PETA and Pokemon
A couple of days ago, PETA released a very short parody of the popular pokemon games. It was to raise awareness of animal cruelty, and all that hoo hah. Unsurprisingly, the game has been slammed for infringing several copyrights, portraying Nintendo's product in an inaccurate way, and generally being pretty shit.
What do you think of this? Was this the right way for PETA to garner attention for themselves? Does the message they give justify completely ignoring copyright laws?
At the very least, play it:http://features.peta.org/pokemon-black-and-white-parody/
I can assure you, it will be the most cringeworthy and childhood destroying 15 minutes of your life.
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I played this a couple of days ago. It gets boring after the first battle. It's kind of funny, because the message is supposed to be how Pokemon is brutal and we should be teaching kids to have animals as companions and not slaves for fighting (even though most people who play pokemon that I know would not condone dog or cock fights, but whatever), but this flash game is not for kids since it's so violent. Whoever thought it up must have a cool sense of humor, and it makes me look at the mentality of PeTA, but at the same time, it's gay. 1
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I quit playing shortly after the first battle. It was too painful. I never watched a lot of the Pokemon TV show, but what little of it I have seen usually pushes the message that good Pokemon trainers love and look after their Pokemon, and that if you're a good trainer, the Pokemon would love you back. Look at Ash. He had some real heartfelt moments with his Pokemon in the few episodes I did see. I remember something involving setting his butterfly free so it could go pursue its love interest. If that's not caring for your pet, I don't know what is. So given all of this it seems a little unfair for PETA to pick on Pokemon. But mainly I dislike PETA because it has commissioned a small army of pimply faced students to badger me with animal cruelty handouts every time I make my way on campus. This game is just icing on the cake. The cake of hatred. |