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Politics … in video games?  Unheard of!

Well, until recently, that is — you’ve probably heard about Obama ads popping up INSIDE video games.  To me, that sorta sounds like he’s reaching for the younger voters, invading their video games.  It’s the equivalent of your mum asking you to teach her to play WoW, totally awkward.  But with the elections drawing ever closer — they have to do something, I guess.

Which got me into thinking: If you could put a politician inside a video game, which game would that be?

Spore – Barack Obama. He’s always talking about change, right?  In the game, not only will he be able to *change* a nation as he sees fit, he gets to change a world.  He could make Obamans look as he sees fit, starting out small as cell beings, gradually evolving into tribes, civilization, interstellar travel.  He *could* import creatures from a McCain or Palin planet, but he could also play alone.

Call of Duty 3-onwards – John McCain. He’s had this shoot-first, talk-later attitude on record for the longest time now.  Plus, he doesn’t fail to remind us that he served as a POW.  Now he can vent out all that frustration in a videogame.  Imagine if he did just that, it’d save a whole lot of frenzy from the media.  The downside is, we probably won’t see him touching tech, much less a gaming console any time soon.  On the other hand, he could always play a copy of Postal 2, so that he could find Osama.  For closure.

Portal – Sarah Palin. Ah … Portal.  Feminists love it. Normal gamers love it too.  Maybe she could take a lesson from Chell and see what people like so much about her.  It’s also non-violent game, so no aerial hunting!  No shooting defenseless animals.  Plus, I think, if we’re lucky, she’ll get lost within the Aperture Science test chambers.  Or maybe she could go on one of those infinite loop trips, to keep her distracted.

Zork – Joe Biden. As someone described to have given long-winded speeches, he’ll love the typing games of old.  It stretches the imagination, uses simple commands to make characters do things — he’ll love it.  Plus, there’s a nostalgia factor — wasn’t this from his time?  But saying that’s not saying that McCain hasn’t been in the game longer than he has.

Do you think politicians should be invading entertainment other than traditional media?  They’re even in social networks now, aren’t they?  So, what next?  A friendly neighborhood visit?

[Oh wait, there was Kung-Fu Election, although it's a little dated by now.]