You ever play Spiritfarer? You can hug your cat whenever you want, and about 1/6th of your job is to hug the cute animals on your boat.

dogs dont like to be hugged they see it as asserting dominance and it makes them nervous

@dragfyre so cute! What game is this?

Some people say that video games are violent, and I’d like to point out in response that videogames are whatever people make them to be. If the only way to interact with something is to attack it, then they’ll attack it. But if you give them a way to hug or pet it, then they can do that instead.