Animal rights organization PETA released a parody of Cooking Mama in November to criticize the slaughtering of animals for food but don't think they hate all games. They just announced the winners of their 2008 Proggy Awards and proclaimed Fable 2 the most animal-friendly game of the year.

How'd they win the award? Was it because it prominently features a feline companion? Nope. It's because the game is "a vegetarian's dream come true." Here's their explanation: "In this virtual fight between good and evil, characters powered by tofu are just as powerful as their meat-eating counterparts—and are more fit and attractive to boot. Featuring a strong pro-vegetarian theme, eating a plant-based diet helps you rack up "purity" points, whereas eating meat makes your character fat and evil. A fun and innovative game, it's also an effective tool that teaches gamers the real-life benefits of a vegetarian diet."

Apparently they didn't notice that the game doles out Achievements when the player kills a rabbit or kicks a chicken. Or maybe they did notice but also realized there aren't a whole lot of games out there that you can term "animal-friendly." Well whatever, video games get plenty of unfair criticism so they deserve some unfair praise, too.