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Much has been made over the last week or so about comments made by presidential candidate Barack Obama referring to video games and gamers. Essentially, Obama said that parents needed to put their kids’ games away and be better parents. That doesn’t sound too controversial, but gamers on both sides of the political spectrum have taken it to mean a variety of different things. The truth, however uncomfortable, is that Obama didn’t mean that comment to be explicitly insulting, but neither is he a great supporter of gamers. Unfortunately for those who care, they are unlikely to find a presidential candidate who is.

Obama’s actual comments are as follows: More >