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Murder Mama-PETA proving itself batshit insane again

CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
edited November 2008 in Games and Technology
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/32375/PETA-attacks-Cooking-Mama
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Animal rights activists PETA have launched a microsite entitled Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals which is designed to encourage consumers to contact Majesco, the North American publisher of popular casual title Cooking Mama, to voice their concerns on the ethical treatment of animals.
Play it: http://www.peta.org/cooking-mama/index.asp?c=pcmgb08
God bless you PETA.

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    PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    man what. this put a huge smile on my face.

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    DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I'm just curious as to what Cooking Mama or Majesco has to do with the ethical treatment of animals? Unless they're all a bunch of pussy vegetarians and they think eating meat is wrong and cruel, in which case fuck em.

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    darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    SOLD!

    This just became a must-buy.

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    LunkerLunker Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Well, everyone was saying the Wii needs more hard-core games, right?

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    PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    yeah i'm wondering what's so wrong about it.

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    GyralGyral Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I owned this game once. Played it for two days and then gave it to a friend. Not bad but certainly nothing with lasting appeal for me.

    On the topic of PETA: Hahahahahahahahahaha. PETA is waging a war on preparing food.

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    SlicerSlicer Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    PETA "proving itself" batshit insane?

    I thought they've already done that a long time ago!

    That said this game is unintentionally hilarious.

    I am pretty sure that most eggs used in cooking don't bleed lots of blood when cracked

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    LunkerLunker Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Darmak wrote: »
    I'm just curious as to what Cooking Mama or Majesco has to do with the ethical treatment of animals? Unless they're all a bunch of pussy vegetarians and they think eating meat is wrong and cruel, in which case fuck em.

    Probably nothing, but animal activists have routinely made satirical riffs on recognizable brands/franchises to prove their point. I remember a few years back when the Meatrix was making the rounds:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMOAaciER6o

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    OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    A) Shit like this makes me <3 PETA, for reasons that would infuriate them even further than normal.

    B) Do they realize that the existence of this "parody" game is both likely to drive sales of the thing they're ostensibly protesting and really only succeeds in making them look like escaped mental patients with an axe to grind?

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    FireflashFireflash Montreal, QCRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I don't understand their complaint here. How is virtual cooking related to mistreating animals? Has Peta decided that eating any meat at all is the most horrible thing a human could do? Or maybe there's a "chop the chicken's head" mini-game i'm not aware of.

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    GrisloGrislo Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    You need to add an 'again' to the thread title.

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    DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    A) Shit like this makes me <3 PETA, for reasons that would infuriate them even further than normal.

    B) Do they realize that the existence of this "parody" game is both likely to drive sales of the thing they're ostensibly protesting and really only succeeds in making them look like escaped mental patients with an axe to grind?

    But they ARE escaped mental patients with an axe to grind. No normal, sane person could come up with this shit. I mean comon, the Meatrix? :D

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Cooking Mama is cute when angry.

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    SmashismSmashism Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Granted PETA does do some good things for the treatment of animals, this is pretty far off the fucking scale.
    I know theyre trying to tap into our generation here, but really Cooking Mama?
    Really, is Cooking Mama even widely known? Why not pick something that people actually recognize?

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    DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Couscous wrote: »
    Cooking Mama is cute when angry.
    Milf?

    <.<
    >.>

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    xWonderboyxxWonderboyx Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    ethical treatment of virtual animals?

    PETVA

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    admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I'm mind-blanking on the exact saying, but I think it sounds something like this:

    "True fundamentalism is indistinguishable from satire."

    Thank you, PETA, for helping keep a witty saying alive and active.

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    GyralGyral Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    If PETA hates food preparation so much, shouldn't they go after McDonalds for crimes against the human tastebud and force them to make the McRibb a permanent part of the menu?

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    MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Or perhaps a 'continues.'

    The parody game, incidentally, is pretty awful. I mean, if you're going to make a flash game, you might as well make it responsive.

