Samantha Bee from Full Frontal presents the trivia application This Is Not a Game.

After realizing that 54% of those who look at it, Full front, Samantha Bee decided to do something to encourage her audience and others to go to the polls. And she did it "in the most 2018 way" possible: with an application. This is not a game is in fact a game of live daily political challenges, HQ Trivia style. It turns political consciousness into a social activity with a cash incentive.

The idea, Bee said Wednesday night, was born of frustration with the current political climate and feels compelled to vent her frustration by throwing shoes, office supplies and even a crossbow on television. "I am depressed, I lack ideas and Americans never vote. And frankly, they probably will not be paying unless they pay, "says Bee. It was then that she had the opportunity to transform the mid-term elections into one part. "I want to please America and be like, look, you could vote, you could win something.

To make this idea a reality, Bee worked with gamification expert Gabe Zichermann, "civic technology expert," Adam Werbach, and Mark Pincus, the billionaire who created FarmVille, among others. The concept is simple: the game promises to educate people about politics by using Bee's humor style, offers the opportunity to make money, and perhaps it will inspire people to vote. While it's too early to tell if the gaming app can actually increase voter turnout, we can at least laugh at it to avoid destroying our own TVs. But there is a catch, according to Bee: "Do not tell Ted Cruz. I do not want to have to give him money.