Gamers Should Be Voting, So Why Aren't We?

When considering the latest game release, many players excitedly discuss the opportunities for interactive engagement in their latest purchase. Did you go renegade or paragon? Did you roll a paladin or mage? Which party members did you take into the final encounter? We're fascinated by the chance to express a choice, and see that decision reflected in the resulting scenario. And yet, if we're to believe demographic data, when it comes to expressing choices at real-life polls in the United States...