At long last, Destiny 2 lets you pet the dog

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Sales of the new dog-petting emote go to charity

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Destiny 2 has released something that is 100% pure, unadulterated wholesome goodness: an emote you can buy that summons a very good dog, which you can then of course pet to your heart's content.

As spotted by the ever-watchful Twitter account Can You Pet The Dog?, there's a new emote in Destiny 2's in-game store that's listed as a charity item. If you buy it, it lets you give your adorable holographic doggy friend a well-deserved - and frankly long overdue - pet on the head. Better yet, Destiny 2 lead community manager Cozmo confirmed that 100% of the proceeds for the emote's sales will benefit the Bungie Foundation, which is a nonprofit charity that runs the iPads for Kids program and partners with humanitarian aid organizations during natural disasters and crises. 

Destiny has allowed you to pet both the cat and the chicken for some time now, so it's about dang time it let you pet the most pettable animal out there. Don't get me wrong, cats and chickens are perfectly pettable, but with cats you run the risk of triggering their predator instincts and having your arm torn to shreds, and live chickens just aren't as easy to come by unless you live on a farm.

Anyway, Destiny 2 now has a pettable dog you can buy and your money goes to a charity, and if that isn't just a distilled double dose of serotonin right there, I don't know what is.

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Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.