--- description: For the record, I want to live in a world where the president -- regardless of who's in office -- plays multiplayer first-person shooters in order to raise awareness for some sort of cause, push some sort of agenda or curry favor for votes. title: President Obama Plays Titanfall (Not Really, but Think About It) image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Obama Plays Titanfall' Is a Thing and It's Pretty Incredible by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2014 4:25 PM CUT by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2014 4:25 PM CUT If you saw President Obama’s [appearance on Between Two Ferns](http://time.com/19645/obama-zach-galifianakis-between-two-ferns/ "undefined") with Zach Galifianakis, you might be forgiven for thinking the leader of the free world has also been playing Titanfall with the username “HealthcareGov” in order to remind the uninsured Titanfall-playing demographic (probably similar to the demographic that watches Beyond Two Ferns) to sign up for health care by March 31. Once the pseudo-president drops a few F-bombs and talking about aliens emerging from his anus, however, all bets are off. Unless it’s really Obama, in which case he’s taking campaigning to an entirely new level. Here are the first three videos in [the “Obama Plays Titanfall” series](https://www.youtube.com/results?search%5Fquery=obama+plays+titanfall "undefined") by [Game Society Pimps](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdhMqFFPqKd54ZMcxzRq5Qg "undefined"). As mentioned, there’s some salty language. Part One: Part Two: Part Three: [Someone’s Pretending To Be Obama While Playing Titanfall](http://kotaku.com/someones-pretending-to-be-obama-while-playing-titanfal-1550280561 "undefined") \[Kotaku\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/35660/obama-plays-titanfall-is-a-thing-and-its-pretty-incredible/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/35660/obama-plays-titanfall-is-a-thing-and-its-pretty-incredible/"},"headline":"'Obama Plays Titanfall' Is a Thing and It's Pretty Incredible","datePublished":"2014-03-24T16:25:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:48.675Z","description":"For the record, I want to live in a world where the president -- regardless of who's in office -- plays multiplayer first-person shooters in order to raise awareness for some sort of cause, push some sort of agenda or curry favor for votes.","url":"https://time.com/35660/obama-plays-titanfall-is-a-thing-and-its-pretty-incredible/","keywords":["Tech","Affordable Care Act","Video Games","Obama","ACA","President Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Doug Aamoth","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/doug-aamoth/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/35660/obama-plays-titanfall-is-a-thing-and-its-pretty-incredible/","name":"'Obama Plays Titanfall' Is a Thing and It's Pretty Incredible"}}]}] ```