Rock the Vote…on your Xbox?
Posted: August 21st, 2008 | Author: Tarun Kunwar | Filed under: News, Rants, Xbox 360 | Tags: legalize marijuana, politics, Rock the vote, vote, xbox | 3 Comments »The fine people at Redmond’s video game console division think it’s a great idea to “reach” the country’s youth by marketing Rock The Vote via Xbox. While I do feel that getting America’s youth to vote is a great idea, the simple act of voting does not hold merit if the voters are ignorant on the topic.
“Xbox is a natural partner to help us reach out to youth voters,” Heather Smith, executive director of Rock the Vote, said in a statement Thursday. “To realize our goal of registering 2 million young Americans by this fall, we need to go where young Americans are, and there’s no doubt in our minds that many are on Xbox 360 and Xbox Live.”
The medium is the message I suppose.
ummm….Lame!
I mean seriously, I always thought Rock the Vote was a cheesy thing. I know the 360 has become this system where you can do more than game, but does it need this? I think it’s bad to take something as important as voting and try and make it ‘cool, hip, and young.’ It’s like that South Park where the anti-smoking group came to their school, and immediately after, the kids went behind the school and smoked.
But I guess it could be worse. At least it provides a way for a new generation with a quick and easy way to do this without the need to leave their house.
What happened to the old 360 insider days ? long before Justin Nolan became a movie director or whatever he does now.