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The Political Machine 1.03 Update Released!
The 1.03 update for The Political Machine 2008 has been released. You can download the update via Impulse. + NEW: 60 Seconds Interview Forum + TWEAK: Added code to increase the amount of scaling done to map objects once they surpass a certain threshold. + Added a slider in the options window to control this. + 1 means smaller icons with more objects, five means larger size; five is the default. + Added "MapIconScaleRate" to ...
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun Gives Political Machine a Spin
Rock, Paper, Shotgun takes The Political Machine for a spin, and they even went as far as making Dick Cheney President. They take a unique and entertaining look at TPM, with once again, a lot of attention to what you can make Cheney do. "Meanwhile I’m accruing political clout and PR influence by constructingheadquarters across the country. The former buys me the support oflobby groups such as hard-right christians or gun nuts, the latter Ican spend on agents who’ll in...
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Ripten Reviews TPM 2008!
Ripten has went ahead and posted a review of the Political Machine 2008 this past weekend. It's a great review with a great bit of humor as well. "At first glance this downloadable game looks a bit like Civilization, but on a scale of 41 weeks instead of 4,100 years. Also, instead of a whole world to explore, you are limited to the 50 United States (suck it, Guam!), and there is no “fog of war” obscuring your view of the nation. While there is no rolling blackne...
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Reuters Takes a Look at The Political Machine
Reuters take a big look at The Political Machine 2008 today in their technology section. I say big because this article spans 3 pages and goes in depth about the game and some of the mechanics behind it. There's also several quotes from Brad Wardell about the game and the upcoming election. " As a candidate you have to make some choices that are difficult.How people feel about illegal immigration in New York is different thanhow the fell about it in, say, Arizona," Wardell said. ...
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GameStooge is Giving Away a copy of TPM 2008!
The fine folks over at GameStooge.com are giving away a free copy of The Political Machine 2008! Entering is quick and easy, all you have to do is head on over to their contest post , and leave a comment with your best political slogan on why someone should vote for YOU in the 2008 Presidential Race. They're accepting entries until 11:59pm EST on June 30th, with the winner announced on July 1st. Enter here .
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MSNBC Interview About The Political Machine 2008
MSNBC's David Shuster talks with Brad Wardell about the release of The Political Machine 2008. It's a quick interview, but Brad gives some insight on some possible battleground states, and just some great info about The Political Machine 2008. Link: MSNBC Video
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Pre-Order availability
For those of you who pre-ordered, the batch job for sending out emails was quicker than the batch job for activating said serials. So some users received a "account expired" message. We're about to send out a second email job to let people know that the activation has completed. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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The Political Machine released!
PLYMOUTH, MI – June 17, 2008 – Today Stardock ( www.stardock.com ) released The Political Machine 2008, the highly anticipated follow-up to its 2004 smash hit. The Political Machine 2008 is a PC game that puts players in control of the 2008 presidential campaign. Play as the campaign manager for a host of candidates including Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, historical candidates or design one from scratch. The game is available at major U.S. retail outlets as well as directly fr...
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The Political Machine 2008 Now Available!
Today we're proud to announce the release of The Political Machine 2008 , the highly anticipated follow-up to our 2004 smash hit. The Political Machine 2008 is a PC game that puts players in control of the 2008 presidential campaign. Play as the campaign manager for a host of candidates including Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, historical candidates or design one from scratch. The game is available at major U.S. retail outlets as well as directly from www.politicalmachi...
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