Become The President

It is the day after the election, and it is apparent that the next President of the United States is Barack Obama.

Now, thanks to the Mercenaries 2 DLC you can become Obama himself and kick ass as the President. Or if you want, become Sarah Palin and also kick ass as her as well. The renders are surprisingly accurate...



With that said, I'm sure you are wondering what it will mean to gamers with Obama as President. Ok you probably weren't wondering that, but here is President Obama's stance on video games pertaining a question asked to him about video games.

The video game question posed to Obama in that survey:

“To date, nearly 10 states have considered legislation to keep violent video games out of kids’ hands. Would you support this type of legislation at the federal level? What other strategies would you support to keep the video game industry and other media companies from marketing and selling inappropriate content to children?”

Obama’s answer:

“A: We need to give parents the tools and information they need to make choices about what programs their children are watching or what video games they are playing. As we move towards a digital environment, there is a golden opportunity for the industry to do this on their own—to use the latest in technology to give parents more information and more choice. For example, this technology could make it possible for parents to create their own family tier just by programming their television to block certain channels, block certain genres of programming like dramas, or block television at certain times of the day. The same can be said of video games, especially as we’re moving into an era when they can be downloaded as easily as today’s movies and television shows.

“I would call upon the video game industry to give parents better information about programs and video games by improving the voluntary rating system we currently have. Broadcasters and video game producers should take it upon themselves to improve this system to include easier to find and easier to understand descriptions of exactly what kind of content is included. But if the industry fails to act, then my administration would.

“And even if the industry does do some responsible self-policing, there’s still a role for the federal government to play. We need to understand the impact of these new media better. That’s why I supported federal funding to study the impact of video games on children’s cognitive development.”(1)

- Mikey

1)http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/11/05/what-barack-obamas-win-means-for-gamers/