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After all the experiments involving cloning animals and testing dangerous products on animals it is about time we let animals perform fun tests. Well fun for us. So the question is can animals play games?
For each animal we placed them in a room with the three most recent console. The results will be shown at the end.
Meet Sparky, sparky is a dog. He is not gay but is full of life. We decided to perform a number of test to find out if he enjoys playing games and which console out of the three most recently released he likes the best. Straight away sparky approached the PS2 and sniffed around it, he tried to use the control pad to the best of his abilities but the scientist performing the test failed to realised that dogs paws are not the same as hands. Sparky then tried to eat the gamecube, after chewing through the wire causing the console to lose all power and switch off sparky urinated on the XBox.
Scientist claimed that Sparky prefered the PS2 as he didn't pee or eat it. We agree, an xbox that smells of wee is not a fun console to play.
The test was repeated using two more dogs, Lucy and Sparticus. Lucy became aggressive and bit a scientist after the load noises and colours from the consoles annoyed her. Sparticus lay in the corner and licked himself, scientists claimed after this that the results were not common throughout various breeds of dogs. They also predicted that the best gaming dogs would be dobermans as they look tough, on the other end were pooddles who they claimed were "Gay dogs, very gay dogs, they like Barbie"
The test was repeated on other animals.
Marco the cat coughed up a fur ball which landed quite close to the gamecube and then he sat on the PS2 but it toppled over and crushed his tail. He snuggled under the side of the xbox. The scientist claimed that it made him feel safe and secure because it was big.
Jack the goldfish was the next animal to be tested. Scientists planned on placing the control pads in the bowl. The XBox controller would not fit in the bowl so they ruled that as not being included for the experiment. When they placed the gamecube controller in the water the scientist recieved a nasty electric shock and poor Jack the fish was fried.
R.I.P Jack. Conclusions from this are not all scientists are clever people. Oh and fish smell funny when they get fried with electricity.
Bert the Hamster was our final test subject, he rolled around in his hamster ball crashing into all the consoles. They counted how many times he hit each one. PS2 = 17, Xbox = 13 and the gamecube = 21. They concluded he liked the gamcube best because of its pretty colours.
They then let him out of his ball to repeat the tests but this proved to be a bad decision as he managed to hit the eject button on the XBox and climb inside. he was later found after his owner, Peter, 6 from london rattled the xbox around and made Bert dizzy.
Results
The results show that some animals do indeed find games intresting but are not physically adapted to play them as well as us humans. Several developers are working on the Doggy mat and cat control pad to take advantage of the niche in the market.
Pets play games, it is a fact and something that may play a big part of the future of this industry.
Following on from the experiments the scientists next experiment in this field will be to try and genetically modify their future cloned dogs to give them human hand like features instead of paws. Gaming for pets may take off. Will you buy your pet a console and games? Crufts released a statement saying they plan to have a 'Best Gamer in Show' at their next event.
The test area took some time to clean up, animal waste was found in very strange places and the damage to the consoles was so sever that they were later sent back to the developers. Having a warrenty rocks :-)
Thanks for your time. Until the next tests. Goodbye
For each animal we placed them in a room with the three most recent console. The results will be shown at the end.
Meet Sparky, sparky is a dog. He is not gay but is full of life. We decided to perform a number of test to find out if he enjoys playing games and which console out of the three most recently released he likes the best. Straight away sparky approached the PS2 and sniffed around it, he tried to use the control pad to the best of his abilities but the scientist performing the test failed to realised that dogs paws are not the same as hands. Sparky then tried to eat the gamecube, after chewing through the wire causing the console to lose all power and switch off sparky urinated on the XBox.
Scientist claimed that Sparky prefered the PS2 as he didn't pee or eat it. We agree, an xbox that smells of wee is not a fun console to play.
The test was repeated using two more dogs, Lucy and Sparticus. Lucy became aggressive and bit a scientist after the load noises and colours from the consoles annoyed her. Sparticus lay in the corner and licked himself, scientists claimed after this that the results were not common throughout various breeds of dogs. They also predicted that the best gaming dogs would be dobermans as they look tough, on the other end were pooddles who they claimed were "Gay dogs, very gay dogs, they like Barbie"
The test was repeated on other animals.
