“I’ve made the effort to take these photos and send them in, the least you could do is post this shit. It could start a whole new UK:R phenomenon. Or it could get a couple of comments.”

“I had to walk out to my kitchen when I saw this. Because that’s where my camera was. Inside my girlfriend’s backpack after a recent trip out to a bird sanctuary island with her brother and his wife (thanks to Animal Crossing I now care about games and nature). I brought the camera back to the computer room, (through the lounge and short hallway) and took these three photos of a word verification I received on this very site. It’s not the best one I’ve ever received but it is Sonic related, containing both Char and/or Rings depending on which way you choose to read it.”

“This new fad of taking photos of Sonic-related word verifications may still in its infancy but I can say I was there on the ground floor. If you do post this then I will take a photo of the screen of that post and send that in as well. Then who knows where this thing could lead? I should explain that Char was the name of one of my Chao in Sonic Adventure 2 which make the word verification Charings all the more sonic related on a personal level for me. (You can use my name, I don’t think anyone I know reads this site anyway)” – Glen.

From “Luke”. Says it’s some curtains he saw in the window of a flat near Euston. Don’t get us involved in your sick voyeurism crimes, Luke.

From “Dan”. Says it’s the mirror in a local pub. We didn’t know we had readers cool enough to go out to pubs!

A Dreamcast-inspired set of Christmas decorations, from a nice man in Germany who’d probably prefer it if we didn’t put his name up. Could cause problems.

Gavin’s lampshade. Came with the studio flat.

Facts here. We’re more about exclamation marks and capital letters than facts.

“Was passing through a service station somewhere in Somerset during the early hours of Wednesday and my interest was drawn towards one of those expensive coin-ops that tempt you with DSs, iPods and Cameras, but give you knob rot at best. Inside, I spotted something dodgy but intriguing. SEGA is currently making sunglasses with a built-in MP3 player AND a digital camera built into the frames” – Matt.

Those tens of pounds could be reinvested on flying Ana Ivanovic over for a press conference to promote Virtua Tennis 2009.

Here’s a man BEING EXCITED to have bought what can only be described as a “product”. He really looks like he actually is excited. Very well done.

He’s also excited. Probably excited because the promo copies have just come in and he’s glad he’s not going to have to buy one with his own money. In fact, he’s probably mentally working out that if he puts it on a three-day eBay auction he’ll get around £35 for it by next Monday.

Would it be sexist in this day and age to suggest that she’s the receptionist? No, she can’t be the receptionist. Even motorbike couriers would be scared of initiating conversation with her and her prison tattoos.

“SEGA should authorise these and send you some. You deserve it” – Neil.

“I ran that photo through a new Photoshop plug-in by Kai’s Power Tools (X-ray View 1.2) and look what I discovered! The original photo seemed to only be an optical illusion!” – Chris.

At least it’s not Ralf Little and Charlie Brooker. It could’ve been worse.

Perhaps if we do lots and lots and lots of serious updates about ISSUES like censorship and violence we’ll get invited next year.