PETA parody grills Cooking Mama

by Alexander Sliwinski { Nov 17th 2008 at 2:30PM }

PETA's parody on Majesco's Cooking Mama franchise may be the best Flash-based game we've seen from the activist group yet. Following up on its Bloody Burberry and Super Chick Sisters games, Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals takes a stab at soon-to-be-released Cooking Mama: World Kitchen, not to mention the main course of most Thanksgiving meals. The game is done in perfect Cooking Mama style - having the player pull out the bird's feathers and then scoop out its innards. Whether you agree with the message or not, it's the medium and style that got our attention.

PETA does give some constructive feedback to Majesco, asking if it could make an all vegetarian-recipe version of Cooking Mama. Considering how important Mama is to Majesco's cash flow, a vegetarian version might be a good marketing ploy. PETA's Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals can be played after the break (Warning: Sound auto-plays and is loud).*

*The "Meet your Meat" video, which becomes available after finishing the game, may be difficult to watch. Don't click the link if you're not interested in seeing what a corporate turkey farm looks like.

Tags: cooking-mama, cooking-mama-world-kitchen, majesco, peta

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)

Lianne @ Nov 17th 2008 11:15AM

Thanks for the shout-out! The game is awesome, and really informative. Also, check this out to take action: http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/mama_kills_animals

Nick the Hero of Canton @ Nov 17th 2008 2:46PM

Congrats, you have chosen quite possibly the STUPIDEST thing to attack.

Oh, and Ludwig did not write this article. And yet PUN!

dark_inchworm @ Nov 17th 2008 2:46PM

i done said you gonna get downvoted

kornation @ Nov 18th 2008 8:50AM

Wow, great! In the interest of trying to keep impartiality on this site, I provide an opposing view.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DsHUBEfBNMo

Language Warning! Penn & Teller's Bullsh*t report on PETA.

Nick @ Nov 17th 2008 2:36PM

I don't recall ever killing anything in Cooking Mama...

dark_inchworm @ Nov 17th 2008 2:55PM

Ah damn, I just realized you posted basically the same thing I did, except ten minutes or so earlier.

I fail at reading, life, Joystiq, and ethical treatment of animals (yum!).

dark_inchworm @ Nov 17th 2008 7:07PM

I have reason to believe that everyone who downvoted me also failed at comprehending that particular post...

Robotochan @ Nov 17th 2008 2:38PM

So it's OK to infringe on copyright if it's for a cause? Or will PETA be getting a knock at the door from a Lawyer or two?

Zertoss @ Nov 17th 2008 2:42PM

Parody is protected.

Robotochan @ Nov 17th 2008 2:45PM

I see, that makes sense :)

RyFar206 @ Nov 17th 2008 3:31PM

Parody is protected, but what about the fact that the game uses Cooking Mama's logo? I guess we need a lawyer in here to tell us whether this is fine or not.

Zertoss @ Nov 17th 2008 3:43PM

Well, I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure using the logo for parody purposes is fine.

Haggard @ Nov 17th 2008 4:08PM

What if I pirate a game as a parody of ineffective DRM measures?

edgore @ Nov 17th 2008 6:26PM

Paradoying a logo is fine as long as you have deep pockets to fight off the inevitable lawsuit that will follow, otherwise you will be denied your right to free speech by a big corporation, just like Kieron Dwyer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieron_Dwyer

Yay free speech!

aacman007 @ Nov 17th 2008 2:39PM

That game was so epic. It's so fun.

I love it.

Thanks PETA.

Youthinized @ Nov 17th 2008 3:18PM

Its really nice of PETA to make a game thats so educational and fun.

This kinda game will teach our children how to prepare food.

Lets congrat PETA for showing them how to do it right!

Taco_Hell @ Nov 17th 2008 3:52PM

I can't tell if your being sarcastic or not, thus I don't know if I should up or down you. Oooh, what a conundrum!

steve @ Nov 17th 2008 8:09PM

the second part of the game, where you put your hand in the turkey, kinda reminded me of another flash game. However, it wasn't a turkey, or a hand...

thebig33tuna @ Nov 17th 2008 2:39PM

That whole organization is nutty. Just my 2cents.

Ridgecity @ Nov 17th 2008 6:27PM

Hopefully they won't start throwing buckets of bloods over moms, I don't think this could catch on with celebrities.

I guess PETA now feels it's time to fuck with 4.4 billion people that enjoy eating meat.

#28 @ Nov 18th 2008 12:46AM

4.4 Billion? Not counting Africa, are we? Number's really really low.

Matt @ Nov 17th 2008 2:40PM

Both PETA and this game made me rofl.

Bass Masterson @ Nov 17th 2008 2:40PM

Fuck PETA. That is all.

dark_inchworm @ Nov 17th 2008 2:44PM

Funny, I seem to recall saying exactly that a matter of days ago.

Maxwell Ash @ Nov 17th 2008 2:48PM

I also endorse thi statement.
Peta are eco-terrorists

baby sea tuna @ Nov 17th 2008 2:49PM

I say it on a weekly basis. They give vegetarians (and sane people) a bad name.

