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04.20.2009 10:51 am

Where there’s a Will, there’s a whine

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

amers have taken a lot of body blows over time — attacks on their maturity, their character, their looks — because people have problems believing that anyone who plays video games can be a serious-thinking person at the same time.

It’s…

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01.20.2009 11:41 am

Welcome, President Obama!

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Game Guy congratulates the United States and new President Barack H. Obama.

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01.09.2009 7:36 am

Obama bowls better with a Wii

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Remember when President-elect Barack Obama demonstrated during the primary campaign that he was a weak bowler?

Maybe that will change the next time he shows up at the lanes. The New York Times reports that Obama’s daughters received a Nintendo Wii for…

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11.10.2008 3:01 pm

Obama: Friend or foe of video games?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

America woke up with a party hangover last Wednesday that it still doesn’t want to shake. The night before, we did something that many people thought impossible as late as that afternoon: We chose a honest to goodness African-American man…

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11.01.2008 3:21 pm

Presidential candidates appear in Sporeopedia

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you’re looking for something special in your “Spore” environment, MaxisCactus out of Electronic Arts’ Maxis studio has concocted Spore characters that strongly resemble the four candidates stumping in this year’s presidential campaign.

They are, in the image, from the right, Joe Biden,…

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10.30.2008 11:35 am

Obama, Nissan raise awareness of video games as marketing tools

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Earlier this month, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign placed ads in “Burnout Paradise” and other titles ostensibly to reach first-time voters and undecideds who are glued to gaming.

The move targeted mainly 18- to 40-year-old men — the principal audience for video games…

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10.28.2008 3:23 pm

Obama ad: Don’t play games. Vote

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There’s something of a disconnect inside the Obama campaign regarding video games. First, the campaign plants ads in video games, then posts an ad suggesting that games can get in the way of being a good citizen.

Here’s that ad …

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10.15.2008 9:43 pm

Obama mentions video games in the debate

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gamers who tuned in to the third presidential debate Wednesday hoping for some off-hand mention of Sen. Barack Obama’s recent in-game campaign ads came away disappointed — he and Sen. John McCain hewed closer to more pressing matters, such as health…

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10.14.2008 10:34 am

Obama campaign ads turn up in video game

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Game Guy had heard about this a few days ago, and now he has seen it for himself: Barack Obama ads appearing in Electronic Arts’ “Burnout Paradise.”

Yes, Game Guy was on his Xbox 360 Elite — the one that hasn’t…

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