Today we will further explore the possibilities for those unfortunate souls who want a cat, but can’t have one, due to allergies, landlords, or other impediments. For some folks, even robotic cats are too much trouble (all those batteries.) For them, virtual cats are the way to go. You have lots of choices here, including cats that live on your desktop and cats that live on your website.
Felix is a particularly sweet choice. He lives on the desktop, has a toy box with a variety of amusements, and can be picked up and moved around by the scruff of his neck. He may, however, come with some unwanted extras; Spybot and AdAware were very busy in the days after I downloaded him.
And of course, there’s Neko Neko:
Neko is a little cat that sits on your desktop and chases the mouse pointer until he catches it, then goes through a series of absolutely adorable activities, such as cleaning himself and taking a nap.
Neko has been around for a very long time, in virtual measures. Now you can also have Neko on your web page. I have once seen Neko used as a favicon, though I’ve no idea how it was done — and now I can’t remember what blog it was (if anyone knows, please drop me a note so I can link it to this post.)
Then there’s the strange world of virtual cat adoptions:
You can adopt a kitty sprite at SMG World.
At Madame Alto’s Cat House, you can adopt any of several animated kittens, or, if you really like sweetsweetsweet, a Kitty Angel (sorry, I can’t bring myself to put one here.)
You can adopt a siamese cat or a colorwash cat or an orange kitten or a blue kitten at Gingo’s Cyber Pet Adoption Agency.
Mr. Free Free has a whole list of free virtual cats for download, black cats, white cats — even a cat named Spike. But my favorite virtual pet is the Useless Blob, from Spacefem, one of which lives on my Links page. I think it’s my favorite because it doesn’t pretend to be anything it isn’t.
And finally, via ~Fractured~Somehow~, a virtual quiz:
"What kind of cat are you?"
Sweety cat
You are a sweety! You are polite and kind. Go you
there aren’t many like you out there anymore.
Those of you who live with real cats (or dogs, or people, or anything else living) — go hug them now, and be glad they are not virtual.
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Oops, almost forgot again: this week’s Carnival is still here; next week’s will be at signaleer; send your entry to cats[AT]isfullofcrap[DOT]com before 1800 Central Time on Sunday. And don’t forget Friday Ark.
P.S. Lest anyone be deceived — I did not cheat on that quiz, but I doubt that those who know me would ever call me a "sweety cat" — more like a cranky cat, a quick-footed cat, a generous cat, a loving cat — maybe — but not a "sweety cat."
There is an updated Virtual Cats post here.
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