SEGAGAGA BOSS RUSH VIDEO

On the Dreamcast Awesome graph, this is the very highest peak. Stick with it. It’s boring at first, before becoming the best thing you have ever seen.

It is probably the best thing you have already seen, or already seen 1000 times, but, like Carol spelling out MILF, it has a timeless appeal that stands up to repeat viewing.

“Alright there! Just thought I share this SEGAGAGA clip I stumbled across on YouTube. Stumbled across around 11pm with my pants down, that’s how f**kin’ ace this clip is. It’s a mini game from one of the last great Dreamcast games ever, SGGG! The whole idea of the game is to destroy SEGA’s history. Make sure you watch it right till the end (with a few boxes of Kleenex) and keep a look out for the quality Mega Drive 32X CD intro” – Lo.

And since everyone’s going to say this is a shit update as it’s just a link to a YouTube video, here’s another one.

INSIDE A NORTH KOREAN ARCADE

A man took these photos inside an amusement arcade in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. They will make you very, very grateful that your local still has a functioning SEGA Rally and that you are not from or stuck in North Korea.

Pyongyang arcade photos

They will also stop you from complaining that one of the steering wheels on Daytona USA isn’t very responsive any more.

Pyongyang arcade photos

They will stop you complaining about having to wait five minutes for a go on Street Fighter IV.

Pyongyang arcade photos

They will also stop you complaining about having to pay £2 for a go on OutRun2.

Pyongyang arcade photos

They will stop you complaining about the fierce punch button being a bit temperamental.

Pyongyang arcade photos

They will stop you complaining about the state of the decor.

Pyongyang arcade photos

They will make you happy to not be in North Korea.

Pyongyang arcade photos

And then sad about the people in North Korea.

Pyongyang arcade photos

But then happy again about not being in North Korea.

Pyongyang arcade photos

Sent in by a man who we’d better not refer to by name. Thanks very much, Mr Mystery!

SOMETHING SEGA, BY SEGA, THAT SAYS SEGA ON IT

Came with no explanation. Could be anything. Seems to feature Tails in a UFO and is a pretty colour, which is good enough for us.

Three cute mascots in one photo? That’s overkill.

MORE CHINESE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FUN

The fakers have cleverly disguised SEGA’s mascot by giving him a grey beard, as if this is FUTURE SONIC who has travelled back in time to warn today’s children of the expensive dental treatment they will face 20 years from now should they fail to brush regularly.

“Whilst browsing through a tiny shop in central Beijing last month, I decided to get a new toothbrush. A quick glance around and this horrendous artefact jumped out and prompted a photograph from yours truly. Notice the wispy white beard, the long tail and disgusting bulge at the back of his head” – Adam.

Nuke China. This shame must be stopped.


NOT QUITE AS BAD AS THE

  • HORRIFIC MUTANT CAT
  • BRAND NEW ADULT PROFESSIONAL HEDGEHOG MASCOT COSTUME
  • LEMMY AND BINKY HAVE MADE A GAME

    You know, Lemmy and Binky. There’s been a link to them on UKR for some odd reason for years now. They must’ve asked. Here is their game, or “its game” if you consider Lemmy & Binky to be a single entity. When it comes to apostrophes on the internet, there must be no ambiguity.

    The game is called Sexy Beachside Beachball.

    Sexy Beachside Beachball

    You can download it here. It’s an executable file for a PC. We have tried it and nothing bad seemed to happen to the computer. It did insist on downloading some DirectX components, but on the plus side it didn’t attempt to dial a premium-rate sex chat line that terminates in Brazil.

    ELSEWHERE ON "THE NETWORK" #00038

    Some other stuff. Obviously we save all the best stuff for here, which should give you an idea of the sort of bottom-scraping horror that awaits behind the below hypertext links.

  • This thing about terrorists using World of Warcraft to plan attacks.
  • This thing about Halo, because we are supposed to be interested in things like Halo.
  • This thing about a new invention that will save your brain from having to do any remembering of what things look like.
  • This thing which accuses London taxi drivers of being thieves. We expected to get threatened with a beating for this, but it turns out London taxi drivers don’t spend their off-duty time slagging people off on the internet.
  • This thing about what the Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium is up to these days, which also includes a brief layman’s guide to how DNA works.
  • This thing about pictures we can’t not use when they come along, because you can’t not use pictures like this when they come along:
  • Superior genetic pool

    The EU Bikini Rule (1994) earns this batch an automatic 10/10.

    TWO READERS HAVE BEEN TO CARDIFF AIRPORT RECENTLY

    Poor them. They both stopped to take photos of the arcades, though, seeing as they have SEGA signs outside them. It is nice to inspire this sort of misplaced enthusiasm. Perhaps, one day, one of our readers will actually take a high-ranking member of Sony Europe hostage and send us their fingers one by one!

    It’s also nice that people are enjoying Cardiff Airport in some way.

    SEGA report from Cardiff Airport

    “This caught my eye at Cardiff Airport on the way to Edinburgh – two arcades in the airport. The first with Sega Rally in, and the second with ManxTT and OutRun2. Awesome.”

    SEGA report from Cardiff Airport

    “My missus did seem to think that the Wii release of Samba de Amigo was all fresh and exciting and that. I would have kicked the arse out of making the point that the Dreamcast was about about half a billion years before its time, but frankly I could have done without the hassle for the rest of the day. Take it easy!”

    SEGA report from Cardiff Airport

    This one came in from a separate source. A man called “Daniel” gives us a slightly wider angle. This does not make us want to go anywhere near Cardiff Airport.

    SOMETHING ABOUT THE SONIC 2 HD REMAKE TECH DEMO

    The makers got well angry with us when we slagged it off before, so here’s something to make up for it. Two screenshots that, we have to admit, don’t look particularly shit or like the work of unskilled children.

    Something about the Sonic 2 HD remake, as a public service update

    The PC tech demo can be had here. It’s three separate and extremely small scenes that just about run on a three-month-old PC that cost £300 three months ago and has an Intel E8200 inside it and whatever Dell is using for free graphics cards these days.

    That image right there is what turned it around. Very nice. We still give it six months before the team falls apart amid acrimony and the project is binned, though. No one will want to “do” all of Metropolis Zone in their spare time for free.

    SONIC IS STILL FRONT PAGE NEWS

    Front page news on local newspapers in Staffordshire. Last year. For one edition.

    “Here’s another photo to add to your collection. It’s out of the daily newspaper for Staffordshire ‘The Sentinel’. It was even front page news for the first edition, which shows how desperate for newsworthy stories we can be in Stoke on Trent. It’s Sonic visiting a local primary school, nice blur effects I must say, even though he’s Standing still. Enjoy – Al.”

    "MY STOP SMOKING COACH WITH ALLEN CARR"

    There is, you will be amazed to learn unless you are an employee of Ubisoft, a video game called “My Stop Smoking Coach with Allen Carr”. It may also be called “Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking” as it’s listed twice under both names.

    As with all bizarre games based around teaching you something that really ought to come naturally, it is coming to Nintendo DS. This is how Ubisoft has VERY UNWISELY chosen to illustrate it, presumably because it hopes Glamour magazine or Cosmopolitan might “do something” on it.

    Another 100% solid gold Ubisoft classic.

    That chair is the Unwensch, available for £129.

    “Then I did a video game. Sales figures are unavailable.”