Destructoid is more like like sunday sport.

Funny, I always considered this website to be more libertarian. Wouldn't being far left require supporting state control over what content can be sold to whom?

Dear Destructoid,

Kotaku is still much cooler than you are and poking at GP won't change that.

- RadarX

I'm fairly conservative myself and I don't find this site or it's news even remotely leaning left.

Destructiod is the mentally retarded janitor of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Yeah, I agree, GP tends to come off as more libertarian than anything. And from what I can tell, coming off as libertarian is kind of like coming off as leaning somewhat to the left, but only just a little, and you're also not completely insane like Hillary.

@Gameboy

I have no idea what the definition of "liberal" or "conservative" is anymore. Personally I lean to the left more than most people I know, where I do think that the state should have control over certain things (like utilities and public health services, but that's another story). But any time I hear a democrat on tv going on about censorship for protection, or increased restrictions on gun sales, or anything that unnecessarily restricts individual rights, I have an urge to hit something. Stupid worthless party...

I was brought up thinking that Liberalism had to do with upholding individual rights, but needing the state to ensure that no one's rights are trampled. But, frankly, do so-called liberals with power ever do that anymore? Once you tell people what rights aren't allowed for their own good, you fail. So that definition's either dead, or there are just no real liberals anymore.

I'd say that almost all politicians with any power are Communitarians these days, whatever -wing they belong to. There's no way GP is in support of that philosophy.

@Benji

I'm pretty sure neoconservatism has moved the political spectrum so far to the right, that any libertarians are gonna look like left of center, however conservative they also are.

"Plus, are we really meant to take them seriously as journalists when they turn up to gaming industry conventions wearing the same daft bloody robot head and taking photos of all the ‘booth babes’?"

I'm desperately trying to figure out what one thing has to do with the other. I suppose if we were to wear a fedora that says "press" on it, we'd have a better shot of being taken "seriously." I'll take it into consideration if it means you'll subscribe to our RSS feed.

First, I'm damn glad you guys saw that.

Second, the comment wasn't a "this is how leftist GP is", it was a "GP has attained this level of political discussion as regards video games". Left or not, Kos has a huge readership and has become rather influential.

Wow, amazing to see my name mentioned. Yep, I'm totally the new Bobby Summa and such ill-conceived accusations did not get old back in May.

Anyway, whatever the readers think, I'm a massive fan of GamePolitics and am glad to see they notice us.

The air forces target audience is the same as that of the video game Halo 3 release. Why is that might you ask? Halo 3 is Rated 'M' that means 17+ exactly the people that has been the military's target audience for ages. Did they let people under 18 in by the air force? Hell yes, the recruiters start talking to you when you are 16 and you can sign the papers when you are 17 to join. How is this a surprise to people?

I never had an issue with the Destructoid article, sorry if it came off that way. I was just enjoying a discussion on what kind of political leaning does exist on GP.

what i got out of the story was that the government was letting minors play M rated games, while they are trying to make laws to stop them. that's what jumped out at me.

the military part didn't jump out at me as much as the hypocrisy. it didn't seem like it was leaning to the left to me, and i'm republican.

i guess it's how you look at it.

it is my thought that comparing GP to kos was not ment in a negative way, it could be considered an insult or even a compliment by people depending on their political background

since the daily kos is a recognizable name in political blogs it is easy to compare us to a well known source, if they were to name lesser political blogs, their message may be lost. i believe they are simply saying that we are ploitical, not hold the same political values

where it gets lost in translation is when people leaning to the right hear that GP is compared to the kos, since the kos is a left leaning blog, they would see this as an insult to their beloved GP. but on the flip side a left leaning individual could see GP compared to the kos as a compliment if they were to see the kos as a positive blog

but then again, this is just my interpretation, so i could be full of crap

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