Politics and ignorance as usual
As the presidential election heats up, video games are finding themselves in the crosshairs once again, as our elected officials are apparently scared of the power of media when it is not paid for and in their back pockets.
Scenes in Fallout 3 where Washington D.C. is turned into ash is simply a media image, not any sort of political statement, as Fallout 3 developers had to reiterate in this MTV Multiplayer interview. Gamepolitics has the excerpt of this report here. Personally, with the way that our country is going, I wouldn’t be surprised if parts of our nation were ruined, considering how we are harming our environment and thinking we can use our ‘military might’ to influence nations.
Continuing on the politics tip, Gamepolitics has a report concerning new video game legislation by the U.S. Senate here, the report also allows a look at the bill in its entirety. I get tired of these anti-video game bills; like Gamepolitics says, when gamers grow up to be politicians themselves, hopefully these bills will cease to exist.
Speaking of anti-video game views, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney made it clear that he was against video game culture, as this video shows below:
I ask the following question: would you want this guy as your VP?
McCain is at least considering the possiblity, based on this report by Gamepolitics. Ostensibly, Romney could help McCain in terms of economics and in repairing his ‘conservative’ image. Romney is also young enough to take McCain’s place should he keel over.
However, I STILL wouldn’t want him in office, as I think he comes across as an elitist and a perfectionist. To me, he is almost too slick and likes to potray himself as a moralist.
It doesn’t matter anyway, Obama still has a better chance to win this election than McCain does. By the way, does this contest remind anyone of the election between Kennedy and Nixon?
Finally, here is another piece about a video game being used to aid autistic children; more proof that games CAN be used to do good.