In 2025, during NYU's Stupid Hackathon, students enrolled in the program are invited to make something stupid. Among those ideas was a Tamagotchi housed inside a vape, designed by Rebecca Xun and NYU Students Vape Addicted Tamagotchi Tamagotchi & Virtual Pet Forum Tamagotchi Vape Battery Lookah Guitar 510 Thread Vape Battery Various Colors (1 Count) Two NYU students Creators of Tamagotchi Vape That Dies If You Stop Puffing: "We Tested It So Much, we Were Both So Diseased From Vaping" Earlier this year, artists Rebecca Xun and Lucia Camacho created a Vape o Gotchi. It has a Tamagotchi trapped inside that dies if you stop vaping. my tamagotchi came in a goddamn vape box but it's such a cute shell even if it's a bit worn out