Will the Republican candidates for President talk video games during tonight's CNN/YouTube's debate?
Over at MTVNews.com I have a story about Jesse Vetters, an 18-year-old Indiana high school student and gamer who has done his best to get a question about video games added to the debate -- and, with the help of the Entertainment Consumers Association, managed to inspire about 20 other gamers to do the same.
Like the Democratic debate in the Summer, the Republican one will feature questions submitted by regular folks (and possibly Master Chief) and chosen by the moderators. Vetters expects a gaming question to be asked. His question asks whether these politicians would take a stand for or against legislation against violent games.
Here's ECA president Hal Halpin from my story:
Halpin feels that the very fact that Vetters made his question — and that other gamers answered the ECA's call — is a victory. "Whenever I'm dealing with the mainstream media, their vision of gamers is apathetic, uninvolved, don't get out to vote. And here's this high school kid willing to jump into the deep end."
The debate will air tonight on CNN at 8PM ET. Let's see if the Republicans get forced to talk about this issue.
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