Sonic pants being touched by a woman. There’s a first time for everything etc etc.
“I only recently found out about your web site, but I think it’s great. Anyway, I read PSW from issue 10 to around 50, that was a great magazine. The best. (Gary wrote for it, though only as a guest writer in the later issues). Here is a picture I took which you might find interesting. It was taken about a month ago. I thought I take a picture wearing it, but that would be difficult, seeing as I didn’t buy it. Best of luck, and greetings from Holland!” – Elias.
This probably is one of you lot. Look at you, reading your book and sitting next to a woman, while on the way to a proper job! Well done.
“Good morning. As I was traveling on the London Underground this morning I spotted a business man in a suit. He was reading a book whilst wearing a very old looking Sonic The Hedgehog bag. I understand that you have disowned Sonic, but spare a thought for the die-hard fans” – Kaif.
Here’s Sonic doing a bit of work for charity, by bravely volunteering his likeness for a balloon sold in hospital receptions. So dads can buy a balloon for their child when it’s in hospital, offsetting the massive guilt triggered by enjoying the peace and quiet at home.
“I was working in Queens Hospital Romford this week and as I was walking through the entrance I was stopped in my tracks by this balloon! It was being sold at £2.99 and had gone by the time I had finished my job. Enjoy! From Mike in Dunstable (that’s where King Henry VIII got divorced from Catherine of Aragon WOW!)” – Mike, in Dunstable, where…
There’s still a chance you might be able to hire the Sonic balloon out for your wedding or surprisingly upbeat it’s-what-he-would’ve-wanted funeral. It’s still flying and surprisingly hasn’t got stuck on the scenery and died.
“Sonic is still burning his nuts! Saw this on eBay, which led me to this, which has another huge photo in it” – Andy the Squirrel.
Despite the old fashioned aspect ratio of that image, the photograph is modern. The Sonic balloon flew in 2010 in Ireland. Has anyone spotted it in 2012 yet?
“Here’s a picture of a Sonic balloon at the Bristol Balloon Festival I just found on their website. You may notice that Windows printed the word ‘Win’ in a caption bubble on Sonic when I used the screen capture tool of Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 via my Wacom tablet. This obviously proves that SEGA has secret keylogging and/or image recognition tools embedded within the Microsoft Office 2007 suite. Here is a link to the high res non-Win version of the image for others readers to test whether or not their system includes the SEGA Win Trojan” – B.
Well done, Pete! You’ve graduated to the world of the normal, even getting one that doesn’t mind if you stop in the street to take photos of the signage for sending in to the internet. You give hope to everyone, Pete.
“Here’s a pic I found of Sonic being used to advertise some dodgy arcade place while I was on my honeymoon in Hong Kong. Needless to say I dragged the missus in to have a look. No Sonic to be seen anywhere. :'(” – Pete.
“Found this on Neatorama. I’m hoping it contains real whizz, but it’s probably made from old car tyres and unregulated plant matter that’ll have you rushing to the bog if nothing else. Keep up the bad work” – Art.
Good lord, we’re… EXCITED about something made by people on the internet! The below image is a collection of sprites from Sonic 2 XL – a hacked version of Sonic 2 where Sonic gets fat from collecting rings. And it messes with the physics accordingly.
“I know you’ll like this shit right here. Two members at Sonic Retro have just released a hack called Sonic 2 XL where the rings are replaced with onion rings. If you eat too much, Sonic gets fat and can’t jump as high or run as fast. It’s absolutely incredible and completely changes the gameplay of the original game (plus, it’s hard as hell). I did a write up on it with all the info” – Brad
This video does a better job of selling it. Excitement level slowly increasing back to where it was some 24 hours earlier.
It’s rumoured to have spent upwards of £250 on sponsoring the Brentford FC Community Sports Trust Summer 2010 Party. Given where SEGA is today, this is about equal to the whole “Arsenal thing” of the Dreamcast period.
We’re so afraid of Flickr copyright lunatics we’re embedding this remotely. If you’re reading this in 2014 and the image isn’t there, it’s someone else’s fault:
“Seems that SEGA is sponsoring our local football club’s childrens sports day. Don’t forget your super soakers!” – Chris.
