United States president Barack Obama recently visited Poland and presented a stae address alongside Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Interestingly, while calling Poland a “hub of high-tech innovation”, Obama also mentioned CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher.

“In fact, the last time I was here, Donald gave me a gift – the video game developed here in Poland that’s won fans the world over, The Witcher.

“I confess, I’m not very good at video games, but I’ve been told that it is a great example of Poland’s place in the new global economy and it’s a tribute to the talents and the work ethic of the Polish people, as well as the wise stewardship of Polish leaders, like Prime Minister Tusk.”

You can read the full address here – or watch it above – but how awesome would it have been for CD Projekt RED to have the President of the United States praise your work?

The next game in the series – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – is slated to be released in February 2015 for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

In a recent “Fireside Hangout”, President Obama said, “Look at Mark Zuckerberg. I was sitting next to him at dinner a couple of years ago, and he said he taught himself programming primarily because he was interested in games.

“If we set programs in high schools that engage kids because they get it, they won’t be just sitting there slouching in back of rooms while someone is lecturing.

“Given how pervasive computers and the internet is now, how integral it is in our economy, and how fascinated kids are with it, I want to make sure they actually know how to produce stuff and not simply consume stuff.”

The President had previously called for research and studies on whether violent video games influence real life crimes when addressing the spate of shootings that occurred in the country.

Source: GamerCenterOnline

“With iPods and iPads; Xboxes and PlayStations — none of which I know how to work — information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation,” Obama said.

“All of this is not only putting new pressures on you. It is putting new pressures on our country and on our democracy,” Obama said.

Déjà vu anyone?

Last year the President spoke out against video game, calling them a ‘health concern’. You can see just what GamingBolt thinks of that in our editorials.

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