SEGA's New Urinal-Based Gaming Interface

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SEGA's New Urinal-Based Gaming Interface; No, you didn't read that wrong...
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Lady Miracle	Jan 13 2011, 12:18 PM Post #1
[insert something cheerful here] Posts: 8,037 Group: Former Monarchs Member #9,289 Joined: August 20, 2008	So pops was checking the news online when he called me, acknowledging I'm a pretty big fan of videogames, and with a chuckle and a mocking grin showed me this. http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-12/segas-new-urinal-based-gaming-interface-lets-you-pee-points Quote: There was a time when you had to go down to the arcade or pizza shop and pump quarters into machines if you wanted to enjoy a video game experience. Then computers and home gaming consoles brought video game entertainment into our living rooms. Now Sega is cornering the niche bathroom gaming market with a gaming interface named “Toirettsu” in which the user controls the game by peeing on sensors in a urinal. If you can’t go standing up, perhaps Toirettsu isn’t for you (sorry ladies, but your hands-free method allows you to play Angry Birds on the can anyhow). Toirettsu targets restaurant and retail environments, ostensibly in hopes that by giving users goal-oriented mini-games to focus on, their men’s room floors might stay a bit cleaner as gents have somewhere to aim. And, of course, it gives establishments (and Sega) somewhere to place an ad. We’re not so sure that urinal gaming is going to keep floors any cleaner – in fact, it’s not difficult to imagine it making floors dirtier (ever thrown your controller during a particularly frustrating round of Halo?). But it will make peeing in public toilets more fun. Layer in a multiplayer, head-to-head (pun intended) function and pretty soon men will be going to the bathroom in pairs too. In all honesty, I have absolutely no idea how to react to this. .__.
	The Muffin Man's wife and a


Muckshaw	Jan 13 2011, 12:31 PM Post #2
The Raskull King! Posts: 306 Group: A Rank Guardian Member #11,298 Joined: August 3, 2010 Xbox Live Gamertag: HudsonHawx	This is amazing.... I really hope they get implemented in the U.S!
	Muckshaw


Cee Jay Haych	Jan 13 2011, 12:32 PM Post #3
"I didn't use the whole thing ...." Posts: 3,252 Group: =SB= Kings Member #9,868 Joined: March 28, 2009	I have a T-shirt for an occasion such as this.



Ludichaos	Jan 13 2011, 12:36 PM Post #4
[Outrealm Vagabond] Posts: 4,994 Group: C Rank Legend Member #11,272 Joined: July 25, 2010	Link appears to be broken. But reading that all I can say is "lol wut". I make a habit of not using public restrooms much anyway, so I think it's safe to say I don't have a use for this. Points for crazy idea-ness though. ^^;
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Lord Eileanach	Jan 13 2011, 12:49 PM Post #5
. . . Posts: 2,778 Group: Former Monarchs Member #10,054 Joined: June 13, 2009 Gender: Male Country: Brazil Steam ID: Eileanach	That is.... a really strange idea. I can see men sneaking off the toilet more regularly if that gets implemented here in Europe and the US! May give a lot of wives a much needed break though if they are out for a meal and he just said something annoying so she can dismiss him with: "Oh just go and play a game in the urinal!"
	~Eileanach~ Oh, stop the world I want to get off!


Phoenix-Saturn	Jan 13 2011, 12:54 PM Post #6
i just wwant to be beautiful for this one month Posts: 7,528 Group: A Rank Legend Member #10,191 Joined: July 27, 2009	Um... Wow... I guess... Um... I really don't know how to react here.
	i'm actually really sorry bout this unfashionably late as alwways I... Am... THE WEREHOG SUPPORTER! MUHAHAHAHA! Howl


Radar	Jan 13 2011, 01:06 PM Post #7
Good to be back Posts: 2,496 Group: S Rank Hero Member #9,063 Joined: June 14, 2008 Gender: Male	I have one thing to say: Urinal gaming? What a load of old piss!



Lady Miracle	Jan 13 2011, 01:17 PM Post #8
[insert something cheerful here] Posts: 8,037 Group: Former Monarchs Member #9,289 Joined: August 20, 2008	Hakumen Jan 13 2011, 12:36 PM Link appears to be broken. Link works fine to me. \|P In any case, the quote contains everything written in the article.
	The Muffin Man's wife and a


Ludichaos	Jan 13 2011, 02:38 PM Post #9
[Outrealm Vagabond] Posts: 4,994 Group: C Rank Legend Member #11,272 Joined: July 25, 2010	Radar Jan 13 2011, 01:06 PM I have one thing to say: Urinal gaming? What a load of old piss! This is all sorts of win, right here. xD Also, link comes up with a "we can't find the page" type deal for me. But whatever. Must just be me failing. xP
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The Milkman	Jan 13 2011, 03:08 PM Post #10
I am The Milkman. Posts: 523 Group: B Rank Knight Member #11,336 Joined: August 21, 2010	This makes me both hot and bothered. And that's just hilarious.
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Cat	Jan 13 2011, 04:04 PM Post #11
Your fate is mine to decide. Posts: 1,270 Group: A Rank Hero Member #10,657 Joined: January 3, 2010 Steam ID: The_Cats_Right_Paw	This... Oh, gawd... Why can't I stop laughing?



Silv™	Jan 13 2011, 04:23 PM Post #12
Trying to go with a theme this time Posts: 3,032 Group: E Rank Legend Member #11,365 Joined: August 31, 2010	This could be a start of something.... GOLDEN! Guess what gave me the idea to add THAT adjective!
	Something I made long ago My Stamps Agnosticism, explained Quote: I neither advocate nor demote the successes and demonizations of man's science or divine visions. I'm just saying following books translated by mankind, capable of deviant sin isn't a source of reputable knowledge I'd plan one's own life around or ahead to. I'm without a faith in either of which not because I choose to be jaded or blind to them, but because I would rather figure things out through my own eyes, not ones of others' zeal. It would seem askew of me to correct your last statement just the same. But it is arrogant to assume my faith lies in something as paltry as technical aspiration. ~Moddex Its that simple. For my cousin, Akimoto Tieko: My ode to Akimoto "Moto-Moto" Tieko. You will forever be the Samurai you wished to be when you grew up. My color My Characters No tags -Kenji (Person)- #8b0000 -Hachiro Alakdan- -Mobius Koch Lingenfelter- #000 -Kenji Bushido (OC)- #005682 -Vriska Serket- #004F00 -Masumi Yuriko- More to come.... DeviantART Page FTW


Tammy	Jan 13 2011, 04:55 PM Post #13
Lava Reef Act 1 Posts: 2,605 Group: E Rank Legend Member #10,015 Joined: May 29, 2009	~puts finger to chin, tilts head as I try to think about how this idea is even remotely sensical or can be seen in any way except horrible vulgar~ ~shrugs~ Eh. I've seen weirder shit in my life.



Lady BlizShadow	Jan 13 2011, 05:05 PM Post #14
I still can't use this. Posts: 6,546 Group: Former Monarchs Member #6,722 Joined: March 16, 2008	Oh, Japan. What wackiness you love to imbue in daily life.
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D-Metal X	Jan 13 2011, 05:06 PM Post #15
TIME TO REALLY EXPLODE! Posts: 1,354 Group: A Rank Hero Member #9,196 Joined: July 13, 2008 Playstation Network ID: MSX8976 Xbox Live Gamertag: MetalSyX	Huh, I'd imagine this kind of game would be released for the Nintendo... Wii. Thank you, I'll be here all week. But on topic, it's safe to say it's one of the more creative ways to play a game in recent years. Of course, we can just call it another quirky Japanese game, too.
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