Comments on: Casual Players prefer Obama https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2008/10/18/casual-players-prefer-obama/ My name is Jesper Juul, and I am a Ludologist [researcher of the design, meaning, culture, and politics of games]. This is my blog on game research and other important things. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:50:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: jog https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2008/10/18/casual-players-prefer-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-53188 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:50:12 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/?p=484#comment-53188 I would not at all be surprised to learn that developers of traditional american hardcore games (FPS, RTS, 4x, MMORPG, &c) lean towards the conservative side. The most notable example would probably be Will Wright, who is Republican. I don’t think that Texas is a major game development hotbed without reason, especially when one can consider California to be the defacto Tech/Entertainment center of America. Hardcore game devs are more likely to be part of their own target audience, so it’s probably pretty likely that the players have similar politics.

As for the games themselves, they do tend to favour more conservative values like anarcho-free markets, hawkish muscle and self-sufficiency. Many hardcore games, even Simcity and Civilization, have been critiqued as representing strong conservative ideologies.

]]> By: Jason https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2008/10/18/casual-players-prefer-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-53186 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:58:47 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/?p=484#comment-53186 The problem is that article doesn’t really define “casual,” so it’s hard to define “hardcore” in opposition.

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