In Real Life

An Arcade For Squatters Living In An Abandoned Skyscraper

There are 2500 people living in The Centro Financiero Confinanzas, an unfinished skyscraper in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Despite being essentially squatters, they still have somewhere to play video games.


August 1, 2010

An MVP Hangs In There, With Los Muchachos Del Verano

It seems like a familiar story: a baseball veteran gets to the end of his contract, can’t sign another one, and finds new life, and love, in another country. In this case, it’s EA Sports’ long lost MVP Baseball 2005.


April 8, 2010
In Real Life

Gears Of War Meets… Political Satire

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, he don’t like video games. But the editors of Peruvian newspaper Peru21 didn’t let that stop them using a recent arms deal to engage Chavez in a little involuntary Gears of War cosplay.


January 18, 2010
News

Venezuelan President Says Games Are “Poison”

As we’ve covered a few times before, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is not only a nutty man, he’s a nutty man that hates video games. Hates them so much be believes they’re “poison”.


November 7, 2009
In Real Life

What It’s Like To Live Where Games Are Criminalised

Twenty-six-year-old gamer Guido Núñez-Mujica lives in Venezula, where the government has passed a new law that in effect criminalises video games.


October 6, 2009
News

Attempts To Ban Violent Games In Venezuela Progress

The Associated Press reports that the Venezuelan government’s attempts to ban violent video games such as Counter-Strike, is weeks away from passing, though it isn’t likely to affect widespread sale of pirated games.


August 26, 2009
In Real Life

Venezuela Trying To Ban Violent Video Games

There’s a bill currently snaking its way through Venezuela’s parliament that, if passed into law, will result in a total ban in the sale of violent video games in the country.