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SONIC ATTEMPTS BRAVE “THUMBS UP” GESTURE

You have nothing to put your thumb up about, you worthless little shit. Put your attitude away. Save it for when you start appearing in games that people over five might find enjoyable.

And look at the ground. Show some shame or remorse, at least.

'Yo! Everything's A-OK, right, pals?!'

“My mother incessantly tried to take photos of me with him. Apparently she thinks I’m still 5. I’m not, really. Seeing this publicity made me no more likely to buy he’s latest venture, or any future ones he may have. The monster has a sign saying ‘Please do not touch.’ Like anyone would want to put their hands on that filthy, washed up, good-for-nothing hog. Maybe if this was still the 90s they’d need that sign to keep all the adoring fans off him” – Ekim.

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SICK “BABY P” SIMULATOR PEDDLED BY NINTENDO AND THQ

Grave-robbing THQ licenses “Baby P” for shameful interactive DS abuse simulator. High street retail chain fingered as supplier.

At least at only £12.99 no one’s making much money out of this disgrace.

PALS. Baby PALS. Not to do with sex or death

“Dear Daily Mail. I spotted hundreds of copies of this sick game for sale in Zavvi. This disgusting paedo shop should be forced into administration for selling filth like this and the managers made to sign the sex offenders register. You’re playing with the angels now, Baby P” – ArseGambler.

'Odd spiral bruises'

Nice Andy Warhol print.

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NEW T-SHIRT IDEA: “PSP INCINERATION LTD”

Hot on the heels of (eight weeks after) the amazing Dreamcast-like LUBEFREIGHT sighting comes this – a business operating under the name PSP Incineration Ltd.

Yes please. Incinerate them one at a time or all at once. As many as you can. Just leave one intact so future generations can enjoy Lumines and Lumines II.

OPENING PREAMBLE
PSP Incineration Ltd a.k.a. Sony’s Emergency Plan B (inc. dangerous covert photography in the Watford area)‏

“Or Plan C, or D or whatever plan they’re on now. Whatever plan it is, I’ve lost count and that’s the point.

“I was outside Watford Junction station last week and noticed an unsavoury man and a van in the parking area. Two unsavoury men, in fact, on their cigarette break. The logo on the side of the van said PSP Incineration Ltd. It could’ve been a specific department set up to deal with the PSP, or perhaps I’d uncovered some kind of strange PSP rebranding operation…”

“That guy there was the lookout. The bigger one, who I imagine owns the van and probably does the incinerating with his bare hands, was busy getting into said van. Shortly afterwards the pair sped off, almost like Steve Coogan’s Mustang in the Saxondale intro.

“I was under immense pressure taking these photos (I took five altogether, but this is the clearest) on my phone. I at least set the focus to infinity to speed up the picture-taking and, naturally, disabled the flash just in case, but I was in direct view of not only the two unsavoury types but also a family sitting nearby and the commuters going about their daily business, so I too used the cigarette break as my disguise and lit one up as the littering bastard kept giving me strange looks. Upon seeing that I was a fellow smoker, he seemed to calm down, but I also had a massive, unwieldy black/green Zavvi bag (Laurel and Hardy DVD collection, oh yes) which drew unnecessary attention. To put things in perspective, here’s one of the earlier, dodgier ‘action’ shots…”

“I decided not to rotate it the right way around just to emphasise the clear and present danger involved. Further reconnaissance revealed a website for the ‘company’. If you ask me, it looks positively dubious.

“What would Sony want with our bank statements and personal information? I smell a rat, and it smells not unlike a certain Kaz Hirai, only with a wholly different name and address. Heck, he could be posing as me! If you are offered a PSP by a Japanese man calling himself Bilal Sheikh, DO NOT BUY IT. Unless it’s really cheap and you can flash it, then you can play Streets of Rage 2 on it, like I do with mine.

“I’ve been mulling over the idea of possibly buying www.ps3incineration.co.uk in case Sony decides to branch out, but I’m thinking of a few other things to spend £2.99 on, like HD-DVDs from HMV” – Bilal.

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DREAMCAST BAG TOLD IT LIKE IT WAS AND LIKE IT WILL BE

A man who clearly spends a lot of time putting “Dreamcast” into eBay while relaxing with a Creme Egg between wanking sessions found this strangely prophetic item.

Round the back to get hit in the head with a shovel

“May I present to you for your consideration a canvas Dreamcast bag from the 2000 Games Developers Conference that has quite possibly the most ironic message stated since Phil Harrison fucked off from Sony (in non-chronological terms of course).”

SAFETY FEATURE: Can't suffocate yourself with canvas

“Happy New Year!” – THE Larry Bundy Jr.

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INTERNAL SEGA COMMUNICATIONS – SOUL CALIBUR PANTS-COLOUR CHEAT CONFUSION MADE GOOD

This one is a gem, a serious facsimile conversation regarding the changing of the colours of the underpants of the female characters in the Dreamcast version of Soul Calibur.

It brings back happy memories of spending hours and hours trying to adapt SEGA arcade game cheats to Saturn conversions by guessing the button combinations.

A+X - pink

“Here’s an update for you. A fax sent to SEGA Europe to inform it of a serious mistake that had been made and would have caused misery to many Dreamcast owners if it was not corrected.”

A+B+X - Crotchless

“The serious tone of the covering sheet sets up the 2nd page wonderfully.”

A+B+X+Y - Rubber strap-on

“I have deleted the recipient’s name for privacy, but it’s a genuine fax” – Chris.

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PLAYSTATION3 IS DOING REALLY WELL!

…compared to the Gamecube and another console you haven’t been able to buy new for two years.

Well done, Sony. Another gold in the paralympics.

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SONIC THE POORLY-PHOTOSHOPPED HIP HOP HEDGEHOG

Let’s start the year as we mean to go on – with an abysmal update about a SEGA-related thing found on eBay that was spotted by a man called “Dave.”

It is the Super Sonic Hip Hop Rap Hustlers t-shirt in, predictably enough, XXXL.

Mo' cute animal friends, mo' problems

Five updates a week for 52 weeks…. that’s another 260 updates like this to look forward to during 2009. UKR – managing to make time pass slower since 1996.

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2008 RETROSPECTIVE: DECEMBER

And it was all over so quickly.

  • December
  • And that was that.

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    2008 RETROSPECTIVE: NOVEMBER

    Several things happened during this month.

  • November
  • Later today – December.

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    2008 RETROSPECTIVE: OCTOBER

    Nearing the end of 2008 now. It flew by.

  • October
  • Tomorrow – November!

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