Who did gamedevs support in politics.

[Gray Fox]

Just saw this at the haus, I thought I would repost it.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3166275


A multitude of people make, publish, and market any given game--the political persuasion of any one employee is about as reliable as an exit poll when it comes to gleaning red- or blue-state leanings in the games they make. Still, it is undeniably interesting to see who's donated to whose presidential campaign (e.g. Spore creator Will Wright donated $3,500 to Rudy Giuliani's $49 million dollar struggle to earn a single delegate). Website FundRace 2008 (http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/) provides a peek. Below are some of the game industry donors we've found using the site's candidate contribution tracker

Activision

1. Brian Kelly, Co-Chairman
$4,600, John McCain (R)
2. Ron Doornick, Director
$2,300 Mitt Romney (R)
3. Nina Kotick, CEO
$2,300, Mitt Romney (R)
4. Robert Kotick, CEO
$2,300, Mitt Romney (R)
5. Brian Barnes, Game Designer
$2,000, Ron Paul (R)
6. Erol Otus, Designer/Illustrator
$700, Ron Paul (R)
7. Charles Homic, Programmer
$400, Ron Paul (R)
8. Travis Stansbury, Attorney
$325, Ron Paul (R)
9. Chris Nelson, Programmer
$285, Ron Paul (R)

TOTAL: $15,210 to Republicans

ZeniMax Media (Bethesda Softworks):

1. Brendan Anthony, Game Programmer
$352, Barack Obama (D)

TOTAL: $352 to Democrats

Blizzard Entertainment:

1. Kyle Harrison, Technical Artist
$500, Mike Huckabee (R)
2. Christopher Ryder, 3D Artist
$500, Ron Paul (R)
3. Jesse McCree, Video Game Designer
$250, Ron Paul (R)

TOTAL: $1,250 to Republicans

Electronic Arts:

1. William Wright, Vice President, Designer
$3,500, Rudy Giuliani (R)
2. Cindy Nicola, VP, Talent Acquisition
$4,600, Barack Obama (D)
3. Steven Schnur, Worldwide Executive Mark (?)
$4,600, Hillary Clinton (D)
4. John Taylor, Technical Arts
$2,365, Ron Paul (R)
5. Michael Lawson, Software Engineer
$2,300, Fred Thompson (R)
6. Ian Schmidt, Sales
$1,300, Fred Thompson (R)
7. Sharon Zezima, Attorney
$1,000, Hillary Clinton (D)
8. Jason Horwath, No title listed
$840, Barack Obama (D)
9. John E. Taylor, Technical Artist
$500, Ron Paul (R)
10. Timothy Cotton, Game Designer
$234, Ron Paul (R)
11. Jason Fisher, Software Engineer
$225, Ron Paul (R)

TOTAL: $10, 424 to Republicans; $11,040 to Democrats

Ensemble Studios:

1. Mike Wagner, Computer Stuff
$221, Ron Paul (R)

TOTAL: $220 to Republicans

Flagship Studios:

1. Christopher Lambert, Game Programmer
$500, Barack Obama (D)
2. Jeff Lind, Software Developer
$340, Barack Obama (D)

TOTAL: $840 to Democrats

Firaxis Games:

1. Sergey Tiraspolsky, Software Engineer
$230, Barack Obama (D)

TOTAL: $230 to Democrats

Obsidian Entertainment:

1. Michael Edwards, Computer Programmer
$355, Ron Paul (R)

TOTAL: $355 to Republicans

PopCap Games:

1. John Vechey (Quarter 2, 2007), Game Developer
$2,800, Barack Obama (D)
2. David Haas, COO
$270, Barack Obama (D)
3. John Vechey (Quarter 1, 2007), Manager
$250, Hillary Clinton (D)

TOTAL: $3,320 to Democrats

Valve Software:

1. Gabe Newell, Managing Director
$2,300, Christopher Dodd (D)
2. Bill Van Buren, Producer
$250, John Edwards (D)
3. Christopher Green, No title listed
$500, Barack Obama (D)

TOTAL: $3,050 to Democrats

LOL!

Also, Gates loves the democrats.

William Gates
Esecutive
Bill & Melinda Gates Fdn. Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
2,300 5141 NE 41ST ST
Seattle WA

William Gates
William Gates
Co-Chair
Gates Foundation Updated
Q4/2007
Hillary Clinton
2,300 PO BOX 23350
Seattle WA

http://www.flamehaus.com/bbs/which-game-makers-are-contributing-to-whose-prez-c-vt135657.html

 

[Sulkdodds]

Game developers: surprisingly conservative.

What isn't surprising is the Ronlovin'.

 

[CptStern]

kinda wished they wouldnt make this sort of thing public ..who they donate to is none of our business ..having said I agree with Sulky, they're surprisingly conservative ..I mean Huckabee? why would they purposefully shoot themselves in the foot with a candidate like Huckabee, the guys a religious nut

 

[Gray Fox]

More importantly no one loves the gravel or kunicich, which makes me feel much less sad about pirating from the bastards.
Also I would have expected EA to be more freedom loving seeing how they are evil and all.

 

[Javert]

kinda wished they wouldnt make this sort of thing public ..who they donate to is none of our business ..having said I agree with Sulky, they're surprisingly conservative ..I mean Huckabee? why would they purposefully shoot themselves in the foot with a candidate like Huckabee, the guys a religious nut

If it makes them release Starcraft 2 sooner, they can give money to the crazy Japanese guy who tried to run for president on a platform of facism.

 

[Absinthe]

I'm surprised to see Romney up there at all. He was the most vocal candidate when it came to cleaning up the "filth" in video games. If any of them ever expressed an intent of landing the hammer on the gaming industry, it was him.

But then, they all have their personal lives, so there were probably other reasons. Just kinda strange.

 

[CptStern]

If it makes them release Starcraft 2 sooner, they can give money to the crazy Japanese guy who tried to run for president on a platform of facism.

the I hate everybody guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr9_uLlH3yk

 

[hool10]

Wow nobody has done the: Gabe voted for Dodd. Guy has zero delegates and I'm pretty sure the guy doesn't even know if he's running for president.

 

[delusional]

Dodd was horrible in the debates, he just kept rambling on and on. I fell asleep.

 

[Sulkdodds]

stop trolling skul Dodd.

 

[Krynn72]

stop trolling skul Dodd.

lol wut