So should Romney announce his pick this week to stir up some much-needed positive news coverage before the London Olympic Games and beach vacations consume the attention of voters?
One will take place on Loth Beach on Saturday and recalls games that were played on the sand in the 1800s.
Commercially, it makes sense that beach volleyball and various X Games-like events have become part of the Olympic story in an effort to modernize the Olympics while targeting a more youthful demographic of viewers.
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"There is such a huge audience now for that style of interaction (with turn-based strategy games), " Beach said.
Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, the undisputed royalty of Olympic beach volleyball after dominating the 2004 and 2008 Games, edged out their Chinese competitors Tuesday afternoon to advance to Wednesday's final, which will be their last game together.
Hoopla has been quieter in Long Beach, where stations and newspapers have their hands full with Angels and Dodgers games.
Meier, Solomon and Beach all said they have a passion for the genre and try to create games they would want to play themselves.
In the evenings on each trip they would go to the beach with four or five other couples for bonfires, Hood Canal-style games and a tradition they called the sing-down, where each team is given a word and has to come up with songs that feature it.
Gather your rat pack for a weekend of games and glamour at this newly renovated Vegas landmark, now featuring South Beach-inspired rooms, three gourmet restaurants and the hottest poolside club east of the sun (and west of the moon).
Beach points out the future of turn-based strategy gaming is already playing out in other casual games like "Words With Friends, " where players take turns playing a "Scrabble"-like game with opponents.
Those who aren't lucky enough to be in South Africa will head to bars or pubs to watch the games while others will go to stadiums or watch on giant screens in public places like Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro or Sydney's Darling Harbour.
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