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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. Pissing Contest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now this is one pissing contest you just have to win :)

  2. Hmmm by cappp · · Score: 4, Funny

    So wait...now I'm supposed to play with myself in public bathrooms? Sheesh it'd hard to keep up with the rules...

  3. Adds new meaning... by Bill+Dog · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...to the term "Wii"!

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  4. Something very important: by mawe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't cross the streams!

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  5. The only way to win... by soccerisgod · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... is not to play at all!

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  6. Just what you were waiting for... by Rolman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Great! The world's first socially acceptable way to admit playing with your penis in a public place.

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  7. Potty Pot Shots by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Back in the 70's, I bought this at Spencer Gifts for a friend. It had small cardboard ships to toss into the toilet, and you could try to sink by pissing on them. If your bladder is full of beer, and your blood full of alcohol, it is a hoot and a half.

    This "game" is much more challenging for women.

    For the non-US folks, Spencer Gifts is a chain of stores in malls (shopping centers) in the US. They sell crap, like stuff to throw into the toilet and piss on.

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  8. In other news: by pinkushun · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Man dismembered by electrocution in freak urinal accident"

  9. 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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  10. Re:All I want to know is... by Linker3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you'd be playing on a pee-to-pee network

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  11. Re:You win hard by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In the end, all of this is just another pissing contest.

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