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In today’s society animal cruelty is regarded as a high calibre crime, one that can get you put behind bars for a long time. Doing nasty things to animals may be perceived humorously, like making a bear dance or dressing up a monkey in a tuxedo and teaching him to make your dinner. But the RSPCA knows no mercy. Is the gaming industry to be the next in line for a stern telling off by the animal rights protesters?
In games animals are constantly there. They are often featured and occasionally they are main character. What are the RSPCA’s opinions likely to be on different genres of games?
Platform Games.
Perhaps the first on the RSPCA’s non-violent chopping block. Platformers will be the first under stack due to such titles as ‘Sonic the hedgehog’ and ‘Crash Bandicoot’. Sega will be arrested for mutilating a hedgehog (i.e. dying him blue) and forcing him into cheap, unfashionable trainers. Mad Dog (The developers not an actual rabid canine) will get hit by the political correctness stick for making Crash wear shorts and risk his life jumping over pits and suchlike. But without Crash Bandicoot, the children of today wouldn’t even be aware of what a bandicoot was, I’m actually not too sure myself.
Adventure Games
Donkey Kong, we all know as the giant barrel-throwing ape. But the RSPCA will see him as something more sinister. Nintendo programmed him to do evil, as all animals are lovely and cuddly aren’t they? The RSPCA were surely the ones that turned Donkey Kong from the evil ape to the dopey up goon that we saw in Donkey Kong 64. Now lets look at perhaps the best adventure ever, Legend of Zelda. This time an animal isn’t the main character but a sidekick, well, sort of. Navi, the fairy that helps Link in his quest isn’t human and surely the RSPCA will claim it as one of their own. They will programme one of their wardens into the game, kick the door to Link’s tree house in and commandeer Navi to be re-homed on pet rescue.
First Person Shooters
Turok will come under the microscope here, as the primary objective is to shoot lots of dinosaurs. The RSPCA will claim that they are not only extinct but they are cute and cuddly. Although they are attempting to sever your head and chew on your arms, the RSPCA will tell you to leave them alone. This would, hopefully, have funny consequences, as it would be more than likely that one of their wardens would be eaten alive in a non-violent protest. Oh, how I would laugh.
Racing games
Diddy Kong racing, surely, would get criticism for the folks at the animal rights centre. Allowing animals to have control of cars, boats and even planes is something can could result is a little more than a broken paw. It is immoral and on similar lines to making hamsters dance for their dinner or making a fish ride a bicycle.
So when the RSPCA have kicked your door in and confiscated all of your favourite animal related titles, what can I say? I told you so!
In games animals are constantly there. They are often featured and occasionally they are main character. What are the RSPCA’s opinions likely to be on different genres of games?
Platform Games.
Perhaps the first on the RSPCA’s non-violent chopping block. Platformers will be the first under stack due to such titles as ‘Sonic the hedgehog’ and ‘Crash Bandicoot’. Sega will be arrested for mutilating a hedgehog (i.e. dying him blue) and forcing him into cheap, unfashionable trainers. Mad Dog (The developers not an actual rabid canine) will get hit by the political correctness stick for making Crash wear shorts and risk his life jumping over pits and suchlike. But without Crash Bandicoot, the children of today wouldn’t even be aware of what a bandicoot was, I’m actually not too sure myself.
Adventure Games
Donkey Kong, we all know as the giant barrel-throwing ape. But the RSPCA will see him as something more sinister. Nintendo programmed him to do evil, as all animals are lovely and cuddly aren’t they? The RSPCA were surely the ones that turned Donkey Kong from the evil ape to the dopey up goon that we saw in Donkey Kong 64. Now lets look at perhaps the best adventure ever, Legend of Zelda. This time an animal isn’t the main character but a sidekick, well, sort of. Navi, the fairy that helps Link in his quest isn’t human and surely the RSPCA will claim it as one of their own. They will programme one of their wardens into the game, kick the door to Link’s tree house in and commandeer Navi to be re-homed on pet rescue.
First Person Shooters
Turok will come under the microscope here, as the primary objective is to shoot lots of dinosaurs. The RSPCA will claim that they are not only extinct but they are cute and cuddly. Although they are attempting to sever your head and chew on your arms, the RSPCA will tell you to leave them alone. This would, hopefully, have funny consequences, as it would be more than likely that one of their wardens would be eaten alive in a non-violent protest. Oh, how I would laugh.
Racing games
Diddy Kong racing, surely, would get criticism for the folks at the animal rights centre. Allowing animals to have control of cars, boats and even planes is something can could result is a little more than a broken paw. It is immoral and on similar lines to making hamsters dance for their dinner or making a fish ride a bicycle.
So when the RSPCA have kicked your door in and confiscated all of your favourite animal related titles, what can I say? I told you so!
