Which pet in a video game is the best boy? Or girl? The G4TV series Xplay enlisted professional wrestler <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Woods" alt="Xavier Woods/Austin Watson/Austin Creed" class="on">Xavier Woods/Austin Watson/Austin Creed</a> to presents their picks for the most interesting, the most helpful, and the sweetest animal companions in video game history. Your mileage may vary. Dogs dominate, but there are also cats, horses, birds, and animals that really have no connection to the real world, but it's still clear they are animal companions.

If you have a favorite video game pet, you'll find an index at the <a href="https://youtu.be/pZiVl1kucTY">YouTube page</a> that allows you to skip to that part. As you might guess, commenters have plenty of favorite video game pets that didn't make the cut. -via <a href="https://digg.com/gaming/link/wwe-superstar-xavier-woods-ranks-the-best-pets-in-gaming-history-A02MV6A7CO">Digg</a>&nbsp;#pet #dog #cat #virtualpet