Can You Pet the Dog? The purity of petting pixelated puppies

@CanYouPetTheDog has more than 250,000 followers, including game developers, but most are just digital dog enthusiasts

Games often feature dogs but player interaction is generally limited to violent, negative verbs - attack, shoot, kill. Now one wildly popular Twitter account is dedicated to championing the games that allow us to interact positively with our pixelated pals.

@CanYouPetTheDog is a journal of record initially inspired by the virtual strays of Ubisoft's military shooter game, The Division 2, and covers everything from unlikely candidates such as Super Smash Brothers Ultimate to the aptly named Dog Petting Simulator (video above).