In this case, politics is a (video) game

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.