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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-11 02:17 PM
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Erik Prince's company, Blackwater, resurfaces as a shoot-em-up video game
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Erik Prince's company, Blackwater, resurfaces as a shoot-em-up video game you can play at home
Published: Monday, September 12, 2011, 12:03 PM Updated: Monday, September 12, 2011, 12:03 PM


Holland native Erik Prince may no longer be recruiting for Blackwater, but you can pretend thanks to a new video game he has licensed.

Prince, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, told CNN his father, Edgar Prince, inspired the creation of the game. “He taught me to appreciate the opportunities that America offers to innovators,” he said.

The game places the player – armed with real-world weapons – in a fictional North African town over-run by warlords and opposing militia forces, according to CNN.

Although he does not have time to play video games anymore, the founder of Blackwater said he set the “overall vision and mission for the game.”

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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-11 05:48 PM
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1. kicking for Erik and his nasty-ass sister, Betsy DeVos, the Amway queen
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demmiblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-11 06:00 PM
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2. And her asshole husband. n/t
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-11 11:20 PM
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3. Betsy and hubby Dick DeVos spent a lot of money in those Wisconsin senate recall elections
Masquerading as a group of children advocates.
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