April 30, 2007

Entertainment giant Sony launches the highly anticipated 'God of War II' game with the apparent slaughter of a goat? Electronics giant Sony has sparked a major row over animal cruelty and the ethics of the computer industry by using a freshly slaughtered goat to promote a violent video game. The corpse of the decapitated animal was the centerpiece of a party to celebrate the launch of the God Of War II game for the company’s PlayStation game consoles.

Personal references to any dark religious ceremonies that Sony may perform aside, if this is what it looks like, we may have witnessed a record low for the entertainment industry.

posted by FiftyPoints 17 years ago

In unrelated news, the Daily Mail is one of the most pro fox hunting newspapers in the country.
posted 17 years ago by dng
I've had it with your daily mail bashing, dng. Radical feminists like yourselves are just giving sex objects a bad name, like "Kevin". Big apologies to anyone named Kevin out there in websville: but - let's face facts - it's not a great name, is it? Now, "Arnold" - THAT is a kick-ass name. And Willis! HA HA! Man I loved those guys. I remember when Mr Drummond slaughtered a goat to appease Kimberly, and Arnold and Willis rose from hell to serve him as his demonic slaves. The moral is: it takes diff'rent strokes to rule the world.
posted 17 years ago by the quidnunc kid
Tastes like chicken.
posted 17 years ago by Skrik
What purported to be warm intestines was actually warm offal. Eh?
posted 17 years ago by fish tick
Also, Sony, unsurprisingly, have claimed that its all been made up by whatever playstation magazine the Daily Mail copied their story from. "In keeping with the theatrical nature of the event, the attendant media were invited to eat a bowl of food that purported to be from the animal - but in fact was a cooked traditional Greek dish." The spokesperson added that the goat was not slaughtered specifically for the event; the organisers, a Greek production company, purchased the carcass from a butcher. "The writer of this article did not attend the event and has portrayed the theatre as a literal occurrence," the spokesperson said.
posted 17 years ago by dng
Next week in the Daily Mail: HORROR AS DANISH MAN KILLS FAMILY AND THEN HIMSELF LIVE ON STAGE AT THE OLD VIC SICK PUBLICITY STUNT CONDEMNED BY FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTINGS
posted 17 years ago by dng
Didja know "different strokes for different folks" is from a Sly and the Family Stone song? It's true cause I sawr it on the Interpedia.
posted 17 years ago by petebest
I call it "The Aristocrats"
posted 17 years ago by briank
You kids goat offal my lawn!
posted 17 years ago by The Underpants Monster
Wait. So they couldn't even sacrifice their own goat?
lazy bastards...
posted 17 years ago by FiftyPoints
I bet the offal was awful.
posted 17 years ago by six.oh.six
I'm utterly aghast at this terrible use of a poor defenseless animal killed for such a reason. Now move over so I can eat my bacon cheeseburger and Chicken nuggets.
posted 17 years ago by Debaser626
It's a shame because otherwise Sony was, like, my best friends. Oh well.
posted 17 years ago by petebest
Between the $600 price tag, and Sony's talent for generating good press, the PS3's future is assured. Not 'bright', mind you. 'Assured'.
posted 17 years ago by Stan the Bat
Speaking as a marketing professional, animal carcasses at the coming out dinner = SNOOZERS
posted 17 years ago by Fes
What purported to be warm intestines was actually warm offal. I think it's pretty orfal, too. A new low for advertising. Me and Fes agrees!!
posted 17 years ago by BlueHorse
Huh. So somebody actually cares about this, do they?
posted 17 years ago by Nickdanger
Perhaps it is a bit too early to declare a winner, but briank wins.
posted 17 years ago by verbminx
Sony really get my goat. Well, as they were offering 50p a pound, I could hardly say no.
posted 17 years ago by Abiezer_Coppe
Meh. Let me know when they slaughter a child to launch the next Crash Bandicoot or whatever, Then I might buy one.
posted 17 years ago by kitfisto
Not really very nice, I think. There's so much cocaine flying about at these shindigs that I'm surprised someone didn't screw the poor animal as well. I'm reminded of when the KLF dumped a slaughtered sheep at the doors of the Brit Awards in 1992.
posted 17 years ago by muteboy
Kind of tasteless.
posted 17 years ago by Smo

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April 30, 2007