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Second Life's merits as an actual video game may be debatable but its impact on the economy is not. It has, for example, provided a huge boost to the new markets of virtual sex caskets and imaginary pet food. And ridiculous lawsuits, because America has been lagging other first-world nations in that important economic indicator. More »
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PETA2 teaches children about the plight of circus-bound elephants with a pair of new flash games, giving the world's largest land mammals a chance to strike back against the clowns, trainers, and circus CEOs that are keeping them down. More »
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When officers arrived at a house in Swanley, Kent, earlier this year to investigate appalling conditions reported by a neighbor, the game obsessed homeowner's two dogs had been decomposing in the dining room for two months. More »
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Reacting to yesterday's news that popular Facebook game Mafia Wars is adding animals as weapons, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals requests developer reconsider, using Zynga founder Mark Pincus' own beloved pet as ammunition. More »
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PETA returns to its Mario-parody Super Chick Sisters with the New Super Chick Sisters, switching gears from vilifying Kentucky Fried Chicken to vilifying McDonald's. More »
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Students at the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, are up in arms over Activision's Call of Duty: World at War for promoting the killing of deadly attack dogs. More »
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An Edmonton judge banned two teens from playing video games for their connection in the microwave death of a cat, despite no direct link between gaming and the crime. More »
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As a cat owner, there are many times throughout the day that I really feel like kicking my pets across the room to see what sort of an imprint they leave on the opposite wall, but sticky with blood counteracts fluffy and huggable, making the action counter-productive. Luckily for me there's Animal Boxing for the Nintendo DS, a new game from Spanish developer Gammick Entertainment, slated for a 4th quarter 2008 release. The game has your own personalized fighter going up against up to 50 different animal characters. Cats, foxes, penguins, and rhinos are all available for you to take your frustration out, using a gameplay mechanic that has you turning around your DS so your opponents' torsos and heads are displayed on the touchscreen...or just keep it turned the right way and battle animals that are standing on their heads. Your choice. PETA is going to adore this one. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5022883&view=rss&microfeed=true I was having a relatively bad day until I saw this. This video completely makes up for the whole hamster dance movement. Well, almost. More »
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