful: I agree wholeheartedly. Also, people often forget that JFK only had one term in the Senate before being elected President as well.
Obama is an idiot. He spouts empty-headed rhetoric that only a fool would believe. "CHANGE! CHANGE!"
He is way too inexperienced for the job. He has no chance.
Two words:
President McCain.
Fuck it. Busy playing games. Not like 1 vote makes a difference anyway. It doesn't, quit lying to yourselves. Then again, these are the primaries, so your vote may actaully have an impact even if you don't live in Florida or Ohio.
@Stormrider: Yeah, hope it goes better than the first one I voted in, 2000 ;)
@zodiacattack: McCain is an idiot. He spouts empty-headed rhetoric that only a fool would believe. "SECURITY! TAX CUTS!"
He is way too old and tired for the job. He has no chance.
Two words:
President Obama.
That made just as much sense, with just as little factual backup, as your post.
@zodiacattack: Great 2 words, preach on man :)
Word of advice, people: they all suck.
@zodiacattack:
dont want to debate or anything cuz theres no point but Obamas far from an idiot.go read this>doubtful.McCain is pro war so ill pass but he is better than bush so we should be alright.
Hilary has no cock...least I think not.
@zodiacattack:
Yes, only a fool would believe that. He's marketing himself to fools. That's how you win. Don't you know, you're not supposed to actually listen to what a candidate says. He's talking to the idiots. Looking at policies is much more effective. For example, McCains whole campaign is contradictory to how he has acted in the past, and it's working out for him. But yeah, I like McCain very much. Still won't vote in the final election, because I live in Maryland. Guess which way we're swinging this year. Hint: same as the past 30 years.
@Stormrider:
Also, people often forget that JFK only had one term in the Senate before being elected President as well.
And he was the last sitting Senator elected President, but with it looking boiling down to Clinton or Obama very likely versus McCain, it looks like that will change.