#Virtual Pets

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Video thumbnail — Club penguin commercial 2008
Trends 2005–2010

Club Penguin

The online hangout where millions of kids waddled around as cartoon penguins, decorated their igloos, adopted puffle pets, and played mini-games for coins in a safety-focused chat environment. Club Penguin was one of the first MMOs designed specifically for kids, and it became an after-school addiction that defined a generation's online childhood.

Video thumbnail — Pixel Chix Pals Advert (2006)
Toys 2005–2009

Pixel Chix

A little plastic house with an LCD screen and a digital girl living inside it—part Tamagotchi, part dollhouse. You fed her, played games, dressed her, and sent her to bed, and if you neglected her long enough she'd pack up and leave.