Oh wait, I thought you meant Obama! No?
It seems that little countries like Venezuela have Presidents too and this one seems mighty peeved at video games. For some reason, the country whose mass export is Cocaine, seems to have a bit of a hang up on video games. His problem seems to stem from the fact that “Some games teach you to kill. They once put my face on a game, [where] you’ve got to find Chavez to kill him.” (think he’s on about Mercenaries 2). It seems games “promote the need for cigarettes, drugs and alcohol so they can sell them”.
Thing is Hugo more than 50% of cocaine snorted in the UK comes from your country – technically, we (UK) don’t ship any video games to your wonderful nation. Are you just bashing cos you’re up for re-election or you bored?
I find it astounding that as the world is being torn apart by violence in some of the poorest countries in the world (just how many consoles do they own in Somalia or Afghanistan anyway?).Yet another politician is deflecting attention from his own ineptitude using the entertainment industry.Yes I do see the need for some form of regulation otherwise who knows what the industry would turn out.Violence has been around since time began and it will continue with games or without so shut your face Hugo you’re a muppet!
Comment by akaSPAWNOFSANTA — 20 January 2010 @ 2:32 pm