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GamePolitics.com was a blog which covers the politics of computer and video games. GamePolitics was launched by freelance journalist Dennis McCauley in March 2005. At the time, McCauley was the video game columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, a position he held from 1998-2009. Growing somewhat bored of writing video game reviews, McCauley created GamePolitics in order to track the political, legal and cultural impact of video games. The site was often referred to as GP by followers.
Under McCauley's tenure as editor, frequent topics included video game legislation, the effects of media coverage on video games and gamer culture, and stories about high-profile critics and/or supporters of the industry. Early on, GP established itself as a site which included a great deal of original content based on McCauley's reporting. For example, GP published the first interview with Patrick Wildenborg, the Dutch modder who discovered the infamous Hot Coffee mod sex animations embedded in Rockstar Games' controversial Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
GP's frequent and incisive coverage of the unfolding Hot Coffee scandal brought mainstream media attention to the site from publications such as Fortune (magazine) and the New York Times as traditional news outlets attempted to come to grips with the political and societal aspects of the burgeoning video game controversy.  In December, 2007 Entertainment Weekly named GamePolitics to its "100 Greatest Websites"  GP has also been cited in the Washington Post.GamePolitics was referenced in "Sex In Video Games", a 2007 book by game developer, activist and academic Brenda Brathwaite and has also been cited in numerous scholarly writings.The activities of Jack Thompson, an activist against violence and/or sex in video games, were a common subject of coverage, particularly from 2005-2009.
During McCauley's time as editor, GamePolitics adopted a pro-consumer orientation, leveling sharp criticism at the video game industry on certain issues. Most notable among these was a series of editorial and articles charging that game publisher Electronic Arts had engaged in monopolistic practices in regard to its popular Madden football franchise. As early as April, 2005, GamePolitics called for the United States Justice Department to investigate E.A.'s conduct in regard to a possible Madden monopoly. While no Justice Department investigation was forthcoming, in 2008, a class action suit was filed against Electronic Arts on behalf of gamer consumers who were negatively impacted by Madden pricing. The allegations in the lawsuit largely followed the line of reasoning laid out by McCauley's coverage. In July, 2009 GamePolitics broke the news that plaintiffs in the class action suit alleged that monopolistic practices by E.A. had cost Madden buyers $926 million. The class action was eventually settled for $27 million in 2013.GamePolitics has had on occasionally contentious relationship with video game industry lobbying group the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). In 2008, the site criticized the choice of Texas Gov. Rick Perry as keynote speaker for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The commentary provoked a harsh response from the ESA, whose spokesman told video game blog Joystiq.com, " ...calling GamePolitics a news site is as laughable as saying there's a Cuban free press."GamePolitics has also covered a small number events live, including a demonstration in Philadelphia which was staged to protest against a first-person shooter game published by the United States Army as a recruiting tool.Hal Halpin subsequently founded the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA), a non-profit organization for video game consumers. On October 25, 2006, it was announced that GamePolitics.com had been ac ...