Recently PETA launched a campaign against the latest Mario game Super Mario 3D Land, citing the fact that Mario wearing a Tanooki suit encourages the wearing of fur and the skinning alive of the real-life animal that the suit was inspired by. They even went so far as creating disturbing images showing Mario wearing an actual Tanooki skin covered and surrounded in blood. It didn't stop there, though. They took their insanity further still by creating a minigame in which you play a skinned Tanooki chasing Mario to reclaim it's removed skin.
This campaign sparked outrage throughout the gaming community and had fans up in arms over the disgraceful depiction of one of gaming's most beloved icons. Well, just yesterday PETA confessed that the campaign wasn't serious. In a statement to Eurogamer they told fans to relax and confessed that the campaign was simply a ploy to call attention to a serious issue. PETA even expressed surprise at the reaction and how literally the campaign was regarded.
It's plenty clear how disgraceful and how completely insane the organization PETA is. They've been known for being outrageous in their protests in the past, but this has to take the cake. This time they took the dissemination of their views and opinions too far. What are your thoughts on the matter?
Showing posts with label Opinion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Opinion. Show all posts
Friday, November 18, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Headphones, Apple's One Lone Vulnerability
By now it is no secret that Apple's earbuds are atrocious. And this is puzzling considering how the tech giant has excelled in just about every other market that they have entered (personal computer, smart phone, digital media player, etc.). When it comes down to it, every single aspect about Apple's earbuds is absolutely awful. The fact that they come packaged with each iPod and iPhone means that they have to be cheap to a certain extent, but Apple goes way too far is ensuring how cheap they are. First of all, they are just plain uncomfortable to use for an extended period of time. The way the hard plastic earbuds sit in my ear starts to generate pain in about half and hour of use. Second of all is the sound quality. It's tinny and lacks any sort of overall warmth and any real bass.
Past how awful they are, the real crime with these earbuds are how expensive they are when purchased by themselves. Apple's earbuds clock in at an unbelievable thirty dollars. My current pair of JVC Marshmallow's cost me half that, and their quality is easily double or even triple that of Apple's earbuds. Certainly you pay a premium over the competition on Apple's products for the superior quality, but when it comes to earbuds you pay a premium only for the brand image. I love Apple to death, but that is just wrong.
What are your thoughts?
Past how awful they are, the real crime with these earbuds are how expensive they are when purchased by themselves. Apple's earbuds clock in at an unbelievable thirty dollars. My current pair of JVC Marshmallow's cost me half that, and their quality is easily double or even triple that of Apple's earbuds. Certainly you pay a premium over the competition on Apple's products for the superior quality, but when it comes to earbuds you pay a premium only for the brand image. I love Apple to death, but that is just wrong.
What are your thoughts?
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Nintendo Under Fire
It's no secret that Nintendo hasn't been doing very well as of late. The 3DS hasn't been selling at all at the pace that Nintendo had anticipated that it would, though they shoulder most of the blame with the system's lackluster selection of launch titles. They've even gone so far as to drop the price of the system a full eighty dollars ($169.99 down from 249.99) in an attempt to raise more interest. Now it seems that Nintendo's investors are urging them to begin developing titles for competing consoles and platforms. There are some out there that predict that Nintendo is on the verge of transitioning into a strictly software business and completely drop the hardware side of it.
As a friend of mine says, if this is the future of gaming then I simply will no longer be a gamer. A future in which Nintendo doesn't offer a dedicated handheld and develops only for other consoles like (god forbid) iOS and Android is one that I hope never comes to fruition. A completely touch screen oriented platform like iOS simply isn't viable when it comes to more than just casual gaming, developers attempts at imitating physical controls like analog sticks on a touch screen is just laughable. That would essentially kill off gaming as we know it.
According to this article Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, shares those sentiments. Stating that Nintendo would only produce titles for their owns platforms as long as he's the one in charge. While many may think that it is, the 3DS certainly isn't out of it yet.
What are your thoughts on the subject? Will the recent 3DS price drop encourage an increase in sales and cast aside these thoughts? Answer in the poll below:
As a friend of mine says, if this is the future of gaming then I simply will no longer be a gamer. A future in which Nintendo doesn't offer a dedicated handheld and develops only for other consoles like (god forbid) iOS and Android is one that I hope never comes to fruition. A completely touch screen oriented platform like iOS simply isn't viable when it comes to more than just casual gaming, developers attempts at imitating physical controls like analog sticks on a touch screen is just laughable. That would essentially kill off gaming as we know it.
According to this article Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, shares those sentiments. Stating that Nintendo would only produce titles for their owns platforms as long as he's the one in charge. While many may think that it is, the 3DS certainly isn't out of it yet.
What are your thoughts on the subject? Will the recent 3DS price drop encourage an increase in sales and cast aside these thoughts? Answer in the poll below:
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