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Review: Political Machine 2008 Makes Politics Fun, Affordable

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2008-06-16 16:42:00 by Earnest Cavalli in Wired: Game|Life
...Political Machine 2008 , a PC game that promises a thrilling and accurate simulation of American politics. (Not very And yet, somehow, developer Stardock pulled it off: Political Machine 2008 actually makes politics fun -- and will only set you back $20, a good deal cheaper than the real thing Playing Political Machine 2008 is equal parts...
 
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Free Political Machine Express Game Pits Palin Versus Biden

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2008-09-22 13:30:00 by Nate Ralph in Wired: Game|Life
...Political Machine Express , adding another page to their book of general awesomeness If you're unfamiliar with The Political Machine ( which Earnest reviewed ), the game is essentially a campaign simulator: you're tasked with picking a political candidate and fighting your way to the White House The Political Machine Express focuses solely on...
 
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Political Analysts Pooh-pooh Ron Paul WoW Rally

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2008-01-01 22:49:53 by admin in Video Games Blog
...political analysts have dismissed tonights Ron Paul World of Warcraft march as inconsequential As reported by the Orange County Register, Republican political pollster Adam Probolsky remarked I commend[the WoW marchers]for their activism, but I think it has no net effect on voters When it comes to direct voter contact, the Internet really...
 
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A look into game makers' political campaign contributions

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2008-02-15 00:00:00 by Scott Jon Siegel in Joystiq
...political leanings of the industry's biggest companies 1UP has combed Fundrace's database of political campaign contributions to create an impressive list of contributions made by members of companies like Activision, EA, and Blizzard. These contributions are entirely separate from the ESA's proposed Political Action Committee , which is not...
 
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The Political Machine, Coming to a PC Near You

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2008-03-27 17:22:06 by Mathew Ballard in That VideoGame Blog
...Political Machince , a political strategy game that put you in charge of a campaign for President. To be successful you had to travel from state to state and complete activities to either raise more money for your campaign or raise your poll numbers. However, there was a catch. You had to do all this using only a limited amount of stamina...
 
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Political Machine 2008 Gets Rolling

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2008-06-17 20:22:15 by Shawn Sines in Gaming Today
...Political Machine 2008 has officially hit the campaign trail. If you havent had enough of candidates slamming each other on TV in their fervor to get to the White house this fall, you can run your own campaign In Political Machine 2008 , players can manage candidates including Clinton, McCain and Obama as well as several historical figures;...
 
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"Political Machine" Game for Potential Politics

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2008-06-20 23:16:00 by Maka Asatiani in Video Games Blog
...Political Machine" casts you as Democrat Barack Obama, Republican John McCain, or other politicians trying to win the White House The underlying mechanics of "Political Machine" will be familiar to veterans of strategy games that usually have players collect resources, build facilities and make weapons. Instead of weapons like nuclear...
 
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The Political Machine 2008 Patch Adds Biden and Palin

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2008-09-15 22:01:01 by Chris in Gaming Today
...political world for the past few weeks has largely centered on the Vice President picks of John McCain and Barack Obama. Even the videogame scene is not free of these figures, though, as theyre about to become important characters in The Political Machine 2008. Stardock has announced that the 1.5 update has been released. Now players can see...
 
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Bet you didn't know: video games are good for you; study shows social, political, civic effects

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2008-09-17 10:43:27 by Gino D. in Xbox 360
...political awareness It's a pretty hefty report - over seventy pages in all. Titled "Teens, Video Games, and Civics", this new study was based on a survey given to a sample set of 1102 teens ranging from 12 to 17 years old, and their parents. Looks like they covered all their bases - the data they gathered and presented looks exhaustive ...
 
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