Games! Games! Games!

So, I’m a gamer. Not only that, I’m a game developer, which makes me part of a somewhat nonexistent constituency, politically speaking. Still, I hardly deserve to be treated like a child rapist. Of course, there are neat initiatives out there, like the Video Game Voters Network, working to counter the various legislative and political assaults on games, but in general the gamer as a political force is a non-entity. It would (and, I suspect, will) be a huge and vocal political force if mobilized. Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Joe Lieberman (D-CT), and Evan Bayh (D-IN) are idiots for underestimating the portion of the young voting population who are gamers, instead groping desperately for the scraps from the reactionary family values fundamentalist table with “The Family Entertainment Protection Act,” which would regulate the sale of certain video games throughout the country.