Speaking of…
I had a Tamagotchi once. His name was Baby Lars. He was yellow. I remember he began to cry in a movie theater once.
As I recall, if you neglected one long enough, it died and you had to hatch out another one. Which I did at least once, until I lost him completely. I found him again when I went to move out and I think he’d died for real by then.
Why did I, a grown woman, have a child’s toy? Because I never met an electronic doohickey I didn’t want to play with. And lose interest in after a vanishingly short time.
Anyway, the Tamagotchi turns 30 next year. Seems like an active culture, still. Oddly, that site doesn’t actually seem to sell Tamagotchi.
Amazon does. Looks like £15 for a classic and more for a themed one (like Star Wars, f’rexample).
Don’t even get me started on Neopets. Good weekend, all!
September 25, 2026 — 4:10 pm
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