11.   For the past two years, she and her research assistant, Jennifer Audley, have studied virtual pets, like Tamagotchis and electronic dolls like Furbies.

12.   Frightfully, this talking, learning virtual pet will recall subjects broached or incidents experienced from days gone by and bring them up again in conversation.

13.   Half-human, half-fish virtual pet?

14.   Here the object is to make the virtual pets die.

15.   If you have a Game Boy Advance, you can link it up to take care of virtual pets within the game.

16.   In a game that turns Coleman into a virtual pet, users can feed, punish, or heal the troubled star.

17.   In recent years, however, toy makers have broken through gender and age barriers with such hits as virtual pets and Beanie Babies.

18.   In that way, Amazing Amy is related to the virtual pets that Playmates also makes.

19.   Monster Rancher is a virtual pet with teeth, ensuring its appeal to both boys and girls.

20.   Nintendo launched Pokemon Pikachu, a virtual pet enclosed in a small oval capsule.