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Secretary of State gets a custom DS Lite photo

If you were holding a conference for the eight richest nations in the world and needed to give out gifts fast, what is the first thing you would think of? Certainly not a videogame product, right? Before the G8 conference officially kicks off in Toyako, Hokkaido, at least three important bureaucrats in attendance were presented with gifts. The US’s very own Condoleezza Rice’s offerings consisted of some stickers in her likeness, as well as a customized DS Lite.

The DS looks pretty hip, but I don’t know if that is the most profound gift I could give a world leader. I suppose it could serve as a reminder that the eight largest nations should conserve energy, and therefore need to keep their console playing to a minimum. Personally, I’m digging the stickers. I look forward to the day when I get so popular that someone gives me a sticker of myself.

Let me pose this to you guys. What the hell kind of videogame product would you buy a minister at G8? Also, how would it be customized?

[Via Engadget]


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The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 07/04/2008 14:52
I don't much care for G4, so I don't think G8 is going to be anything to write home about.

I wonder what President Bush is doing with his DS.
Krahsh's Avatar
Krahsh at 07/04/2008 14:54
That's easy...

wait.. I thought you meant priest, not minister..
Horatio Caine's Avatar
Horatio Caine at 07/04/2008 14:56
Lucky S.O.B. Politics!
hpv's Avatar
hpv at 07/04/2008 15:01
I'd have given her a pair of handcuffs and a nice, damp cell to sit in for about a hundred years.
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spam at 07/04/2008 15:07
yeah i would have given her a waterboard me elmo or something
cunts
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar
EternalDeathSlayer at 07/04/2008 15:08
lol @ bleeding heart liberals like hpv.

Good luck with your insane taxes under Obama.
DeJaVood0o's Avatar
DeJaVood0o at 07/04/2008 15:10
Uh, the G8's not happening anywhere near Kyoto. It's in Toyako, Hokkaido. I was just there!
Brad Nicholson's Avatar
Brad Nicholson at 07/04/2008 15:23
Very astute. I shall fire the gremlin that gave me the information.
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anomalous underdog at 07/04/2008 16:28
so what's that white ball on the left?
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 07/04/2008 17:15
I remember when my brother used to work at Sam's Club he would make wallet-size "approval" stickers with our faces on them. I wonder if I still have mine.
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MechaMonkey at 07/04/2008 17:59
@anomalous_underdog

That's what she said!

OH SHI-
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thinkfreemind at 07/04/2008 18:55
I can't wait for this to hit Ebay. I'll take out a loan to buy the rarest DS ever if I have to! Lucky, undeserving... (because I don't want to be too mean here) woman.
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turdferguson at 07/04/2008 19:23
Someone should give them R4s so they don't have to buy games. George Bush is known to have pirated music on his ipod. :D
spam's Avatar
spam at 07/04/2008 20:28
@ EternalDeathSlayer
yes because torturing people and shitting all your money away on wars really keeps those taxes down
Patriot SE's Avatar
Patriot SE at 07/04/2008 20:52
@Spam
yes because all of our Tax dollars are spent torturing people and funding a war....Wait until universal healthcare comes around see how high taxes will be then....oh nvm. We are just going to tax the rich as punishment for working hard and making money. I mean hell, they already pay for a third of the U.S. budget, lets just make that 50 percent now....
Dr Mike's Avatar
Dr Mike at 07/04/2008 20:52
My political party can beat up your political party!
Twicky's Avatar
Twicky at 07/05/2008 01:28
I think that white ball is a ball gag.
Usedtabe's Avatar
Usedtabe at 07/05/2008 04:25
@EDS and Patriot SE: Agreed
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