In this case, politics is a (video) game
Political Arena is giving players a front row seat to all the ins and outs — and yeah, even the ugliness — of national politics.
It's been a long couple of years in politics. And it can be frustrating to feel like politicians treat it like a game, with people as pawns.
But a political journalist thinks there may be some appeal in a new strategy game that gives players a front-row seat to the ins and outs of politics in a fictional political world. The game tackles the good, the bad — and yes, the very, very ugly.
It's called Political Arena and its creator is Eliot Nelson, a journalist who wrote a political newsletter for HuffPost until 2018.
"You can legislate, you can campaign, you can navigate the media, you can weather scandals, you can try and pick apart the myriad interests on K Street and
