Video Game Industry Seeks Political Clout

New York Times: (the NYT Peramalink generator seems to be down.)

“If I can walk into the office of a member of Congress and tell them we have 20,000 voters in their state who are already signed up to write letters and act based on game-related issues that concern them, that’s powerful,” he said.

The industry’s new round of muscle-flexing comes as the political and cultural environment for video games has improved significantly.

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