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Greenpeace videogame attack ad

submitted by Sarzy

1 decade 7 years 1 week ago

Greenpeace is apparently going after Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft for being environmentally unfriendly in the way they manufacture their consoles. They made this little cartoon to raise awareness -- but it almost seems like they just got some guy in his basement to make it and do the voices. It's pretty bad.

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I would just like to say that if me playing GTA 4 kills the entire planet, you can all go straight to hell.

Could they have gotten any worse with the voice acting? Oh, and 'Not my little Wii' made me chuckle

Yeah, and it's just game consoles right? PC's and Cellphones don't have any of that nasty stuff in them. Stupid.

Greenpeace seems like it is run by 14 year olds. They seem very seem unprofessional and inflammatory. How is a video like this productive? You've offended and patronized these three companies in a video that could only appeal to the 5th to 7th grade demographic. They've offered no concrete alternatives. Why can't they just act like grownups, state their argument clearly and in a way that won't offend anyone.

Let's say I was really concerned with the chemicals in game consoles. I would explain the dangers of these chemicals (with references to solid, peer-reviewed research), I would back up claims that there's no way to safely dispose of or recycle these consoles, I would suggest alternative approaches and discuss the economics of alternatives, and I would point to ways that people can help by supporting research in more eco-friendly fabrication methods.

But no, Greenpeace wants to act like a petulant child.

demosthenes says...

The thing that pisses me off about Greenpeace (and all these other self-styled protectors of the planet/animals) is that they love issuing blanket proclmations that are nothing more than headline grabbers. These proclamations are typically backed by poor, or non-existent, research. In this case, Ars-Technica has an article dinging GP's position.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071127-greenpeaces-green-electronics-guide-undermined-by-minimal-research-effort.html

So Mario gets a big fat zero, just because GP's research is based around two paragraphs on Nintendo's website? Was there even dialog initiated with the company in the first place?

mario shits a mushroom for some reason. and it is awesome.

God of War is the PS3 avatar...omg and kratos is a ventriloquist!

LOL

awful...truly, awful.

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