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In today’s society animal cruelty is regarded as a high calibre crime, one that can get you put behind bars for a long time. Doing nasty things to animals may be perceived humorously, like making a bear dance or dressing up a monkey in a tuxedo and teaching him to make your dinner. But the RSPCA knows no mercy. Is the gaming industry to be the next in line for a stern telling off by the animal rights protesters?
In games animals are constantly there. They are often featured and occasionally they are main character. What are the RSPCA’s opinions likely to be on different genres of games?
Platform Games.
Perhaps the first on the RSPCA’s non-violent chopping block. Platformers will be the first under stack due to such titles as ‘Sonic the hedgehog’ and ‘Crash Bandicoot’. Sega will be arrested for mutilating a hedgehog (i.e. dying him blue) and forcing him into cheap, unfashionable trainers. Mad Dog (The developers not an actual rabid canine) will get hit by the political correctness stick for making Crash wear shorts and risk his life jumping over pits and suchlike. But without Crash Bandicoot, the children of today wouldn’t even be aware of what a bandicoot was, I’m actually not too sure myself.
Adventure Games
Donkey Kong, we all know as the giant barrel-throwing ape. But the RSPCA will see him as something more sinister. Nintendo programmed him to do evil, as all animals are lovely and cuddly aren’t they? The RSPCA were surely the ones that turned Donkey Kong from the evil ape to the dopey up goon that we saw in Donkey Kong 64. Now lets look at perhaps the best adventure ever, Legend of Zelda. This time an animal isn’t the main character but a sidekick, well, sort of. Navi, the fairy that helps Link in his quest isn’t human and surely the RSPCA will claim it as one of their own. They will programme one of their wardens into the game, kick the door to Link’s tree house in and commandeer Navi to be re-homed on pet rescue.
First Person Shooters
Turok will come under the microscope here, as the primary objective is to shoot lots of dinosaurs. The RSPCA will claim that they are not only extinct but they are cute and cuddly. Although they are attempting to sever your head and chew on your arms, the RSPCA will tell you to leave them alone. This would, hopefully, have funny consequences, as it would be more than likely that one of their wardens would be eaten alive in a non-violent protest. Oh, how I would laugh.
Racing games
Diddy Kong racing, surely, would get criticism for the folks at the animal rights centre. Allowing animals to have control of cars, boats and even planes is something can could result is a little more than a broken paw. It is immoral and on similar lines to making hamsters dance for their dinner or making a fish ride a bicycle.
So when the RSPCA have kicked your door in and confiscated all of your favourite animal related titles, what can I say? I told you so!
In games animals are constantly there. They are often featured and occasionally they are main character. What are the RSPCA’s opinions likely to be on different genres of games?
Platform Games.
Perhaps the first on the RSPCA’s non-violent chopping block. Platformers will be the first under stack due to such titles as ‘Sonic the hedgehog’ and ‘Crash Bandicoot’. Sega will be arrested for mutilating a hedgehog (i.e. dying him blue) and forcing him into cheap, unfashionable trainers. Mad Dog (The developers not an actual rabid canine) will get hit by the political correctness stick for making Crash wear shorts and risk his life jumping over pits and suchlike. But without Crash Bandicoot, the children of today wouldn’t even be aware of what a bandicoot was, I’m actually not too sure myself.
Adventure Games
Donkey Kong, we all know as the giant barrel-throwing ape. But the RSPCA will see him as something more sinister. Nintendo programmed him to do evil, as all animals are lovely and cuddly aren’t they? The RSPCA were surely the ones that turned Donkey Kong from the evil ape to the dopey up goon that we saw in Donkey Kong 64. Now lets look at perhaps the best adventure ever, Legend of Zelda. This time an animal isn’t the main character but a sidekick, well, sort of. Navi, the fairy that helps Link in his quest isn’t human and surely the RSPCA will claim it as one of their own. They will programme one of their wardens into the game, kick the door to Link’s tree house in and commandeer Navi to be re-homed on pet rescue.
First Person Shooters
Turok will come under the microscope here, as the primary objective is to shoot lots of dinosaurs. The RSPCA will claim that they are not only extinct but they are cute and cuddly. Although they are attempting to sever your head and chew on your arms, the RSPCA will tell you to leave them alone. This would, hopefully, have funny consequences, as it would be more than likely that one of their wardens would be eaten alive in a non-violent protest. Oh, how I would laugh.
Racing games
Diddy Kong racing, surely, would get criticism for the folks at the animal rights centre. Allowing animals to have control of cars, boats and even planes is something can could result is a little more than a broken paw. It is immoral and on similar lines to making hamsters dance for their dinner or making a fish ride a bicycle.
So when the RSPCA have kicked your door in and confiscated all of your favourite animal related titles, what can I say? I told you so!