SONY HAS ANOTHER GO AT RIPPING OFF Wii

The Keystone Cops are launching another motion controller for their £999,995.95 shitbox at this year’s E3, according to some serious-looking blog.

Then, when Nintendo reveals Wii 2 and its innovative rumbling d-pad for precise and reliable on-screen control, it’ll be back to the DualShock IV.

DREAMCAST-LIKE LOGO UPDATE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL

Photos (misc) supplied by readers (assorted) of a standard (acceptable).

From another “Dan”. Dan seems to a more popular reader name that Chris these days. Must be a new wave of youth readers we’ve had come in since upping the amount of swearing and colours on the main page.

From someone who wants to be known as “DACHAZ”. It’s of a church somewhere.

From a man who wants to be called “Dreddnaught”. It’s something of his wife/girlfriend’s.

From a “Bob”. It’s one of those devices that lets you count down how many days you have to go until you’re allowed to rest peacefully for all eternity. A calendar.

From another “Dan” amazingly enough. It’s a carpet somewhere in Budapest. This is such a great photo it was very nearly spun-off into a separate update complete with East European cleaning staff friction burn sex fan fiction.

Promotional tat currently in the possession of a “Steve”.

From a “Chris” who would appear to be planning his return to the dating scene and is investigating ways to get his hair back to its former glory.

From a “Richard” who sent an extremely long and detailed explanation and several other photos. Thanks for all that, and sorry.

And finally, a return to an alternate “Chris” who will be attempting to numb whatever parts of his body are still capable of feeling pain with this tonight. Well done, everyone. It’s nice to know we have at least NINE entire readers left.

RIGHT SAID FRED AND SOME OF SEGA’S MARKETING MONEY

Cocaine. Prostitutes. Pub lunches every day. Arcade machines set to freeplay in the reception area. There was nothing SEGA couldn’t afford during its early 1990s domination of the Western Hemisphere.

It bought Right Said Fred’s very small amount of dignity, using it in this horrendous video production:

That’s your favourite band. You’ve got all their albums. You’ve even got a limited edition Japan-only CD that had two bonus remixes.

SEGA UFO CATCHER ERROR MESSAGE SCREEN

We’ve seen photos of SEGA UFO catcher machines before. But here, exclusively, we present the UFO catcher operating system error message. The submitter cleverly raises the tension by getting gradually closer. If there’s one thing we’ve given the internet, it’s the idea of making dull things seem (but not actually be) slightly more interesting by taking photos from nearer and nearer.

We have just gone downstairs to ask. And yes, mum is proud.

“I saw this SEGA prize machine on Clacton pier Sunday morning looking a bit sorry for itself. It was some kind of never-win-prize-grabby-claw machine with an error message. Poor thing probably didn’t know what is was or where it was… I called out for someone, anyone to help me as it lay dying in my arms but no-one came… no-one cared.”

“Not to worry though, I did in fact win a set of polyester dogs from the grab-a-ball-win-a-prize-nothing-to-do-with-SEGA-machine. Good weekend all round” – Andy.

Reader’s hand visible in reflection. If we zoom in and enhance the image, it might be possible to see what sort of camera – or more likely mobile phone – was used to capture the image.

Definitely a phone. The EXIF data just says “SAMSUNG”.

EIDOS DID A SPOOF OF “THE OFFICE” IN 2004

A well-meaning but ultimately misjudged piece of internal humour.

RELATED VIDEOS: Lucy Clarkson gave a boy a video card and probably an erection in the year 2000.

FAT KID WITH ENERGY DRINK BUYS NEW CONSOLE

Fat kid. Energy drink. Games console. There’s a burger in his back pocket and a tuna wrap hidden up his arse in case they didn’t allow food in the venue.

You wouldn’t need so much additional energy from sugar and caffeine if you weren’t lugging 75 additional pounds around with you everywhere.

INDUSTRY NEWS: HARALDUR THORVALDSSON IS GROWING OUT HIS GOATEE

The Hansoft software engineer has abandoned the neatly-trimmed goatee look and is currently in the process of turning it into a full beard. He intends to keep the neckline relatively hairless.

Facial coverage should be complete by Q3.

UK HARDWARE SALES FIGURES

Actual numbers. For the UK. PS3 is last. It’s going to stay last. The best Sony can hope for is that it doesn’t finish last by much.

* PS2 10m
* DS 8.8m
* Wii 4.9m
* 360 3.2m
* PSP 3.2m
* PS3 1.9m

Picture clarified by GAME, PDF transcribed by the brave staff of Edge.

THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF ‘FLAG MAN’

Someone took these photos of Mega Drive Super Monaco Grand Prix. They feature our dear, beloved (NOT IN A GAY WAY) Flag Man. And if you’re waiting for a review of OutRun Online Arcade, stop waiting. It’s the same game as before only without the home mini games and in high-resolution. You don’t need us to tell you that.

BREAKS OUT THE CLICHED BUT SADLY APPLICABLE TEETH JOKE: “Super Monaco for Mega Drive, is it your favourite game? Well it god damn should be because I just found the SEGA Flag Man in it. Maybe you knew he was there all along? Maybe you have some sprite debugger thing that looks through the source code of old games for sprites made of red pixels that flap around like Heath Ledger on prescription meds? I dunno what goes on over there in England, but it’s certainly not brushing your teeth for the majority of your population so I thought I may as well send this to you.”

“I’ve taken pictures with a camera phone of my Cable Ready Teac TV to record the event for future generations. Perhaps in twenty or thrity years people will look back and say: ‘Australia never did get cable, so why did they buy a bucket load of cable ready TVs?'”

“Regardless, this sort of carry on is neither here nor there and certainly not a reflection of the wonderful work you are all doing here on the front line. Poach me a kipper old blighty, because the pics are in the attachment. Your Pal From AustraliaLand” – Brett Bear.

FOR EVERY POSITIVE…

…there is a corresponding negative. It says “Sonic” on the milk shake. Which is why this is up here.

From a “Simon” who provided no explanation as to how he happened upon the image.