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PlayStation is Poison, Says Venezuelan President

Uros "Vader" Pavlovic

02:27 am EDT @ January 18th, 2010

Filed under: VENEZUELA, HUGO CHAVEZ, SONY, PLAYSTATION, PS3

Known for frequently bashing video games in the past, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez goes after Sony claiming that the PlayStatinon console is "poison." Chavez commented during his weekly radio-TV show "Alo Presidente," appealing to Venezuelan manufacturers to make "educational" toys and dolls with indigenous peoples' features to replace capitalistic counterparts like the Barbie doll that "have nothing to do with our culture" (okay, I agree with Chavez on the Barbie comment)

The Venezuelan leader already criticized Nintendo for promoting "selfishness, individualism and violence." Commenting on Sony's PlayStation, Chavez explains how "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.'"

Hm, well, you can understand why the man is pissed, can't you?

They "promote the need for cigarettes, drugs and alcohol so they can sell them. That's capitalism, the road to hell," he added.

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	Superastic	Jan 18 2010, 02:39 am EST
	Reply Hola! I agree with the man.

	Vader	[STAFF] Jan 18 2010, 02:41 am EST
	Reply SILENCE! Capitalist dog!
	Superastic: Ha ?! Vader: I said: "SILENCE! Capitalist dog!" Superastic: To whom? Vader: The gipsy standing behind you, of course. Superastic: Oh, him. His name is Remzi. He says all the wrong thi…

	im_stardust	Jan 18 2010, 03:05 am EST
	Reply I like Mr. Chavez and I also like Michael Myers.

	tarang231994	Jan 18 2010, 03:06 am EST
	Reply Motherfuka son a bitch sum1 kill him for me plz

	optimus slime	Jan 18 2010, 03:17 am EST
	Reply Only Xbox left for him to spit on and he'll be my personal idol. The Vanguard of PC population. Ve vill haev aur revenge console swines!

	Alchi	Jan 18 2010, 04:06 am EST
	Reply Hmm this got me thinking. I wonder if Hitler would've liked consoles? Or would he be for racial purity and superiority of PC. No console ports would be in Hitlers world. And every defected game would be sterilized. Think about it. Think well about it...
	Tastysanchez: I like it! ...and i'm Polish im_stardust: If there would have been jews instead of germans in a…

	SpaceMonkey	Jan 18 2010, 04:47 am EST
	Reply I had to transit through Venezuela once, and I can tell you it's not a happy experience, and I was only fucking transiting. If you have to go somewhere NEVER transit through venezuela!
	Superastic: I transited through Caracas in 2007. No strip-search … Cheddar: You should probably try to avoid South America altoge… Superastic: Nah, imo, if you can ignore politics, it's well worth… Cheddar: Sure, as long as you bring your own bottled water and… Alchi: This reminds me of the 2016 Olympics. Now that will b… Superastic: Shit, Cheddar? Did all that happen to you? Cheddar: ...............................I don't wanna talk abo… Amok: Cheddar's got a point and did well to elaborate on it… -=Dexel=-: Cheddar got it all right... I have to transit Valenci… Superastic: Maybe I got lucky... But now I think I understand why…

	Vader	[STAFF] Jan 18 2010, 05:01 am EST
	Reply Were you strip-searched?

	Hamsterkill	Jan 18 2010, 05:07 am EST
	Reply I think "someone" must have just gotten owned in Modern Warfare 2.

	Cheddar	Jan 18 2010, 07:05 am EST
	Reply Chavez is referring to Mercenaries 2. The game's antagonist is suspiciously similar to Chavez, and indeed, your ultimate goal in the game is to kill that character (because he betrays the protagonist at the very beginning). Although no games that I can think of "promote the need for cigarettes, drugs and alcohol", so he's just talking out of his ass there, of course, to justify his angst. If he had just left it at "waaa some video game vilifies me waaa", naturally that would come across as a bit pathetic.
	Kurio: They may not promote a need for, but they sure as hel… Cheddar: I can't think of any game that glorifies smoking, dru… Burning: Saboteur glorifies drinking and smoking. Although it'… Cheddar: Never played that game. Didn't critics pan it? Ther…

	Paul	Jan 18 2010, 07:36 am EST
	Reply I want mr. Chavez to fucking die and I hate consoles.
	Thrash: I salute you! Kurio: same, although in this case i kinda agree with his po…

	Copperr	Jan 18 2010, 08:28 am EST
	Reply I agree with him...I'm sure he would like Tropico though !
	Tastysanchez: lol!

	WereGerbel	Jan 18 2010, 09:09 am EST
	Reply Is this dude serious??!!
	Alchi: First encounter with Marxists ???

	Kurio	Jan 18 2010, 09:49 am EST
	Reply In a certain way i kinda agree with him.

	araczynski	Jan 18 2010, 12:01 pm EST
	Reply looks like age hasn't been kind to the commie pig, maybe he needs a wii fit.

	Breedy_Mcfluff	Jan 18 2010, 12:04 pm EST
	Reply Get that fat bastard a cookie!

	CJ_Parker	Jan 18 2010, 01:49 pm EST
	Reply El Presidente hath spoken. If you have any objections please get in line for the firing squad in one hour. kthxhasta.

	Marku5K	Jan 18 2010, 02:54 pm EST
	Reply In your FACE PS3.

	Jedrus	Jan 18 2010, 02:58 pm EST
	Reply He is not different from other political figures, just a little less pretentious.
	Hamsterkill: Uhhh... he seems pretty pretentious to me... Perhaps …

	Amok	Jan 18 2010, 03:43 pm EST
	Reply "The Venezuelan leader already criticized Nintendo for promoting "selfishness, individualism and violence."" LOL! The makers of kiddy consoles and games receive this accusation. Says a lot. Bash Nintendo, bash iiit! But this news is unsurprising; the latino fatty statesman is due to make controversial claims such as this. I like it better when he bashes Bush. "Meestehr Dahnnger Booshe!"
	-=Dexel=-: Don't forger about the smell of Sulfur

	-=Dexel=-	Jan 18 2010, 03:58 pm EST
	Reply Y si buscamos a chvez y lo matamos... en la vida real?? "and if we hunt down chavez and kill him... in real life??" I believe he has not messed up with PC gaming, cuz he doesn't know video games are made for PC too.... I doubt he knows how to use internet explorer properly... bah, he would find Google Chrome complicated. and I'm 100% sure he suxs with Microsoft's Office.

	thestewieman	Jan 18 2010, 04:52 pm EST
	Reply and communism failed and created poverty when applied by an idiot moron.
	barasawa: Darn near any political system will fail and create p…

	rapideyemovement	Jan 19 2010, 02:23 am EST
	Reply unfortunately we are not so evolved in this matter so the only healthy, proved through time and practical solutions are the socialism and liberalism, the capitalist wild-hobo is just running desperate after money :) Oh and I like him cause he speaks his mind plainly and although he is no model whatsoever, I find his declarations often amusing, and economy-wise he is right.

	uk_john	Jan 25 2010, 07:43 am EST
	Reply I am a white male Englishman and I say this. If we saw more non white UK or U.S. males and more female characters of any colour, video gaming would be able to truly say it was mainstream and 'like the movie industry'. Games where the lead character is always white, male and either American or British must be very annoying to women and all non white peoples around the world - and that's a lot of sales lost!

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