The finalists have been selected for the Video Game Voters Network badge contest, now it’s up to us to narrow it down to the winner.

The VGVN is a website dedicated to stand up for gamers’ rights. If there are any political or other matters that effect the sale of video games, or effect our ability to choose what we want to play, the VGVN is there to back us up.

Earlier in August 2010, the VGVN asked its members and anyone else with artistic talent to submit a badge design that will be used to promote it’s site. They, from the tons of entries, they narrowed it down to their top 10 favorites and have left it up to use to pick the best one. The one with the most votes will be the winner and receive a $750 Best Buy gift card. The second-place winner will receive a $250 Best Buy gift certificate.

If you are gamer and a bit creative, an artist or just enjoy scribbling things on paper, then this contest is for you.

The Video Game Voters Network (VGVN) is having a badge design contest where the winning badge will be used to spread the word about the voters movement and the winner gets a hefty gift card.

According to the rules, the design must be original, it must incorporate the name “Video Game Voters Network,” the acronym “VGVN”, and/or the website address “www.vgvn.org” and you can enter as many designs as you want.

The Video Game Voters Network, an organization that strives to get gamers involved in the political process, has announced it now has more than 200,000 members.

The group is backed by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and keeps gamers in the loop about political debates that involve the video game industry. It also encourages members to contact their lawmakers regarding game-related issues.

As an avid video gamer, I know all too well the extent people go through to ban certain games in their stores and businesses, especially game advertisements.

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is guilty of this by recently banning advertisements of more violent and racy video and computer games on its trains, buses and stations. This is not only a violation of free speech but, by doing so, CTA is intentionally singling out video games to ban, seeing as it still advertises movies and TV no matter how violent or racy they are.

However, the US Supreme court decided that enough is enough and last Thursday (January 7, 2010) by issuing an injunction against the CTA saying that it must lift the ban at least until the case is finally resolved, which was a huge victory for the gaming industry who seems to deal with tons of prejudice.