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Buy A Piece Of History

Back in January we noted that Gizmondo's incredible 'street scene' stand from E3 was up for sale.  Well, one of the guys from the ExhibitTrader site left a comment yesterday, letting us know that the stand's still there, waiting for the first eager buyer. 

With a ticket price of only $110,000 it's perfect for kid's parties or forthcoming interactive festivals in chilly European cities.

Alternatively the price of a Gizmondo itself has dropped on eBay and you can now pick one up, complete with 10 games, for around 40 quid.  It's cheaper than a PSP and has some genuinely nice games.

If anyone you know is in need of a faux urban street scene to help flog some dodgy electronics, please get in touch with Chad Rogowicz at ExhibitTrader, there could be a couple of quid in it for you...

There's Simply No Need For This

They did it. They actually did it.  Despite the campaigning and the protests.  They are bringing out Dragon's Lair on Blu-Ray.

Hellfire and damnation.

Won't Somebody PLEASE Think Of The Children

A delightful story from the other side of the Atlantic to cheer your Thursday afternoon...

A website called The Porn Talk ("How to talk to you kids about porn") has highlighted the fact that Nintendo's Wii can access the Internet. 

They've highlighted this as a danger to children, who can be targeted by the pornography industry.  They mention several sites have changed their design to look like the Wii's own look and feel and play videos.

So far, so sensationalist.  No word on which sites, or why the adult industry would target Wii owners (unless these sites are accepting Wii points).

Reading through the comments on the site, the response from most people has been a cheering 'So what' and 'please go away'.

They do have a point though. The influence of erotica is growing within the games sector.  In the last month alone there have been four adult related stories on this blog alone.

If only our Dads had spoken to us all about porn when we were young.

We only pray they target newsagents, mobile phones and Grattans catalogues next.

Female Gamers Enjoy More Sex

According to games rental company GameTart, women who plays games have more sex than those who don't.

We'll pause and let than sink in...

Yes, there is a direct correlation between playing games and having sex.

According to the release posted on Gamespress:

It’s official – women who play video games have sex more often! Gametart, the UK’s largest online games rental company, carried out the survey throughout January to see how the recent influx of the likes of Pink PSPs and DS Lites would affect gamers’ sex lives across the country.

The results were surprising.

Of our sample of 200 women, those who played video games on average had sex 4.3 times a week while those who didn’t play games only had sex just 3.2 times a week.

Perhaps even more promising for gamers is the fact that many of the women that we interviewed who have only recently started playing games said that they now have sex more often than before.

Gamers have never had it so good!

Sadly there was no information on exactly which games encourage this increase.  A poll of SG.biz staff revealed the most likely titles would include Nintendogs, Microsoft Flight Sim, I Luv Ponies and any WWE game.

This probably says more about the SG.biz staff than you care to know...

(This story was picked up from the  RSS newsfeed for Suicide Girls.  Not sure why that matters, but we feel it does)

Why Venture Capitalists Cry

Far be it from SG.biz to rub salt into  the wounds of those affected by the spectacular failure of the Gizmondo.

However, Gizmodo (no relation) has details of the company's E3 stand, which is currently up for sale.  Originally bought for $2M, it's now going for a far more reasonable $110,000.

Created in that far off, rosy period, when everything looked super, the stand was an entire street scene, with different buildings, display areas and all manner of interesting nooks and crannies.  The thumbnails dotted liberally throughout this post will take you to larger images where you can view it in all it's glory.  Or you can see the whole thing here.

Comments on Gizmodo speculating that this picture was taken during the height of E3 2003 remain unconfirmed, though it does look very similar to the levels of popularity found in the Gizmondo flagshop store on London's Regent Street.

It's a cautionary tale of what happens when huge amounts of VC money mix with dodgy management and a frankly bizarre idea for a new games platform.

If you're a bit of a collector, you'll no doubt be fascinated to hear that you can now pick up an original Gizmondo, plus games, for around 70 quid.

Why Gaming Is SO Much Cooler In Japan

[#1 in a probable ongoing series.]

In store appearances in Tokyo's Broccoli (?) Gamer's shop feature performances by people like the 'T-Backs' (possibly SFW).

Not sure if there was any tie in to a game, but it was probably a fun afternoon.