Rock The Vote Xbox LIVE
Mixing politics with gaming is one of those taboo things that many think should never be done. I’m one of those people but I can look past my own personal beliefs to understand what Microsoft is trying to do by partnering with Rock The Vote. I’m confident that the U360 crowd can take this new initiative and handle it as I am, with maturity. It’s all about educating and helping people understand that there is a world outside of gaming that might be worth looking into.
“Xbox is a natural partner to help us reach out to youth voters,” said Heather Smith, executive director, Rock the Vote. “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.”
I’m not interested in who you plan to vote for or if you plan to vote at all. I am, however, interested in you being educated on the process to “rock the vote”. It’s important to participate in the decisions that shape this country if you are of age.
Visit the Xbox LIVE Marketplace or Xbox.com to get more information on this. Xbox LIVE Marketplace allows you to download a Rock the Vote gamerpic and receive a voter’s registration form via email. There will be more videos and other media leading up to Election Day. So far it doesn’t have anything interesting on the videos front but that’s not what I want anyway. I’m all about what this does to further educate the masses on voting.
If I get any ridiculous messages surrounding this, I’ll do what I can to ban you from Unscripted 360. Let’s all play nice with politics. We’re not cavemen and women anymore.
I might try a online course. I fail at school... What ya doing? Web design?
I'm popular XD
August 28th, 2008 at 10:27 am
“like i said, i don’t care who you vote for, why you vote for them etc…as long as you’re educated about the voting process.
rock the vote and rock on you guys!! awesome comments.”
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Face it guys and gals, our generation is in line to inherit this nation. Being eductated on your candiate of choice is EVERY thing in any election. I would venture to say not knowing what’s going on and voting is just as dangerous as not voting at all. Being “involved” is something that goes beyond checking a box in a ballet, knowing your potential president and what they stand for is your most powerful weapon in a movement for where you want YOUR nation to be and become. I hope that “rock the vote™” walks side by side with the phrase “knowledge is power™” from here on out…
August 28th, 2008 at 11:08 am
lol jury duty does suck, I go minimum wage last time I did it for 2 weeks!
August 29th, 2008 at 2:19 am
I wish it wasn’t so hard to trust politicians. When I vote, it feels like I am voting for the lesser of 2 evils, not voting for the better candidate.
Is there a good place to get unbiased information on each of the candidate? I apologize if someone posted it already and I missed it! Thanks!
August 29th, 2008 at 9:27 am
You just need to google and read a lot to see what each side states. CNN has some pretty good stuff in their Politics section. Check out the conventions and listen to what is said and go with what you feel.
August 29th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
That’s cool, I kinda figured I’d probably have to google. Was just wondering if there was any good sites people knew about. I wish I could believe politicians lol.