Scott Shackford on Congress’s Top Gamer

Jared Polis (D-Co.) is Congress’s top
gamer. As a young Internet entrepreneur making a fortune in
online greeting cards and flower sales, he gravitated to strategy
games like Warcraft and Heroes of Might
and Magic. Today, the three-term Colorado Democratic
congressman continues to slay demons
in Diablo and conquer the world through force or
diplomacy in Civilization V. “It’s one of the main
things I do with my free time as recreation,” Polis says. “I’m
definitely a gamer.” Scott Shackford writes that it’s no
coincidence that the first out-and-proud gamer in Congress also
happens to be its most libertarian-leaning Democrat. 

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