It’s the cold weather’s fault. Makes it hard to write words in interesting or funny combinations.

This thing in which we pretend to react in pretend horror to The Sun doing stuff like this.

This thing about Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

This thing about Master Chief-costumed bank robberies.

This thing about the latest thing scientists have managed to do to mouse brains.

This thing about the MemoryCleanse(TM) Retrospective Discreet Firewall , because you can’t not use pictures like this when they come along:

At this rate of decline we’re unlikely to remain under contract past Week 50. 3/10.

Each wacky manoeuvre this dude pulls nails another stake into the heart of N-GAGE. Perhaps this time it will stay dead?

The money spent hiring him could’ve been put to much better use developing a party game for Wii.

And here we were thinking that all UKR readers existed solely within the confines of bedsits in South Wales, where they obsess about female regional newsreaders and construct elaborate fantasy scenarios where they do something newsworthy – like save a child from a burning car – and get invited into the studio for an interview about their right place/right time heroics.

Then they meet the newsreader in the “green room” and become friends. They decide to go out after the show has “wrapped” and head off for a night on the town. Being a local celebrity, the female newsreader gets into all the coolest bars for free and most of her drinks are free as well. She gets very drunk and eventually consents to sex.

But that is not true. Some of you go abroad and do interesting things other than sitting there with your trousers open waiting for Meridian TV’s Sarah Lockett to cross her legs.

This reader went to Bolivia, for example.

“I have photos of a ‘Dreamcast 2’ bed spread. Found in the jungle village of Rerrenabaque, Northern Bolivia, it features what is clearly blue skies and sunshine too! It is none other than a subliminal message from SEGA’s Dreamcast 2 promotional squad. They get everywhere!”

“Unfortunately it wasn’t particularly comfortable. But then it is hard to be comfortable in one of the most humid parts of the world, even without 1000 mosquito, tick and sandfly bites” – Alan.

This update is the companion piece to Alan’s Bolivian Battery Special, as featured on upcoming metallurgy blog Idiot Toys. Alan has basically saved today from being even less interesting.

Another person has kept some SEGA coins as a memento of a happy day spent playing Daytona USA and then having another go on Daytona USA and then some more goes on Daytona USA in an arcade.

Here is a slightly blurry photograph of some Daytona SEGA coins from America.

“Not the best picture, but here’s two coins from the SEGA arcade at the speedway in Daytona. I have four of them. I wish I’d used them now for another go on SCUD race” – Stephen.

A lot of the Dreamcast logos we’ve featured haven’t been that convincing. This one, however, is PERFECT. It even comes in Rubbish European Blue. It’s so good that we have even resized and uploaded the submitter’s other photo of the cafe chain called Segafredo – a depth so low we weren’t planning on featuring it until at least 2011.

“Here are a couple of photos I snapped whilst wandering aimlessly about the shops in ‘sunny’ Burnham-on-Sea last week. The towel has a vaguely Dreamcast-like swirl logo on it. Stitching was surprisingly good considering it was in a pound shop.”

“The other is from the window and signage of a coffee chop as it has SEGA in the title. Nothing too amazing about that. Apologies for the picture quality, the N95 isn’t all that great IMO…” – Mark.

Astonishing discovery! The timeless original Sonic 1 artwork is still in use today. We doubt “Sackboy” will be selling pork-substitute scratchings in the year 2025.

“Was delighted at spotting something Sonic related on holiday in Jerusalem, and I hope you might like it! Not sure what the product itself was – sweets or crisps I guess. Sorry for the shitty quality, but the guy in the second photo, despite his chipper expression, was giving me some odd looks as I was stooping down photograping an empty snack packet and I didn’t much fancy trying to explain myself!” – John.

Photograph made all the more thrilling by close proximity of poorly-maintained military equipment.

PS3 managed to sell even fewer units in Japan last week than the week before. We cannot believe how OVER it is. It has happened and we’ve been cheering it all the way down!

JAPANESE HARDWARE SALES, WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 19

PSP: 159,816
DS: 29,839
Wii: 26,024
360: 7,856
PS2: 7,261
PS3: 4,725

ANALYSIS
4,725 PlayStation3s is enough PlayStation3s to stretch from one end of a room to the other end of a room. If piled on top of each other, the pile would nearly be as tall as a house. Today’s news agenda set, as always, by NeoGAF.

We bit down, we pulled through. And everything was OK in the end.

This thing which features one of the most astonishing promotional photographs you will ever see.

This thing from which you can gain information about what music is OK to like and what music is NOT OK to like.

This thing about a PS3 that looks a bit like it’d be nice to have.

This thing in which you may accurately gauge how well Nicole Appleton is ageing.

This thing about seeing how big things are.

This thing about National Stop Running Women Over With Your Car month, because you can’t not use pictures like this when they come along:

A perfectly adequate and quota-achieving 5/10.

Here’s a surprise. A bunch of fat fucks who sit around playing Halo all day are pretty “stoked” about getting some Gamer Grub shite for free.

The one in the sunglasses needs punching first, and hardest, and with the force of TEN THOUSAND HAMMERS. Taking out the rest would be a happy coincidence.

Gamer Grub Endorsed by USA’s WCG Gold Medal Halo 3 Team

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Biosilo Foods today announced Gamer Grub received tremendous response for its line of performance snacks at the E for All Expo held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on October 3 – 5, 2008. News coverage of the snack launch included ABC and NBC news, together with numerous online publications.

“From the buzz generated since the launch of Gamer Grub at E for All, we received great response and community feedback,” said Keith Mullin, founder and CEO of Biosilo Foods. “We are currently incorporating much of the community feedback into Gamer Grub, prior to its release in early 2009.”

Gamer Grub, the Official Snack Supplier for WCG USA 2008, is also endorsed by MoB Gaming—USA’s WCG Gold Medal Halo 3 Team. The winning MoB Gaming Halo 3 team is headed to Cologne, Germany on November 5 – 9, 2008, representing the United States in the 80-country WCG 2008 World Grand Final.

“We are proud to have Gamer Grub join the MoB Gaming Family. We snacked on Gamer Grub the entire weekend of E for All, and thought it was amazing,” said Joey Yamcharem “Scrubtwista,” MoB Deep’s Halo 3 team member. “We won the WCG USA, receiving the gold medal in Halo 3. Gamer Grub is the snack of champions.”

Gamer Grub is currently offered in four tasty flavors—Pizza Blend, PB&J Blend, Wasabi Blend and Chocolate Blend. Gamer Grub will be available online and at retail stores beginning in 2009. For more information on Gamer Grub, visit www.gamergrub.com.

Great news from the financial markets! Sony, the manufacturer of over-priced and always-breaking electronics, has issued a profit warning, saying that demand for its over-priced and always-breaking electronics has fallen.

People are finally SEEING.

Today shall forever be known to the financial world as “Pink Thursday.”

Here’s how a city broker reacted to the news.