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...accuses them of being stooges? All of this comes on the heels of strains in Poland’s relations with its new partners in the European Union and sneering comments in major German publications last year referring to Poland as “America’s Trojan donkey...
Other PETA-led campaigns and statements from the organization’s leadership similarly reflect a puerile and insensitive approach to human tragedy and sickness. Last year, Newkirk wrote a letter to Yassir Arafat expressing her outrage that a donkey was used in a suicide bombing—a plea to “leave animals out of this conflict.” In a billboard suggesting that milk causes cancer, former New York City Mayor Rudi Giuliani (then ailing from prostate cancer) was depicted with a milk moustache next to the bolded words, “Got Milk...
...film, according to Gibson, is painstakingly accurate. Jesus is played by a dark-haired, dark-eyed actor, and the only languages spoken are Aramaic and Latin. However, the film was shot in Italy rather than Israel—a modern-day Jesus riding atop a donkey trying to enter Jerusalem would be held up at a checkpoint and asked for his identity card. And that’s if he could climb over the wall surrounding the city first...
...astronaut stranded on a remote planet who must enlist the aid of the local aliens (who look like ambulatory onion sprouts) to rebuild his ship?all set to a country-and-western music soundtrack. Pikmin failed to take off, forcing Nintendo to rely heavily on recycled fare such as Donkey Kong, Zelda, and Pikachu and all his Pok?mon friends. When asked about original games and concepts?and potential new growth drivers?that are in the works, Iwata hesitates. "Verbalizing a concept that is entirely new is very difficult," he says. "We hope to rediscover what has been lost between...
...sneak off to his apartment to play Mario Kart while still on the clock. "Technically, I guess I was getting paid to play video games," says Johnson, 33. "But I don't feel as guilty now." That's because for him and some 80 full-time Nintendo product testers, Donkey Kong pays the rent. Testers check games for flaws in design and play before submitting written evaluations to the product-development division, where many ambitious testers eventually land. Others become engineers or marketers. Perks include travel to video-game conventions and contests, but testers can expect to work their thumbs...