PETA Names Veggie-friendly Fable 2 as the Game of the Year

This or That?

CFLs or LEDs?

PETA Names Veggie-friendly Fable 2 as the Game of the Year

by Shawn Schuster (Subscribe to Shawn Schuster's posts)
Jan 7th 2009 @ 6:02PM

Filed under: Health, Kids and Parenting

Print Email More

If you or your children are gamers, you may already be familiar with Fable 2 from Microsoft's Lionhead Studios. The game is set in an open-ended, consequence-based fantasy universe and is available only on the Xbox 360. According to PETA, it is also a vegetarian's dream come true.

In their 2008 year-end awards, PETA awarded Fable 2 their prestigious Game of the Year honors, citing pro-vegetarian themes that teach gamers the real-life benefit of a vegetarian diet. Apparently, in the game your character can eat a plant-based diet to rack up "purity points", whereas eating meat will make your character fat and evil. PETA is certainly no stranger to gaming as they've recently caused a stir with their Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals Flash game, poking fun at the Nintendo game Cooking Mama which uses predominantly meat-based recipes.

Comments [2]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

1-07-2009 @ 7:02PM

louis said...

oh cool, so we have a video game that encourages us not to kill animals and use their meat to feed ourselves.

yet it still encourages killing humans for nothing.

1-08-2009 @ 10:23AM

ronEbear said...

I`ve played and finished this game. You are asked to sacrifice your dog at the end of it. As for the vegetarianism themes in the game, they are almost non-existent. I`ve found and eaten only a single piece of tofu in the game. The only food that "makes you evil" in the game is when you eat baby chicks - THAT`S IT. It`s not all meats that make you evil. On top of that you gain weight from ALL food in the game. On top of that, you can freely punt (kick violently) chickens in the game at any time without consequence. Does PETA actually do game research?

Green Daily Video

Green Daily Series

Tip of the Day

Resist the stacks of napkins given from fast-food joints and eateries.

Learn More

Featured Galleries

Greenland - On the Edge of Global Warming

10 things you didn't know you could compost

Puma/Atmos Endangered Species Collection

Green Daily bloggers (30 days)

#	Blogger	Posts
1	Josh Loposer	23
2	Cat Lincoln	20
3	Kristen Seymour	1

Reviews: What's New This Week Jim Carrey's "A Christmas Carol" Creepy in a Good Way Twitter Follow Friday on ParentDish!	Jon Gosselin Hits the Yoga Mat World Run Day 2009 is This Sunday! Mariah Carey Flaunts A Fuller Figure
Cameron Diaz Pulls a Janice Dickinson Victoria's Secret Angels Update - Are There Five New Winged Wonders? Beyoncé and Katy Perry Rock Garter Belts at MTV Europe Awards	Curtis Stone Wants to Cook You Dinner Editor's Picks - Best of the Rest Angostura Bitters Shortage Shakes Up Cocktail World
	Freaky Ferrets; Bionic Bowser The Penguin and the Zoo-Keeper: A Love Story Dog Bone Recipes

Green Daily

This or That?