political games
We often discuss the power of video games for change, for education, for enlightenment. How fitting then that the New York Post, a bastion of sophisticated and incisive political editorial, has created a video game as commentary on the Democratic race for Presidential nominee.
Hate Hillary? Want to beat down Barack? Whichever your pleasure, this NYP game lets you play as your candidate of choice and pound the opposition's face in by clicking your mouse a million times until you win. And yeah, that's pretty much the extent of it.
Ian Bogost is rolling in his grave. Oh, wait, he's not dead yet, though I'll bet this game will make him want to drive rusty nails into his eyeballs.
Beat Up Hillary Clinton! [Wonkette]
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Dennis McCauley of GamePolitics addresses the recent appearance of 2008 presidential hopeful Mark Warner in MMO Second Life, a move which some have called smart and others suicide.
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Connecticut's Joe Lieberman — a high-horse, moralizing, "family entertainment" zealot who's good at making unjustified trouble for the video-game industry — lost the Democratic primary for his Senate seat yesterday to novice challenger Ned Lamont.
Lieberman plans to run as an independent, so he's not yet officially gone. But his defeat in the primary is a good start.
Anybody in that area of the country know anything about Lamont's politics on media and entertainment issues? All informed feedback on that is welcome, and I'll see if I can contact somebody with the Lamont campaign who can answer some questions on the subject.
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