Marco the cat coughed up a fur ball which landed quite close to the gamecube and then he sat on the PS2 but it toppled over and crushed his tail. He snuggled under the side of the xbox. The scientist claimed that it made him feel safe and secure because it was big.
Jack the goldfish was the next animal to be tested. Scientists planned on placing the control pads in the bowl. The XBox controller would not fit in the bowl so they ruled that as not being included for the experiment. When they placed the gamecube controller in the water the scientist recieved a nasty electric shock and poor Jack the fish was fried.
R.I.P Jack. Conclusions from this are not all scientists are clever people. Oh and fish smell funny when they get fried with electricity.
Bert the Hamster was our final test subject, he rolled around in his hamster ball crashing into all the consoles. They counted how many times he hit each one. PS2 = 17, Xbox = 13 and the gamecube = 21. They concluded he liked the gamcube best because of its pretty colours.
They then let him out of his ball to repeat the tests but this proved to be a bad decision as he managed to hit the eject button on the XBox and climb inside. he was later found after his owner, Peter, 6 from london rattled the xbox around and made Bert dizzy.
Results
The results show that some animals do indeed find games intresting but are not physically adapted to play them as well as us humans. Several developers are working on the Doggy mat and cat control pad to take advantage of the niche in the market.
Pets play games, it is a fact and something that may play a big part of the future of this industry.
Following on from the experiments the scientists next experiment in this field will be to try and genetically modify their future cloned dogs to give them human hand like features instead of paws. Gaming for pets may take off. Will you buy your pet a console and games? Crufts released a statement saying they plan to have a 'Best Gamer in Show' at their next event.
The test area took some time to clean up, animal waste was found in very strange places and the damage to the consoles was so sever that they were later sent back to the developers. Having a warrenty rocks :-)
Thanks for your time. Until the next tests. Goodbye
At the zoo the full benefits of the tests came out. Using the monkeys we were able to really test if animals like gaming. Individually we tested each console, placing it in the cage with the monkeys and seeing how they react to it. The scientists set up the PS2 first, they monkeys were attracted to the screen. The colours and sounds seem to entice the monkeys as they tried to use the controller with their feet and hands. After a while they seemes to get frustrated and began to rip out the controllers and try to smash it up.
We repeated the experiment with a nice small pink gamecube. The monkeys ignored it. They stood beating their chests in a tarzan like fashion. We pressumed that it was a sign of macho monkeyness, pink = gay in their minds and they wanted no part of that. We replaced it with a black one. Again they were attracted to the colours on the screen, but this lasted only a few minutes as one monkey found he could lift the console up and placed it in a pile of monkey poo. It remained there for the rest of the day.
When we placed the XBox in the room the monkeys were shocked and began to climb on it, they reomved a control pad and placed it over a branch and used it as a swing. A number of them began to smash the xbox with rocks and sticks until they managed to open bits, they began to fight each other after this so we had to call in the vet to tranquilize the monkeys so we could remove the dangerous parts.
Overall we have seen that most animals have no interest in gaming what so ever so it should remain that way. They may watch you as you play but never let your pet play with or near your console.
We repeated the experiment with a nice small pink gamecube. The monkeys ignored it. They stood beating their chests in a tarzan like fashion. We pressumed that it was a sign of macho monkeyness, pink = gay in their minds and they wanted no part of that. We replaced it with a black one. Again they were attracted to the colours on the screen, but this lasted only a few minutes as one monkey found he could lift the console up and placed it in a pile of monkey poo. It remained there for the rest of the day.
When we placed the XBox in the room the monkeys were shocked and began to climb on it, they reomved a control pad and placed it over a branch and used it as a swing. A number of them began to smash the xbox with rocks and sticks until they managed to open bits, they began to fight each other after this so we had to call in the vet to tranquilize the monkeys so we could remove the dangerous parts.
Overall we have seen that most animals have no interest in gaming what so ever so it should remain that way. They may watch you as you play but never let your pet play with or near your console.
Not happy with the results of the domesticated pets they decided to branch their research out further a field. First stop was MacTofpots farm. The new test was similar to the previous one but this time on farm animals such as cows,sheep and pigs.
