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G4TV: Stardock Introduces the Gamers Bill of Rights

Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell, introduces and explains the “ Gamer’s Bill of Rights ” to G4TV.  The Gamer’s Bill of Rights is: “a statement of principles that it hopes will encourage the PC game industry to adopt standards that are more supportive of PC gamers. The document contains 10 specific "rights" that video game enthusiasts can expect from Stardock as an independent developer and publisher that it hopes that other publishers will embrace.” ... [read more]

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Announcing 'Super Tuesdays!' - Play VS. Stardock!!!

Get your fancy shoes shined up and your speeches practiced...it's time to take your game to the big leauges with PM2008: Super Tuesdays ! Starting Tuesday, September 23rd, the team at Stardock will be online for some 1 on 1 presidental campaigning. Join us us until the election from 6pm - 8pm EST to test your political metal. You thought Washington was tough?!  He's go nothing on the guys that actually programmed the game.    They'll be bringing the votes AND the hurt.... [read more]

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The Political Machine Express - A Free Strategy for the Campaign Season

Stardock, the company behind such games as Galactic Civilizations, Sins of a Solar Empire, and Demigod has made available The Political Machine Express. This free strategy game puts players in the role of the campaign manager of either John McCain or Barack Obama in a quest to win the white house. Players play on the electoral map of the United States with the goal to gain the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the election. Players get 21 weeks (approximately the time candidates have betwe... [read more]

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The Political Machine 2008 v1.5 Update Now Available!

Stardock has updated its popular PC strategy game, The Political Machine to include the new Vice Presidential candidates along with adding a host of compelling new features. The Political Machine puts players in the role of a Presidential candidate on the campaign trail making speeches, buying ads, hiring spin doctors and consultants, raising money, and going on cable news shows. The Political Machine v1.5 includes vastly enhanced multiplayer features including supporting match-making vi... [read more]

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PM2008 - Multiplayer Nights?

Once 1.5 is released, and multiplayer get's easier to manage (the Impulse intergration is nice ), I'd like to come up with a night where people can come on and KNOW there are going to be other players online. So which night would it be? My best nights would be Monday, Tuesday, or Wedensday. End of the week is much too hectic. Plus then we could call the nights 'Political Machine Mondays', 'Super Tuesdays' or 'Washington Wedensdays'. ...perhaps something better for Wedensdays [read more]

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Paste Magazine Reviews TPM

Paste Magazine has published their review of The Political Machine 2008.  It's a quick, but great review of the game which you can purchase for yourself here . " The Political Machineobserves the whole affair without editorializing in favor of one partyor another. When it does tweak the election’s unsavory aspects, it’swith a “pox on both your houses” attitude. All candidates can hire PRgurus, smear merchants and thugs to disrupt polling on election day.Winnin... [read more]

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Stardock will be at PAX

Stardock will have a booth at the Penny Arcade Expo ( PAX ) this weekend.  Stop by and say hi if you're going to be there. There will be game demos to check out and various Stardock employees there to chat with.  We'll also have an area where you can purchase some of our games.  You could probably get them signed too, if you wanted. Should be a fun weekend. ~C [read more]

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Impulse - Phase II

Stardock is excited to announce that “phase two” of its digital download platform, Impulse, has begun and all updates, new games and software applications will soon be live. Phase two of Impulse sees new games from 2k ( Civilizations III, Shattered Union, Sid Meier’s Pirates! and Sid Meier’s Railroads! ) and Tilted Mill’s Children of the Nile enhanced edition. New software applications include a host of Corel applications like WordPerfect Office X4, CorelDRAW ... [read more]

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Gaming Nexus Reviews The Political Machine

The folks over at GamingNexus.com took The Political Machine on a ride, and now you can read their take on it.  The Political Machine 2008 gets a grade of a B- in their review. "I feel much the same about the 2008 outing—there’s a fun little game here, and while it won’t hold a coveted place on my hard drive, I’ll certainly give this a few more goes while the real general election is grinding on. For the bargain price, political aficionados and strategy gamers... [read more]

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Video Game Generation Reviews TPM!

Video Game Generation takes a look and gives their review of The Political Machine 2008.  They give a pretty thorough review and walk through many of the scenarios found in The Political Machine.  A quick excerpt: "One of my favorite parts of the game is the TV appearances. They have a60 Minutes knockoff, a show in the vein of the O’Reilly Factor orHardball, and a Stephen Colbert-styled show. My only quirk is thatthese media events don’t occur nearly enough. I&rsquo... [read more]