We reported yesterday that a few outraged teenagers decided to start a petition against Activision and its Call of Duty shooter franchise. With the recent bad publicity that video games have gotten, you would think they were against depicting violence against people in games, but actually
they didn't like the fact that you had to kill the attack dogs that were trying to eliminate your character.
That's right, because the development team was historically accurate and included in the game the attack dogs that Nazi Germany bred during the Second World War, a lot of people were bothered that you had to kill them in order to save your own life.
Now it seems that the
PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) organization has joined the fight against Activision and its vicious depictions of dog violence and has even gone so far as to send the corporation a package of Nintendogs video games in order to teach them some more things about the animals.
“To help the folks at Activision Blizzard learn about the ethical treatment of animals (something we're sorta experts on) we're offering to let them take PETA's "Developing Empathy for Animals" seminar free of charge, and we're sending a package of dog-friendly Nintendogs games to their office,” read the statement from PETA. “With a little Nintendogs influence, perhaps the next Call of Duty game will have you unlock achievements for petting the dogs you encounter and going on walks or playing Frisbee with them.”
So there you have it, if it all goes PETA's way, in the next Call of Duty you'll be trying to play games with the attack dogs that would love nothing better than to sink their teeth in your character's flesh. It's really bad that people just don't seem to understand basic things about video games and about history as a whole.
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