Video games seem to be increasingly showing up on the radar of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
GamePolitics readers will recall that earlier this month PETA gave props to Sega for ditching a Samba de Amigo commercial which featured a trained chimp.
The animal rights group has once again strayed into the video game habitat with Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals, an unlikely parody of Majesco's Cooking Mama: World Kitchen. The new Wii title launches tomorrow. A PETA press release explains why the group is howling mad about the new game:
Majesco's game is so heavy on dishes that are made from dead animals that the only things missing are the blood and gore...
In the original version, players score points for assembling a meal. That also applies in PETA's parody, but with this Thanksgiving dinner, players also must go through the motions of plucking the turkey's feathers, pulling out the bird's intestines, and cutting off the animal's head. All the while, a demonic cleaver-wielding Mama takes delight in the agony. When the player beats the game, Mama has a change of heart and replaces her bloodlust with a craving for tofu-turkey.
Does that qualify as a spoiler? In any case, unlockable content in the parody game include vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes as well as hidden camera footage from a turkey slaughterhouse.
PETA spokesman Joel Bartlett dismisses claims that the parody game is making a mountain out of a mole hill:
We're having a bit of fun at Mama's expense, but there's nothing funny about the suffering endured by turkeys and other animals who are killed for food. With all the delicious vegan alternatives available, there's no need to make the carcass of a tormented bird the centerpiece of your Thanksgiving table.
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Agreed.
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This just makes me all the more determined to put my incisors to good use this Xmas.
Am I concerned about cruelty to battery animals, yes. Would I not eat turkey at Xmas? Well, actually, I don't like Turkey, so I have chicken, but I wouldn't go without, and the bird is beyond having an opinion.
It's kind of wierd because I have more respect for someone who kills their own Christmas Turkey than buys it from the supermarket, the least people in the world that PETA have to worry about are those that kill their own food, the real damage is done by the commercialisation of the Meat industry, not in its existence.
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PETA can go fuck themselves with rusty diseased cleaver; they're nothing more but radical, psychotic hypocrits who should be tossed into a burning pile, alive.
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Then rotated every five minutes and a nice honey glaze applied to them.
I will feed them to some hungry bears and racoons, both omnivores, and see if they prefer meat over some berries also placed close by. If they go for the berries, then a proper funeral will be had. If they go for the bodies, then PETA is obviously composed of witches.
I think that is how that test works anyways........
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Hey, careful with the witch reference *is one* but totally. If there's any left over, we could make a new product. I can be called Soylent Green Extra (now 100% PETA).
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I always wondered, why isn't PETA focusing on the current war(s)? Humans are animals too you know
, and no one can say that war is anything but butchery. /sarcasm
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What the fuck? Where'd that come from? I swear, people will complain about anything. Reminds me of something George Carlin once said: "Since when was life sacred?"
Not that animals don't matter, but I don't think eating meat is wrong, I mean I'm doing it right now! As long as you don't overhunt, I don't see anything wrong with serving some deliciously meaty meals.
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Maybe if the soybeans screamed bloody murder when they were plucked from the vine they'd feel bad for tofu too. We'll have to look into genetically altering us some screaming soybeans; whose with me?
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Plants already seem to 'scream' when damaged. But the extreme veganists tend to deny claims about that.
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Well, in truth the 'scream' can only be picked up with special equipment, and is really just the sound of the sap escaping through the capillaries.
That said, I'm an omnivore, that doesn't mean I can choose whether to eat meat, regardless of what certain people try to tell you, it means that my system is designed to run best on a mixture of meat and vegetables. Omitting either entirely will mean a defecit in nutrients and health.
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I'll refrain from trying to undo a few million years of evolution to my digestive system just to make a few quacks happy. Although up until the whole regret part it sounds like they made cooking mama more fun!
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The mouse controls were a tad unresponcive at times, but yeah, it was great fun. The blod effects were really, really fantastic. I really liked how the eggs squirt blood when you crack them open, it was a nice touch.
If somebody released it as a patch on the wii, I would buy it in an instant. Okay, steal, 'cause buying would make the PETA think I was paying because I care about the turkey, as opposed to wanting to see it carved up in a mortal kombat-esq volley of gore.
