Venezuela

In Real Life

An Arcade For Squatters Living In An Abandoned Skyscraper

6:30PM March 16, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

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. More »


An MVP Hangs In There, With Los Muchachos Del Verano

6:00AM August 1, 2010 | Owen Good

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. More »


In Real Life

Gears Of War Meets… Political Satire

8:30PM April 8, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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. More »


News

Venezuelan President Says Games Are “Poison”

11:30PM January 18, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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”. More »


In Real Life

What It’s Like To Live Where Games Are Criminalised

3:00PM November 7, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


News

Attempts To Ban Violent Games In Venezuela Progress

10:00AM October 6, 2009 | Stephen Totilo

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. More »


In Real Life

Venezuela Trying To Ban Violent Video Games

4:30PM August 26, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

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. More »