“Spotted in Carrefour, Dubai. Photos taken just before getting collar felt by an employee who then proceeded to try and flog me a ‘Vii’. “All in Two!” “Cool Graphics” “Realistic Hero Game” but best of all “Unlimited hours of entertainment”. UNLIMITED! I should have bought it, but was still a bit shaky from the collar-feeling incident. Still – the hedgehog looks familiar. All the best – Morgan.”

“On a recent snowboarding trip to Bulgaria, my friends and I stopped off in the capital Sofia for a day. While walking down the main street, we passed this shop. As you can see, someone has tagged the Sega Saturn logo, probably with the Bulgarian words for ‘in stock’. Also, at one point they must have covered the logo up with some form of flyer, possibly saying sold out. We joined the queue to get into the shop to see if we could buy another Saturn, but unfortunately by the time we got in they didn’t have any left. It seems that people in front of us were purchasing multiple consoles, presumably to sell for profit on ebay. They did have plenty of different PS3 packages on offer – Pete.”

In unrelated Bulgarian SEGA news, here’s what the logo of Sofia Airport looks like. Could the next reader who goes on a booze/prostitutes tour of Eastern Europe please get some hi-res photos of the sign? Thanks.

DEAD. PlayStation3 is now officially the Dreamcast of this generation. In terms of developer support, that is. Not quality of games or unspoken feelings of attachment.

Edge magazine would give that lot 5/10, because a 5/10 from Edge actually means it’s good.

“It has been agreed that production of both Eight Days and The Getaway will cease immediately due to the redistribution of resources and budget. This decision was made following an internal review of all games and it was deemed that with the incredibly strong list of exclusive first party titles coming up both this year and in the near future, resource should be reallocated to enhance those projects closer to completion” – Sony Europe, June 4 2008.

LIE.

LIE.

LIE.

LIE.

This is what The Getaway 3 actually looks like. The loss of The Getaway is a significant WIN for the forces of LIGHT and TRUTH. The previous two Getaways were the favourite games of millions of stupid PS2 owners who didn’t mind products that crashed constantly and had control systems that didn’t function. Now the traditional Sony “moron pound” will not be heading PS3’s way.

At least it shows Sony is starting to be a bit more honest. Usually, when it realises it’s wasted millions on a piece of shit, it shoves it out there anyway, relying on a few 8/10s from official magazines and their dependent unofficial parasitic twins to force it onto a few poor, unsuspecting punters.

Well done on admitting failure, Sony.

It was themed on past, present and future zones, just like Sonic CD :(

A seemingly innocent “casual” gaming scene. Until you look closer. Until you look at the horrors lurking on their feet.

Mum is wearing special slippers.

The daughter is wearing the very same special slippers. Plus she has bruised calves that indicate either (a) an active outdoor lifestyle or (b) a violent physical relationship with an older man who likes to hold her upside-down by her ankles.

The boy’s “shoes” are the oddest of the lot. It would appear they have drawn lines on his socks to create the illusion of him wearing the special sandals. What odd conspiracy have we uncovered here?

Dad got sandals. Do they come with the game?

The family. They must spend a fortune on batteries.

The man’s feet have wisely been covered up with socks. Not even the SICKEST internet perverts want to see the feet of men. They’re even uglier than seeing a ball bag flapping about during pornography feature films.

That’s more like. Hot, naked, Japanese woman feet.

Tights! Or, for the benefit of any American men who may have inadvertently found this page during a Google images masturbation session, PANTYHOSE.

And the feet of a child. Also wisely covered up.

“Spotted in New York, front of a ‘Guitar Center’ shop. I have no idea who those guys are, but maybe they were cool and famous in the 80s. Pretty much like Sonic – Omar.”

The last one saves it. A T&A rule-invoking 7/10.