Because you need more politics, Political Machine 2008 gets updated

Now that the Democratic and Republican conventions are over and it is a little more than fifty days until the next President is elected, I’m sure we could use a game that involves more personal involvement in the political machine.

That is why Stardock has recently released (and updated) Political Machine 2008, a turn-based strategy game that allows a player to run for president. There is a character creation tool that is similar to the Nintendo’s Mii construction tool or you can even play as Sen. Barack Hussein Obama II or Sen. John Sidney McCain II. The updates add vice presidential candidates Sen. Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., and Gov. Sarah Louise Heath Palin along with…