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  • Sega receives vegan, monkey-shaped chocolates from PETA

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    James Ransom-Wiley
    James Ransom-Wiley
    11.04.2008

    Look, we don't condone the unethical treatment of any creature forced to endure the repetitive waggling that's characteristic of rushed, rehashed Wiimakes. It's disgusting -- about as disgusting as little vegan chocolates in the shape of monkeys!So when PETA says it's grateful to Sega for pulling the Samba De Amigo promos featuring a real chimp from its site (not that the ads aren't still on YouTube ... and embedded after the break) and sends the publisher a gift basket full of fake chocolates, we have to wonder if the effort isn't more trick than treat. After all, the damage is done. And, according to PETA, soon after defeating the down-and-out, middle-aged-man actor in a flailing contest, this chimpanzee was shipped to the laboratory -- no doubt to live out his tortured days testing the stability of future revisions of Wii wrist straps.In all seriousness, though, kudos to Sega for pledging to keep great apes out of future marketing. Now, if only we could convince the company to be more sensitive to the plight of lycanthropic hedgehogs ...

  • Space Chimps doesn't look like a game based on a movie

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    David Hinkle
    David Hinkle
    06.25.2008

    Brash Entertainment just shot over some new screens for their upcoming game, Space Chimps. It's based on a soon-to-be-released movie of the same name. Check out the boxart above, then hit up the gallery for some more screens. For a game that's based on a movie, it doesn't look all that bad.If you want more, there's a video embedded past the post break, also.%Gallery-26093%

  • Julius the Pirate Monkey DS Lite

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    Eric Caoili
    Eric Caoili
    05.20.2007

    It's been too long since we last took a sip from China's rum bottle of personalized DS Lites; it's time to get back on that wagon with a buccaneer-themed skin.YYJoy forumer Pikapika shivered our timbers, decorating his handheld with a crossed-cutlasses pattern and Julius the Monkey decked out in full corsair regalia. Now that's piracy we can get behind! Walk the post break plank for more photos of the shipshape DS Lite.