Journal Entry #30: 1/30/10

Well: Saturday

A day in which I go to work early, work consumes most of my day, I usually go to church (which today I didn't, went to Zaxby's instead), and then I try to find something interesting to do.

Today's topic of interest: Tamagotchi!

Remember those days, back in the late 90's where everyone was all excited about these virtual pet things from Japan that make all kinds of annoying sound effects and end up dead within a few days? Well yeah, I had some fond memories tied up in these things.

I did my research to figure out what exactly I used to have, and I recall having either a p1 or p2 Tamagotchi (not sure which because I don't remember how old I was when I got it). The most popular variant of the virtual pets I owned was a Nano Puppy in green. It was pretty easy to take care of the dog, but it did like to run away after a while. Finally, the v1 Digimon (and later Digivice v1, but that's not really a virtual pet). All this recent nostalgia has me feeling very nostalgic for the 90's, although the 80's seems like it was a much cooler time for toys and the rise of the gadget age.

Looking through these videos about Tamagothci kinda made me want to buy an old one, but apparently they've become a sort of niche collectible and are worth much more than the $10 they used to be.