There's usually a wide chasm between video games and the politicians who make decisions that affect the sale and content of said games, so whenever we hear of a civil servant with a ludological streak, it warms our heart. Sure, their trysts with gaming are usually not major aspects in their lives, as a majority of their free time is spent appeasing constituents and kissing babies. However, a Republican candidate for the Connecticut legislature recently outed herself as having an extreme fondness for World of Warcraft, evidenced by her main character: a Level 70 Orc Hunter.
Jeanne Stevens, the aforementioned WoW fiend, is a mother of four and a local business owner in addition to being a legislative hopeful, making us wonder where she finds the time for late night excursions into Zul'Aman. We guess it helps that her father, uncle and kids are all suckling WoW's luminescent teat as well. We only hope that Stevens' story inspire other political figures to reveal their own gaming tendencies -- we hear Cheney can five-star "Psychobillly Freakout" on Expert.
Reader Comments (19)
Posted: Jun 9th 2008 7:52AM Korova Pamplona said
CONNECTICUT republicans are more liberal than Joe Liberman. No bashing necessary. CT is all about money (and insurance industry). You can bash that, I guess.
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Posted: Jun 9th 2008 9:27AM (Unverified) said
Y'know, America isn't a 2-party system. It's a 100-party system :-)
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Posted: Jun 9th 2008 7:33PM Korova Pamplona said
Sure, beside me and my wife, there are about a 100 roaches living in my apartment. But its our names on the lease.
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Posted: Jun 8th 2008 2:34PM (Unverified) said
Glad to hear Cheney is good with at least one game because he sure sucks at Duck Hunt.
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Posted: Jun 8th 2008 6:44PM (Unverified) said
What the hell is ludologic? This must be some new word game bloggers have made up.
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Posted: Jun 9th 2008 12:09AM (Unverified) said
It's good to see politicians that admit to playing games - most of them that complain about it rarely ever touch them. I would be more surprised if the game mentioned was not WoW...
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Posted: Jun 9th 2008 4:05AM (Unverified) said
Personally, I wouldn't trust a politician with enough free time to obtain a Level 70 account. But I'm all for gaming politicians. maybe not hardcore ones.
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Posted: Jun 9th 2008 7:19AM (Unverified) said
Maybe she paid an illegal immigrant to power level for her.
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Posted: Jun 9th 2008 7:56AM Korova Pamplona said
Nah, as all politicians, she is all the taking credit for work of others. her family probably put it more grind than she, but she pays the subscription.
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