First up was the cow shed for the test on cows. Notice no farm animals have names, farmer MacTofpot says there is no need to get attatched to animals you may end up eating as it is hard to do. The cowns proved to be the toughest test, they repeatedly tried to eat and deposited their waste on the consoles at any chance they could. The only real way to test was the "moo" test, highest moo wins. The farmer threw each console at a selection of cows waiting for the moo. The XBox was out odds on favourite but it caused a lot of the cows to be knocked unconcious resulting in a poor moo rating. Overall winner for the cows was the gamecube, which was later eaten by a large cow.
Next stop was the pigs sty. Trying to find the pigs was hard at first, very dirty. After obtaining a new pink gamecube the test could begin. The pink gamecube scared the pigs, looked like a big slab of bacon so it brough back the memories of their close friends being taken for the slice.
The overall result from this test was a draw as both the xbox and PS2 were given equal attention although no animal as of yet has been able to play the console for real.
As the test with the sheep was taken place one of the scientist shouted out "monkeys", they all packed their things and left the farm. The tests proved their conclusions but they still had one more area to test. THE ZOO.
Next time we will see the results of their findings at the zoo. There are monkeys there so it should be fun.
First up was the cow shed for the test on cows. Notice no farm animals have names, farmer MacTofpot says there is no need to get attatched to animals you may end up eating as it is hard to do. The cowns proved to be the toughest test, they repeatedly tried to eat and deposited their waste on the consoles at any chance they could. The only real way to test was the "moo" test, highest moo wins. The farmer threw each console at a selection of cows waiting for the moo. The XBox was out odds on favourite but it caused a lot of the cows to be knocked unconcious resulting in a poor moo rating. Overall winner for the cows was the gamecube, which was later eaten by a large cow.
Next stop was the pigs sty. Trying to find the pigs was hard at first, very dirty. After obtaining a new pink gamecube the test could begin. The pink gamecube scared the pigs, looked like a big slab of bacon so it brough back the memories of their close friends being taken for the slice.
The overall result from this test was a draw as both the xbox and PS2 were given equal attention although no animal as of yet has been able to play the console for real.
As the test with the sheep was taken place one of the scientist shouted out "monkeys", they all packed their things and left the farm. The tests proved their conclusions but they still had one more area to test. THE ZOO.
Next time we will see the results of their findings at the zoo. There are monkeys there so it should be fun.
After all the experiments involving cloning animals and testing dangerous products on animals it is about time we let animals perform fun tests. Well fun for us. So the question is can animals play games?
For each animal we placed them in a room with the three most recent console. The results will be shown at the end.
Meet Sparky, sparky is a dog. He is not gay but is full of life. We decided to perform a number of test to find out if he enjoys playing games and which console out of the three most recently released he likes the best. Straight away sparky approached the PS2 and sniffed around it, he tried to use the control pad to the best of his abilities but the scientist performing the test failed to realised that dogs paws are not the same as hands. Sparky then tried to eat the gamecube, after chewing through the wire causing the console to lose all power and switch off sparky urinated on the XBox.
Scientist claimed that Sparky prefered the PS2 as he didn't pee or eat it. We agree, an xbox that smells of wee is not a fun console to play.
The test was repeated using two more dogs, Lucy and Sparticus. Lucy became aggressive and bit a scientist after the load noises and colours from the consoles annoyed her. Sparticus lay in the corner and licked himself, scientists claimed after this that the results were not common throughout various breeds of dogs. They also predicted that the best gaming dogs would be dobermans as they look tough, on the other end were pooddles who they claimed were "Gay dogs, very gay dogs, they like Barbie"
The test was repeated on other animals.
Marco the cat coughed up a fur ball which landed quite close to the gamecube and then he sat on the PS2 but it toppled over and crushed his tail. He snuggled under the side of the xbox. The scientist claimed that it made him feel safe and secure because it was big.
Jack the goldfish was the next animal to be tested. Scientists planned on placing the control pads in the bowl. The XBox controller would not fit in the bowl so they ruled that as not being included for the experiment. When they placed the gamecube controller in the water the scientist recieved a nasty electric shock and poor Jack the fish was fried.
R.I.P Jack. Conclusions from this are not all scientists are clever people. Oh and fish smell funny when they get fried with electricity.
