Kotaku reports that Microsoft and the Xbox 360 are waving the video game flag at this week's Democratic National Convention.
Denver-based Kotaku EIC Brian Crecente popped over to the DNC and discovered that Microsoft lobbyists had set up a booth featuring 360s running MLB2K8 during Tuesday's events at Coors Field. Exec Fred Humphries told Crecente:
Where better to talk about families and games then in the living room. We're here to highlight the family settings for the Xbox 360 and talk about ratings. Education is so important when it comes to the Xbox. We are here to tell people about Play Smart, Play Safe... We fully support parents talking to kids.
MS will be making a similar appearance at the upcoming Republican National Convention. As GamePolitics reported last week, Microsoft is partnering with Rock the Vote to help drive voter registration through Xbox Live.
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YES.
Now I don't have to get off my ass for the important shit anymore!
Whats next, ordering pizza from Xbox live?
Wait... I think that sounds like a good idea.
But I think voting should MAKE you get off your ass, and see outside or a second while you go vote. I mean, your picking the president of the United States of America for God's Sake... least you can do is drive down there and punch out a card.
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Nifty! I hope they had a copy of Viva Pinata in there, I remember how much I enjoyed playing that at the 2006 GDC. It's such a bright, colorful, friendly game.
I do agree that it is also important to show more violent yet story driven games. Maybe they could run just some video of the latest GTA. It would be great to have a monitor set up showing just the in game TV shows and commercials from the game, possibly with a little placard explaining that the game is meant as a parody of modern American culture (just for those who might not get it).
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Like easy facts that's easer to find than cheap gas this will go ignored.
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Good to see at least someone trying to make an impact with politics in terms of gaming. At least on the pro-gaming platform. Wish Nintendo or Sony would do the same thing, though maybe being Japan-based companies has something to do with it.
And I agree with odc04r, it'd be nice if the ESA was doing something like this rather than gearing up to chase the pirates over imagined sales loss.
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This is definitely good to see. Personally, I think they SHOULD show a game like GTAIV, Halo 3 etc. Just to show how ridiculous any of the charges should be.
Hell Microsoft should offer a $20 million dollar donation to the first of the two campaigns (McCain or Obama) who can find the "rape" scene in GTA IV we've been hearing so much about. You know THAT would get them playing.
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Personally, I think they SHOULD show a game like GTAIV, Halo 3 etc. Just to show how ridiculous any of the charges should be.
Them putting in Halo 3 would be hilarious. I can just see them attempting to play it multiplayer, and chuckling at their own lack of skill due not have played any videogames except old arcade games. Would go a long way towards taking the wind out of the whole "The M rated games are the evil!"
-Gray17
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Best. Idea. Ever.
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No it should be a $21 million donation 7 million from Microsoft 7 from Rockstar and 7 from Sony.
But 20 million all form one person is fine too. It reminds me of the $1 million dollar psychich challenge (prove that you're a psychic using an agreed upon scientific study and you get a million dollars, it's been up for years and no one has claimed it).
Perhaps they'll complain that they changed the game for the convention.
Either way we HAVE to get Hillary to play, you just know she'll be there.
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I am in support of this... Maybe $7 million from gamers as well to get them off of our back for at least 4 years if they can't find it too. If they cut taxes in relation to less money being spent on wasted court time, we would get all of our money back, easily.
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I'm sure the ESA stand is just around the corner, if they can spare anyone from fighting those darn lootin' pirates.
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Quick! Someone switch in GTA4 and see how many politicians play it ;)
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You will see McCain on it if you change the characters and environment to Iran, then he will call it a great training program.
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Lobbying at the Democratic Convention?! Never!
Seriously though, I like to see this kind of thing. Somebody has got to look out for the interest of video games not only as a business, but as a mode of expression. We've been finding more and more allies in both the republican and democratic sectors and hopefully that will continue. Good for them.
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At least a company with a vested large interest in gaming is finally attempting to educate the unwashed masses that is the US government.
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Now how about the uneducated masses across the US cant cant even figure out ESRB... (or are stupid enough to have a problem with Mass Effect... [or worse the people who watch the news and never look into it themselves... {~cough~Hillary Clinton Supporters~cough~}])