This is the sort of miserable thing you stumble over when having to write about Nintendo products as part of a job. Products like this exist so THE MAN can tell his shareholders the dividend will be 0.5p per share higher this years thank to innovative launches in the lifestyle space.

It’s the Hori Remote Stand. It’s a box with a logo on, yours for approximately 500% what it cost to get 10,000 of them made and shipped over.

Wonder if it comes with instructions?

This is a rubbish YouTube video based update, but we’re going to DEFY CONVENTION by uploading a representative still image rather than embedding the video.

Here’s the representative still image. It’s a corker.

“Please watch this Youtube video and put it on your site in case you deem it news-worthy. It hovers between the ‘works ironically’ and ‘works if you accept irony as matter-of-fact’ meta level, so it should be perfect for your website” – Chris.

Can’t get in trouble for having these photos of Sophie sitting in clear view on the desktop, as she’s doing something about and for video games. There’s an Xbox logo and everything. We’d be allowed to print these out, even.

Nice, but no shoes. We can’t construct an elaborate but believable fantasy scenario about meeting her at a press event and things leading to other things without knowing what…

…that’s better. Black ones. Shame you can’t see the toes but at least there’s a small amount on instep on offer. She probably would’ve charged extra for showing toes. Here’s the press release as a thank you to Microsoft.

KINECT FOR XBOX 360 ‘COMES TO YOU’ GIVING THE UK A TASTE OF CONTROLLER-FREE GAMING

Kinect Comes To Your Back Yard

www.facebook.com/kinectforxbox360

LONDON – Thursday 23 September 2010 –Xbox 360 announces today the launch of a nationwide competition, giving UK consumers the chance to experience the magic of controller-free gaming in their very own back yard. The ‘Kinect Comes To You’ competition will roll out at the end of September 2010, with members of the general public being invited to submit their reasons as to why Kinect for Xbox 360 should come to their local town, school, village, road or even backyard.

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Sonic 4 is the one remaining upcoming game we may buy, or at least make a clumsy attempt at obtaining for free, whenever it is scheduled to come out.

If someone could contact us via email to say when it is scheduled to come out, that would be great. Also please send through a reminder when it actually does come out, as we’re likely to have forgotten.

It’s come to this. Anyone want to buy a games-related web site with a dwindling readership and a vast back catalogue of nonsense? £50 O.N.O.

“I saw this at a Red Robin restaurant near Chicago. I would also send you a photo of my cat but my iPhone only lets me attach one photo per email. It’s your loss. I’d send you a second email just with the cat photo, but I don’t feel like it” – Joel.

Can we have this printed on a t-shirt, packed lunch box and matching flask, please.

If this was five or ten years ago, we’d be working on an illustration showing the three bum holes accordingly lined up around the back.

Got this. Didn’t ask for it or knowingly register an interest.

“Recently I was among the lucky BCC recipients of an email from ‘Darxiide nWarriorz / Northwest Hip Hop’ himself! The original subject says it is “(VIRAL)” so it is only my duty to forward it to all my contact list. It’s refreshing to think that after all those years people are still trying hard to lower the Sonic experience” – OC.

This incredibly dated promotional video illustrates exactly how SEGA managed to spunk away all its Mega Drive momentum in the space of a few short months.

Courtesy of “GigerPunk” who says he found it while casually browsing the YouTube Time Machine. Which, in his mind, is a better thing to admit to doing than saying he was looking for Mega CD adverts. Funny how some people’s minds work.

CHU CHU ROCKET IS BACK :)

ON iPHONE AND iPAD :(

Face switching from smile to frown at a rate of five times per second.

FACTS:

Just like the original fan favorite from the Dreamcast console, the highly acclaimed cat and mouse puzzler will require players to guide the little ChuChus to their rocket ship before the evil cats get to them first in a variety of different play modes sure to challenge new and veteran players alike.

At launch, ChuChu Rocket will offer over 145 different levels to challenge players as they move mice away from harm and into the safety of a rocket. Utilizing tile arrows to navigate their little ChuChus, players will guide the mice through mazes filled with cats, holes in the ground, and other obstacles.

Game Features:

Wild Puzzles – Help the ChuChus escape the evil KapuKapus in 145 puzzles spread between Normal, Hard, Special, and Mania difficulty levels.

1 to 4 Player Multiplayer Battles – Play free-for-all or in team battle as frantic action ensues across 25 intense multiplayer levels as up to 4 players battle it out via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

Tons of Game Modes – Beginner and expert ChuChus alike can enjoy cheese-erific game modes including Puzzle, Challenge, and Multiplayer Battle.

Exclusive iPad Feature – If you thought ChuChu multiplayer was insane before, wait until you try it on the iPad featuring 4player on a single iPad. Push, shove, and flick your way to victory!

The packaging is now white. It was black . That’s today’s news. We’ve put this in the news category. Please link back to this update when re-reporting this exclusive development.

“Hello. I was living out a dull existence until I recently passed a machine that contained these ‘stylish’ SEGA glasses. I was concentrating so hard on taking a picture that I didn’t check what you had to do to win them. Still, if you’re ever around Worcester Bus Terminal, maybe you could check it out?” – Jonn.

WE WANT ONE OF THESE
There’s a personal cheque for £30 up for grabs if anyone can send us one of these to review. Preferably one that hasn’t been used so we don’t have to deal with reader’s ear wax.