![]() But he stressed that players don't need to be top-tier gamers - or political junkies - to dive right in. How the game unfolds from there, Nelson said, is up to the player - and of course, the voters that make up the game's simulated political world. In the game, a player can customize their own politician and then decide how to invest their time, what issues they prioritize and how "weak" or "strong" they are in certain skills. "You can legislate, you can campaign, you can navigate the media, you can weather scandals, you can try and pick apart the myriad interests on K Street and other special interests," said Nelson. It's called Political Arena and its creator is Eliot Nelson, a journalist who wrote a political newsletter for HuffPost until 2018. The game tackles the good, the bad - and yes, the very, very ugly. And it can be frustrating to feel like politicians treat it like a game, with people as pawns.īut a political journalist thinks there may be some appeal in a new strategy game that gives players a front-row seat to the ins and outs of politics in a fictional political world. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's been a long couple of years in politics. A screenshot from the forthcoming strategy simulation game, Political Arena. ![]()
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