I've been reading today about the Video Game Voters Network, an online effort to unite videogamers against the threat of hysteria-riding, deliberately misinformed politicians like Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman. The VGVN's mission is to "empower Americans who play video games to take action against threats to this entertainment medium and to stay informed about the latest issues that could affect our choice in video game entertainment." I expect that initiatives like this will become ever more necessary as two generations collide: A majority of working adults who grew up a controller in their hand and an older generation of older politicians who just don't get it and never will. I don't know about you, but I'm scared to think how much damage a generation of hysterical luddites could wreak upon the gaming industry.

On a smaller scale, though, all of us could help out just by speaking up for games and letting our older family members know that there's nothing to worry about--it's just a few desperate politicians groping for power and seizing it wherever they can find folks gullible enough to listen. Check it out on the Daily Show.