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PETA Using Games To Spread Its Message

Posted by Soulskill on from the looking-for-a-new-audience-to-harass dept.

Cooking Mama is a series of games for the Wii and the DS in which players go through a number of steps to prepare meals using a variety of recipes. Last week, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) created their own Flash-based parody of the game, highlighting the use of meat products by having a more bloody-minded Mama do things like pull the internal organs from a Thanksgiving turkey. Cooking Mama's maker, Majesco, issued a light-hearted response, pointing out the vegetarian meals in the game. PETA then said they plan to continue making parody games as a way of "engaging the public."

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  1. Re:Peta out of control - Now in Warcraft! by ndogg · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I wanted to be with you on all of that, except that you had to invoke religion. Can't rational arguments be made without it?

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  2. Re:Peta out of control - Now in Warcraft! by MaskedSlacker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A better question is can rational arguments be made with it? Also, he said he was from Texas. I must assume that he is a steer.

  3. Re:Which games? by xappax · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    violent? Really? You're entitled to be as hostile as you like to the idea of animal rights, but PETA is about as violent as the ACLU. Perhaps you're thinking of the ALF?