When Barack Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States of America on January 20th he became the most powerful man on the planet. A U.S. President has long had the ability to push buttons and launch nukes, but President Obama is the first "leader of the free world" to hail from the video game generation, and his button pressing ability has already been tested in the virtual world.

The New York Times reported that Obama - who advertised his 2008 presidential campaign in games such as Madden NFL 09 and Burnout Paradise - gave his daughters, Sasha and Malia, a Nintendo Wii for Christmas...