Activists asking for more vegetarian dishes
The folks at PETA must really have run out of things to do. The animal rights activist group is now targeting Cooking Mama on the Nintendo DS and Wii in its latest campaign against animal cruelty.
With numerous holidays on the way, PETA is kicking into high gear to keep dining tables free of Thanksgiving turkeys and holiday hams. Joel Bartlett explains the reasoning behind their latest attacks on Cooking Mama in a blog post on the PETA website:
"Why is PETA picking on poor mama? Because the games are so heavy on dishes made from dead animals that the only things missing are the blood and the slaughterhouse. So in the name of accuracy and honesty, PETA decided to introduce a little of both. So in the name of accuracy and honesty, PETA decided to introduce a little horror into Mama's kitchen!
In the original Nintendo Wii and DS versions, players score points for assembling a meal (yup, it's that simple). 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 (we like to paint the full picture of what goes into a "meal"). We also added this really disgusting mini-game—no, seriously, this should really gross you out—where you have to stick food up a turkey's butt. It's amazing the things we can come up with!
And all the while, a demonic, cleaver-wielding Mama takes delight in the agony. But the good news is that if you beat the game you might be able to give Mama a change of heart and replace her bloodlust with a craving for tofu-turkey. Give it a shot if you think you have what it takes!"
Bartlett also encourages concerned activists to contact publisher Majesco Entertainment and ask for an all vegetarian edition of Cooking Mama.
For anyone interested, the PETA parody game really is a hoot. I'm not a fan of animal cruelty either, but honestly, this campaign needs to be better thought out if they want to reach the masses without making us die of laughter first. Better yet, how about laying off Cooking Mama and focusing on video games about hunting instead? I genuinely want to take PETA seriously, but stunts like this one make that rather difficult.
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Don't mess with your momma, don't mess with Mother Nature, and don't mess with motherfu- aww, never mind.
I'm with Lydia though, this spoof probably won't further the cause against animal cruelty, especially when the source material's about COOKING. If anything it will get even the staunchest opponent of Cooking Mama's casual gaming success to change stance and support her in this case!
They have a place in politics but policing the content we get isn't one of those places.
And also, I've tried a Tofurky, I'd rather eat sand.
Veg -- not all the replacements are tasty..hehe.
Just noting it was terrible and by no means a redeeming substitute to the actual thing.
I've had vegan stuff before to give it a whirl, it's not terrible but I don't hate myself enough to go that route, I love my carnivore habits too much to let it go.
Tofu is tofu, and it tastes fine if you treat it like tofu. I've never had it as a meat substitute though... I keep hearing bad things about that. I am not a fan of turkey or ham either... much prefer red meat and seafood. <3
Bad things? I use it occasionally, it's wonderful. If you mean healthwise, yes, it's not smart to use it as a primary meat substitute -- tempeh is great for that. Yummm.
I still eat seafood cause I'm not super strict and shrimp and stuff apparently don't feel pain in the traditional sense so I let it go. Hehe.
Now they are out of money and have decided they will just kill off all the horses they took from the wild because they cannot care for them anymore. Why is PETA wasting there time on a stupid Nintendo game for little kids, where none of it has any bearing on the real lives of animals, instead of using their insane amount of money and workforce to try and save these horses who were wrongfully taken from the wild to begin with?
I hate PETA.
On a side note, I am all for animal rights, I don't want animals treated cruely, I love them, I have tons of pets, I refuse to hunt. But I won't stop eating meat.
And another thing, Peta using these crude images only makes them look even more like a cult run by a 5 year old. They are doing nothing with images like this and wars on things like this then hurting there own cause. So PETA, (Holds up middle finger) Right here pal.
Man, I didn't realize people felt so strongly about PETA. And here I thought they just went around throwing flour on celebs wearing fur... I would throw something at Ms.Lohan too, but it'd probably be a brick.
ANYWAY, PETA sounds like a piece of work, looking at some of your comments about them. I hope it's just a phase your sister grows out of, oni_hero!
And I would throw something White at Lindsay Lohan too. But it wouldn't be flour....