Aki Maita, a former Japanese office worker, struck gold when she thought of Tamagotchi in the 1990s. The egg-shaped toy—which allowed kids to take care of digital pets their parents didn’t ...

Tamagotchi normally task you with raising a cute alien creature from egg to adult, giving you a fun virtual pet to dote over as you watch it grow. That’s not quite the case for an upcoming ...

There’s no wonder that people love to start Tamagotchi-like projects – something special happens when an electronic device invokes the same feelings that we’d get while caring for our own ...