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| Mexican governor orders seizure of video game |
| 2007-03-27 |
| The governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua has ordered that copies of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 be confiscated, according to a report on Spanish-language site El Diario. Set in Juárez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, GRAW2 follows an elite combat unit battling Mexican rebels in the year 2014. Earlier this month, the mayor of Juárez, a city in Chihuahua on the Mexican-American border, criticized the game sharply, saying it instilled poor values and portrayed his town's people as violent. According to the report, Chihuahua Governor José Reyes Baeza Terrazas considers the game an insult not only to the city of Juárez, but to the entire country. Currently, authorities are gathering information on where the game is being sold, reproduced, and distributed in preparation for a seizure campaign, El Diario reported. As of press time, an Ubisoft representative had not responded to GameSpot's request for comment. He was wallowing on the floor in the orgasmic expectation of doubling their sales. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 That settles it: I don't usually buy this kind of game, but I'm buying this one when it comes out! If my action, in any way, shape, or form, is construed as poking my extended middle finger into Jose Terrazas' eye, I'll do it. |
| Posted by: ptah 2007-03-27 14:46 |
| #4 Go viral. 1)Limited version of game given away free on internet. 2)Governor Baeza shits little blue bricks. 3)Game company rolls in cash, laughing their way to the bank. |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-03-27 13:56 |
| #3 According to the report, Chihuahua Governor José Reyes Baeza Terrazas considers the game an insult not only to the city of Juárez, but to the entire country. Of course, he doesn't think its an insult that his 'governing class' dumps millions of their people upon their neighbor because their utterly corrupt system of government and economics are focused upon maintaining power rather than improving the lot of the citizens. You've got to have some honor first before you can be 'insulted' El Jefe. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-03-27 09:14 |
| #2 I just beat the game! It involved rebels all over latin american who plant a nuke in El Paso. It had nothing to do with Mexican citizens. If anything it shows how American special forces are the most violent ass kickers in the world. |
| Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087 2007-03-27 08:32 |
| #1 When you're lost in the rain in Juarez An' it's easter time too An' your gravity fails An' negativity don't pull you thru Don't put on any airs When you're down on rue morgue avenue They got some hungry women there An' they really make a mess outta you. Now if you see saint Annie Please tell her thanks a lot I cannot move My fingers are all in a knot I don't have the strength To get up an' take another shot An' my best friend, my doctor Won't even say what it is i have got. Sweet Melinda The peasants call her the goddess of gloom She speaks good english An' she invites you up into her room An' you're so kind An' careful not to go to her too soon An' she takes your voice An' leaves you howlin' at the moon. Up on housin' project hill It's either fortune or fame You must pick one or the other Tho neither of them are to be what they claim If you're lookin' to get silly You better go back to from where you came Because the cops don't need you An' man they expect the same. Now all the authorities They just stand around an' boast How they blackmailed the sergeant at arms Into leavin' his post An' pickin' up Angel who Just arrived here from the coast Who looked so fine at first But left lookin' just a ghost. I started out on burgundy But soon hit the harder stuff Everybody said they'd stand behind me When the game got rough But the joke was on me There was nobody even there to bluff I'm goin' back to New York city I do believe i've had enough. [/channeling Bob Dylan and Juarez] |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-03-27 01:50 |