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Schrödinger Has Nothing on the Flash Game 'Time4Cat'

by Ben Deitz on September 16, 2010 at 06:15 PM

Time4Cat
We hate to say it, but in the far-off future, we'll probably have managed to extinguish all non-human life on Earth. Furthermore, what if our descendants have nothing but video games to inform their ideas of what animals used to be? They'll think cats were snarky pests that inhabited embarrassingly ugly, three-dimensional landscapes. Or that hedgehogs were sneaker-clad hooligans with a penchant for annoying sidekicks. Or that dogs used to be paper-thin rappers with stuttering cadences. We'd like to help contribute to the future's misunderstanding of the animal kingdom with a selection of games that feature everything from plane-devouring sharks to angelic pigs and cats with the terrifying ability to control space and time. At least future Earth dwellers will think that fauna life was more fun than it really was.

Cats have secrets. They're always giving us that, "I know something you don't know" look. Well, now we know why: It's because they have total control over the space-time continuum. Demonstrating this, 'Time4Cat' puts players' fingers into the paws of a feline with an insatiable appetite for discarded foodstuffs, as well as the ability to indirectly control the people around it. Players control the cat with their mouse, directing it towards dropped meals. As players move through the cleanly designed interface, so does an ever-increasing swarm of people. Stop the cat, and people will freeze in place. Don't dilly-dally, however, as points are awarded for how quickly one can acquire their meals. A single hit from a wayward pedestrian will end the game, but you can acquire glowing orbs that push obstacles away from your kitty. We'd rather not imagine we live in a world in which our pets control us, but, then again, anyone who's owned a cat knows it to be a sad reality.

Time4Cat


Tags: cat, cats, gamesonthego, SpaceTime, time4cat, top, videogames

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