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= September 9 =

Computer game about presidential elections
I am trying to remember the name of a computer game which was based on simulating U.S. presidential elections. The game enabled a player to play as any of the major candidates from the presidential primaries of 1972, 1976, or 1980, or as a made-up character, and one could play the simulation as taking place in any election year from 1972 to 1984. One could have the candidates run in a different party or year from when one would expect so, for example, you could run the 1976 election with Ronald Reagan as the Democrat running against Ted Kennedy as the Republican. The game must have been published in 1983, because the instructions said something like "you can even have George McGovern running as a Republican in 1984" (McGovern did run in 1984, but in his usual party as a Democrat). Does anyone remember any game like that? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:35, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * One of The Political Machine games? Or, this President Election Game by 270soft? —2606:A000:1126:28D:EDA5:45D4:346D:C7A0 (talk) 05:09, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * These all seem way too new to be what the OP is referring to. Nil Einne (talk) 16:02, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Maybe either the Apple II or Commodore 64 versions of the original (not 1988) President Elect (video game)? Nil Einne (talk) 16:06, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, President Elect seems like the most likely answer to my question. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:32, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Ghanian language
I recently watched the series Away (Hillary Swank, et al). In several of the flashback scenes for Kwesi, he and his adoptive father are speaking a language. What language is it? Was the character's father also from Ghana? 142.46.150.122 (talk) 19:01, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * (First some helpful links: We're talking about Away, and the main cast character Kwesi, played by Ato Essandoh) I couldn't find out which language, but some info that might help with further research: Kwesi's father is named "Sisi", appears in episode 6 ("A Little Faith"), and is played by Bex (aka Agbeko Tedjame-Mortty or Agbeko Mortty), an actor and producer who was also casting director in Freetown. (Credited as Agbeko Mortty). He also played the character Gyamfi in Priscilla Anany's Children of the Mountain. According to an article in Modern Ghana ("First Ghanaian Movie In History To Show At World Renowned Tribeca Film Festival In New York") that film is spoken in Twi and Ewe. I couldn't tell whether the character 'Sisi' has Ghanaian roots. See also this article in Ready Steady Cut. That's all I got so far; the actor might well know and be capable of performing in several languages spoken in Ghana. ---Sluzzelin talk  19:59, 9 September 2020 (UTC)