...although it was pretty classic nailing Lindsay Lohan and her pet gargoyle with bags of flour in Paris last week.

Jakka ( The Order of Haters of Balance) @ Nov 17th 2008 4:13PM

@ bst

Actually regarding Vegetarians,they usually give themselves bad name thanks to a bunch of self-righteous "If you don't believe in my ways then you're a barbaric asshole with no heart who kills puppies" extremist vegetarians who will give you a half-an-hour speech every time they see you eating meat.

Normal Vegetarians are pretty cool people though.Having your own rules and sticking by them is awesome.

On Topic: Yeah, PETA sucks!

Nick @ Nov 17th 2008 2:41PM

I mean, unless PETA really wants to fight for all those squid I peeled trying to get a perfect score for calamari...

Nick @ Nov 17th 2008 2:42PM

You can believe whatever you want, but PETA crosses the line by imposing their beliefs on everyone else.

T-Bag @ Nov 17th 2008 3:12PM

I didn't realize the slaughter of millions of helpless animals was a belief? Are you saying that all meat products come from the twilight zone, and have no real connection to an animal that was killed? Also, I never knew the fight for life was considered terrorism. I wonder who it's terrifying, Col. Sanders? Wake the fuck up. The only terrorists are the people who appose Peta's facts.

Pedobear @ Nov 17th 2008 3:06PM

They are clearly imposing their belief that killing animals for food is wrong.

Chris Are @ Nov 17th 2008 3:26PM

Don't be dumb t-bag.

Roto13 @ Nov 17th 2008 3:32PM

Helpless? Have you ever been attacked by a turkey, son?

Shagittarius @ Nov 17th 2008 3:38PM

Its good to have a plunger gun when attacked by turkeys.

Ordeith @ Nov 17th 2008 3:42PM

Well, there are "helpless" animals.

And then there is Food.

Both groups contain animals.

uranutan3 @ Nov 17th 2008 4:04PM

t-bag more like d-bag amirite

jackal @ Nov 17th 2008 5:05PM

T-bag,

Facts? What facts? This is the same PETA that would rather euthanize puppies than give them a good home because pet ownership, to them, is akin to slavery. This is the same PETA that is completely against animal testing of any kind even though their senior vice president uses insulin, a hormone which was discovered only through animal experimentation during the turn of the 20th century. And don't give me that, "Well it's produced by genetically engineered bacteria instead of being extracted from ox pancreases today, so it's okay" bullshit either. You can't be against animal testing and then reap the rewards of it every day without being a hypocrite of the absolute worst kind.

I know where my meat comes from. At 6 years old I wasn't only raising my own chickens, I was also the person who slaughtered and cleaned them when they were mature enough to eat. I've bottle fed calves I knew would some day get sent to the butcher. Yet, 15 years later I'm still an omnivore. Why? When you know the animal on your plate, A) you feel grateful for the nutrition it provides you and B) you avoid waste at absolutely any cost.

If you want to be a vegetarian, be the best damn vegetarian you can be. If you believe in equal animal rights, I'm not going to attack you for it either. But the moment you come here and start pushing your beliefs on other people, I'll verbally hand you your own ass on a silver plate. As far as PETA's concerned, it's an organization comprised of hypocritical idiots who do far more harm to their own cause than their absolute worst critics can; they're just too stupid to admit it.

B @ Nov 17th 2008 7:36PM

Should change your username to D-Bag...

Get it? lololol

dark_inchworm @ Nov 17th 2008 2:42PM

Mama doesn't kill animals. She prepares animals that are already dead.

Dumbasses.

:)

aacman007 @ Nov 17th 2008 3:12PM

Rofl, I typed this up on the PETA forums, thanks for that line, mate.

Oh gosh, when I played that game, it simply reminded me of Thanksgiving dinner and how delicious my uncle's turkey was and always will be.

I can't wait until Thanksgiving.

But the game itself was pretty fun.

Well, I'm curious though, how did Cooking Mama have an instantaneous change of heart and started cooking a tofu turkey? I mean, I'd understand if she changed her mind over time after many years of repression and forced labor upon these turkeys, cutting them up and thinking if there is a better way to eat "turkey."

And when she did start cooking tofu turkey, what did she do with her horrible mess of an actual turkey? She didn't seem to be a very good cook. Did she just chuck it in the garbage? Gosh, that's barely a proper way to throw away bio-waste.

And bio-waste affects all people and animals negatively when not properly disposed.

Plus, Cooking Mama doesn't kill animals, she prepares animals that are already dead. As a matter of fact, she didn't do any killing in this game either. I was disappointed.

KeenCommander @ Nov 17th 2008 2:43PM

PETA are idiots and should burn in hell. Every vegetarian I've met doesn't support PETA either, they're just so fucked up.

Spiphy @ Nov 17th 2008 2:43PM

I must say regardless of how fun this game is, I am sick of PETA. They are a bunch of crazy people. They want TOTAL animal liberation. That means no pets, no seeing eye dogs, no medical research, nothing. Now this is not to say I, or any normal person, would advocate animal cruelty. PETA goes too far.
It breaks down like this
PETA's view: Animals > People
My view: People > Animals > PETA