Agora que as Primárias norte-americanas estão a entrar na recta final e que a luta pela candidatura democrata entre Hillary Clinton e Barack Obama está ao rubro, fiquem as conhecer a lista de doações a candidatos Democratas e Republicanos feitas por diversos elementos da indústria.

E não faltam surpresas, como por exemplo Will Wright ao lado de Rudy Giuliani e um elemento da Blizzard a oferecer alguns dólares ao ultra-conservador Mike Huckabee.

Também curiosas são as muitas doações feitas a Ron Paul, o menos votado dos candidatos republicanos, que se mantém teimosamente presente nas Primárias, e a fraca presença de John McCain e de Hillary Clinton.

Para os interessados, aqui fica a lista divulgada pelo 1up.

Activision

Brian Kelly, Co-Chairman - $4,600, John McCain (R)

Ron Doornick, Director - $2,300 Mitt Romney (R)

Nina Kotick, CEO - $2,300, Mitt Romney (R)

Robert Kotick, CEO - $2,300, Mitt Romney (R)

Brian Barnes, Game Designer - $2,000, Ron Paul (R)

Erol Otus, Designer/Illustrator - $700, Ron Paul (R)

Charles Homic, Programmer - $400, Ron Paul (R)

Travis Stansbury, Attorney - $325, Ron Paul (R)

Chris Nelson, Programmer - $285, Ron Paul (R)

TOTAL: $15,210 para os Republicanos

ZeniMax Media (Bethesda Softworks):

Brendan Anthony, Game Programmer - $352, Barack Obama (D)

TOTAL: $352 para os Democratas

Blizzard Entertainment:

Kyle Harrison, Technical Artist - $500, Mike Huckabee (R)

Christopher Ryder, 3D Artist - $500, Ron Paul (R)

Jesse McCree, Video Game Designer - $250, Ron Paul (R)

TOTAL: $1,250 para os Republicanos

Electronic Arts:

William Wright, Vice President, Designer - $3,500, Rudy Giuliani (R)

Cindy Nicola, VP, Talent Acquisition - $4,600, Barack Obama (D)

Steven Schnur, Worldwide Executive Mark (?) - $4,600, Hillary Clinton (D)

John Taylor, Technical Arts - $2,365, Ron Paul (R)

Michael Lawson, Software Engineer - $2,300, Fred Thompson (R)

Ian Schmidt, Sales - $1,300, Fred Thompson (R)

Sharon Zezima, Attorney - $1,000, Hillary Clinton (D)

Jason Horwath, No title listed - $840, Barack Obama (D)

John E. Taylor, Technical Artist - $500, Ron Paul (R)

Timothy Cotton, Game Designer - $234, Ron Paul (R)

Jason Fisher, Software Engineer - $225, Ron Paul (R)

TOTAL: $10, 424 para os Republicanos; $11,040 para os Democratas

Ensemble Studios:

Mike Wagner, Computer Stuff - $221, Ron Paul (R)

TOTAL: $220 para os Republicanos

Flagship Studios:

Christopher Lambert, Game Programmer - $500, Barack Obama (D)

Jeff Lind, Software Developer - $340, Barack Obama (D)

TOTAL: $840 para os Democratas

Firaxis Games:

Sergey Tiraspolsky, Software Engineer - $230, Barack Obama (D)

TOTAL: $230 para os Democratas

Obsidian Entertainment:

Michael Edwards, Computer Programmer - $355, Ron Paul (R)

TOTAL: $355 para os Republicanos

PopCap Games:

John Vechey (Quarter 2, 2007), Game Developer - $2,800, Barack Obama (D)

David Haas, COO - $270, Barack Obama (D)

John Vechey (Quarter 1, 2007), Manager - $250, Hillary Clinton (D)

TOTAL: $3,320 para os Democratas

Valve Software:

Gabe Newell, Managing Director - $2,300, Christopher Dodd (D)

Bill Van Buren, Producer - $250, John Edwards (D)

Christopher Green - $500, Barack Obama (D)

TOTAL: $3,050 para os Democratas