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The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs: Controllable Pets Mod! | SimsVIP

Just when you think it’s not possible, it is. The awesome folks over at Sims 4 Studio have just released a “Playable Pets” Mod that allows you to select and play as a pet. Additionally, they have their own needs and behaviors to choose from. Download now!

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The Sims 4: PLAYABLE PETS MOD!

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Bagpipe Cats

Bagpipe Cats are a rare, twisted instrument found upon the Scottish island of Lerwick, far from the constraints of civilisation and scornful of rationality.

Invented by somebody totally mad, they are the Frankensteinian combination of an actual cat and a set of bagpipes. The result is a living, breathing instrument that can be picked up and played. Just like normal bagpipes, you simply place the cat under your arm and rhythmically squeeze it whilst fingering the pipes. There's a blowpipe located in its rear incase it needs extra inflating, but most of the time its lungs and natural breathing rhythms do the job.

Why would somebody invent this? Well. The reason is the peculiar and quite beautiful sound it makes, like a distorted electric bagpipes. When playing the cat, it opens its mouth wide in a snarl of ecstasy, amplifying the sound and imbuing it with randomised textures, as well as rhythmic meow's and purr's.

I had the chance to play one last week when I ran into a travelling piper by Walthamstow marshes. At first glance I thought there was simply a tartan cat by his side, then I looked closer and noticed it had pipes growing out of its back. Having read an article about animal instruments on The Mail Online (apparently trumpet snakes and alligator keyboards are surprisingly common), I knew what it was and asked if I could have a tinker. Kindly, the gentleman permitted it, and luckily I managed to record a short sample on my phone. Here it is: 

The sound it made was amazing. This low quality recording doesn't do it justice at all. The melody, rich and powerful, wafted over the marshes like a million treacle butterflies, stirring in my heart primitive memories of a time before myself, even before us. 

I have to say, the cat didn't seem perturbed by my playing it, and offered not a scratch nor a hiss when I picked it up. I talked to the piper, asking whether he thought it a cruel practice. He told me they were born this way, genetically modified to grow into instruments, and found nothing perturbing about their situation, natural as it was to them. Whether this is truly the case I cannot say, though I myself find it hard to countenance. I am yet to find a full scientific report on these cats, but when I do I will post it up here.  

Subjective Rating: 5/10. The sound of a Bagpipe Cat is astonishing. It is one of the most wonderful things I have ever experienced. I have mixed feelings about playing a piped cat though.

Objective Rating: 1/10. It’s pretty ethically unsound. The practice of making genetically modified bagpipe cats can only be to the detriment of humanity. I have rated it 1 rather than 0 because part of me thinks I might be wrong in this assumption. Humanity is always fucking with other parts of nature, so maybe Bagpipe Cats are in actuality a perfectly acceptable offspring of our technical and societal evolution.