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Obama a retro gamer?
« on: November 13, 2008, 03:09:15 pm »

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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2008, 06:40:07 pm »
At least he uses the right kind of computer.
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2008, 08:10:15 pm »
How can he NOT be if he plans on being a good leader?
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2008, 08:15:21 pm »
I thought he said to be a leader you needed to multitask?  He can't handle more than one button? ;)

 :gobama
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2008, 10:07:03 pm »
Call Politico. Maybe he played Defender. Id call that multitasking...
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2008, 04:23:28 pm »
Quote from: Ed_McCarron on November 13, 2008, 08:15:21 pm
I thought he said to be a leader you needed to multitask?  He can't handle more than one button? ;)

 :gobama
Mmmm, how many ages ago since you've touched a Mac ?
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2008, 04:26:02 pm »
Yeah,  Mac went to more than one button when they became PC's...

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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2008, 04:52:08 pm »
Quote from: Level42 on November 14, 2008, 04:23:28 pm
Quote from: Ed_McCarron on November 13, 2008, 08:15:21 pm
I thought he said to be a leader you needed to multitask?  He can't handle more than one button? ;)

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Mmmm, how many ages ago since you've touched a Mac ?

I've never touched a mac, its against my religion.
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2008, 07:08:06 am »
I thought a crApple implied a non-gamer. Who else but a non-gamer would put an eyeball on Pac Man?  :P
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2008, 07:50:55 am »
... um, that's not his personal computer.

It belongs to the 21-year-old, just-graduated intern who is taking his picture in that moment.

President-Elect Obama probably just needed to hop on the forums and post in EE about something inflammatory that Chad said...

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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2008, 10:41:04 am »
I don't know if Obama is a gamer himself, but his campaign sure was gamer-friendly...during this election, they bought "virtual ads" in 18 Xbox360 titles. Another historic first.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6199379.html

« Last Edit: November 15, 2008, 10:46:42 am by mr.Curmudgeon »
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2008, 11:08:30 am »
Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on November 15, 2008, 10:41:04 am
I don't know if Obama is a gamer himself, but his campaign sure was gamer-friendly...during this election, they bought "virtual ads" in 18 Xbox360 titles. Another historic first.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6199379.html



I wonder if those will get removed/changed with game updates.
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2008, 11:48:10 pm »
Quote from: FrizzleFried on November 14, 2008, 04:26:02 pm
Yeah,  Mac went to more than one button when they became PC's...

 :laugh2:

The laptops didn't.  Steve Jobs is dead set against a second mouse button for some reason.  You can get a second button with an external mouse but not on the laptop itself.  I tried one for a few weeks (running XP) and switched back to a tablet PC.  Couldn't stand not being able to easily right-click without a mouse.
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2008, 02:44:04 am »
But then again, who gets a Mac to run an ancient OS like XP ?

And seen the new Macbooks yet ? Try using two fingers on a PC laptop.....
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2008, 08:39:46 am »
Keep this up and it'll get moved to politics and religion... And not because of the politics. :)
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2008, 10:46:35 am »
Where did he get the money to run all these ads?
He had a channel tied up on DISH 24/7 during the race.
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #16 on: November 16, 2008, 11:24:53 am »
Quote from: Mauzy on November 15, 2008, 11:08:30 am
I wonder if those will get removed/changed with game updates.

Yeah, they do. Those ads rotate, as various companies "rent" the virtual billboard space for a short period of time. Obama was just the first political candidate to take advantage of this type of target marketing.
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Re: Obama a retro gamer?
« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2008, 12:39:45 pm »
Quote from: Level42 on November 16, 2008, 02:44:04 am
But then again, who gets a Mac to run an ancient OS like XP ?

And seen the new Macbooks yet ? Try using two fingers on a PC laptop.....

Someone who needs to run Visual Studio.  ;)

I've not see the new Macbooks yet but am anxious to try one.  Dell does have a multi-touch Tablet that I will probably end up with.
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