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Can we not insult real animal welfare/rights groups by lumping eco-terrorists like PETA in with them? Please?
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I agree, it's just PETA and the ALF that are a problem.
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What's left? greenpeace!? ahahahaha. Yeah, fact is, most enviromentalist groups are plain violent. Greenpeace? How about attacking ships full of people? (sorry, I guess I'm some kind of animal-hating douchebag, but I place people above animals) There aren't a whole lot more prominent groups, because most people see through 'animal rights' bullshit and they can only become popular by doing stupid publicity stunts and making public douches of themselves
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When it comes to animal stuff, the ASCPA. They actually, y'know, help.
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Yuk.
Not to mention the fact that tofu and soy are horrible for the environment. Destroys bio-diversity. At least beef can sustain itself on grasslands.
If animals are not tortured while they're grown to feed me, then I have no qualms with eating meat. So all that means is I watch who I buy my meat from. Turning vegitarians merely due to a worry about how animals are treated is the cheap way out.
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To be fair intensive cattle farming is pretty destructive for the environment too, and pigs put out a lot of dangerous phsopherous in their waste that they can't digest which is very bad.
but at least meat tastes better....
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Actually, responsible grazing is beneficial to grasslands; you just have to have a responsible rancher who is willing to take the time to rotate grazing plots so the grasses have time to regrow. Pigs and chickens can also be raised without any harmful effects on the environment if you know how to properly recycle the waste and don't leave them in any one spot for too long. The problem is that industrialized animal raising is an irresponisble joke that people follow because it's easier than responsible farming and herding practices.
Take a look at Community Supported Agricultures; they grow and raise plenty of plants and animals in rather small plots without having any sort of harmful effect on the environment. Plus, the animals are raising very humanely and are really tasty.
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True, I was referring to intensive, industrialised farming through, not all farming.
Also it makes a big difference on the consumer end, freerange and well farmed animals make better, more nutritious meat. I'm all for giving animals a nice happy life before they get the chop and I get the chops.
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There are also studies that are showing that eating too much soy can block the absorbtion of vital nutrients. The chemicals that cause the blocking also tend to get more concentrated the more the soy is processed.
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Why I like Edamame. Barely processed and a nice snack. But I'm NOT eating the abomination called "Tofurkey". That stuff is just nasty.
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Apparently it also causes brain disfunction...
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All evidence points toward your conclusion.
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Plus it turns you gay.
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Gays don't even like soy.
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Jesus F'ing Christ! Why doesnt PETA protest Iron Chief while they're at it? Oh wait, that's because the chairman and alton brown would kick the shiznit out of them. I can see it now. The chairman going all jackie chan while alton brown picks up a skillet and explains how it's a good multitasker while bashing their brains in.
If this is their game then why not protest a culinary school? This is... beyond retarded.
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And Zevo FTW!! Remember Battle Octopus? I'm surprised PETA didn't have a collective heart attack. (Considering the Octopi were fully capable of slapping both Chefs) Maybe it's only LAND animals they want to protect.
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
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Well I, for one, will be protesting the upcoming "battle Radish" because of the unethical treatment Iron Chef uses in the care of their vegetables. I'll be there in the front line with signs singing
I couldnt make this up if I tried...
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/05/04/get-yourself-ready-forthe-vegetable...
(Apparently from the Arrogant Worms)
Listen up brothers and sisters,
come hear my desperate tale.
I speak of our friends of nature,
trapped in the dirt like a jail.
Vegetables live in oppression,
served on our tables each night.
This killing of veggies is madness,
I say we take up the fight.
Salads are only for murderers,
coleslaw’s a fascist regime.
Don’t think that they don’t have feelings,
just cause a radish can’t scream.
Chorus:
I’ve heard the screams of the vegetables (scream, scream, scream)
Watching their skins being peeled (having their insides revealed)
Grated and steamed with no mercy (burning off calories)
How do you think that feels (bet it hurts really bad)
Carrot juice constitutes murder (and that’s a real crime)
Greenhouses prisons for slaves (let my vegetables go)
It’s time to stop all this gardening (it’s dirty as hell)
Let’s call a spade a spade (is a spade is a spade is a spade)
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Can you say "WTF"?
