Video Games Heart Politics
OK, so maybe video games and politics don’t really get along, but the timing of these two news items is just too good to pass up a Valentine’s Day reference.First, Republican presidential hopeful and Kansas Senator Sam Brownback has re-introduced a bill requiring the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) to play final, retail copies of games before slapping a rating on them (T for Teen or M for Mature, for instance). The gesture is largely posturing to reach concerned parents, but let’s hope video games don’t become one of the battlegrounds of the 2008 presidential elections. Politicians are already out of touch with today’s games; being forced to watch them feign intimate knowledge of the industry would make watching the debates even more painful.Also today, Nintendo released the “Everybody Votes Channel” on its Wii console. Granted, the voting isn’t politically charged, but the Wii pollsters will gather up-to-the-minute results on such vital topics as whether Nintendo fans prefer cats or dogs. Honestly, the results of some of those polls might be more compelling than the debates between certain presidential hopefuls.
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