An interesting nugget from the pages of the New York Times appeared today to remind us that everything can kill us; it seems terrorist organization al-Qaeda has been looking into making Sega cartridges into detonators. No word as to why they specified Sega only. As pulled from the New York Times:

One detainee is said to have been schooled in making detonators out of SEGA game cartridges.

The story’s origin seem to come from the case of Hassan Bin Attash - a seventeen year old (at time of capture) detainee that several human rights organizations claim was tortured in Jordan before being held in Guantanamo Bay.

Be careful with the prototypes out there, prototype hunters. You may very well wind up with the one Sonic 2 prototype packing Genocide City Zone.

Next President Will Face Test on Detainees [New York Times]