Tamagotchi in the News (TIN) showcases news articles, weblogs and media appearances that are NOT Tamagotchi-related but for some reason, Bandai's virtual pet gets mentioned in some way or appears in some form showing that it is still part of our lives.


The Game Guy blog shares his comments about a recent study in Germany that claims that there are no links between games and nightmares.

For some reason, he manages to insert the Tamagotchi in his comments, noting that an hour spent with Tamagotchi can cause nightmares to the user. 

I never had Tamagotchi nightmares so far, but as for games and the nightmares link, I've dreamt of the game Obscure: the Aftermath once after I played it in the afternoon.  I dreamt of people mutating into the distorted uncontrollable monsters in the game.

How the cute Tamagotchi characters appear in nightmares is beyond me.  Guess some people find them scary.

Read more about the article here:
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-game-guy/the-game-guy/2008/07/games-dont-cause-nightmares-ha/