Slaughter: Horror at Sony's depraved promotion stunt with decapitated goat

[dogday]

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 centrepiece of a party to celebrate the launch of the God Of War II game for the company’s PlayStation 2 console.

Guests at the event were even invited to reach inside the goat’s still-warm carcass to eat offal from its stomach.

Sickening images of the party have appeared in the company’s official PlayStation magazine – but after being contacted by The Mail on Sunday, Sony issued an apology for the gruesome stunt and promised to recall the entire print run.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=451414&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. I hope they don't come by my house in November.

I'm planning on having a large bird decapitated, plucked, gutted, stuffed, and then baked and served in a party I plan on having in order to celebrate my family coming over.

[dogday]

4. Least you plan on cooking your bird... They offered for

people to reach inside the dead carcass and grab some guts to eat.. Grossed me out...

[gravity]

9. Well if people want to do that, it's a free country

[Iris]

2. They couldn't just hire some strippers and let people eat off their butts?

Jeez.

[BlooInBloo]

3. You realize this is a month old, right?

[dogday]

5. Yes, but I never heard about it and

I did a search of all forums and nothing has been posted.. This is news overlooked... Since this is not the latest breaking news forum, I thought it be ok....

[BlooInBloo]

8. Oh it's totally fine. It has been posted tho - but that's no reason not to revisit it.

[Systematic Chaos]

6. Goddamn stupidest company in the computer entertainment industry.

Sony Online Entertainment has what is arguably the best MMORPG out right now (which is Everquest 2 and NOT World of Warcraft), and they don't advertise it in any medium. No print ads, no TV, no nothing. And yet they release at least one new expansion per year and give players countless things to do, and all with gorgeous graphics and hours of voiceovers.

The faithful among the tiny player base have been howling in frustration over this for over a year, and still NOTHING. And yet they can pull this lame-ass stunt for God of War? Idiots.

[damntexdem]

7. I hope they won't be scapegoated over this.

Just couldn't resist.

As for killing the goat -- I couldn't care less. It's a food animal, anyway.