Sony have being slammed by critics upon the releae of their new PlayStation2 game launch 'God Of War II' by the means of how they promoted the game.
Pictures released in the Sunday 29th of April issue of 'The Mail On Sunday' taken from the company's official PlayStation magazine showed the extent of Sony's horiffic promotion stunt.
Images show party hosts standing over the carcass of a decapitated goat symbolising sacrifice which reflects the content of the game which is evidently violent.
Guests at the event were even given the opportunity to reach inside the goat's still-warm carcass to eat offal from its stomach. This quite rightly has infuriated animal right welfares and has sparked a whole new ethical row in which Sony have publically apologised for their actions and have promised to recall the entire print run.
Critics stated tjhe grotesque 'sacrifice' highlighted increasing concerns to do with the content of violent video games such as 'God Of War II' and the lengths to which the gaming industry will go to exploit youngsters.
This evidently further adds to the growing moral panic that gaming is destroying this generations children through obesity, condolence of violence, and negative, stereotypically reinforced representations of women.
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