Gamerpick: Xbox Live Rock the Vote polled, Obama ahead

Really, for all politicians, it is just talk. Even the president doesn't have absolute power, and unless the Senate and House are with him, there's very little he can do.

Unfortunately, it is all talk. Just like Hillary's speech at the convention. Just like any speech that the Republicans will give. My vote is going to Gears of War skull face guy. Only he is running a practical, time-bound campaign that tackles the real issues like getting our troops out of Sera and chainsaw gun control.

There needs to be a RPG where you are a poor baby abandoned by your communist father. Then you move to Indonesia and get a new Daddy for ten years then your grandparents help you get through high school. You go to law school then take some part time jobs become a small time politician make some good speeches become a big time politician and maybe become president. Maybe a GTA clone or something.

This is the reason he's getting so many goo gobs of votes.

There's a huge difference between being able to publicly speak / win elections and being president. Let's just hope he packs smart, benevolent people around him too to help him make smart decisions (this goes for McCain as well.)

Back on topic: I don't see this as anything statistical for Obama. The general XBOX population is most likely not of voting age, and just because you show an icon doesn't mean ANYTHING. It could just mean his supporters are more vocal, it could just mean more people liked the colors on the icon...there's no real way to tell.

There's a huge difference between being able to publicly speak / win elections and being president. Let's just hope he packs smart, benevolent people around him too to help him make smart decisions (this goes for McCain as well.)

Back on topic: I don't see this as anything statistical for Obama. The general XBOX population is most likely not of voting age, and just because you show an icon doesn't mean ANYTHING. It could just mean his supporters are more vocal, it could just mean more people liked the colors on the icon...there's no real way to tell.

"Let's just hope he packs smart, benevolent people around him too to help him make smart decisions (this goes for McCain as well.)"

You better hope McCain has some smart people around him. Dude finished 894th out of 899 students in his naval academy.

Meh, everyone for thier own. Just because he may not like cheesecake (which I adore) doesn't make me dislike him, lol

What?

He said that people should not blame videoagames. He said that it was responsability of the parents to watch their kids.

To better prove my point



Unlike rival Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama does not have a significant track record with regard to video game content issues.

His speeches, however, often contain a reference to parents making their children "put away the video games." For Obama, video games seem to serve as a sort of metaphor for underachievement.

The Illinois senator repeated the theme last night in a victory speech following his big win over Clinton in the Wisconsin primary. As reported by the Washington Post, which carried a transcript and video of the speech, Obama said:

I know how hard it will be to alleviate poverty that has built up over centuries, how hard it will be to fix schools, because changing our schools will require not just money, but a change in attitudes.

We're going to have to parent better, and turn off the television set, and put the video games away, and instill a sense of excellence in our children, and that's going to take some time.


A day earlier, speaking to a college crowd in Youngstown, Ohio, Obama made similar remarks. The Youngstown Vindicator reports:

[Obama called for] investments in early childhood education to close the achievement gap, but with an added emphasis on poetry, music and art, not just academics. Obama admonished parents to do their part by turning off the television, putting away the video games, and instilling in their children a desire to get a good education.


Nor is this a new theme for Obama. GamePolitics reported on similar comments as far back as April, 2006.


source : http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/02/20/obama-campaign-theme-video-games-as-metaphor-for-underachievement

Well you can't do your homework if you don't put away the videogames. Maybe his plan will reduce the troglodyte population on XBL.

I don't see anything wrong with what he said. Good parenting means you take control of your kids. Get them off the TV, Internet, Video Games, and anything else that might distract them from actually learning.

It's true. Parents need to do one thing: Parent.

I do feel sorry about Palin, though. Being used like that is a pretty poor move. Women are going to be pretty ticked off over that.

That's a stretch. He never said he hated games.

He's said things like this:

"We’re going to have to parent better, and turn off the television set, and put the video games away, and instill a sense of excellence in our children, and that’s going to take some time.”

He's not blaming games, he's asking parents to take responsibility for what their kids are doing. This sentiment has been echoed by many adult gamers on this and other sites. He's never written or promoted any legislation that would restrict the rights of gamers, like Hillary or Lieberman has.