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    KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I feel the plot twist after the 3rd act was disappointing.

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    FireflashFireflash Montreal, QCRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Gyral wrote: »
    If PETA hates food preparation so much, shouldn't they go after McDonalds for crimes against the human tastebud and force them to make the McRibb a permanent part of the menu?

    I completely agree. The McRibb issue is a crime that needs to be dealt with swiftly.

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    HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Oh god.

    HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!! :lol:

    Should I be worried that not only was this game fun, but I was really good at it? Also, bloody eggs. Nice.

    *edit* They're not protesting Cooking Mama. They're using Cooking Mama in an unauthorized manner to protest eating Turkey on Thanksgiving. Expect Cease and Desists.

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    DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I wonder if they hate eating meat, and if so do they disagree with porn stars swallowing?

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    WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Oh hey, let's give PETA more attention why don't we.

    The most interesting thing about this is that they actually used the Cooking Mama name, which with my limited knowledge of copyright and parody puts them in trouble. Although I don't doubt they have lawyers as equally insane as they are.

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    GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Oh, PETA. Where's the milk?

    Also, the controls suck. Way too floaty.

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    darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Are they just hoping that they get some kind of legal furore over this ("YOU'RE INFRINGING ON OUR IP!" "WELL YOU'RE INFRINGING ON ANIMAL RIGHTS!") to try and give themselves some credibility?

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    DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    darleysam wrote: »
    Are they just hoping that they get some kind of legal furore over this ("YOU'RE INFRINGING ON OUR IP!" "WELL YOU'RE INFRINGING ON ANIMAL RIGHTS!") to try and give themselves some credibility?

    "WELL YOU'RE INFRINGING ON VEGETABLE RIGHTS!"

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    DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    *Sigh* Oh, PETA.

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    CyrixdCyrixd Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    darleysam wrote: »
    Are they just hoping that they get some kind of legal furore over this ("YOU'RE INFRINGING ON OUR IP!" "WELL YOU'RE INFRINGING ON ANIMAL RIGHTS!") to try and give themselves some credibility?

    That's a good point, since I can't see how this doesn't violate at least a few laws (but I'm not law-ist-type, so I may be wrong).

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    RookRook Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
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    I actually liked the PETA game, and it makes a fair point, a lot of poultry breeding conditions are absolutely horrendous.

    Stilll, tasty, tasty, murder.

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    WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    They're probably covered by the 'unauthorised' thing that I've only just noticed.

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    SlicerSlicer Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Seriously, best thing about this knockoff game they made is how the eggs bleed.

    I can't stop laughing.

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    LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Looks more like Cooking Mama: The halal edition.

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    HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Slicer wrote: »
    Seriously, best thing about this knockoff game they made is how the eggs bleed.

    I can't stop laughing.

    They also have feathers in them. :lol:

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    Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Oh dear lord I haven't had such a good laugh for a while!

    Truly, truly hilarious bunch of nut jobs. Shine on you crazy diamonds.

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    OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Gosling wrote: »
    Oh, PETA. Where's the milk?

    Also, the controls suck. Way too floaty.
    If you've ever played the thing on the Wii, they're spot on.

    It's infuriating.

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    HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Peta2 is even trying to distance themselves from the originators. If you see a Peta2 petitioner at an event, and so much as mention PETA1, they'll talk about how Peta2 has a "different, more realistic approach."

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    KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    If turkey dinner really looked like this, i'm sure a lot more people would be vegs.

    Or would attend cooking lessons.

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    SmashismSmashism Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Rook wrote: »

    I actually liked the PETA game, and it makes a fair point, a lot of poultry breeding conditions are absolutely horrendous.

    Stilll, tasty, tasty, murder.

    Holy shit, I just actually laughed hard at a VG cats comic. Considering the content of this, am I going to hell?

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    MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    vgcats isn't so bad, people

    sheesh

    it's not like it's CAD

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