As we recently learned, Assassin’s Creed IV is about pirates, and sometimes those pirates go whaling, so you know what that means — it’s time for a cynical PETA publicity grab!
“Whaling — that is, shooting whales with harpoons and leaving them to struggle for an hour or more before they die or are hacked apart while they are still alive-may seem like something out of the history books, but this bloody industry still goes on today in the face of international condemnation, and it’s disgraceful for any game to glorify it.”
Whaling hurts whales? Get out! Thanks for the info PETA — I always just thought of it as a friendly game of harpoon tag. Thankfully Ubisoft isn’t sweating PETA’s attempted shaming. Hit the jump for their super snarky reply…
“History is our playground in Assassin’s Creed. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is a work of fiction that depicts the real events during the Golden Era of Pirates. We do not condone illegal whaling, just as we don’t condone a pirate lifestyle of poor hygiene, plundering, hijacking ships, and over-the-legal-limit drunken debauchery.”
Zing. Welp, I guess it’s just a matter of sitting back and waiting for the inevitable PETA flash game now.
via The Escapist & VentureBeat
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Nice answer, but it just leaves out everything they do condone like fucking a whore with a wooden leg, or stealing someones gold teeth
Wait…does the whore have the wooden leg, or do you use a wooden leg to fuck the whore?
Obviously, you fuck her with her wooden leg, or else you get the clap. Duh
Shut the fuck up, PETA.
So they again got someone to “bite”, eh? It’s a shame. If Ubisoft said nothing and everyone just threw away their press release from PETA, they’d eventually just have to dry up and leave the actual good works to the ASPCA and other organizations.
But by responding, Ubisoft gets some press, so you can’t blame them.
I completely condone a pirate lifestyle of poor hygiene, plundering, hijacking ships, and over-the-legal-limit drunken debauchery.
so there
It’s kind of scary that people can actually make careers at PETA. That’s probably why you see a lot of silliness and less action. This kind of stuff makes the news, which brings in donations. If teachers unions were out undressing on the sidewalk you’d see a lot more celebrity supporters speaking out for them. Crazy.
And why is PETA against clean burning lamp oil?
I thought PETA was all about the piracy (i.e. Whale Whores).
It’s time to start poking PETA with a sharp stick via video games.
How about adding baby chicks to be stomped in GTA?
Did you ever play Fable? You could eat ‘Crunchy Chicks” that gave you evil points. Yes, literally just baby chickens that you crunch alive. I don’t recall PETA whining about that one.
How above all of the thousands of cows, chickens, pigs and sheep I slay weekly in Minecraft?
PETA WHERE YOU AT?! CAME AT ME BRO.
^ How “about” and COME AT ME, of course.