Sony kills goat for God of War II promo

[goemon]

The question I have is why are they promoting a game in Greece? Last I heard, video games were illegal there. Did things change, or did they just mutilate a perfectly good goat carcass for no reason?

[njiska]

The question I have is why are they promoting a game in Greece? Last I heard, video games were illegal there. Did things change, or did they just mutilate a perfectly good goat carcass for no reason?

I'm fairly sure that was repealled.

[Kitsune Sniper]

The question I have is why are they promoting a game in Greece? Last I heard, video games were illegal there. Did things change, or did they just mutilate a perfectly good goat carcass for no reason?

If I recall correctly, that was only regarding gambling games and slot machines, not videogames in general.

[Three-P]

Heard this story was fake as the site is a tabloid.

Wouldn't surprise me if Weekly World News tried something similar to this.

[jajaja]

It's irrelevant what the history is here. It's a promo for a fictional video game. The game doesn't deal with the subject matter. It's senseless killing.

If the goat was bought from a butcher, how is that senseless killing? It was for sale so ppl could eat it, it was not killed for this promo (atleast what i read here).

[Mayhem]

In terms of its authenticity, still trying to determine that. I'm sure someone else here from the UK might pipe up if they know more in due time...

[scooterb23]

The simple fact that not one single news source outside of the video game "journalism" circles have picked up on this story says a lot.

[Buyatari]

1. its most likely not true.

2. might have been a waste of food if they didn't eat the goat (I hope they did because I'm really hungry right now) I'm sure your local micky Ds wastes more in the dumpster each and every day.

3. who cares about that anyway I'm more concerned about the painted breasts in the picture.

[davidbrit2]

Sounds like it might possibly be true, judging from Sony's response.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/god-of-war/...ire-256198.php

[scooterb23]

That response was in the original article. So, I don't put much stock in it being real either.

[YoshiM]

In regards to mythology-if I'm not mistaken, isn't mythology a part of culture? If y'all are gonna nitpick, better nitpick right.

So where's the person who screams "my god...what a waste of food"? Folks, the animal was from a butcher-therefore it was considered "food". Sony was, in a pretty wild way, playing with their food.

Of all the things to get riled up about. Sheesh.

[davidbrit2]

Yeah, there's a huge difference between killing a goat on stage and buying an already-dead goat from a butcher. But what was described is still in pretty bad fucking taste either way, assuming it's real (which is rather dubious at the moment).

[Johnny_Rock]

Hey guys all this goat slaughtering talk got me hungry for some kabab or maybe a gyro.

Any suggestions for greek resturaunts around the Boston area?

[davidbrit2]

Hey guys all this goat slaughtering talk got me hungry for some kabab or maybe a gyro.

Any suggestions for greek resturaunts around the Boston area?

Have you tried your local Sony factory outlet?

[Johnny_Rock]

Have you tried your local Sony factory outlet?

Actually yes, their mutton was good but when I bit into the Sony brand Baklava that I ordered for dessert it burst into flames caught the tablecloth on fire and had to be recalled.

Last time I order food from them I tells ya!

[NE146]

This is a senseless waste of life.

I guess I don't understand why you're pointing this out vs. if they had served meat or steak at the party. Goat was bought dead.. just not cut up. Explain what's the difference?

[badinsults]

I think that the promo is awesome. Sony +1

[djbeatmongrel]

3. who cares about that anyway I'm more concerned about the painted breasts in the picture.

See thats what first caught my attention. I dont know about the other guys. I am concerned with the goat obsession when theres more pressing matter like a pair of tits.

[Sweater Fish Deluxe]

I guess I don't understand why you're pointing this out vs. if they had served meat or steak at the party. Goat was bought dead.. just not cut up. Explain what's the difference?

The difference is in the attitude. This goat's life was ended for the sole purpose of promoting a video game. It's the most disgusting extreme of crass exploitative capitalism. Don't we, as human beings, have any respect for life in itself? Not that you can't ever kill something, not that you can't kill it and eat it, but maybe that we should draw a line somewhere before making a joke out of it's life and a spectacle out of its death (or worse than that: a commercial). This has nothing to do with "Greek culture," njiska, and everything to do with marketing, capitalism, greed and money. You're free to defend it on those lines if you want. It also doesn't matter that the goat came form a butcher shop. So they had someone else kill the goat for them, the ethical lines are still the same and so is the lack of basic respect for life shown.

I hope the story is fictional and it probably is, but the fact that there's people here who would defend it--or worse, not even understand what could be wrong with it--seems to be a fact and it's certainly just as bad or probably worse. If the story is made up, I guess we can take some solace in the fact that we're not yet at a point where a company would do this sort of thing as a form of marketing. Probably not far from it, though, if the responses from so many people are so mild.


...word is bondage...

[njiska]

The difference is in the attitude. This goat's life was ended for the sole purpose of promoting a video game. It's the most disgusting extreme of crass exploitative capitalism. Don't we, as human beings, have any respect for life in itself? Not that you can't ever kill something, not that you can't kill it and eat it, but maybe that we should draw a line somewhere before making a joke out of it's life and a spectacle out of its death (or worse than that: a commercial). This has nothing to do with "Greek culture," njiska, and everything to do with marketing, capitalism, greed and money. You're free to defend it on those lines if you want. It also doesn't matter that the goat came form a butcher shop. So they had someone else kill the goat for them, the ethical lines are still the same and so is the lack of basic respect for life shown.

I hope the story is fictional and it probably is, but the fact that there's people here who would defend it--or worse, not even understand what could be wrong with it--seems to be a fact and it's certainly just as bad or probably worse. If the story is made up, I guess we can take some solace in the fact that we're not yet at a point where a company would do this sort of thing as a form of marketing. Probably not far from it, though, if the responses from so many people are so mild.


...word is bondage...

You know you're entitled to you're opinion, but i really don't understand your point of view. If an animal should only be killedfor a good cause, who draws the line?

Killing a goat for food is ok
Killing a goat for clothing is ok
Killing a goat to use it as a centre peice for serving Offal (which is cooked organs, in this case lamb organs) apparently isn't.

I'm afraid i just don't see the difference. The animal was bred to be slaughter, was slaughtered. This particular one was just purchased from the butcher before being cut up into proper meat cuts. I don't see it as being any different then buying a side of beed.

The fact it was used during a feast to promote GoW2 is completely irrelevant to me. I see it as no different then a family buying a goat for a themed party they were having.

Also you're not talking ethics, you're talking morals. There's a big differnce and morals are very much unique to individuals and to groups.