Bert the Hamster was our final test subject, he rolled around in his hamster ball crashing into all the consoles. They counted how many times he hit each one. PS2 = 17, Xbox = 13 and the gamecube = 21. They concluded he liked the gamcube best because of its pretty colours.
They then let him out of his ball to repeat the tests but this proved to be a bad decision as he managed to hit the eject button on the XBox and climb inside. he was later found after his owner, Peter, 6 from london rattled the xbox around and made Bert dizzy.
Results
The results show that some animals do indeed find games intresting but are not physically adapted to play them as well as us humans. Several developers are working on the Doggy mat and cat control pad to take advantage of the niche in the market.
Pets play games, it is a fact and something that may play a big part of the future of this industry.
Following on from the experiments the scientists next experiment in this field will be to try and genetically modify their future cloned dogs to give them human hand like features instead of paws. Gaming for pets may take off. Will you buy your pet a console and games? Crufts released a statement saying they plan to have a 'Best Gamer in Show' at their next event.
The test area took some time to clean up, animal waste was found in very strange places and the damage to the consoles was so sever that they were later sent back to the developers. Having a warrenty rocks :-)
Thanks for your time. Until the next tests. Goodbye
For each animal we placed them in a room with the three most recent console. The results will be shown at the end.
Meet Sparky, sparky is a dog. He is not gay but is full of life. We decided to perform a number of test to find out if he enjoys playing games and which console out of the three most recently released he likes the best. Straight away sparky approached the PS2 and sniffed around it, he tried to use the control pad to the best of his abilities but the scientist performing the test failed to realised that dogs paws are not the same as hands. Sparky then tried to eat the gamecube, after chewing through the wire causing the console to lose all power and switch off sparky urinated on the XBox.
Scientist claimed that Sparky prefered the PS2 as he didn't pee or eat it. We agree, an xbox that smells of wee is not a fun console to play.
The test was repeated using two more dogs, Lucy and Sparticus. Lucy became aggressive and bit a scientist after the load noises and colours from the consoles annoyed her. Sparticus lay in the corner and licked himself, scientists claimed after this that the results were not common throughout various breeds of dogs. They also predicted that the best gaming dogs would be dobermans as they look tough, on the other end were pooddles who they claimed were "Gay dogs, very gay dogs, they like Barbie"
The test was repeated on other animals.
Marco the cat coughed up a fur ball which landed quite close to the gamecube and then he sat on the PS2 but it toppled over and crushed his tail. He snuggled under the side of the xbox. The scientist claimed that it made him feel safe and secure because it was big.
Jack the goldfish was the next animal to be tested. Scientists planned on placing the control pads in the bowl. The XBox controller would not fit in the bowl so they ruled that as not being included for the experiment. When they placed the gamecube controller in the water the scientist recieved a nasty electric shock and poor Jack the fish was fried.
R.I.P Jack. Conclusions from this are not all scientists are clever people. Oh and fish smell funny when they get fried with electricity.
Bert the Hamster was our final test subject, he rolled around in his hamster ball crashing into all the consoles. They counted how many times he hit each one. PS2 = 17, Xbox = 13 and the gamecube = 21. They concluded he liked the gamcube best because of its pretty colours.
They then let him out of his ball to repeat the tests but this proved to be a bad decision as he managed to hit the eject button on the XBox and climb inside. he was later found after his owner, Peter, 6 from london rattled the xbox around and made Bert dizzy.
Results
The results show that some animals do indeed find games intresting but are not physically adapted to play them as well as us humans. Several developers are working on the Doggy mat and cat control pad to take advantage of the niche in the market.
Pets play games, it is a fact and something that may play a big part of the future of this industry.
Following on from the experiments the scientists next experiment in this field will be to try and genetically modify their future cloned dogs to give them human hand like features instead of paws. Gaming for pets may take off. Will you buy your pet a console and games? Crufts released a statement saying they plan to have a 'Best Gamer in Show' at their next event.
The test area took some time to clean up, animal waste was found in very strange places and the damage to the consoles was so sever that they were later sent back to the developers. Having a warrenty rocks :-)
Thanks for your time. Until the next tests. Goodbye