<![CDATA[Kotaku: Peta]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Peta]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/peta http://kotaku.com/tag/peta <![CDATA[PETA Fights Elephant Abuse with an iPhone Game]]> The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals turn to the iPhone to help communicate that elephants are great and circus folk are the devil. The elephants get their revenge in This is Pop's Circus Slam! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5869493&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[In Defense of PETA's Attack on Super Mario]]> Last week, the People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, ticked off a lot of people who like video games. But maybe the gamers shouldn't have been so upset about that whole "Mario Kills Tanooki" thing? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5862217&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA: That Whole Bloody Mario Thing, That was Just a Joke (UPDATE)]]> Looks like PETA bit off more Fusarium venetum then they could chew when they attacked Mario for his Tanooki-suit wearing ways. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals tell Kotaku that their bloody video game take-down of Mario was meant to be "tongue-in-cheek." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5860212&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How To Make Your Own PETA Friendly Tanooki Suit]]> Don't buy Ashcraft's explanation about why PETA is completely missing the point in its attack on Mario's Tanooki suit? Here's an animal friendly way to get your own temporary fur coat. Be warned, it involves rotting food, duct tape and probably just a smidge of leptospirosis. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5860088&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Nintendo’s Iconic Plumber Goes Apeshit in This Super Mario vs. PETA Video]]> That bizarre Mario vs. PETA kerfuffle's fading into the rear view but that's not stopping Taiwanese media outfit Next Media Animation from giving us their askew take on the dust-up. Looking at their oddly-shaped version of Mario is enough to give a person nightmares. Those long legs—brrrr!—-and giant feet are bad enough but the crazy eyes Next Media Animation gives Princess Peach's sweetums will haunt anyone who looks upon them. It's not been uncommon to see Mario given the ultra-violent treatment, as in The Brothers Mario. But, something about the exploding turtles and fireballs lobbed at nearly naked protestors by Mario doppelgangers gives this video an extra bit of WTF. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5860070&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA's Fur-Wearing Mario Outrage Is "An Epic Cultural Misunderstanding"]]> The People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is expressing outrage over Mario's Tanooki Suit. That outrage is not only misplaced, but shows PETA's complete lack of cultural understanding—traditional or contemporary. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5859575&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Calls Out Nintendo For Fur-Wearing Mario]]> The People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals are blasting Nintendo and their beloved gaming plumber Mario over what they claim is a message that it's OK to wear animal furs. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5859342&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Shooting Folks is Fine, But What if We Run Over a Dog in Grand Theft Auto V?]]> With a puppy appearing in the opening scene of the Grand Theft Auto V debut trailer, animal-loving commenter Nostrapadamous is worried that a virtual dog might run out in front of his virtual car and virtually die. In the arms of angels goes today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5856019&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA Sports Boss Says Michael Vick "Has Served His Time"]]> Michael Vick, who returned to the NFL in 2009 after a two-year prison sentence for running a dogfighting ring, was the second-biggest winner (by percentage) in the first round of EA Sports' fan-voted playoff for the Madden NFL 12 cover. To no one's surprise, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has demanded Vick's removal from the contest. EA Sports president Peter Moore (pictured) says nothing doing. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5787786&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kinect Player Kicks Cat Into Camera — Fake Or Not Fake?]]> A cat innocently wanders by his owner playing Kinect, and is accidentally kicked across the room directly into the camera. Do you want to watch that? Hell yeah! But is it fake? You make the call! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5739178&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Praises Adult Swim Flash Games For Being Animal Friendly]]> While Adult Swim's flash games aren't known for classy content, two have been singled out by animal rights group PETA for being especially animal friendly. Humans killing polar bears is bad, but polar bears killing humans wins awards. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5720472&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Super Meat Boy's Last Laugh On PETA Is PC-Playable Tofu Boy]]> Gloating that he goaded People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals into making a flash-game free advertisement for indie hit Super Meat Boy, the game's co-creator followed up with an unlockable Super Tofu Boy character for the game's PC version. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5704686&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Super Meat Boy Responds To PETA Tofu Roast]]> Team Meat's pithy riposte to PETA's meat-is-murder complaint earlier today. Via Super Meat Boy's Twitter [thanks Nerf Herder] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5703870&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Roasts Super Meat Boy With Tofu]]> After using its game parodying powers to transform Super Mario Bros. and Cooking Mama into vegetarian-friendly fare, PETA sets its eyes on the indie scene with Super Tofu Boy. Is he really better in bed than Super Meat Boy? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5703319&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New PETA Games Give Power To The Pachyderms]]> 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 »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5639797&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Call of the Wild West, Land of the... Ethical Treatment of Animals?]]> I CAN outrun a bear. I can just about outmanoeuvre a wild boar. Although I'll get taken down by a pack of wolves fairly fast. A wild cougar will tear my fleshy neck asunder. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5582613&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Sends Me Vegan Chocolates For Not Kicking My Cats]]> A week and a half ago I jokingly commented in a story about Mafia Wars and PETA that "I'd kick one of my cats for a box of vegan chocolates." Apparently it's not kicking your cats that scores you loot. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5542095&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Beats Mafia Wars At its Own Game]]> After receiving a plea from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to cease using the often-abused Pit Bull as a weapon in popular social game Mafia Wars, Zynga has decided to let sleeping dogs lie. