[i]Your cruel device.
Your blood, like ice.
One look could kill.
My pain, your thrill![/i]

Fuck you BBCode.

They're onto our evil ways, quick into the escape pods!

Ya know, with this and Australia, ya gotta wonder if these people plan on being remembered fondly or not.

16bitmonster:

Unwarranted? You did read what Chavez said, didn't you? He basically made shit up about Sony selling cigarettes to kids because he's bitter about mercenaries 2. That's what makes him a little bitch

Sorry, didn't realize Huge Chavez had such a loyal fanbase on Destructoid. Carry on defending the man's stupid and bullshit opinion though.

I think if M. Chavez played Bayonetta, he'd probably cream his pants and say video games are what will save humankind.

@Hugo Chavez
"bomb cities or just throw bombs"

Last time I checked there were no reported cases of gamers bombing cities, that's what governments do, asshole.

"Last time I checked there were no reported cases of gamers bombing cities, that's what governments do, asshole."

That's funny because it's true!

For how long will they make videogames the cause of violence? It's getting reaaaaaly boring....

Am I the only one who have played two digit number of FPS-es and never even thought of shooting someone for real? (okay, i did, but you know what i meant...)

Well, video games (or at least big budget ones) could only exist in a very capitalistic society. Then there's a lot of violence in video games. Fact is most well known games tend to be pretty violent, so if his perception of games is one of a medium indoctrinating the youth into a violent culture than I dunno, not really his fault for perceiving them that way. And there is a certain truth in video games being used for advertisement, or being violent to extremes, and sometimes being xenophobic.

I disagree with him, but I wouldn't call him a little bitch. That's what Jim's for.

Gotta love the crazy people. Really wakes you up in the morning. Better than a cup a' joe. Seriously, try reading some of Jack Thompson's rants in the morning; that shit's good to the last drop.

@Tarvu: What song are those lyrics from?

@Bigmoose85: I'm sorry, maybe I didn't read enough of Chavez's comments, because I'm still not fully awake (he's no Folger's). What's a WEEBOL?

@16bitmonster:...You must be joking.

@Mr. Pibb: You win teh internetz.

@L G Jargon:
It's Alice Cooper - Poison.

@ L G Jargon: Lyrics are from Poison - Alice cooper xD nice one :D

I'm getting really, really tired of Jim Sterling's butthurt articles. It's obvious that he chose this career path because his only joy in life is complaining. I don't think I'll be reading Destructoid as often from now on.

*don't support

I'm glad I don't live there.

Any Venezuela gamer has something to comment about this?
...Are there gamers in Venezuela? :(

you dont see kim jong il whining about mercenaries 1

Donkey Kong is an allegory of man's triumph over games.

...But he thinks Ahmenijad is alright. Man's a cock. He'll wreck Venezuala and then blame it on America, just you watch.

I read this story in Spanish, not only does he say get rid of video games, but what he says afterward is hilarious. He goes on to say that kids should be playing with yo yo's and tops, lol! The man's living in the 30's!

What's next? Get rid of your refrigerators and start using ice? Still though, the Venezuelan people put him in power. They have no one to blame but themselves.

Fuck that fatass commie cockbreath.

Does Chavez know that the PlayStation is made by the Japs? Or does he believe that it's a product of the capitalistic evil American pigs?

@ SexualChoclate - Yep, the world is pretty shitty, and yes I do use them as a distraction. Though I do donate to a couple of charities every month.

The guy was still spouting horseshit though. Personally? I would buy Sony branded cigarettes ;-)

@ Ganjookie - I'LL TAKE SEVEN!

@Sexualchocolate
As Winston Churchill once said capitalism is only the lesser of two evils.

The fact is the failure of a capitalist society is completely on the fault of the people. That's the point of capitalism. The people are the ones in charge. If the people want something to change they get off their asses and get shit done. And if they don't they'll stagnate.

Capitalism is anything from perfect butwe've tried the other ways too and they're oppressive and/or dangerous. A socialist agenda can exist in a small are no problem. And I know here in the states we're not even fully capitalist anymore. We're sociocapitalist. So obviously there needs to be some level of socialiasm. But a complete dictatorship for an entire country is just a bad idea. It's open and shut.

I like the idea of socialism. The concept of socialism is the shit. And have you seen Sweden? Awesome. But the execution is what fucks everybody over. It's extremely delicate to the point of being nearly impossible to implement.

Hugo Chavez has turned Venezuela into nothing but an oil supermarket. He's fucked with the people's ability to eat, sleep, or find help all in the name of being as big as the US. It's pathetic. He needs to focus on his country and his people. He can do the whole oil thing all he wants but it doesn't give him the right to ignore his countries blatant need for support.

Socialism is a grea idea. Especially when faced with the cynical perspective of capitalism. But the fact is it doesn't work.

And I do mean cynical perspective. I can understand and see where people come from when they bitch about the capitalist society but it really isn't that bad at all. It's not perfect but it certainly isn't hell.