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BE JEALOUS.

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]

Despite his recent downward spiral, the Blue Blur remains the U.K.’s top video game character, blazing past the competition with 24% of the vote. It remains a mystery as to how Sonic ranked so high (it must be something about his green eyes, his Nike Check™ like smile, or his ability to just not die.)

This aside, the Hedgehog’s come as little surprise, given the incredibly strong sales titles such as Sonic Heroes and, more recently, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games sported in the region.

The poll was conducted in honor of the opening of the London Games Festival, collecting the votes of 500 gamers. Other notables include Mario (at 21%) and Britain’s own Lara Croft (16%). Hit the jump for the full press release. You may be pleasantly surprised at some of the top 10.

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The Sonic community never fails to be just as bad as you stereotypically imagine it. As a promotion for Sonic Team’s upcoming Sonic and the Black Knight, Sega of America is holding a fan art contest, with the best 20 being featured in the game.

The results are pretty much what you expect.

The Minus World has taken the brave step of managing to pick out the 20 worst drawings and have collected them for your mock–er, enjoyment. Hopefully we’ll get some decent fan art in the game, but who knows.

British gaming mag DC:UK decided to forgo the Happy Meal-style of tie-ins for the release of Sonic Adventure, opting instead for Happy Hour. Phil Westoby, manager of The Hush, came up with cocktails for each of the main characters of the game. Details on drinks such as “The Knuckles Duster” and “Formula 102″ can be seen on the scan thumbnails, shown at right.

Tails’ drink is described as being both “sugary sweet” and looking like “a cloudy urine sample.” Ironically enough, it’s also the one of the only drinks without the word “fruity” used to describe it.