Which video game character could best run your country?

[Toriver]

So I just finished playing Fable III and I began to think, which video game character would actually make the best leader of a country? It could be a hero, villain, side character, anyone. It doesn't have to necessarily be the strongest character in the world. Good leadership skills may not always be found at the sharp end of a sword, the blunt end of a fist, or the barrel of a gun. It takes a wide variety of skills and the ability to make tough decisions to effectively lead.

So, Escapist, which video game character would you like to see as your country's ruler? By that I mean a president, prime minister, monarch, whatever position is your country's head of government. What say you? Who will lead us into the future... of gaming?

 

[AlohaJo]

Albert Wesker.
Then then entire country would turn into zombies. Mwahahahahaa!! ^_^

Phoenix Wright is a close second though.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

As an American, Duke Nukem is the obvious choice.

 

[F'Angus]

Sheogorath... That'd just be Hilarious...and slightly dangerous

 

[FortheLegion]

The Emperor obviously

He would unite the planet and then begin our expansion outwards into the stars where we can purge the xenos scum!


[small][small]While he may not quite be a video game character, Soldiers loyal to him appear in Dawn of War and other video game adaptations of Warhammer 40k[/small][/small]

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

As an American, Duke Nukem is the obvious choice.

Guile says hi.

Duke is a better candidate than Guile. What does Guile have to his credit? Military experience and beating people up? Duke Nukem has foiled a half dozen alien invasions single handedly. In fact, his list of qualifying traits is better than you'd probably give him credit for:

War Hero (As was Washington, Jackson, Grant and Eisenhower)
Ladies Man (As was Clinton, Kennedy, Johnson, Adams and probably many others)
Excellent Speaking Abilities (Of the glib remark style favored by Kennedy or Clinton)
Gun Rights Advocate (This would win him plenty of conservative votes)
Xenophobic (Duke constantly wages a one man war against things that are not like honest and hard working Americans - the list of presidents who have done the same includes most of them)

I'd say he has what it would take. Bigger body count than Jackson, as racist as any, good enough with the ladies that he will attract the votes of the bimbo portion of the female vote, legitimate war hero and constitutional rights advocate. He is the perfect Tea Party candidate.

 

[Danceofmasks]

Don't American presidential candidates have to be billionaires in order to be able to afford to run?
You'd think, if that were true, Ken would be more likely than Guile.

 

[s0p0g]

luckily, the franchise has been exploited, so that he also appeared in video games:
Gandalf

he is wise, knows what needs to be done, and isn't afraid of getting his hands dirty to do it himself

imagine if every country were ruled by a Gandalf - actual world peace would very well be possible!!!

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

DOOK NOOKOM FOAR PRESUDONT

Guile has a tattoo of an American flag on either bicep. Duke Nukem has a tattoo of some stupid broad named Lani on his butt cheek. 'Nuff said.


This country needs a patriot who isn't afraid to say "I AM AMERICAN" so hard that it's on the same massive arms he's using to beat the shit out of commies everywhere(and also vagrants like Balrog).

Guile/Nash 2012
Vote for a family man.

You've overlooking a few things:

Guile's name is Guile. Americans have some sort of problem when presented with a non generic sounding name. Moreover, what's his platform? Crazy hair? Back Alley brawls? Sure the guy made it to Colonel but he did so with hair that was wildly out of regulation.

I would think Guile is hiding plenty of skeletons. Sure they're probably no worse than the things Duke has done but the difference is Duke's foibles are his strengths in this case. That's why I said he is the perfect tea party candidate. Because he's a machimo leaking, gun toting, mass murdering lunatic in public. I think they'd eat it up.

 

[Mailman]

Michael Wilson, the president from Metal Wolf Chaos, a game so American it could only come from Japan.

 

[Danceofmasks]

DOOK NOOKOM FOAR PRESUDONT

Guile has a tattoo of an American flag on either bicep. Duke Nukem has a tattoo of some stupid broad named Lani on his butt cheek. 'Nuff said.


This country needs a patriot who isn't afraid to say "I AM AMERICAN" so hard that it's on the same massive arms he's using to beat the shit out of commies everywhere(and also vagrants like Balrog).

Guile/Nash 2012
Vote for a family man.

You've overlooking a few things:

Guile's name is Guile. Americans have some sort of problem when presented with a non generic sounding name. Moreover, what's his platform? Crazy hair? Back Alley brawls? Sure the guy made it to Colonel but he did so with hair that was wildly out of regulation.

I would think Guile is hiding plenty of skeletons. Sure they're probably no worse than the things Duke has done but the difference is Duke's foibles are his strengths in this case. That's why I said he is the perfect tea party candidate. Because he's a machimo leaking, gun toting, mass murdering lunatic in public. I think they'd eat it up.

Guile's worst vice is that he enjoys country music. In today's PC society, a trigger-happy misogynist, as cool as he is(and he is), will not perform well in the public eye.
Guile's platform isn't crazy hair or beating up communists. Guile's platform is "go home and be a family man," a slogan that has the rare and all-too-coveted asset of universal appeal. Democrats love families. Republicans love families. The Green Party is composed of maybe three people, so even if they hate families, nobody would know anyway. What the hell is Duke Nukem's platform? "Vote for me or I'm going to rip your head off and shit down your neck"?

I'm going to have to interject here.
American view of PC is not everyone else's.

For example, Obama is apparently the first black president.
His mom is white ... think about that for a second ... calling him black is tantamount to saying anyone who isn't pureblood is coloured.
Tiger woods is black too, right? Half Thai.
...
...

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

DOOK NOOKOM FOAR PRESUDONT

Guile has a tattoo of an American flag on either bicep. Duke Nukem has a tattoo of some stupid broad named Lani on his butt cheek. 'Nuff said.


This country needs a patriot who isn't afraid to say "I AM AMERICAN" so hard that it's on the same massive arms he's using to beat the shit out of commies everywhere(and also vagrants like Balrog).

Guile/Nash 2012
Vote for a family man.

You've overlooking a few things:

Guile's name is Guile. Americans have some sort of problem when presented with a non generic sounding name. Moreover, what's his platform? Crazy hair? Back Alley brawls? Sure the guy made it to Colonel but he did so with hair that was wildly out of regulation.

I would think Guile is hiding plenty of skeletons. Sure they're probably no worse than the things Duke has done but the difference is Duke's foibles are his strengths in this case. That's why I said he is the perfect tea party candidate. Because he's a machimo leaking, gun toting, mass murdering lunatic in public. I think they'd eat it up.

Guile's worst vice is that he enjoys country music. In today's PC society, a trigger-happy misogynist, as cool as he is(and he is), will not perform well in the public eye. Duke would make an excellent Minister of Defense, though.
Guile's platform isn't crazy hair or beating up communists. Guile's platform is "go home and be a family man," a slogan that has the rare and all-too-coveted asset of universal appeal. Democrats love families. Republicans love families. The Green Party is composed of maybe three people, so even if they hate families, nobody would know anyway. What the hell is Duke Nukem's platform? "Vote for me or I'm going to rip your head off and shit down your neck"?

Yes, also known as the Jacksonian Gambit. It is rarely tried because in order to work the candidate must be obviously capable of carrying out their threats of ultra-violence.

 

[thekindofcornyoueat]

MUDKIP!

 

[Jedoro]

Craig Boone

Strong, silent type with a sniper rifle- what's not to love?

 

[OliverTwist72]

GLaDOS

 

[Poopster]

Michael Wilson, the president from Metal Wolf Chaos, a game so American it could only come from Japan.

RRRRIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAARDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!

oh yes! i will definitely go for him!!