How Tamagotchis Prepared Us for the World of Smartphones

Beep-boop-beep (your attention please).

Photo by Jonah Pettrich on Unsplash

Chances are you’re old enough to know what I’m talking about. If you don’t, maybe your child did. I had two Tamagotchis. I remember running from one end of the playground to the other shouting to my friends “Let’s connect!!”. I was obsessed.