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| Toylets games make a splash in Japan urinals | |
| 2011-01-20 | |
| [The Nation (Nairobi)] Japanese toilets are famed for functions such as posterior shower jets and perfume bursts, but entertainment company Sega has gone a step further by installing urine-controlled games in Tokyo urinals. Four types of "Toylets" games are available to be played during a test period ending this month at four male bathrooms in pubs and game arcades, in a project aimed at drawing attention to digital adverts. Each urinal is fitted with a pressure sensor, and a small digital display is placed at eye level. Digital adverts are shown after the games. Games include "Graffiti Eraser" in which a user tries to aim at the pressure sensor in the urinal to erase virtual graffiti on the display. Or there's "Mannekin Pis" -- named after a Brussels fountain depicting a urinating boy -- which measures the volume of the user's stream. Another is called "The North Wind and The Sun and Me", in which the strength of a urine stream determines the extent to which a virtual girl's skirt gets blown up by a digital wind.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 "The North Wind and The Sun and Me" sure is a poetic name for a game using high-pressure urination to catch a glimpse of some anime panties. Would it be sexist to market a similar game for women (using a sensor in the toilet bowl) called "The Shoe Store and the Credit Card and Me"? ;-P Answer: Not if they could get Sex in the City to sponsor it. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2011-01-20 14:43 |
| #3 Space Invaders? Moon Patrol? Joust? Missile Command? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-01-20 14:36 |
| #2 To aim better, you need a wide stance. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2011-01-20 08:29 |
| #1 Here in Tennessee we call them Tinkle Toys. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2011-01-20 07:34 |