C&C在真實

John Tyler Hammons，近來一個新生在俄克拉何馬大學，喜歡演奏基於歷史的比賽像 羅馬： 全面戰爭. 「是最佳的電子遊戲」， 19年老告訴的PTD最近，當站立在停車場市政廳在Muskogee，社區在40,000以下在東俄克拉何馬時。 「我愛歷史-我有Julius Caesar胸像在我的辦公室」，他繼續了，指向一個拇指在他的肩膀轟烈的大廈在他之後。

他的辦公室？

噢，我們是否沒有提及它？ Hammons在5月13日被選舉了Muskogee的市長! Hammons和五其他為辦公室在導致19年老gamer和70年老Herschel作戰為大部分的表決塑像的McBride的競選跑了(一位前三期限市長)，雖然都沒要求50%多數人必要贏取最初的競選。 在最後的決賽，然而， Hammons要求贏取70%最後的表決的一次清楚的勝利。 The new young mayor has now moved from dorm room to Council Chambers.

PTD caught up with Mayor Hammons on Tuesday, May 20, the day after he took the Oath of Office and just an hour after his first round of official meetings at City Hall. He was lingering in City Hall’s parking lot with fellow gamers Matt Price and Chris Reese, talking to a Muskogee Police Department officer. Hammons credits his win over McBride to his use of the Internet to build a grassroots political base and to overwhelming support from the Muskogee Fire and Police Departments. After spending just $5,000 on his campaign, Hammons plans to explore local campaign finance issues while on the Council. When PTD asked about other future political plans, he said, “I hope to own a PS3 soon” - and grinned.

Hammons has always been interested in politics, serving as senior class president at Muskogee High School in 2007 and as president of both the Young Republicans and the Young Democrats clubs (a true bi-partisan?). Hammons is a registered Republican now, however, and will be Oklahoma’s youngest delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis this September.

“Eventually I plan to run for governor,” Hammons said, “although you have to be 31-years old to do that.” And after the governorship? You guessed it: President John Tyler Hammons has a nice ring.
But enough about politics.

“I like all the Mario titles,” Hammons said, “Super Smash Bros. Brawl is one of my favorites - I’ll play anything with Mario in it.”

He hasn’t played the recently-released Mario Kart Wii yet, but is looking forward to doing so: “As soon as I can borrow it from my buddy here,” he said, pointing to Price. Super Mario Sunshine is another favorite of the young mayor.

“I like most RPG & shooter games,” Hammons said, “And I enjoy civilization-building games.”
With his new duties, gaming may have to take a back-burner to running Muskogee’s municipal government, a sacrifice Hammons is willing to make for now. He’s also transferring from the University of Oklahoma in Norman to Northeastern Oklahoma University in Muskogee in order to be closer to the action.

How will Hammon’s latest RPG play out IRL? Stay tuned - we’ll let you know if skills learned from Rome: Total War actually work in the Council Chamber.

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