Stray is the current indie favorite of the gaming industry, a game where you play as a titled cat traveling through a fascinating post-human world. PCWorld Senior Editor Alaina Yi has already shared her thoughts on the unique cat tale (which clearly lacks realistic grooming action). But what if you want to play not as a random vagrant roaming the streets of cyberpunk, but as someone a little more recognizable? A little more license? A little more … laziness?
As usual, PC gamers were quick to get into making modifications to the Stray. And you won’t get any points if you guess which famous cat gets into the game first. Garfield, the feline ginger foodie and unstoppable juggernaut of the Sunday funny papers for almost 50 years, is now playable with a custom mod. You can go to Nexus Mods to download and install it for the PC version: it’s a simple one-file replacement. You might want to take it now – it’s what attracts cease and desist orders like a portly cat to climbing.
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Surprisingly, Garfield has a long (if not famous) gaming history. According to Wikipedia, he has appeared in more than a dozen games over the years, most recently as a portly fighter in Nickelodeon’s All-Star Brawl-style Smash Bros. Garfield Kart received a bit of memetic coverage a few years ago, and Garfield’s long history and persistence on the internet has resulted in some really weird fan art.
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But back to Stray: doesn’t a mod like this indicate that players have an interest in playing as more recognizable cats? Maybe an official DLC for Garfield is in the works? What about Heathcliff, Tom (as in “And Jerry”) or Data Spot’s cat from The Next Generation? He probably already has a sci-fi pedigree.