Hugo Chavez,Mickey Mouse of politicsHugo Chavez is back,finding new ways to convince the world that video games are indeed harmful towards human beings.
Labelling them as "poison"and "leading kids down the capitalist road to hell",Hugo also specifically named two major console makers in his list of criticisms.Nintendo apparently,promotes "selfishness,individualism and violence".He could have a point there,as Mario is notorious for keeping all the coins to himself,overshadowing his brother in the games and unnecessarily jumping on random Koopas' heads.
Sony also received some love,being the platform of choice for most hardcore gamers."Those games they call Playstation are poison.Some games teach you to kill.They once put my face on a game,you've got to find Chavez to kill him".
An obvious reference to Pandemic's Mercenaries 2:World in Flames,which courted controversy two years ago for placing its setting in Venezuela.In the game,players were instructed to take out a certain figure of authority,though he is a fictional character.Nevertheless,Hugo found reasons to be incensed for having his beloved country becoming a bloodsoaked arena of exploding buildings and one-versus-one hundred battles.He was wrong about the cover though,as evident by the very badass picture of heavy metal listening,head banging Swede Mattias Nilsson.
Hugo had more,adding that any "game that bombs cities or just throw bombs" were sold by capitalist countries to increase the need for "cigarettes,drugs and alcohol" among players.Which if true,doesn't explain why I never had a single craving for anything other than more time when playing Bomberman.
Barbie dolls weren't spared either,as Hugo urged local toy manufacturers to produce educational and indigenous dolls instead of Mattel's line of slim mannequins,which "have nothing to do with our culture."
Haiti is suffering from the aftermath of an eathquake,and it's this shit that's keeping a leader of a South American country awake.The same could be same for me,as I was more concerned with finishing Final Fantasy 12 while the world mourned MJ's death.
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