| Virtual companion |
LA Times Daily |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Virtual animal such as Shoyru |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Virtual animal of the early 2000s |
USA Today |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Virtual animal such as a Kacheek |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2023 |
| Early 2000s virtual animal companion |
New York Times |
13 Aug 2023 |
| Shoyru or JubJub |
USA Today |
06 Sep 2022 |
| Critter such as a JubJub, whom one can care for using virtual cash |
The Washington Post Sunday |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Online companion animal |
New York Times |
01 May 2021 |
| Virtual animal on a once-popular website |
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| Virtual dog or cat, perhaps |
USA Today |
26 Mar 2019 |
| Virtual dog or cat, perhaps |
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| Virtual human companion |
The Washington Post |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Virtual human companion |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Virtual human companion |
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| Virtual dog or cat, maybe |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2017 |
| Virtual dog or cat, maybe |
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| Online equivalent of a Tamagotchi, maybe |
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