Virtual pet Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Tamagotchi coming back as an iOS app

by Mike Schramm (Feb 8th, 2013)

Truth be told, I was just a little too old to land in the middle of the Tamagotchi craze: My childhood was more full of Trapper Keepers and Game Boys than the famous Japanese virtual pets. But of course I saw them all over the place back in the '90s, as did everyone, really. And now the ...

Daily iPhone App: Ozgood is a lovable piece of puppet tech

by Mike Schramm (May 15th, 2012)

Ozgood is an interesting little iPhone game from a few developers who've worked for bigger game companies, and have recently gone independent. Most iPhone games deal with the platform's hardware by either just going with 2D graphics or trying relatively simple 3D -- it's usually only bigger ...

iPuppy brings the cute, forgoes the mess

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 15th, 2009)

iPuppy 3D Pet [App Store link] is currently going for $.99 on the App Store. Is it worth it? Well, it depends on how much you really need a 3D puppy on your iPhone. The concept conjures images of Dogz for the Nintendo DS. While the dogs may look the same, the functionality is vastly different. ...