Okay, I'm sorry, where is what he said wrong?

"[Obama called for] investments in early childhood education to close the *achievement gap*..."

Wait, so that means he does support video games, right? Higher gamerscores for the children of America? :P

All though Joystiq poster are notorious for being know-it-alls the upside of that is they are too smart to fall for crap like that. The posters on here don't just take something someone said and run with it. They will research it and look it up and get back in your face if you are wrong. I hope you got something to back that up.
If remember correctly, Obama has denounced parents not controlling kids use of video games. Has he ever attacked video games directly?

While Obama himself hasn't really said anything inflamitory about Video games his choice of VP certainly is questionable.

Biden who doesn't say anything against games in particular is in fact a huge luddite. He doesn't believe in Net neutrality or net privacy and has worked in the past directly with the RIAA. For someone like Obama preaching change and progressive government to pick such an old luddite for his running mate kinda shows you were Obama himself places the importance on the things gamers and netizens really care about.

At least with republicans you know your hobby isn't going to get ganked as long as they can make money off it.

I give you props for stating your opinion. Yea it would be nice to get more specifics from Obama on where he stands with video games, but what good will that do if we won't have money to spend on games if gas gets to $8.00 a gallon because we decided to invade Iran?

[Obama called for] investments in early childhood education to close the achievement gap, but with an added emphasis on poetry, music and art, not just academics. Obama admonished parents to do their part by turning off the television, putting away the video games, and instilling in their children a desire to get a good education.

THAT BASTARD! How he dares to wish children a better education.

Really games are hobbies and hobbies take time, If I had kids I wouldn’t allow them to play videogames except Saturdays and I would only buy them videogames if the report card said A or it was their Birthday, Christmas or any other festivity.

I’ve always been an A student but videogames take too much time and I would rather have my kids learning how to play the piano than swearing like drunken sailors in the xlive.

Playing more than 7 hours per week is the prize one gets when you finish School (With that I mean summer of course) or College (Why the spellcheck always change college to Colleague?) and you are a grown up with a job and can waste his or her time the way he or she wants.

Well thank you for his views on video games... and I whole-heartedly agree with him. Kids should be doing a lot more activities than playing video-games and talking on their iphones while they glide their chubby a$$e$ around on those dumb-a$$ roller-shoes.

Too much of anything is never a good thing. Even pot...

Fernando is correct, Obama stressed parental responsibility. I am sure in NitroFrost's case his parents failed him....badly.

@ Leobebes (BDF: Braid Defence Force)

Gas is going to be 8 dollars a gallon if obama wins because his plan to help us get off foreign oil dependence is to put air in our tires, instead of drilling offshore in other places than the gulf of mexico.....

Yeah booooy! :D

lol, did you mean to use the word "err"? If not, that's hilarious, if so, that's brilliant. :)

the kind of people with the money and leisure time to buy and play a 360 online might err on the more conservative side


Making reference to a Chris Rock sketch most of the people are conservative for some things and liberal for others.At end is all about money.

You suck.

Your mom sucks!

I enjoyed reading your well thought-out and highly articulate criticism of Mr. Obama. You may have just convinced me to rethink my vote...

I enjoyed reading your well thought-out and highly articulate criticism of Mr. Obama. You may have just convinced me to rethink my vote...

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I think you really suck.

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You liked xmen 3? Woah you seriously suck.

If politics was more substantial, it would be Biden-Obama 08, not Obama-Biden 08

sigh

I'd take Hollywood over big energy any day.

Biden's not in the pocket of anyone... as illustrated by him being one of the poorest members of the Senate. I actually consider that a good thing and a potential sign of character with all of the temptation so readily available to someone in that position. While I don't agree with every stance he's taken, I think he was a pretty solid VP pick.

if you actually like mccain more then you have just proved how dumb YOU are

Yeah... I'm not too sure I would classify supporting a Republican after the Bush Admin as a sign of intelligence. Fiscal conservatives that sink the country into unprecedented debt? Unnecessary wars? The suspension of Habeus Corpus? It's probably a good time to try the other guys.