今日熱聞!【英語閱讀】電子游戲《流浪貓》為流浪動物籌集資金
A new video game that includes a brave cat is popular with cat lovers.
一款新游戲，游戲中有一只勇敢的貓，在愛貓人士中大受歡迎。
Some of them are using the game to raise money for real cats.
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一些人利用這款游戲為真正的貓籌集資金。
The game was released last month.
這款游戲于上個月發布。
It is called "Stray." A stray animal is one without a home.
游戲叫《流浪貓》。流浪的動物是無家可歸的。
Many stray cats and dogs live on city streets.
許多流浪貓和流浪狗流落街頭。
Thanks to online fundraising services, gamers are playing "Stray" live for audiences to raise money for animal shelters and other cat-connected organizations.
多虧了在線籌款服務，游戲玩家們開始給觀眾直播玩《流浪貓》，為動物收容所和其他貓救助組織籌集資金。
Annapurna Interactive, the game"s creator, publicized "Stray" by offering two cat rescue and adoption agencies copies of the game to give away.
該游戲的創建者Annapurna Interactive向兩家貓救援和領養機構提供了該游戲的副本，以此來宣傳《流浪貓》。
Livestreaming game play for charity is not new.
為慈善機構直播游戲并不是什么新鮮事。
But the quick popularity of "Stray" is a bit unusual.
但《流浪貓》的迅速走紅有點不同尋常。
It was the fourth most watched game on the day it was first shown on Twitch, the video game streaming site.
在視頻游戲流媒體網站Twitch首次播出當天，這場比賽的收視率排名第四。
Viewers watch as players send the game"s cat through a city to solve problems and escape enemies.
觀眾看著玩家把游戲中的貓送到一個城市去解決問題和躲避敵人。
The cat in the game does all this while doing usual cat activities, like scratching, jumping or hitting things off tables.
游戲中的貓既要完成任務又要做一些尋常的貓咪活動，比如抓撓、跳躍或砸桌子上的東西。
About 80 percent of the game"s creative team are "cat owners and cat lovers," the game"s producers said.
游戲制作人說，大約80%的游戲創意團隊都是“貓主人和愛貓人士”。
"I certainly hope that maybe some people will be inspired to help actual strays in real life," said Swann Martin-Raget.
斯旺·馬丁-拉吉特說：“我當然希望有些人會受到啟發，在現實生活中幫助真正的流浪動物。”
He is a game producer of Stray and works at the Blue Twelve gaming studio in France.
他是《流浪貓》的游戲制作人，在法國的Blue Twelve游戲工作室工作。
Annapurna Interactive contacted the Nebraska Humane Society to discuss a partnership before the game"s launch on July 19.
在7月19日游戲發布之前，Annapurna Interactive聯系了內布拉斯加州人道協會，討論了合作事宜。
The humane society jumped at the chance, marketing specialist Brendan Gepson said.
營銷專家布倫丹·格普森表示，人道協會欣然接受這個機會。
"The whole game and the whole culture around the game, it"s all about a love of cats," Gepson said.
格普森說：“整個游戲和圍繞游戲的整個文化，都是對貓的熱愛?！?/p>
"It meshed really well with the shelter and our mission."
“該游戲所有任務與流浪貓收容所非常契合?！?/p>
The shelter received four copies of the game to give away.
流浪貓收容所收到了四份游戲副本，免費贈送。
People donated $5 for a chance to win one of the games.
人們捐贈5美元，就會獲得一次贏得其中一場比賽的機會。
In one week, the shelter raised $7,000, Gepson said.
格普森說，在一周內，流浪貓救助站籌集了7000美元。
Most of the 550 donors were new to the shelter, including people from Germany and Malta.
550名捐贈者中的大多數都是流浪貓救助站新成員，包括來自德國和馬耳他的人。
Jeff Legaspi is Annapurna Interactive"s marketing director.
杰夫·萊加斯皮是Annapurna Interactive的營銷總監。
He said it made sense for the game"s launch to do something "impactful," or making a powerful influence.
他說，這款游戲的推出是有意義的，因為它做了一些“有影響力的”事情，或者說產生了強大的影響。
He added that he hopes the game will "bring more awareness to adopting and not shopping for a new pet."
他補充說，他希望這款游戲能“讓更多人意識到收養寵物，而不是購買新寵物。”
The game is available on PlayStation and the Steam online game platform.
這款游戲可以在PlayStation和Steam在線游戲平臺上使用。
Steam monitor SteamDB said "Stray" has been the number-one purchased game for the past two weeks.
Steam數據庫網站SteamDB表示，在過去的兩周里，《流浪貓》一直是最受歡迎的游戲。
Annapurna did not release sales numbers or download numbers for the game.
Annapurna沒有公布這款游戲的銷售量或下載量。
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