Good lord, we’ve just achieved our first toy-triggered erection since we cuddled the Cream plush goodbye for the last time.

He is 15 inches tall, so would be a commanding presence on any middle-aged man’s mantelpiece. More stuff about it here.

SEGA has won an award! But only for doing its JOB. And for doing its job 17 years ago. Still, it’s something to put on the wall where all those Sonic posters used to be.

Can we have a certificate? Something like “Bravely not giving up in the face of overwhelming disinterest” would do.

She’s wisely covering her name badge.

How do you go about launching class action law suits for deliberately misleading corporate communications?

What it means is, a couple of its games are being resurrected to no doubt underachieve on a new format.

If this ever went to court, police teams could identify the make and model of that sofa from the fabric print of the cushion, track down all the UK distributors of it, get sales records from their retailers, then cross-reference the data with similar sales records of webcams offering this equivalent of colour depth and pixel resolution.

His front door would be off its hinges within 72 hours. You can’t hide behind a mask any more. We are not living in a 1970s horror movie.

“My friend was watching pornographic web cams and saw this scary man wearing a Sonic The Hedgehog mask. He was somehow able to ward off the terror for just enough time to take a screenshot, crop it and send it to me. Please keep my pretend internet name a secret” – Anonymous Friend of Keen Internet Sex Addict.

We’ve checked with someone still in their 20s, and have been told that a “boombox” is a bit like a radio only mainly used for the playing of urban music in which the protagonists aggressively shout about buying a car that’s more expensive than their rival’s car over a repetitive loop of sound.

We hope that clears it all up for you.

It works, has a screen and controller ports, and would therefore let you play Dreamcast games anywhere there’s a plug socket. A bit like a… Dreamcast. Loads more photos of the Dreamcast-in-a-radio modification can be found here and there’s a literally appalling video of it in action here, if you’re as bored as we are of today already.

Apparently, there’s a new game around called Alpha Protocol. It’s technically “by” SEGA, as in it’ll be SEGA sending it out to the shops, then SEGA that processes all the returns nine months later, then SEGA that admits it wasn’t a particularly good idea in an interview in Edge magazine 18 months later and that it’s also refocusing efforts on the latest micro-trend instead.

But anyway. There’s a SEGA Saturn in it.

Play, which is where we find out about games nowadays due to having pretty much totally “lapsed,” says Alpha Protocol is subtitled “The Espionage RPG” which is about the least-thrilling description imaginable. Apart from, perhaps, “Squad-based Espionage Management RPG”.

This seemingly non-SEGA-related scene of publicly-demonstrated national pride is taken from Norway’s National Day celebrations. But can you spot what is supposed to be SEGA about it?

Sent in by an “Alexander” who added, knowingly, “If you post this you must be desperate”.

Did you get it? The correct answer is that boy in the blue jumper is a lifelong SEGA fan and is therefore unable to make eye-contact with other human beings.

You kids don’t know how lucky you are. In our day, we had to make to with Carol Vorderman spelling out the names of Mario characters. And we were grateful for the rare days she wore a dress instead of a trouser-suit. Now it’s all toned blondes in fetish shoes and SEGA references.

“Here’s a picture of Rachel Riley from Countdown spelling the word ‘Rez’. Also, the camera fired so that it looks like she’s stroking the word “Rez”, and therefore showing affection for it. This was mostly a coincidence, but managed to work out quite well. Whether she got the version with the vibrating peripheral is pure speculation at this point, but I’d say it’s more than likely” – Darth Canis.

We’re not sure what Sonic has to do with spinal injuries, either. Maybe he’s encouraging people not to risk spinal damage by doing roly-polys down steep hills and roads?

“Just saw your update on the London Marathon and seeing I was there too thought I’d send you the attached. It has Sonic on it and that’s all that matters right? What he has to do with some slightly dubious fairies and spinal injuries is anyone’s guess” – Chris.

A few familiar sound effects found here. Don’t listen to it on speakers, it’s extremely embarrassing youth music.

Sent in via the extremely modern medium of a Tweet from a man called “Chris”.