Sunday, January 22, 2012

Just in time for the Super Bowl

Japanese video game developer SEGA has created a video game console called the “Toylet,” in which the strength and accuracy of a man's urine stream are used to control the game, Reuters reported on Thursday. The Toylet comes with a pressure sensor and an LCD screen, which is mounted on the wall just above the urinal so that players can choose their games and check their scores.

I'm not making this up. I couldn't if I tried. Only in Japan.

SEGA has developed four games so far. “Graffiti Eraser” allows players to remove paint by pointing a virtual hose in different directions. In “The Northern Wind, The Sun and Me,” the player is the wind trying to blow a girl’s skirt up; the stronger the urine stream, the harder the wind will blow.

On completion of each game, players can download their scores to a memory stick to compare them with their friends. The console also calculates the total urine volume, so if you ever wanted to be able to have bragging rights among your friends, this is your chance. The Toylet is currently only available in Japan, but SEGA plans to launch it worldwide later this year.

See the video after the jump.