YOU CAN WIN A SEGA MEGA DRIVE!
All you have to do is make your newsagent think you’re a Nazi who believes anyone who likes curry ought to be sent to France by buying a copy of the Daily Mail. This is also an entry in the series titled “National press getting things slightly wrong.”
“Quite how it happened I’m not sure. But if anything’s going to sell a Daily Mail it’s going to be the bit that says “You can WIN a Sega Megadrive! It’s a shame that they put PS3 at the top of the list, though. So I like to think that the list is actually a countdown, with the most popular consoles coming towards the bottom of the list. If you imagine Bruno Brooks reading the list, it makes a lot more sense.”
“In case you’re all about to rush out and pick up a Mail (it’s an ongoing compo, and although I haven’t checked, it’s probably on today’s too.) be aware that it’s not REALLY a Megadrive. It’s one of those pansy-assed Blaze Plug’n’Play doohickeys. Still, you can get one free from them, if you collect all 90 tokens! Sorry I sent this two days late, but I forgot the picture was in my phone” – Jayenkai.
filed in Uncategorized on Dec.03, 2008
December 3rd, 2008 on 1:42 pm
Who’s beating babies to death and why are the Met raiding homos?
December 3rd, 2008 on 1:46 pm
I dunno, didn’t bother reading it.. It’s the Mail… ;)
December 3rd, 2008 on 1:54 pm
That logo’s shit. They want to get a newer font.
December 3rd, 2008 on 2:14 pm
theres a very good reason why the PS3 is at the top of this list…its a console GIVEAWAY….its obviously another way for Sony to pump up their “units sold over the xmas period”….the paper is clearly giving away 994 PS3, 3 360s, 2 megedrives and 1 wii…
the evil of sony never fails to amaze me or my imaginery friends
December 3rd, 2008 on 2:25 pm
In the spirit of “National press getting things slightly wrong”, there is no space between X and BOX.
On an unrelated subject, “WIN Instant Cash…”
Just add water.
Also, “Daily Newspaper of the year 80p”. If your paying 80p a day for your daily news, you’re spending, nay, WASTING £292 a year on news you could get for free using work’s internet.
December 3rd, 2008 on 3:06 pm
80p is for the Saturday edition.
My parents read the daily mail. I should see if they’ll keep the tokens for it.
December 3rd, 2008 on 3:06 pm
I don’t get it. Shouldn’t “BAN THIS SICK FILTH !” be plastered over anything video game related in the Daily Mail ?
December 3rd, 2008 on 3:29 pm
Then you should disown them.
December 3rd, 2008 on 6:58 pm
I did enter online (was rather amusing, the day I entered the main story was something about “Internet Ban Needed To Reduce Paedophiles”, or something like that), I figured that the average Daily Mail reader thinks a Mega Drive is something that gypsy youths do to terrorise old ladies, so the chances are I’m the only one that’d enter.
December 3rd, 2008 on 11:33 pm
I love how Wii is the last one. It’s like oh, we have these awesome little thingies here for you! And wiis and more, but they’re not that important…
December 4th, 2008 on 11:09 am
This made me laugh out loud in work, such useless journos! I think SEGA should sue them for false advertising and invest the money in Dreamcast 2 asap.
December 4th, 2008 on 12:38 pm
Reduce paedophiles? Are they advocating having them turned into some kind of stock for making gravy?
December 5th, 2008 on 1:33 pm
“…anyone who likes curry ought to be sent to France”
Keep on going UKR. I hope I die before you.
December 7th, 2008 on 10:21 pm
It’s not a plug-n-play piece of shit, it’s datel’s first handheld console. No TV required.
xx
January 15th, 2009 on 2:22 am
Have i accidentally time-traveled?
Either that or its the most realistic deja-vu ever…