http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/tags/elections/default.aspxTAGS: electionsenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/10/15/obama-s-got-game.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 07:41:00 GMT69a35da2-a32a-4865-9f9a-b94bb9d2309f:2963Sidin Vadukut1http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=2963http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/10/15/obama-s-got-game.aspx#comments<p>Susan Davis out at the Wall Street Journal <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/14/in-burnout-paradise-obama-courts-the-gamer-vote/" target="_blank">has a post</a> on how everyone&#39;s favourite &quot;Agent of Change&quot; is now tapping into the online gaming posse to garner votes:</p><blockquote><p>A spokeswoman for Electronic Arts, the game’s publisher, confirmed to the gigaom.com that Obama’s campaign had paid for in-game advertising. “Like most television, radio and print outlets, we accept advertising from credible political candidates,” Holly Rockwood told the site, which gigaom.com called “far and away the most prominent use of a major online game to promote a presidential candidate’s campaign.” </p></blockquote><p>Check out the cool screenshot from Burnout: Paradise below:</p><p><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/JeffSon_album/10062008_182103_010.jpg" align="bottom" border="1" width="487" height="325" hspace="2" alt="" />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Foreign policy, experience and concrete economic plans suddenly don&#39;t look so important do they? (Answer: No they don&#39;t. A president who digs gaming is really what the free world needs.)<br /></p> <div class = "shareblock"><strong>Share this post:</strong> <a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/10/15/obama-s-got-game.aspx&amp;;subject=Obama%27s+got+game" target="_blank" title = "Post http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/10/15/obama-s-got-game.aspx">email it!</a> | <a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/10/15/obama-s-got-game.aspx&amp;;title=Obama%27s+got+game" target="_blank" title = "Post http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/10/15/obama-s-got-game.aspx">del.icio.us!</a> | <a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/10/15/obama-s-got-game.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/10/15/obama-s-got-game.aspx">digg it!</a> | <a href = "http://newsvine.com/_tools/seed?u=http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/10/15/obama-s-got-game.aspx" target="_blank" title = "Post http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/10/15/obama-s-got-game.aspx">newsVine!</a></div><img src="http://blogs.livemint.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2963" width="1" height="1">Barack ObamagamesingBurnout: Paradiseelections