May 14th, 2007 by Chufmoney
I was scrolling through GamePolitics.com and was quickly becoming increasingly depressed while reading the various articles on the site. There are no specific ones that I feel I should point out here, but I strongly suggest that you read them yourself. They are definitely worth your time.
The most recent articles all addressed, in one way or another, ways in which politicians all around the country are demonizing video games. Whether it is through restricting ads and sales of “violent” games or by speaking out against the “poisonus” nature of gaming, these elected officials are trying to infringe on our art form.
While the articles themselves are worth a read I think what is important to take away is that our age group has to be intelligent and well informed in our voting. In the next 10 years and quite possibly even in the next presidential election, as video games will doubtless continue to grow, they are going to become a major political flash point. And it won’t just be the outrageous pundits like Jack Thompson. It will be your local congress person, and your president.
While our age group may have piss poor voting turn out I strongly urge you to keep up on who is saying what about video games. I am not trying to say this alone should be the determining factor in who gets your vote, but I think it will be important to understand how society perceives and is trying to regulate our culture. Just be aware. Read gamepolitics and other sites of the like.
Chufmoney
