We like the way random, disenfranchised people occasionally use UKR to vent their rage. This rage is about Canadians boasting about their tax breaks and trying to nick UK staff at a development event.

It’s a bit over our heads, to be honest, but it might annoy a few people and make us a new enemy, and we still like doing that.

“Don’t know whether this news has reached you yet but a lot of us were very fucking pissed off at finding mockup Canadian Passports placed on our seats at this week’s Game Horizon in Newcastle. Put there by sponsor QuickStart Global, inside it listed all the benefits of relocating your British business to Canada – all cheekily packaged as a Canadian passport” – B.

CONTINUED:
“Myself and the other delegates were furious but not knowing the organisers didn’t know who to complain to. Excuse my language but it’s piss poor that with the current brain drain and continuous exodus of firms and talent to Canada that:

“(a) This outrageous poaching would be tolerated at an RDA funded games industry event, and…

“(b) Go unreported.”

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.

This will make everything seem marginally less bad. We suspect it was already broken.

“Here is a good video of my friend smashing a PS2. You would never find it unless we told you it was here” – Andy.

The intoxicating jungle rhythms make the scene appear even more PRIMAL and unsettling.

“Who knows what kind of ‘issues’ were being had with it, but I highly doubt it called for destroying what looked to be at least a good Dreamcast to use for parts” – Alex.

From the mad world of Etsy. Obviously. It’s an apple-scented, Dreamcast controller-shaped bar of soap, that’ll be ideal ideal for lubing yourself up with from the safety of behind a double-locked bathroom door.

“Saw this and thought of you! Best reason to have a wash ever… although it would be a shame to sully it for such a base use. Mind you, I almost didn’t bother sending this since you totally ignored the last (almost as worthwhile!) thing I sent – which spookily was sent exactly a year ago tomorrow” – Nik.

AN APOLOGY TO EVERYONE:
We currently have 472 unread emails in the public-facing email inbox. Your amazing SEGA thing might be one of those, so if it was VERY AMAZING please do send it in again. Mark it VERY AMAZING SEGA THING. Thanks.

There was a mole within Sonic The Comic, who gave out prizes to people who drew and distributed sick Robotnik propaganda illustrations. No wonder “things” soon started going wrong.

“I remembered what the other-other thing I wanted to send you was. I have attached it. It is an image in a magazine which my friend drew, winning him an upside down sonic watch. It’s a pretty crap submission, I’m not really sure it warranted a follow up email, but the attachment is all uploaded now so I’m sending it anyway. Bye” – H.

“Naturally the games have to be modem compatible, and obviously you can’t use it in Britain at the moment” – classic WE HAVE NO NEW CONTENT import coverage of a SEGA product.

We do miss eight-page features on Japanese games you can’t buy or understand.

“Here’s a quick head tip to the Sega Modem from Raze 1991. At least the reviewer knew the real possibilities of the hardware rather than the fantasy that we all believed it would be. My scanner refuses to scan at more than 72dpi at the moment but let me know if you want a better scan and I’ll take it in to the office” – You Likee.

We’ve almost certainly done this before, but we think it’s safe to assume that most people who would’ve seen it have either died or moved on, so here it is again.

“I think you’ll agree that this photo – taken in an arcade in Bournemouth – is proof that Sonic will put his name on any old rubbish these days. The arcade on the pier opposite also had a Sonic air-hockey table. I couldn’t take a photo though because some kids were playing on it and I didn’t want to be branded a pedo” – Matt.

He doesn’t say in the listing if this LIFE DETRITUS FIRE SALE is enforced by a new wife or is simply a coming-of-age moment of clarity. Perhaps he needs the shelving for a more productive hobby, like collecting beer mats or mugs?

He even has 32X CD games, so might be a complete lunatic. From here via a man called “Smeg.”

The 1990s were the best, weren’t they? What has the 2000s given us so far? Simon Cowell and war games, plus an aching shoulder that won’t go away. Thanks.

From reader “Al”. We remember buying a copy of ZZap! 64 in 1992, but this amazing CLASH of THINGS WE LIKE must’ve taken place way later than that. This has to be 1996. A Commodore fanzine was still going in 1996. That’s like UKR still going in 2011.

And this was sent in from reader “BKK” to help “celebrate” the 19th anniversary of the release of Sonic The Hedgehog – “Published in the weekly all formats magazine Games-X, and compiled by Chart-Track forerunner, Gallup. I believe this was the highest position a single format console game had charted in the UK up to that point”. It’s a fairly meaningless anniversary, simply the sort of thing the new-wave of SEGA blogs pretend is an important event so they’ve got something WACKY to write about today. We think.

ALSO WHILE WE ARE AT IT:
A new entry at #4 was no disgrace in 1991, as that was back when charts were allowed to move slowly and not everything was a failure if it didn’t fly in at #1. This country, etc etc.