Beta testers in NCsoft's upcoming MMORPG "Aion: The Tower of Eternity" have used the game's detailed character creation to make a spitting image of President Obama. Check out the video of the commander in chief questing, battling enemies and... sprouting wings? Yes, he can! [via Massively]

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From a Washington Post story today about the state of technology in the White House, which includes outdated computer software and restrictions against instant messaging, Facebook and remote e-mail log-ins:

"It is kind of like going from an Xbox to an Atari," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said of his new digs.

Source: Staff Finds White House in the Technological Dark Ages (password required)

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Barack Obama becomes the United States of America's 44th President today, or hadn't you heard? Video games aren't expected to play much of a role -- if any -- in the Inauguration Day festivities, but video games are still an ideal way to get in Obama's shoes for a glimpse of what the new President is seeing today. Read more...