Virtual Pets

Bandai Co to Launch Tamagotchi L.i.f.e. Line in US

25 May 2012

Tokyo and Los Angeles – Bandai Co., Ltd. has named Los Angeles-based Sync Beatz Entertainment, Inc. as the exclusive United States Licensing Agent and Brand Manager for its hugely popular Tamagotchi brand, which has sold over 78 million units in 54 countries and territories since the world’s first virtual digital pet first was introduced 15 years ago.

Is it possible to chat to a computer?

23 May 2012

YOUR HORSE IS stuck in a ditch. You’ve tried luring it out with a sugar lump, but it’s not budging. Whipping out the smartphone, thumbs shaking, you Google “Annie�, the RSPCA’s virtual assistant. Reassured, you see Annie has handled this sort of thing before.

Magic Town: the app aiming to bring children's books to life

23 May 2012

INTERVIEW: The game-ification of learning