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5533516&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[You Cannot Club Seals On The iPhone]]> Developer Matthew Smyth is upset that Apple rejected his seal clubbing game for the iPhone. PETA, on the other hand, is so overjoyed they sent Steve Jobs chocolates. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5528169&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Doesn't Want Animals In The Mafia]]> 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 »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5522316&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mafia Wars to Weaponize Animals]]> Getting a little tired of simply gunning down your enemies in Mafia Wars? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5520762&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Deems The Sims 3 Most Animal-Friendly Game of '09]]> The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals don't hand out many video game awards, but when they do, they're generally about games that favor eating vegetables and tofu over meat. PETA's choice game of 2009? The Sims 3. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5437298&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Doesn't Want You To Buy The Ringling Bros. Game]]> PETA doesn't want you rushing to the store to pick up the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus game for the Wii on November 10th without considering elephant abuse. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5397170&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Protests Baby Seal Clubbing In World Of Warcraft]]> PETA is taking the battle against Canadian baby seal slaughter to a whole new front - World of Warcraft. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5201889&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Fights Call Of Duty Dog Killing With Nintendogs]]> The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have thrown their support behind the Academy of Notre Dame student protest against dog killing in Call of Duty: World at War. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5180837&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[This PETA Game Is More Fun Than The REAL Madonna]]> Oh no, a politically-motivated flash game! Decry it, kids, decry it! Before you do, though, realise that Holiday Snowball Fight lets you attack zombified Olsen twins, Sarah Palin and the grinning corpse herself, Madonna. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5118822&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Happy Early Thanksgiving - Here's A Sackboy With A Turkey On His Head]]> In celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the states, Sony and Media Molecule present a dead, skinned bird carcass you can wear on your head! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5098923&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Beats a Dead Horse, Asks for Veggie Cooking Mama]]> We’ve been following the PETA Cooking Mama back and forth with bated breath. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5094386&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cooking Mama Responds To PETA]]> Mama just wants to make the nice people happy! This is the gist of a press release issued by Majesco Entertainment on behalf of Mama herself in response to PETA's recently released flash game, Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals. The release highlights the more than 25 vegetarian-friendly recipes available in Mama's latest game, Cooking Mama World Kitchen, out this week for the Nintendo Wii.
"I would never put rat in my Ratatouille," said a feisty Mama while beating some eggs. "Like any accomplished cook, I create my recipes to appeal to a broad range of tastes and preferences. My only goal is to ensure you leave the table well fed."
The release goes on to state that Mama, while not a vegetarian herself, fully supports the humane treatment of animals, with her new doggy friend Max making his game debut in the new title. You callous, cold-hearted PETA bastards. You made her upset. She just wants to fill our tummies with goodness, and this is the thanks she gets? That's it. From now on I am going out of my way to eat animals. *eyes his cats* More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5093315&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cooking Mama Kills Animals - Happy Thanksgiving From PETA]]> It's Thanksgiving time here in America, and you know what that means - millions of dead turkeys! Delicious dead turkeys, mind you, but the folks at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) don't appreciate that at all, and once more they dig out an iconic video game character to try and get their message across. Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals is actually not a bad flash version of Majesco's cooking franchise for the Wii and DS. It's just a bit twisted. Behead, gut, and stuff a turkey while attempting to get the coveted "Even Meaner Than Mama" score. Don't fret though, Mama fans. There's redemption in store for the titular hero, and by the end of the game it's all turkeys and rainbows for our tiny, sexual stereotype. Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals [PETA] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5090512&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Praises Sega For Monkey Loving]]> The folks at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) dropped us a line today to let us know they were sending a thank you gift to Sega for pulling advertisements for Samba De Amigo that featured chimpanzee actors. After the lovely, uplifting information PETA passed on to the publisher I can't see that they really had much of a choice. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5076075&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA's Super Mario Bros. Poultry Platformer]]> Full of copyright infringing cutscenes, passable platforming and propaganda about KFC's chicken raising standards, PETA's Super Chick Sisters is the kind of Flash-based edutainment that only the animal rights group could provide. Tasked with rescuing a kidnapped Pamela Anderson, decked out in royally tasteful clothing, lead chickens Nugget and Chickette embark on a lesson filled adventure. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=290827&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Talks Goatgate]]> Yesterday PETA posted some thoughts on the infamous guest Sony had at it's God of War release party and let's just say they were not all that ecstatic about it (I believe there was a string of alphabet letters better known as, "OMFGWTF", made it into a sentence). Obviously, being PETA, they were alarmed at to what lengths a company would go to in order to promote a game: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=257020&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PETA Giving Away A Wii]]> That's right. Sign up now and you could be the winner of a brand-new Nintendo Wii and a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess courtesy of PETA spin-off, the youth crowd targeted peta2. More »
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