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...Japanese entrepreneurs were honored at the Seventh First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony last night for inventing Tamagotchi--small, plastic, virtual pet--and diverting millions of hours of work into their husbandry...
...creatively wanting--the Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole (Astralwerks) features a few songs that energetically blend rock and hip-hop, but Public Enemy and the Beastie Boys did it better in the '80s. The Future Sound of London's Dead Cities (Astralwerks) is as exciting as a dead Tamagotchi, and Underworld's Pearl's Girl (Wax Trax! Records) is only a trifle more fun than having a fax machine call you on your voice line...
...Tamagotchi, the latest toy craze in Japan, arrived last week in a Brink's truck at Manhattan's FAO Schwarz. The egg-shaped pet chick has a virtual life right on a key chain, where it's hatched, lives and dies--virtually. When it beeps, the owner is supposed to pet it by pressing its buttons. The chick even leaves virtual droppings to be cleaned up. It sells on Japan's black market for $500, but the suggested U.S. retail price is $15. The profits are real...
LOST CAUSE 3. Tamagotchi[TM] $16 Still craving companionship? The Japanese are flocking to buy Tamagotchi, a digital gadget that doubles as a pet chick. Available soon in the U.S., Tamagotchi (Japanese for cute little egg) hatches onscreen. Owners feed, amuse and clean up after their feathered friend by pressing buttons. If the bird begins to fade away, suspect fowl play. Owner neglect results in Tami's virtual death. Love is cruel...