Greg Miller of the Columbia Daily Tribune puts the relationship between pets and gamers into a whole new perspective. Maybe your pets don't love video games so much as they are jealous of them. He relates a story about his cat throwing up on a copy of WWF Royal Rumble for the Sega Genesis for Christmas in 1994, as well as a particularly bad experience this Thanksgiving, where his dog got clocked by a wiimote during a spirited family game of bowling. He spoke to a pet supply company owner about the issue.

"Pets get jealous of all kinds of stuff," he said from the store on I-70 Drive S.W. "Pets are like little children, and they never get past the age of 3 or 4. So think about it."

Perhaps this puts the whole WiiKitty phenomenon into perspective, and also explains why my cat Rufus loves laying on my strategy guides. Pets are jealous bastards. I see only one solution, other than having our widdle fuzzykins put to sleep. We must teach animals to game, before it's too late. Michael Fahey

Pets retch, fetch to pin gamers to a short leash [Columbia Daily Tribune]
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