My old buddy mico pointed out that he had to go away for a little while to feed his online pet. Apparently, the old plastic, battery-powered Tamagachi was not enough for the world, so someone’s gone and made him “uber-virtual” in the form of Neopets.

According to mico, it seems that this is evolving into its own little society where people barter, trade, and otherwise whore their belongs (and pets) in the public marketplace.

This reminds me of those stories I heard of people trading Ultima and other gaming characters on Ebay for hard currency.

I think I will get my own best and pimp him out, be right back!