Majesco responds to PETA's Cooking Mama parody

Well done Majesco, very well handled.

too nice, don't be a saint

Hahaha, Majesco did a good job of handling this.

I just played the game again...why is there blood coming out of the eggs? PETA need to take some biology lessons.

They should include a recipe for haggis just to piss off Peta.

"And thanks to PETA for making the whole laugh possible."

No. No thanks to PETA. They are nutty. Quit talking about them on Joystiq, please.

I love how they "quoted" Mama in the press release. Kudos to Majesco for not letting their knickers get bunched up.

Well done. Handled like true business people. Not like a bunch of doe-eyed, opinionated, screaming freaks.

And why is it when I watch Animal Cops I never see PETA hunting down those losers who abuse and neglect animals? Not enough celebrity for them?

Well played, Majesco. I cannot understand why PETA still pulls shit like this. Every time they try some new publicity stunt, they always end up making themselves look like asses and everyone talking about how crazy they are. I mean honestly, making fun of PETA is like winning a game of (select preferred multiplayer title) against your mom, it's too damn easy and not worth the effort.

Stay classy PETA, nothing you ever do will be taken seriously anyway. Good job digging yourself the biggest hole anyone could have.

Fuck PETA! They are terrorists!

I'm going to buy 100 copies of this game then I'm going to eat 5 steaks for lunch and flush 5 more down the toilet.

Of course, PETA will now be pissed off because there's a pet dog in the series, as Majesco now endorses the slavery of animals.

I heard that in the Korean version you get to cook protégé.

I think they should make a Cooking Mamma: Bizarre foods edition. Mmmm hamster and cat brains.

For every animal that PETA refuses to let die, I'll eat three!

One thing that PETA does very well is set the terms of the extreme so that a moderate point can be reached.

For example, you have one extreme end (any industry that uses animals) saying "we can do whatever the hell we want with the animals, they're not human and they're our property" (for example, a medical researcher saying that doing a retro-orbital eyebleed from an animal without any anesthetic is just fine and dandy (imagine having blood drawn from your eye while you were awake to experience it), or a meat industry spokesperson stating that it's fine and dandy to shove a pipe down a goose's throat and forcefeed it until its liver becomes fatted, or lock cattle in cages so small they can't move... that's one extreme.

On the other extreme, you have PETA saying that animals have souls and eating eggs is murder, and that humans have no right to exploit the hard work of honeybees, and that killing a chicken is functionally no different than killing a child. That's the other extreme.

In between those two extremes most people find a moderate voice: the SPCA/Humane voice which states that animals should not suffer needlessly, that they should be allowed at least a minimal standard of living, but that they are not the equivalent of humans. This continuum will have room in it for diversity: for example, a vegetarian who would not eat an animal or even a vegan who would not "exploit" an animal, but recognizes the privilege of this position and would not force it on others, or the research veterinarian who understands that the animal subjects will be subjected to testing and even termination, but who attempts to care for these animals and make sure that they are not tortured and that their overall suffering is minimal.

In the last few years, with its endless array of shock campaigns, PETA has jeapordized its position, it risks no longer being able to set the extreme position but actually causing a backlash, which may allow the "moderate" position to push further away from their goals of overall animal protection.

I'm a vegetarian and thought the parody was hysterical and well done. I've also played and enjoyed the Cooking Mama games. People are getting so upset, but I don't see what the big deal is. I've played many videogames where characters eat meat, and have never thought twice about it. It doesn't influence my actions. The connection between Cooking Mama and real recipes or food is weak anyway. It's more like food-based minigames than actual recipe preparing.

Save the animals!!! Eat Peta members!!!

Huh? I have a People Eating Tasty Animals bbq every year. What PETA is this?

I appreciate the classiness of the response, but does this mean PETA's not getting sued? Because that's what I wanted for my birthday this year :'(

:) Nice one, Majesco. I wish more companies would handle situations with this kind of tact. And it's also nice that they're including veggie recipes in the menu next time.

I just don't understand why PETA attacked them in the first place. Aren't there bigger animal rights issues like, I don't know, gorilla poaching?

Yes, well, fuck animals. Seriously, somebody needs to tell these hippies to grow up. These are the exact same kind of people who caused Prop 2 to pass in California, guaranteeing that eggs and chicken meat will cost more for everyone just so the chickens who are going to be slaughtered or farmed for eggs will have a few extra inches of space. Why? Because hippies put their own feel-goodism above any practical concept of reality. Their pro-Prop-2 commercials actually had a photo of a chicken in a cage and the word 'BAD', then a photo of a kid hugging a chicken in a gigantic yard and the word 'GOOD'. How do you reason with such idiots?

As a vegan, I think everyone is being a tool about this. PETA, Majesco, the general public. Some further thoughts, even though probably nobody cares: http://matthew.balousek.net/?p=16