Rock the Vote…on your Xbox?
August 21st, 2008 | by Tarun Kunwar |This industry makes me laugh sometimes. And I’m not talking about the way that Pat Sajak game made me lulz either.
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. Apparently, they’ve never come across an 18-year-old on 1 flag CTF in Halo. That’s just what we need people, kids who have Zuminez, Bam Margara and beastiality on their minds shaping the popular vote.
This is just another desperate attempt of the puppet masters to get kids to care about the most pointless aspect of the political process. Why waste your time?
“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.”
In conclusion, if P. Diddy couldn’t make the youth Rock the Vote, nothing can (Except for maybe the legalization of a certain plant).
Colbert 08′
One Response to “Rock the Vote…on your Xbox?”
By Punkster812 on Sep 2, 2008 | Reply
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.