This piece was originally written for my girlfriend Lianne (here blog) to use in part of her journalism course at university, it appeared in a film magazine she produced and now is appearing here. As such it has been edited by her, though the content is all mine.

Video games have a torrid history of being made into movies, there have been very few successful adaptations; commercially or critically. This is a problem that has been apparent since one of the first game to film conversions appeared with Mortal Kombat and such like. However, we have seen more success recently with the Resident Evil and Silent Hill films.

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Do you think that your MP needs some training on real world issues before they make a decision that will impact upon you? Cliff from Positech certainly thinks so. He is of the opinion that most politicians aren’t qualified for the job, but he has a remedy.

Cliff is offering a free copy of his political strategy game; Democracy 2, to any elected official, be they from the UK, US or anywhere else in the world. He hopes that politicians will get a copy of the game and practice doing their job in it, would this improve the current crop of bureaucrats though? I doubt it.

This is an interesting idea, it will worth waiting to see if this picks up any mainstream coverage, and to find out if any MPs take Cliff up on his offer.