PETA Names Fable 2 “Most Animal-Friendly Video Game” in Proggy Awards

Posted by | January 7, 2009

Oh, this is cute. PETA, everyone’s favourite outdated reactionary treehugging convocation, holds their own awards for animal-friendly companies, products, services, entertainment and so on called the Proggy Awards. Fable 2 got the nod for Video Games, since it promotes an agenda where vegetables and tofu help make your character slim and powerful, while eating meat “makes your character fat and evil.” I’m certain the fluffy widdle puppy isn’t he so smart and adorable awww didn’t hurt, either.

Fable 2 is an interesting game, no doubt, and worth checking out if you’re into building up a character and buying your way into nobility while banging an undead mistress. Somehow, though, I don’t think promoting vegetarianism was one of the designer’s goals, and PETA is just seeing what they want to see.

You can check out the whole Proggy affair at the PETA …

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Fable II — Molyneux Strikes Back

Posted by | November 5, 2008

Recently released by Microsoft and Lionhead, Fable 2 is, of course, the sequel to the poorly realized trainwreck that was Fable. In both games, you take on the role of a young adventurer out to make his way in the world. However, the premise here is less about the journey and more the destination as your choices in the game affect what sort of person your fresh-faced and innocent young psychopath becomes.

Fable 2 takes this trick further by giving you more choices, such as the option to be male or female, and then nails you to the game by the base instincts with a lovable pooch who just happens to be part of the user interface. Not only are you given the task of managing morality in NotBritain, but no matter what you do, there will always be your canine companion, smiling up at you …

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