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SEGA Brings Gaming To Public Restroom Toilets

Posted by samzenpus on from the hold-my-joystick dept.

kkleiner writes "SEGA recently announced that they are testing their Toylets male urinal video game at select locations around Tokyo. Toylets uses a pressure sensor located on the back of the urinal to measure the strength and location of your urine stream. A small LCD screen above the urinal allows you to play several simple video games including a simulator for erasing graffiti and a variation on a sumo wrestling match. At the end of a game, the screen displays advertisements. Whether you find the concept hilarious, disturbing, or disgusting, urinal video games are simply another way that interactive media could invade every part of our lives. It also shows that no space is safe from digital ads."

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  1. I'm sure... by bmo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This will help keep people from peeing on the floor. Goddamn, it's as if people haven't made it past potty training very far.

    "The lights went out in the bathroom and I missed EVERYTHING" - firesign theatre "Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra"

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    1. Re:I'm sure... by krou · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Reminds me of that story about the fly in the urinal to change human behaviour and get men to aim.

      However, in this case, it makes me wonder if that would work: if you have to erase graffiti, for example, that would suggest you have to change aim a bit.

      Pretty interesting concept though. As my one friend remarked to me, it won't be long before they're doing this in the toilets, and people get to play Angry Turds.

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