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Those zany guys at PETA are at it again. Following in the footsteps of other hilarious parodies such as Super Chick Sisters and Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals comes a skewering of the indie platformer Super Meat Boy. The animal-rights group's take on the game, Super Tofu Boy, replaces the fleshy hero with a gelatinous blob of the congealed soy product.
It seems the hero of the actual game has been ditched by Bandage Girl in favor of Tofu Boy, who has better breath and doesn't attract flies when he goes outside.
Between levels of clunky jumping, players are treated with factoids such as "Cows are clever and have been known to go to amazing lengths to escape from slaughterhouses" and "Tofu doesn't scream when you cut it!" Obviously, the game part is less important than the fact that people are likely to play it for a minute or so, maybe laugh a little bit, and then talk about PETA's mission--to educate people about animal cruelty in factory farms, the fashion industry, laboratories, and the entertainment industry.
Oh, phooey.
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seriously what the hell?
I'm mean I not against PETA but cows are smart come on.
THE SUFFERING MAKES IT TASTE BETTER!
Should we try to treat animals humanly? Yes.
Should we look into other meat tasting options? Yes.
Should we call fish "Sea kittens", make crappy game to make a point, have Ronald McDonald holding a butcher knife on happy meals, and quit using animals to test labratory products that will save human lives? @#$! no.
This is hilarious.
BTW, The only thing I have against PETA is that I have seen them pass up saving humans in a disaster in favor of saving their dogs, cats, and such. They don't always put animals ahead of human life but this time, i saw it happen.
These games were great! I spent lots of time just throwing myself into the fryer as the super chick and countless minutes sawing the head off of the turkey and stuffing it! More fun then I actually had doing it on Thanksgiving.
Tofu turkey? Why even call it a turkey? Your just fooling your self.
Tofu actually tastes kinda good. But I loves my meats too.
Maybe it means "Tofu Boy's gameplay is bad, but animal cruelty is worse." Or am I lost in translation?
well isn't that the middle finger to non-vegans. If being a vegan creates a superhuman with telekinesis and mind control powers (Scott Pilgrim Reference) Imagine what these freaks feed off of could do to us.
Soy is a horrible product to ingest unless it's fermented. I don't Super Tofu Boy is fermented. Besides, seafood is the best way to go.
Stupid PETA
wow. that game controlled like complete ***. I can't think of many other games that were worse than that.
Peta will always do these things, one tiny thing, and they attack like animals. Complete Irony!
heres a "factoid"
animals eat other animals.
Peta needs to learn this, you dont get touchy feely with your food. I thank pigs every day for turning vegetables into bacon.
BEEEEEF YUM YUM NUM NUM