The Political Machine 2008 announced

Stardock's new strategy game is coming soon...

from Sins Forums

Stardock is pleased to announce The Political Machine 2008. Developed by the same team (literally) that made Galactic Civilizations II, The Political Machine 2008 puts the player in the role of campaign manager for a Presidential Candidate.

Players choose a candidate they want to run for President or can design their own from scratch. They then pick a scenario (current day USA, future world, Civil War USA, Drengi, or other scenarios) and then begin their quest to be elected President.

Candidates have many tools at their disposal including smear merchants, spin doctors, intimidators, and more all while attempting to raise money, appear on TV, take out advertisements, and more.

The candidate creation system allows players to design how their candidates look completely. For added realism, all candidates are bobble-heads.

Players can pre-order can join the upcoming public beta. The final game will be $19.95 and available at most retail outlets.

Visit: www.politicalmachine.com

Screenshots:

PM2008_Mar19_Screen8 PM2008_Mar19_Interview

About Stardock:

Stardock is a leading PC game developer and publisher. Its last two PC games, Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations were both critical and commercial successes.  It is also the world's leading desktop enhancement software developer with such products as Object Desktop, WindowBlinds, MyColors and much more. Its home page is www.stardock.com.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
the original Political Machine was AWESOME!

Can't wait to check out the new version!
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
hmmm...lets see...its a game, check....from stardock, check....from the team of galactic civilization, check....who portray politians as bobble heads, check, check, check.....IM GETTING IT!!! Can't wait. and only 20 bucks?? why not!!?? One would be a fool not to go squeeze the slugs out of this little sister.
Multiplicity - Control multiple PCs using one keyboard and mouse
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
sounds like fun
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Is that Stephen Colbert or just a look-alike (yes, I'm aware that the real Stephen Colbert isn't a bobble-head...)?
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
No that is actually Stephen Colvert. No joke. Its in the press release that states you can be on shows such as the Colvert Report and O'Malley.

This sound quite fun. The writing in GC2 was pretty funny so I would love to see what SD comes up with for this game.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Oh nice, I always wanted to try political machine, never got around to it but i'll be sure to pre order and play this one. Politics are always fun.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
Speaking as a person with a political science degree and as a former chapter president of Pi Sigma Alpha, I got the first version of this title and it was very, very cool. If you have any interest in the body politic of modern America and learning how it all works, then this is the perfect way to do it and have lots of fun in the process.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
Drengi for president 2008, they'll take care of that iraq situation for sure
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
WOW, GREAT!
we can buy this game to Bush and now he can declare war for everyone, in game, without killing anyone for real. finally!
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
Can i use this as a mini-game to determine who gets the most influence over my planets in Sins?
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
WOW, GREAT!
we can buy this game to Bush and now he can declare war for everyone, in game, without killing anyone for real. finally!


I would hardly call Iraq a war. That's no war. More Americans die in automobile accidents in 1 year than has died in Iraq.

If Bush is guilty of declaring war against Muslims in Iraq then Bill Clinton is guilty of declaring war on Christians in Bosnia.
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
I would hardly call Iraq a war. That's no war.
Tell that to the men and women that live in that stinking hellhole, year in and year out. Tell that to the soldiers who lay bleeding to death on foreign sand without having ever met their three-year-old children.

Ever come close to giving your life in service to your country?

As someone who has, I feel rather compelled to say, "Shut the hell up."

Now, wouldn't it be neat if we'd go right back to talking about a cool video game, instead of present-day American politics? (I can dream, can't I?)

Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
Tell that to the men and women that live in that stinking hellhole, year in and year out. Tell that to the soldiers who lay bleeding to death on foreign sand without having ever met their three-year-old children.

Ever come close to giving your life in service to your country?

As someone who has, I feel rather compelled to say, "Shut the hell up."

Now, wouldn't it be neat if we'd go right back to talking about a cool video game, instead of present-day American politics? (I can dream, can't I?)


A wimp would call it a war. It's not a war.

You will see a war soon though, it's coming...a REAL war (the one in the Book of Revelation).
Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
A wimp would call it a war. It's not a war.
And thus my dream is shattered. ^_^

You didn't answer my question.

Tell us the story of your illustrious military career, please.

Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top
Tell us the story of your illustrious military career, please.


Irrelevant

"The politician is the Super General" - Karl von Clausowitz on War

Iraq is a mere skirmish compared to what's coming.
Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top
Irrelevant
I'm sure it is. Quite.

Well, my happy thought of the day is that idiots like you have been prophesying Armageddon for, you know, quite some centuries, now, and so far so good.

I'm aware of the Bush administration's ultimate goal, but I have no faith they'll pull it off, so I rest easy.

I've got to say I'm impressed, though. It's not very often that someone online actually succeeds in offending me. Cookies for you!
Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top
Ignoring Biblical mumbo jumbo, wsn't it France that said Germany was no problem during World War 2?

Lets be friends?

Like alot of liberals think?

I wonder what happened to their delusions?

History always repeats itself. Fools who think humans are good and wouldn't attack you soon find out the truth. While dead.

When countries are ready to attack you, you need to be ready. Or you'll end up like France.
Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top
It's not very often that someone online actually succeeds in offending me.


The truth is a beautiful thing, no matter who it offends.
Reply #19 from Sins Forums Top
Or you'll end up like France.
During WWII, I would've far rather been French than Nazi.
Reply #20 from Sins Forums Top
During WWII, I would've far rather been French than Nazi.


99% of German soldiers were not Nazis. Nazi was a slang word that Churchill gave to the NSDAP. Most german soldiers were not a member of Hitler's political party.
Reply #21 from Sins Forums Top
99% of German soldiers were not Nazis. Nazi was a slang word that Churchill gave to the NSDAP. Most german soldiers were not a member of Hitler's political party.
Your point?

I elected not to insult all of Germany. I have some very good friends that are German, and it's not quite fair to them to keep connecting the name of their country with the worst atrocities committed in living memory, and so I used the word "Nazi", instead.

My sentiment still stands. If the choice is between the tortured or the torturer, the oppressed or the oppressor, I pick being the former.

Now, your opinion on what is and isn't war is about as valid as my opinion on German poetry (I don't speak German). Go spend a few months staying alive by taking the lives of other human beings, and we can have a meaningful discussion about war.

I'm sure Stardock is just SO happy to read the lively discussion about their new video game! ^_^
Reply #22 from Sins Forums Top
Unless you guys are going to get into fist fights for my amusement, take your political debate to politicalmachine.com's democratic or republican forums. Let's stay on topic.
Reply #23 from Sins Forums Top
He has a point Rhedd, more people die in car accidents over here than have died in Iraq for the entire war, but I think that is more an argument for safer cars than for Iraq not being a war O.o A war has two or more sides, and so just because we've done extremly well so far doesn't mean it isn't a war. The number of Iraqis who have died are any where from 300,000 to over 1 million, I think I'd call that a war.

Reply #24 from Sins Forums Top
He has a point Rhedd, more people die in car accidents over here than have died in Iraq for the entire war, but I think that is more an argument for safer cars than for Iraq not being a war O.o A war has two or more sides, and so just because we've done extremly well so far doesn't mean it isn't a war. The number of Iraqis who have died are any where from 300,000 to over 1 million, I think I'd call that a war. Sorry Frogboy, didn't see your post as I was posting


To me, a war is between two or more superpower factions. Iraq is not that. Vietnam was not even a war in my opinion. The USA could have squashed North Vietnam like a bug if it wanted to, but it didn't do that so to avoid a REAL war with China or the Soviet Union.

The real war will come when Obama sends the 101st Airborne into Palestine (to prevent Israeli atrocities against Palestinians) against Israel's wishes. The whole world will follow Obama's lead and will declare war against Israel. God, himself, will intervene and Israel will prevail.

Obama will lead the charge and rally the world against Israel in the next few years to come. The signs point to this man as the dreaded Anti-Christ of the book of Revelation. He has finally arrived to take control of the world's most powerful nation. Never fear though, for it is written that he will lose. ;)
Reply #25 from Sins Forums Top
The End, Kruelgor.

Unless you guys are going to get into fist fights for my amusement, take your political debate to politicalmachine.com's democratic or republican forums. Let's stay on topic.
(Not that I'd shy away from the fistfight. ^_^)