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Spurred on by the apparent success of anti-KFC game Super Chick Sisters, PETA is once again entering the Flash-based interactive activism arena with Bloody Burberry: The Fur Fighters. This time, the action focuses on controlling cute animal critters who are trying to raise awareness of the cruel, fur-coat-selling ways of the Burberry clothing stores. They complete this goal by freeing caged bunnies, protesting at fashion shows and spray-painting coats, all while avoiding some shadowy, black-clad security agents.

You might think a game that encourages spray-painting private property might be a little irresponsible for an activist group, but an in-game disclaimer notes that it's all right because the animal characters are "not subject to human laws." It's like the ultimate diplomatic immunity! This gives us an idea for a crime spree involving trained penguins that the courts can't touch ... but perhaps we've already said too much ....

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]]>activismanimalsflashfurmessagePETAKyle Orland2008-03-28T01:00:00+00:00Chimpanzee plays Ms. Pac-Man, gets eaten by ghosthttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/10/chimpanzee-plays-ms-pac-man-gets-eaten-by-ghost/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/10/chimpanzee-plays-ms-pac-man-gets-eaten-by-ghost/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/10/chimpanzee-plays-ms-pac-man-gets-eaten-by-ghost/#commentsFiled under: ,

There are a plethora of reasons for teaching a banana-munching mammal how to play a classic game such as Ms. Pac-Man. A plethora. The prime one, of course, being that it's an excellent and completely unpredictable strategy in obtaining complete world domination. The world's defences would have little choice but to collapse in the face of an army of chimpanzees highly skilled at traversing mazes, collecting various fruits and evading ghosts. Evil dictators and mad scientists would be well advised to watch the YouTube clip (embedded after the break) and see exactly how it's done.

Another reason could be to provide commentary on the game's depth (even a chimp can play it!), the chimp's intelligence (he pwn3d my high score!) or the sheer irritation caused by a backseat gamer fingering your screen and telling you which pellet to go after. Whatever the reason, we're glad someone did it.

Next week: Hedgehog plays Sonic the Hedgehog, researcher loses eye.

[Thanks Franco!]

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]]>Animal TrainingAnimalsAnimalTrainingArcadeChimpanzeeMs Pac-ManMsPac-manNamcoPac-ManLudwig Kietzmann2006-07-10T22:55:00+00:00