Sony's Silence of the Goats

[Taro Toporific]

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Slaughter: Horror at Sony's depraved promotion stunt with decapitated goat
The Daily Mail -22:45pm on 28th April 2007
Electronics giant Sony has sparked a major row over animal cruelty and the ethics of the computer industry by using a freshly slaughtered goat to promote a violent video game.
The corpse of the decapitated animal was the centrepiece of a party to celebrate the launch of the God Of War II game for the company's PlayStation 2 console.
....At the event, guests competed to see who could eat the most offal procured elsewhere and intended to resemble the goat's intestines from its stomach. They also threw knives at targets and pulled live snakes from a pit with their bare hands. Topless girls added to the louche atmosphere by dipping grapes into guests' mouths, while a male model portraying Kratos, the game's warrior hero, handed out garlands....
We have reproduced the spread --- headlined Sony's Greek Orgy --- here, but have pixellated the image to spare readers the sight of the goat's decapitated head hanging by a thread of tissue from its corpse, with blood dripping to the floor...more...

[dimwit]

I assume you are trying to goat er goad a response from Boothe.

[Greji]

I assume you are trying to goat er goad a response from Boothe.

Dimmer, who do you think reported Sony to PETA! I had posted this under games, but as usual, Taro got my goat by posting it first.

[Taro Toporific]

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I assume you are trying to goat er goad a response from Boothe.

Who me? Never.

[Samurai_Jerk]

That sounds like a great party. And the games looks pretty cool too. Almost makes me want to start playing video games again for the first time since high school.

Why is it that people only complain when the dead animal looks like an animal. If they'd had a nice rare roast beef no one would have said shit.

[Socratesabroad]

[Kuang_Grade]

What purported to be warm intestines was actually warm offal.

While this story could be true, it does seem to have a fair number of bullshit indicators, such as the quote above...somehow I don't see the daily mail being that precise that they would make a distinction between intestines and offal (which can include intestines but also other internal organs). While I realize folks in the UK are not as paranoid about liability lawsuits as US people, I somehow doubt any event would encourage handling offal and snakes in an party environment, given high possibility of making people sick via touching contaminated items and then eating and drinking.

But the biggest flag is that they are "sourcing" the image from a Sony's Official Playstation magazine. That means this event must have happened several weeks ago if, as the piece states, the magazine is already being mailed out (since editorial and printing takes a fair bit of time in the print world). If it happened several weeks ago, the odds are this would have leaked out before now, since these kinds of events 99% of the time are held for the benefit of the press.. Also, I somehow question that kind of image would have passed through editorial without someone pointing out that it might not be a good image to use, esp in the animal rights activist infested UK. And the piece quotes several people by name but no one from Sony by name. So it could be true but I'd like to see something directly from Sony concerning this before I'd buy into it.

[Greji]

Hey, I think I know that goat. Used to hang with her in a bar out behind the stock yards next to the boot store!

[This is a pen]

Sony is Baa-a-a-a-a-a-a-ad.

[Taro Toporific]

While this story could be true, it does seem to have a fair number of bullshit indicators...
... So it could be true but I'd like to see something directly from Sony concerning this before I'd buy into it.

I think it has gotten to the point where there is nothing too terrible that anyone could say about b-a-a--a-a-ad Sony. Anything is believable.
On the other hand, The Mail is sort of full of it....goat shit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Mail
http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/

I see that only "FOX NEWS" reports this as story fact anywhere on google news and Fox just rehashes the The Mail
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Sony Video Game Launch for 'God of War II' Features Gory Stunt With Freshly Killed Goat
FOXNews.com -Sunday, April 29, 2007
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[American Oyaji]

Fox News also carried that sheep story as well as fact, even though we've sorted it out and found out it was a flock of shit.

[AssKissinger]

Gearing up for April Fools?

I wish it were true.

[dimwit]

Fox News also carried that sheep story as well as fact, even though we've sorted it out and found out it was a flock of shit.

Flock = sheep
Herd = goats

[Greji]

Flock = sheep
Herd = goats

Man, I love it when you talk sexy!

[CrankyBastard]

"Ooh, look! A flock of goats. Let's sneak up on them, and have our way with a few of 'em."

"Herd of goats."

"Of course I've heard of goats."

"No. A goat HERD."

"I'm not surprised, with you shouting like that. Now you've frightened them off!"

[American Oyaji]

Flock = sheep
Herd = goats

Dimwit, I was referencing the sheep story, so my flock of shit comment is appropo

[Midwinter]

Here's the other side of the story for anyone that cares...

http://kotaku.com/gaming/meat-soup/goatgate-sonys-side-of-the-story-256325.php

[Greji]

Here's the other side of the story for anyone that cares...

http://kotaku.com/gaming/meat-soup/goatgate-sonys-side-of-the-story-256325.php

That's not as entertaining as the other story. Just shows to go you, the truth is never as interesting and as much fun as a well researched lie!

[Taro Toporific]

....not as entertaining as the other story. Just shows to go you, the truth is never as interesting and as much fun ....

I found this great goat screenshot from Sony's God of War II game as well as this comment at The Reg Hardware:
[INDENT]I would love to know how much nose candy was consumed by the people who came up with this idea. "Let's have dancing girls! Topless dancing girls! A slaughtered goat, with entrails! Topless dancing girls, eyes in their nipples! Worship the bloody goat - topless goat, dancing around the room, slaughter the girls, everyone, eat the entrails, eat them all up. The goat is staring at me! I don't like it!" ...[/INDENT]