Let's play politics

A group of college students from California have launched an online political video game, Fantasy Congress, which leads up to this month's U.S. Congressional elections. Andrew Lee, a senior at Claremont McKenna College and one of the creators of Fantasy Congress, initially envisioned the concept of the game as a combination of knowledge and skill that anyone could play while also participating in national politics. The goal of the game's creation is to spark a greater interest in politics just as video games do for sports. The player is able to select a team of actual U.S. lawmakers and then, compete against other teams. Andrew stated that he hopes that this game will encourage "more young people to become lawmakers."