While political ideas have often made their way into the content of games and talks on offer at PAX, it’s rare that electoral politics takes center stage. Occasionally, a local politician has wandered the show floor, but this year PAX West made history by hosting its first sitting member of Congress for a proper talk.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), the newly elected representative for Washington’s 7th District, spoke on Monday afternoon in a dialogue with veteran game developer, and lead curator of PAX Dev, Lone Shark Games’ founder Mike Selinker. 

The framing of the conversation was "Gamers & Political Consciousness," promising to talk about "current issues that affect games and the internet, and how to engage with political representatives." In a significant way, it met th…