While gamers and their advocates have long since denounced California’s action as pointless, they gained a powerful ally in the LA Times. In and editorial titled “Violent video games: Who controls the joystick?,” the newspaper has taken the state of California to task for its efforts to legislate an action that should really be left up to parental units.

This is an editorial that any gamer can get behind…

Now entering the Kung-Fu Election ring – Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden. Atom.com has just announced an update to its free-to-play, browser-based Kung-Fu Election. Senator Biden wields a sword, while Governor Palin wields a menacing hockey-stick.

Kung-Fu Election is a Mortal Kombat style fighting game filled with governmental figures who have been involved with the 2008 election. The Democratic characters seem to bear more of a resemblence to Street Fighter characters, while the Republican ones look more like Mortal Kombat fighters. You pick a fighter (Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, John McCain, Cindy McCain, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliana, Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee) and then beat down the competition. Its much quicker than the normal election process…