The moment PETA dropped this little press release into our inbox, I laughed until I was sick. The crazy animal rights activists and part-time terrorists have continued to exploit the games industry for attention, naming Fable II its most animal-friendly game of 2008. We are willing to give PETA the attention it craves, however, because in doing this, the group has shown just how little about videogames it understands.
Praising the game's "strong pro-vegetarian theme," PETA has lauded Fable II for awarding players "purity" points when they eat vegetables, and "corruption" points for eating meat.
"In the virtual fight between good and evil, characters powered by tofu are just as powerful as their meat-eating counterparts—and are more fit and attractive to boot," claims PETA. "Featuring a strong pro-vegetarian theme, eating a plant-based diet helps you rack up "purity" points, whereas eating meat makes your character fat and evil. It’s a fun and innovative game, that’s also an effective tool that teaches gamers the real-life benefits of a vegetarian diet."
Yeah, that's great and everything, but PETA has clearly never played this game properly, otherwise it would know that the game also rewards players for KICKING CHICKENS IN THE CLUCKING FACE! Not only do you get an achievement for your chicken kickin' chicanery, but anybody watching you in the game will applaud and laugh. You also get an achievement for shooting cute bunny rabbits, and you can even quite happily neglect your dog.
Oh, and let's not get into the whole "eat five crunchy chicks" mission, shall we?
PETA, you fail at videogames.
We’ve just announced our 6th annual Proggy Award winners and Fable 2 has been named the Most Animal-Friendly Game of 2008. Why? In the virtual fight between good and evil, characters powered by tofu are just as powerful as their meat-eating counterparts—and are more fit and attractive to boot. Featuring a strong pro-vegetarian theme, eating a plant-based diet helps you rack up "purity" points, whereas eating meat makes your character fat and evil. It’s a fun and innovative game, that’s also an effective tool that teaches gamers the real-life benefits of a vegetarian diet.
PETA's Proggy Awards recognize companies, people, and products for innovative and animal-friendly achievements. You can learn more about all of the December 2008 winners here: http://www.peta.org/feat/proggy/6th?c=p6apgb08.
Best,
Amy
PETA
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8:02 AM on 01.06.2009 | 
I laughed till I snorted coffee from my nose.
Why does anyone care about PETA? Seriously.
PETA. We are omnivores. We need a balanced diet, and eating only veggies will turn us into hippies. Dirty, dirty hippies, who think that Ben & Jerry should use breastmilk in their ice cream.
Also, please get out of my video game news.
Oh the lulz-potential...
*SPOILER ALERT*
. . . during the portion of the game near the very end, when the world flashes back to your fantasy childhood in the country, there is a mission that requires you to kick chickens to "wrangle them." Foul abuse is forced upon you to beat the game! The horror!
Proof positive that hippies are just as apt to neglect their homework as the rest of us.
Oh, and I abuse my real pets by forgetting to feed them for weeks on because I'm playing video games. (just kidding, I treat my real life pets pretty damn good)
I don't understand how they can compare Fable 2 to real life.
IT'S A FUCKING VIDEO GAME!
Great article. :thumbs up:
those jerks
Jesus PETA