As noted previously, video gamers are taking a break from their joysticks and getting political. For the inside story, go to GamePolitics.com — “Where politics and Video Games collide.” The site, part of the Entertainment Consumers Association, does a nice job covering all things political and cultural related to video games. It’s edited by Dennis McCauley, longtime video game columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, who also writes a column for the video game site Joystiq.

GamePolitics has jumped on the grassroots gamer response to the CNN/YouTube Republican debate and is now running a contest to spur more video submissions. Here’s what the gamers are saying:

Austin from Oregon says let the video game industry to regulate itself just like the movie industry.

Parents need to be responsible, says Tim.

And this dude gets in character to ask the candidates if the government should censor digital media such as the Internet and video games.