I put a silly little flash game on my site: BushSucks.us
And lots of my visitors have played it, multiple times even. But i think this kinda works because they already (at least kinda) agree with the message of the site. The game isn't changing anyone's mind, but it is keeping them at the site a little longer, and offering something to link to.
Of course this is different from serious games... But i think there would be a market. Remember how popular the SimCity games were? Those are kinda like politics.
as a challenge: can a/.'er beat the high scores on my game?
It seems so many American's are sick and tired of the 2 party system. I am one of them. I voted Nader in 2000 simply as a rejection of the false dem/gop dichotomy. And the unlikely and unfortunate happened: Bush won the electoral votes, but not the popular votes. American democracy failed. And what did we do about it? We egged Bush's limo during the inauguration (Boondocks nails this one).
Would the response be any different if it happened again? I think people are more ready for it, prepared to act, and certainly dissatisfied with the results of letting it slip out of control last time.
So here is the plan to push america to the point of dissatisfaction (insert Fight Club quote here): If you live in a state that will go to Kerry (the current/likely electoral winner) by a significant margin, vote Bush. That will help his popular rating, without hurting the electoral breakdown. If you live in a swing state, vote Kerry, so he can be sure to get the electoral win. If you live in a pro-bush state, vote Bush, even if you don't like him.
I'm really hoping new and useful changes will come to the electoral and representative system.
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I put a silly little flash game on my site: BushSucks.us
And lots of my visitors have played it, multiple times even. But i think this kinda works because they already (at least kinda) agree with the message of the site. The game isn't changing anyone's mind, but it is keeping them at the site a little longer, and offering something to link to.
Of course this is different from serious games... But i think there would be a market. Remember how popular the SimCity games were? Those are kinda like politics.
as a challenge: can a
It seems so many American's are sick and tired of the 2 party system. I am one of them. I voted Nader in 2000 simply as a rejection of the false dem/gop dichotomy. And the unlikely and unfortunate happened: Bush won the electoral votes, but not the popular votes. American democracy failed. And what did we do about it? We egged Bush's limo during the inauguration (Boondocks nails this one).
Would the response be any different if it happened again? I think people are more ready for it, prepared to act, and certainly dissatisfied with the results of letting it slip out of control last time.
So here is the plan to push america to the point of dissatisfaction (insert Fight Club quote here): If you live in a state that will go to Kerry (the current/likely electoral winner) by a significant margin, vote Bush. That will help his popular rating, without hurting the electoral breakdown. If you live in a swing state, vote Kerry, so he can be sure to get the electoral win. If you live in a pro-bush state, vote Bush, even if you don't like him.
I'm really hoping new and useful changes will come to the electoral and representative system.
For now, all i know is: Bush Sucks