No, I’m not taking the piss – Sega is! The company – once the mightiest force in the American gaming industry – is now installing mini game consoles in urinals around Toyko. You could say the company’s reputation has gone down the toilet – and you’d be totally right.<\/p>\n
Dubbed “Toylets” (presumably because “Wii-Wiis” would have prompted humourless litigation), the devices include a pressure sensor that measures the strength and position of an incoming urine stream. An LCD screen mounted above the urinal displays a selection of simple video games that use the data from the pressure sensor – erasing graffiti, for example.<\/p>\n
There’s even a multiplayer game – “Battle! Milk From Nose!” pits you against the guy who was there last, and translates the strength of your pee into milk spraying out of your character’s nose. So, if your pee flow is stronger, your nose milk knocks the other guy out.<\/p>\n
No, I can’t quite work that one out either. I’m not sure I want to think about it anymore. I wish I could stop thinking about it.<\/p>\n
In between games, the LCD shows ads, assuming visitors will be paying attention after all that manly peeing-for-serious-business stuff.<\/p>\n
Discuss Sega’s Toylet game<\/a> on the MyGaming forum.<\/p>\n