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[sophiaserpentia]

Someone in worldofwarcraft posted this morning about a dream in which President Bush makes a PR appearance in one of the high-level sections of the game, pulling mobs like a newb and nearly causing a wipe.

A significant portion of the population plays online computer games like World of Warcraft -- and it seems likely that this portion will grow even larger. If the online gaming population continues to explode, how soon do you think it will be that politicians will actually feel compelled to make PR appearances in gaming universes of this sort? Or will the growth in the gaming population level off before it reaches that point?

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[mlfoley.livejournal.com]

I can only imagine the warm reception Bush would get on WoW.

[zensandy.livejournal.com]

First, I think the politicians would consider which types of games voters play. Because people who don't vote, don't count in their minds.

[amokk]

How do we know it's a significant portion?

Also, we barely got over the majority voting in the last presidential election, why would they suddenly care about a population that probably a majority is under the voting age anyway?

[secret-willow.livejournal.com]

Second Life only has 260,218 residents in it. We get large names who come and give lectures there regularly. At this low a population we wont get politicians. We do get authors and techies. As these communities grow I can see how a politician may come join the masses in these types of game communities.

Community is the operative term. We dont just play games in these spaces. We share a lot more with one another. We build lasting life alliances with people and the idea that as these communities grow politians would come visit is no more far fetched than a president playing the sax on Saturday night live, at that is a Bizarre Concept.