Using animals to your aid, defending yourself from creatures, and the occasional death of a harmless chicken. Animals can be found in almost EVERY game, either useful or not, they're there, from riding your trusty steed Epona, to battling vicious dragons. A recent attack on the gaming world caught my attention, and I have a lot to say. So here's what's up... PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) all of a sudden decided to start suing video game companies for various violent and mistreatmenting actions towards animals. WTF. First of all, the animals in the game ARE FAKE. Apparently, younger kids playing these games may get the idea of mistreating animals in real life, now here's what's wrong with that. Video games with any sort of violence MUST be labeled 14+, a clear statement which informs the buyer that younger kids aren't allowed to play this game. It is not anywhere in PETA's rights to sue for that reason because it is not the video game companie's fault for the kids playing that game, as it was clearly labeled.
Unfortunately, they did win for that reason in some cases. Nintendo's Super Mario 3D Land lost the case because they're game wasn't 14+, which they could not be blamed for... The most violence you'll get in a Mario game is a squashed mushroom, or raping turtles with their own shells. Surprisingly, PETA's sue on the Nintendo hit didn't involve turtles at all, what did they sue for? Oh, Mario is able to find a suit which dresses him as a raccoon like figure and enables him certain powers. Entitled the "Tanooki" suit, PETA believes that this shows kids playing the game that "Mario says its OK to wear animal furs". Unfortunately, they also won against another Nintendo game, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. This was because Link's horse is supposedly mistreated in the game, being forced to sprint long distances for long periods of time, and that the game didn't offer any horse feeding, or grooming options... Last I checked, Epona wasn't going to a horse show. Also, may I point out once again, this is a game!
The next two are actually quite funny, not only are the creatures threatening to kill you, the also ARE MYTHICAL. That's right, if you remember the Rancors from the Star Wars series, seen in Return of the Jedi, they were large beastly creatures, some of which were forced to fight for entertainment. Although the act of forcing animals to fight other animals, or even people is wrong, PETA should NOT sue George Lucas for incorporating this in his movie/game remakes. Why? Because forcing animals to fight has been misused for centuries! Lucas didn't invent it, nor was promoting it. He was creating a believable environment. Not to mention, Rancors are not only fake because its in a movie/game, it also doesn't exist in real life! Another example from Star Wars was when Han Solo gutted another non-existng creature, called a Tauntaun, and used its body as a shelter for Luke from the blistering cold to survive! Your telling me its better for a human being to die? Thats funny though, because no game has ever been sued for the killing of other humans. the Call of Duty series for example, kill as many people as you want, but god forbid you kill a chicken! Like I understand where there coming from, but its a game and doesn't imply that people should go out shooting chickens, yet people already do, and I can guarantee it has nothing to do with these games.
Bethesda's latest release, Skyrim, is an open world RPG game, allowing the gamer to proceed with doing almost whatever he wants, including killing animals. The game offers free will, and for the development of games to continue, PETA can't go around forbidding things! This apparently depicts "human superiority". Also, as I've mentioned before, hunting and killing animals in the wild has been around for so much longer than these games, why blame the game creators! Now this made me laugh, PETA believes that the killing of DRAGONS, is wrong because they are an ENDANGERED SPECIES! What? I'm sorry, are they dying out from our imagination? Although dragons are seen as rare, majestic creatures in so many, almost all fantasy world games, that isn't a good enough reason to allow one to kill you if you are attacked by one.
PETA fomed a guide in which one can learn what to do in the situation of being devoured by a giant creature. That goes for all dangerous animals by the way, pretty sure PETA just threw that in there to make their statement seem a little more logical.
Honestly, I think PETA is just in this to seek attention, and to make a quick buck. I'm sticking to playing my video games how they're meant to be played. To conclude... PETA's fucked.
Stay Wett.
- WeTT
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