President Obama is a video game

A computer game set to hit US stores the day Barack Obama is sworn in as president challenges players to see whether they can do a better job running the country than he can.
Interactive Gaming Software said it will make "Commander in Chief" available on January 20, the day of Obama's inauguration.
"Player presidents" will make budget, health, education, military, diplomatic and other decisions in simulated environments and have to virtually live with the ramifications of their choices.
"Commander in Chief" will give players information from 50 international organisations including the United Nations, G7, NATO, NAFTA, and OPEC to enhance the realism of the game made by France-based Eversim.
"You can put your own political theories into action and see the domestic and international domino effect," Eversim lead designer Louis-Marie Rocques said when plans for the game was unveiled in April.
"Anyone will now be able to develop their own exit strategy for Iraq, reverse the course of the economic recession, and attempt to prevent terrorist attacks from Al-Qaeda."
Players will start by selecting cabinet members and then go on to tackle the same social, environmental, economic, energy, cultural, and military issues facing Obama's administration.
Throughout the game there is a constant threat of terrorist strikes or invasion by foreign troops.
"We are offering the chance to step into the president's shoes and take on those difficult and influential decisions," IGS chief executive Paul Lombardi said in a release.
Players can lobby foreign leaders, invade neutral countries, topple unfriendly regimes, or plot assassinations but must bear in mind economic, political or military consequences.