In the beginning, there was just television. No interactivity, no team work, no online connectivity, just television but with television came no taxes. Then Pong emerged that lead us to famous titles such as Geometry Wars (bias) to Gears of War to World of Warcraft. Now, the greedy politicians want to get their grubby hands on video games with a Video Game Tax.

Hillary Clinton, the leading Democratic Presidential Candidate, wants to impose a video game tax on all games purchased. Mentioned in 2006 while trying to gain support from parents and other dexterity lacking individuals, Clinton has been quiet in her recent campaign which means she is a sleeping giant ready to ruin the wallets and pocketbooks of 75.6 million head of Households or 63% who still play video and computer games. Based on the statistics from The ESA , 38 years is the average age of gamers purchasing video games. Will that mean a line item on my 1040 for my WOW and Hellgate subscriptions? Will I now have to pay an additional 5 to 15% of the monthly fees plus the CD keys? I truly think it is time the Video Gamers of the world unite such as the soccer moms did in Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign and pick a candidate that understands that targeting violent Video games, which account for only 15% of the games sold, doesn’t mean that all 85% of the good non-violent games should be taxed. Nor should Americans pay any more taxes to the greedy politicians and their gold plated toilets. Anything we give our attention, the government wants to tax it. Next will they tax staring at people. “Excuse me, you owe me 15% of your income for staring at my cuticles. Cash only please!” I hope not, I hope a group can rise amongst Americans and truly change this country one video game at a time. So The Unknown Gamer Dot Com is not announcing which candidate it wants you to vote for. Just don’t vote for Hillary Clinton!

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Most companies don’t publish their public blunders but this one is kinda funny. We decided to host our second tournament at a bar in Raleigh, NC featuring Madden 2008 on PS2, you know since it’s football season and all. The idea wasn’t necessarily ours but a Madden tournament while Monday Night Football is playing over the speakers sounded pretty good. We already hosted a Guitar Hero 2 Tournament and it was a great success. So we decided to branch out to a new market.

We let the bar do the marketing since it was their idea. No comment on their performance but let’s say the end result was a bust. Only three people entered and they worked there. With it silent and everyone seeming bored watching three people play Madden, I decide to that it’s time to break out the Wii (thanks Boyd).

Instantly there was a line watching and waiting for their time to break a sweat. The first game, boxing. Being my first time experiencing the Wii in full, I fell in love with video games again. I actually got a physical workout trying to beat my staff and I tried hard. Even though the system works with slight movements, it’s better if you get into it. I found myself ducking and dodging. Had even more fun playing baseball. The Madden Tournament was a bust but the Wii Boxing Tournament between staff was awesome.

I know I am a little late on the Wii wagon (say that 5 times) but the Wii save the day.

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The Unknown Gamer is accepting Articles related to World of Warcraft and other MMORPG topics in exchange for Power Leveling. In short we will level your world of warcraft character for you while you are off doing other things, and for payment we want your articles. The better the article the longer we will level your character for.

If you think you have what it takes to write unique and interesting information related to online video gaming please email a sample of your writing to ceo@theunknowngamer.com

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WoW Power Leveling is the topic at hand, power leveling historically was achieved by having a player in a game that is a much higher level than you, walking you through aspects of game play that you would not normally be able to survive in. These power leveling efforts were scaled with the overseas leveling operations.

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Win a Level 70 World of Warcraft Account.

• Lay all your banned accounts to rest in the new WoW Graveyard.

Yep you read that right, The Unknown Gamer is creating a Grave Yard and filling it with Banned & Retired Accounts but we need your help.

What have you been doing with your Banned World of Warcraft accounts for the past few weeks, months, years?

We are now accepting entries into our Warcraft Account Resurrection Contest.

1 Lucky winner (drawn at random) will receive a Brand New level 70 Account. Runners up will receive various other prizes such as, T-Shirts, Coupons, and Accounts leveled between 35 and 50. The first drawing will be held on 10-18-2007 so get your submissions while you can. Remember there is no limit to how many times you can enter.

Submit your account and view the list of current submissions here!

Have you been ignored by blizzard or denied a refund for unplayed game time? If you have a story to tell please contact us today. blogs@theunknowngamer.com

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The Unknown Gamer today completed their first of many T-shirt Giveaway’s.
GOALS

• Interact with our local community
• Offer Shirts to people in need of shelter
• Generate content for site.

Overview

This marketing event was a blast, we blew thru our boxes of shirts in about 30 minutes and were greeted with many thanks. You might be lucky enough to catch us at our next T-shirt giveaway. Coming soon to a school near you. View all the pictures here.

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