March 28, 2008 -
By way of ConnieTalk, GamePolitics has gotten wind of a new message game from animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).Bloody Burberry employs game tech to bash the well-known British fashion house for what PETA claims is the continued use of animal fur in its designs:
Burberry may be best known for its distinctive plaid, but its use of real fur is making the design house synonymous with cruelty to animals. Burberry continues to use fur in its designs despite the fact that leading clothing retailers like Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, Ann Taylor, Polo Ralph Lauren, and others have pulled fur from their stores forever.
In the rudimentary game, players move a furry critter around a high-end shop, evading security guards and spray-painting a "no fur" message on some of Burberry's expensive designs. The site also features links to PETA videos and a place where users can sign an online petition to Burberry.



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who uses fur coat ...
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Re: who uses fur coat ...
LOL, thanks for that briliant rebutal, PETA thug.
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Two things though, is this aimed at children? PETA have a track record of, innapropriately IMHO, foisting their political views on kids. Second thing, if it is aimed at children are the videos linked the sort of things parents will be happy for their children to view?
Gift.
IMHO
But I agree, PETA is another one of those annoying groups that could be doing something more productive. I guess they like to hang out with Greenpeace.
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Random Tower
As long as you eat the animal you skin for fur or leather then I see no problem with it.
People Eating Tasty Animals
I agree, if animals didn't want to be eaten then they wouldn't be made out of meat. Why can't PETA understand that simple fact?
P.E.T.A
People Eating Tasty Animals
It's a well known fact that the cutest animals are the tastiest!
Wow, no need for a petition or anything, not even need for a cheap ass game.
If Gamepolitics is covering PETA games then how did it miss this wonder of copyright infringment and inaccurate protrayal of koopas as turtles?
Simple - they're roadkill if they ever do that.
Koopas aren't turtles?
Taxes: what dirty secrets CAN'T you find with them?
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Papa Midnight
It's still up, more than likely- or at least, cuts and edits. There are a bunch of vegans going around spreading lies and trying to make PETA look better by attempting to redirect attention.
I've seen PETA-based video games before- one of them was a blatant rip-off of Super Mario Bros., where the enemy is Colonel Sanders, and Princess Peach is replaced by Pamela Anderson.
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I'm not lying. You just CAN'T make this crap up, you'd have to be crazy beforehand.
But in any case, I'll listen when PETA realizes that meat is essential in the human diet, animals die when crops are sewn and harvested, animal-based medical research is responsible for the things keeping us alive, and that it's hypocritical of them to protest shelters for killing off animals when they turn around and do the exact same thing when nobody's looking.
I'm not holding my breath, of course.
At any rate, I'll hop on the "PETA is deplorable" bandwagon (been that way ever since they compared a multiple homicide in Vancouver to chicken farming) but at least their petition is being run with an on-site widget instead of a link to PetitionOnline or something. Hopefully they've got someone checking the signatures (all twelve of them) to ensure authenticity. I'm all for PETA taking a big online stance if it means they'll stop bugging the seal hunters.
Fangamer
Besides, humans have been wearing fur (and eating meat) since... well, since we could be clasified as homo sapiens. And Fur looks good, feels great, and is quite warm in the winter. To hell with PETA and thier extremist views.
PETA sucks anyway.
PETA is the single-most easily trollable group in the universe though. Zippo Cat should get 'em every time.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2005/06/animal_cruelty_arrests...
Ha! I diddn't think anyone else knew about the group that IMAO started.
BUT the rest of the time, they are lunatics. There's a difference between exposing animal abuse, and being a vandal/terrorist.
I forgot what they’re called, but there’s another animal groups, who, I think, are much better.
Are you thinking of the SPCA perhaps?
The SPCA is a great organization, I don't think anyone can complain about them. Everyone respects and listens to the SPCA because, unlike PETA, they make sense with their actions and requests. They aren't demanding that everyone in the world switch to veganism or stop wearing fur, like humanity has been wearing for the last 10,000 years.
People Eating Tasty Animals.
Ah nuts, you beat me to it >
Enforcing
Tyrannical
Agendas
or we can start our own P.E.T.A.
People Enjoying the Torturing of Animals.
Our 1st assignments:
Get Micheal Vick off the hook and re-open the Roman Colisseum to gladiators fighting animals.
Hell it can't possibly be harder then trying to convince everyone on the planet to not eat meat whilst coming off as nutjobs and extremists.
It's funny because it does nothing but alienate themselves and hurt their cause.