Seriously, Im all for the "not torturing" of animals. I even love animals. But if we were meant to not eat animals, our digestive systems would be Herbivore. Veganism should only be a diet method, not a way of life that defies common sense and science. Untill they start a campain to make Lions and Wolves to eat salad, I wont acknowlage their arguments as logic. And even then, i'll just call them fair-crazy and not unfair-crazy.
I'll be sure to eat an extra turkey in toast to PETA this coming thanksgiving. ;)
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No they should be convincing omnivores to give up meat not carnivores. After some of the PETA members have pets, sorry 'companion animals' that are meat eaters.
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Also, one of the women on the board of directors uses insulin.
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I've seen the penn and teller episode too, I think it's one their greatest ones. For those of you who haven't seen the half hour bash-Peta fest here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DCD4639D6ACB2124
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I've hated PETA since they started throwing paint on people who own fur, all the while they kill about 1800 dogs a year. However, I'm glad to see Penn and Teller debunk their bullshit too.
Really, I like Penn and Teller a lot. They're a credit to magicians everywhere, just like Harry Houdini.
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If someone ruined my expensive coat with blood, I would club them like a baby seal.
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I would club them with the baby seal. Kill two birds with one... uh... seal. I guess.
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You guys realize clubbing the baby seals is illegal, right? Legislation in Canada prevents the hunters (most of whom are earning a third of the $15,000-per-year income in the one hunt) from clubbing anything but the grown seals with the relatively less glossy grey coats. But that doesn't look good on an alarmist PETA poster, now does it?
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Also, clubbing a PETA member with an adult seal would do much more damage.
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I don't want to deal with an adult seal fighting me back while I'm trying to club a member of PETA. Come on now, think tactically.
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What about throw every PETA member/sympatheizer in a small room with wild dogs and lions.
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That reminds me of that scene from the dark knight where the joker had the one guy and one of his henchman had the leash to a barking dog and the joker said 'let's see how loyal a hungry dog really is'
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Mmmm... tofurkey.
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If your a random PETA 2 person reading this website from the link I posted on the PETA 2 website then hey.
Its not that I'm against your position but I"m sorry that so called "parody" was full of lies. There is a turkey farm near me and the turkey's aren't drugged so they can't move. They had the turkeys on tv. The turkeys were happily pecking at the camera.
Between this blatent copyright infringment that you don't deny since you put "Unauthorized" right on the game name and throwing flour in someone face without admitting its assault its kind of hard for me to want to go vegeterian.
Also with all the stupid stunts you pull its not hard to see that alot of people have low love levels towards PETA.
(Points to the comments below)
And also thanks for helping me with finding an alternative to cow milk since I'm allergic and what not. xD
Sincerly
The King of Fiji
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Copyright infringement? It's fucking parody, and I would say that yes, it does fall under fair use. I hate PETA as much as the next guy, but everyone should have equal rights. People on the internet need to stop picking and choosing stuff. When somebody does something that criticizes a game, it's copyright infringement, but when someone makes a fangame that you enjoy, it isn't... hmmm. Stop fronting.
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Yeah true that. Still I'm pretty sure Nintendo wouldn't want to be associated with PETA.
At anypoint yeah good point. Unlike PETA I listen to the other side of the argument.
:P
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Actually, most intelligent humans want no association with PETA...
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Hey, if you guys go to the PETA Mama Game, click on Ask Mama For Vegan Recipes, and put in some text like this:
I love the Cooking Mama series and PETA's new parody of it, but I would love to see Mama make more animal based recipes or even a game with just animal based recipes. There is no doubt that I would play it!
Animals raised and killed for food have no federal legal protection from the abuses that they suffer, including neglect, mutilations, chronic pain, and crippling, but we are at the top of the food chain for a reason. So PETA can get over it.
Please consider adding an animal based recipe Cooking Mama game to your wonderful series, and gamers around the world will love you for it.
Your fellow friendly meat eater.
Now I really hope PETA comes to this article, haha.
PS: I am going to hell for being an asshole...
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