2 posts tagged “election”

Well...the day is finally here. Well tomorrow but it's still "here." By Wednesday morning I'll either be happy as hell or planning my escape to another country. I have made it no secret that I plan on voting for Barack Obama. He speaks to me in ways that McCain can't and there's no better way to show this than through music. I love imeem because I love finding new music. Especially when I don't have to pay for it. The site put together the Top 10 songs for each candidate based off of interviews they did with music magazines, events, etc. Pretty cool idea. I've embedded Obama's playlist below. There's also a link to McCain's if you really want to check it out...

It's no secret that I'm a nerd in many respects. I play video games, read comic books and graphic novels, like sci-fi, fantasy and hope that someday I will own a lightsaber. One thing I touched for a small amount of times were MMOs or MMORPGs. For those that don't speak nerd talk, think World of Warcraft. Now I played WoW for about a month because I wrote a paper on the effects of online gaming on social skills in college but I never delved into it. There is on thing I can't deny though, films made in WoW are hilarious. If you never saw the "Make Love, Not Warcraft" episode of South Park, watch it now. It was nominated for an emmy!

Anyway, if a movie is made in a game is referred to as Machinima and I came across this one the other day that focuses on the election. In the clip, several players are interviewed and polled about their voting choices for the election. Not a bad idea considering 11 million people play Warcraft.