Three cheers for “girl gamer” clans who shoot themselves in the foot by making the prettiest one with the most expensive hair their leader. Subconscious move, or a purposeful admission of their role as PAWNS in the game?

If men were behind this there’d be a terrible ruction.

We must take issue with LUBEFREIGHT LTD‘s assertion that it’s the leader in lubricant distribution. LUBEFREIGHT has clearly never looked through our curtains on a Friday evening.

If you are reading this, LUBEFREIGHT, please consider manufacturing some t-shirts. One that just says “LUBEFREIGHT” on it would be fine. We can recommend a good printer and would be prepared to go halves on costs, as we’re pretty sure LUBEFREIGHT could become a huge brand on the gay clubbing scene AND the Dreamcast-logo-alike scene, making us t-shirt millionaires.

“Saw one of their tankers on the M62 this morning. Their logo resembles the dreamcast logo, hence the email” – Andy.

Here’s a globe-trotting piece of medium-resolution photojournalism from a reader UNAFRAID of going to places he hasn’t already been. Just getting there would have involved at least three separate go outsides, plus face-to-face small talk with over three individuals. Unprecedented bravery.

“During my recent jaunt to Shanghai I came across an arcade quite literally packed to the rafters with Sonic-y goodness.”

“I realise there is no sense of scale in this picture, but that Sonic is getting on for about 30ft tall. Is this the biggest Sonic you have been sent? Do I win a prize?”

“I apologise for some of the blurryness but I was taking them quickly to avoid having to answer awkward questions from my other half.”

“AND IT GETS BETTER! Dreamcast 2 is obviously very close to release and the viral marketing has started at this Hello Kitty sweet shop.”

“And last and most definitely least, a girl called Jade doodling a Dreamcast logo on a McDonalds bag. But that was from the UK so is less exotic and exciting” – Martin B.

It’s amazing what sights you can see when your life isn’t based entirely around going to Sainsbury’s or occasionally ASDA.

It’s taller than a person! Amazing scenes.

Our brave friends across the Atlantic are continuing to STICK IT TO and RIGHT INTO Sony, with PS3 sales DOWN 18% during October. Despite the launch of some shit user-generating, administrator-deleting content game about being a teddy bear and having your hard work removed that was all the rage for about 36 hours. Here’s a list.

US HARDWARE SALES FOR OCTOBER, 2008

Wii: 803,000
DS: 491,000
360: 371,000
PSP: 193,000
PS3: 190,000
PS2: 136,000

ANALYSIS:
Selling fewer consoles when you’ve got your most important game of the year out AND it’s nearly Christmas is a 10/10 on the SEGA Saturn UK Launch Disaster Scale.

SOFTWARE SALES EQUALLY SHAMBOLIC

1. 790k – Fable 2 (360)
2. 487k – Wii Fit (Wii)
3. 375k – Fallout 3 (360)
4. 290k – Mario Kart (Wii)
5. 282k – Wii Play (Wii)
6. 270k – Saints Row 2 (360)
7. 231k – SOCOM (PS3)
8. 215k – LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
9. 202k – NBA 2K9 (360)
10. 193k – Dead Space (360)

The ‘We Died And This Is What Heaven Is Like’ theory gains strength.

There’s no need to go trying to think of a funny comment. Just let it scroll away.

This thing about a MILF with a heart of gold.

This thing about Lucy Pinder and some lies to do with Xbox 360, which got linked to by Kotaku, boosting unique reader numbers into the high teens.

This thing about that Tomb Raider internet thing.

This thing about a radio that comes in “moss.”

This thing about game sales around the world in which we forgot to point out that Sony is only three letters away from COCK.

This thing about a defibrillator with a face, because we didn’t do anything about attractive ladies holding items this week:

Sorry about that.

Whoever bought the outfit for the model needs to be sacked. You won’t get anywhere on the internet with a photo of a woman in sensible trousers.

You can’t even see the outline of her pants or bra. This will sink without trace. Thousands wasted.

It comes with a strap. You could always just buy the strap. If you’re the sort of person inclined toward exercising, you ought to be able to motivate yourself to do it without a fucking avatar yelling positive enforcement messages at you from a TV.

Also for “bachelors” who live in loft apartments.

It’d be cheaper and more satisfying to beat your fists into the sofa cushions to disperse latent rage. WARNING: Don’t do that if you’re an asthmatic or suffer from a dust allergy. Raging against sofas can kill.

The students in the downstairs bedsit won’t be happy.

Needs some knee on display. We’d even settle for a glimpse of toned ankle. Very poor effort. Severely lacking in exploitation. 4/10.

There are lots of photos from the UK launch of the surrogate friend game here. This one is best. Because we really like red. No other reason.

This is why they call the game WoW.

Here’s something to calm everyone down. A relaxed German man, wearing what looks like a shirt he originally bought to attend a rave in 1991 – pre-dating the Dreamcast logo by many years.

“Here are two photos I took of a sleeping German man on the train at 3.00am. We were coming back from the Love Parade in Dortmund. Thought you might appreciate the photos” – KK.

We’re slightly concerned that the poor man’s groin seems to be the main focus of the shot, with the Dreamcast logo only noticed some time after the image had been taken (and used).

Man on fancy holiday spots SEGA-related item. Man supplies non-blurry 3400 x 2257 photograph taken on a proper camera, in which you can see that Sony’s slogan for PS2 in Malaysia is “EVERYTHING BEGIN HERE”.

The EXIF data shows the image was taken with Canon EOS 400D and was subsequently modified in Adobe Photoshop CS3. Over to “prosumer” Harry for an on-the-spot report.

“While on a roadtrip around Malaysia a month or two ago, I ended up driving through a town called Segamat. I appreciate that alone isn’t worth a post on UKR (or is it?). Anyway, as luck would have it, it also contained a shop advertising the Saturn. Sadly I couldn’t stop to go explore inside and see how many Saturns they had sold that week :( That’s it really. Sorry. S’gotta be marginally more exciting than yet another Dreamcast-Found-On-Bathmat picture though?” – Harry.

Oh dear, Sony’s dream of a Triple A title goes the way of MGS4 with a disastrous 4th place in the sales chart for the last week. Despite the hype, despite the ridiculous (but predictable) EDGE 10/10 LBP is SHAMEFULLY beaten by Gears 2, a game that’s been out for a month and another game that most people have never heard of.

1: Gears of War 2
2: FIFA 09
3: Fallout 3
4: LittleBigPlanet
5: WWE SmackDown vs.
Raw 2009
6: Professor Layton and the Curious Village)
7: Mario Kart Wii
8: Quantum of Solace
9: Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
10: Wii Fit