Majesco responds to PETA's Cooking Mama parody

by Alexander Sliwinski on Nov 20th 2008 8:30AM

Majesco kept it classy in its response to PETA's Cooking Mama parody. Taking the whole situation in stride, the publisher quoted the fictional Mama as saying, "I would never put rat in my Ratatouille. 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."

Majesco went on to note that the company's latest entry in the franchise, Cooking Mama World Kitchen, features over 25 vegetarian-friendly recipes. It also states that Mama is not a vegetarian, but "fully supports" the humane treatment of animals, as her doggie "protégé" Max will make his debut in the latest game -- hopefully, not as an entrée. Kudos to Majesco for incorporating some flair into what would otherwise have been another boring press release about a game launch. And thanks to PETA for making the whole laugh possible.

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Tags: Cooking, cooking-mama, Cooking-Mama-Ltd, cooking-mama-world-kitchen, majesco, Majesco-Entertainment, Minigames, Nintendo, peta, Wii

Reader Comments (54)

If you are a vegan, don't buy the game.

I like east Indian food. Cooking Mama doesn't have a lot of that in it, but I'm not gonna protest or anything. I just won't buy it.

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That's so completely the wrong way of thinking about this.

"There's a small group of people smothering anyone who is shorter than 5'8", but if you don't like it you should just ignore it."

Obviously I'm not going to buy the game, but mostly because it's a crap casual game and I have a flash cart to boot. The game itself is more or less completely outside the point.

Liking bloody east Indian food is not the same as a conversation on the ethics of not eating animals.

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As a life long vegetarian, I cannot express how much I hate PETA.

.....But I also hate most vegans and vegetarians. So I'm kind of in a minority of a minority anyway.....