After over a year of campaigning, and the grueling final stretch of what is widely accepted as one of the most negative, heated elections in American history, millions of voters across the United States take to the polls today to cast their ballots. The past few months have brimmed with vitriol and fear on both sides of the race, and one indisputable fact has floated to the surface. America is a divided nation where the infectious, protective impulse of “us vs. them” has come to mean more than almost anything else. Amidst this anxiety and doubt it’s easy to see video games as a perfect escape. But as we go forward, video games might just be the most potent antidote we have.Regardless of who wins, a staggering number of voters will end up with a president they never wanted. And more than that, both sides will stand at odds with half of their own country. American democracy is built on the ideal that the people can and will all come together behind the elected president on November 9. But after so much hate, division, and vilifying from everyone involved, that might be a tall order. When Americans, or anyone else… Read full this story
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