The ladies time travel to the 90’s to discuss the world’s first simulated pets — the Tamagotchi and the Furby — and what lessons they have to teach us about our digital selves online. Digressions include a very “low brow” intro, a Binchtopia spit-take meet-cute, and the discovery that we might be your Tamagotchis.
SOURCES:
Love It, Feed It, Mourn It
Virtual Pets Are Back and Why We Need Them Most Now
Love In The Time of Tamagotchi
Taken By the Tamagotchi: How a Toy Changed the Perspective on Mobile Technology
PUBLIC LIVES; Far From the Pleading Crowd: Furby's Dad
Coded for Cuteness: How the Furby Conquered Hearts and Minds
How to Turn Your Furby Evil by WikiHow
A Dark Furby Theory May Reveal Them as Flesh-Devouring Predators
What Happens When Your Furby Becomes Evil
Into the Furby-Verse: The Narrative Production of Electronic Companions
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