The U.S. Presidential Election takes place Tuesday on November 5, 2024, and its results will impact video games regardless of the outcome – both the people who make them and the people who play them.
Video games are art, they are culture, and they are, yes, political. While we expect most people will have made up their minds on the two candidates – former President Donald Trump and current Vice President Kamala Harris – we wanted to explore the ways in which video games are directly impacted by politics in 2024. We consulted the Entertainment Software Association’s policy platform , as well as our own newswriting archive from the last few years, to come up with a list of major issues facing video games right now that could see dramatic impacts depending on who wins the election.
And we used past actions – statements by the candidates, official platforms, and other literature – to provide a rough idea of what the video game industry can expect on each topic from either candidate in the next four years. Here’s our 2024 voter’s guide to video games, canvassing video game violence, AI, consumer protections, antitrust, right to repair, labor, DEI, and other video game-related issues. Video Game Violence and the First Amendment Video games don’t come up often in mainstream political discussions, so the direct comments from Harris and Trump are few and far between.
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