Now that the dust of the General Election has settled, Obama will start his Presidency in the coming year. At those short-term but lengthy days, what kinds of role actually did video games play in the election? Das gamer provided a feature to retrospect those very moments of games in 2008 presidential election. We chose 4 from the 20 moments for our fans and you can read the rest here.
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Video games have played a role in politics for decades. But this year the industry seems to have transitioned from the perennial target of Grand Theft Auto witch hunts to political force in the 2008 presidential election. Game players, game developers, publishers and even the politicians have used the medium to express their views, recruit voters, raise money and generally stir some shit up. Hit the jump and take a look at a year of milestone moments in games and politics. Remember, it doesn't matter whether you're for, Barack Obama-Joe Biden, John McCain-Sara Palin, or Bob Barr-Wayne Root (note to the Libertarians, Pirate-Ninja has a better chance), get out today and vote.
January 2, 2008
World of Warcraft gamers stage a pro-Ron Paul march at 8:30 in the morning. Other gamers accused the march of causing the server to lag and at least one detractor of the demonstrator used the emote /spit to hawk a virtual loogie on an avatar named Ronpaulidan. I'm not even making this shit up.
April 22, 2008
THQ puts Obama and Hilly in the ring for some wrasslin' following both Democratic candidates and John McCain's video addresses to WWE fans during Monday Night Raw.
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