Target: Venezuela
Some people drink to relax. Others watch TV or meditate. I become a Mercenary in the PS2 game, Mercenaries. For well over a year I have played and replayed this game, which takes place in North Korea run by a fictional strongman Kim il-Song. Interestingly, I play the game with a strong moral code – meaning that I avoid hurting civilians, hate running the missions against the South Korean forces (and try to minimize casualties when I do), and most recently played a game in which I captured – not killed – most of the deck of 52 including Song himself.
That said, I was happy to learn that a sequel was in the works. Even better this story reports that it takes place in Venezuela – thereby pissing off supporters of Hugo Chavez.
“I think the U.S. government knows how to prepare campaigns of psychological terror so they can make things happen later,” Congressman Ismael Garcia said, citing the video game developed by Los Angeles-based Pandemic Studios.
Being that I am no fan of Chavez, we can only hope he’s right. If not, I’ll remember that the next time I have Chavez in the sights of my anti-armor sniper rifle.
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