Posted on 03/22/2007 4:37:38 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
Bono has developed a reputation as a rock star with a conscience. The leader of the band U2 has cofounded two lobbying groups that raise awareness about Africa’s afflictions, created a fair-trade clothing company, and brokered a deal with several major American companies to donate millions of dollars to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS. But now he is caught up in a controversy over one of his own ventures.
Dozens of organizations are asking Bono to stop production of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, a violent video game in which players become hired mercenaries who invade Venezuela, where a tyrant has tampered with the country’s oil supply. Once there, the player takes orders from the highest bidder, buying, stealing, and destroying anything in sight. Samples of the game available online show the mercenary driving through corrugated shacks in jungle villages, firing shoulder rockets from a city sidewalk, and destroying a replica of the state-owned oil company’s headquarters. The game, developed by Pandemic Studios, is scheduled for release in the fall.
Bono is a cofounder and chief investor in Elevation Partners, a media and communications company that formed a $300 million partnership with Pandemic in 2005.
"You always hear about all of the humanitarian efforts that he does, so I was surprised he would be involved in a violent game like this," said Jorge Marin, a Venezuelan immigrant who is a coordinator of the Boston Bolivarian Circle, one of the groups that have signed on to the Venezuela Solidarity Network’s second campaign to write letters to Bono.
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If you want on or off the list, go to the link for instructions. Otherwise, it won't be guaranteed that you will be put on or taken off (it still won't be 100% guaranteed, anyway, but will be much more highly probable).
Where can I reserve my copy? I'm having trouble running Hidden and Dangerous 2 and Rainbow6 Vegas is still too expensive. :-)
LOL ping! i want it!
if it was a game that was a parody about George W. Bush and his alleged crimes, such a game would be ok to the politically correct crowd.
I am pro (legal) immigration. But we ought to not let people who are anti-U.S. (as by definition any Chavista is) immigrate to the U.S.
Seems like a no-brainer, doesn't it?
The game looks f**king awesome. They should let you program it so the image map of the dictator can be replaced with Chavez' mug, and you can kill him.
yep. No doubt.
well let's hope that they include modding capabilities so they don't all have to look like aliens.
Yeah and see my post above ... i would like my character to look a little more... realistic. It just adds more to the game.
Yep -- just change the location Texas & it's a winner.
does anyone have the photoshop of hugo being dragged around by us troops? I can't find it on google images and it used to be there.
Another family values success story.
I think it's important because it's my country. I am a Venezuelan and I care about Venezuela."
Why are you in MY country, and who are the traitors who let you in?
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