Pub Installs Pee-controlled Video Games in Bathrooms
Ready, aim, fire!
When folk start drinking, their aim can get pretty messy. Though there are certain home-remedies for helping those with terrible aim to stay tidy (the old cork in the toilet trick worked a treat when we were at school), one pub in England is taking things to the next level with a video game that is won with perfect aim.
The Exhibit on Friday unveiled a couple of new games for its male patrons. Located in the loos, the video games are controlled by the customer's stream of urine and test the player's accuracy. Tapping into customers' competitive side, there's also a Twitter leaderboard. The pub is also using the games to boost business as the games are interspersed with ads and offers for special deals.
Captive Media, the company behind the games, says that the urinals in The Exhibit are the first of their kind in the world and claims that they offer a unique opportunity for businesses looking to advertise to young men out socializing, a hard market to reach. The company plans to roll out the product across selected bars from early 2012.
"It's taken three years of research and development to get to this point," says Captive Media director Mark Melford. "The reaction to the units so far has been incredible – it’s just so much fun."
"We already had a huge amount of interest in the units from bars, pubs, exhibition centres and retail outlets across the country and overseas – even though we’ve been trying to keep a lid on it," says Captive Media cofounder Gordon MacSween.
Check out the video below to see the game in action.
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Never thought I'd see someone take the phrase "pissing contest" this literally...
Trying to get people to 'pee left'.
I can imagine the fights of those with reduced motor control peeing on each others legs.
Also, from my experience, the worse aim tends to be those in the toilets.
there will be piss all over the screen,
Brilliant, now i won't feel as if going pee is a waste of time at a bar =D Highest score though is the guy with the the most piss. hahahah
OK seriously,
Getting drunk people to rapidly change the direction of their streams can't be good for shoes.
What if you just had s e x?
The stream goes all over the place, you know what I mean?
so wait you are helping me pee straighter by encouraging me to move left to right with a video game ?????? how dumb can this be ?????
-hint. encouraging a person under the influence to move while peeing does not sound viable. wow who encouraged this article. its the worst idea on the face of the earth.
I like the idea of the video game, but instead of spending 1000$ on a urinal video game, how about spending $50 on urinal divider walls, and not placing the mirror so that when you wash your hands you see someones wang.
If you sprinkle when you tinkle...
*sunglasses*
... be a neat and wipe the seat.
YYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
"Hacking" this game could get quite messy......Just sayin'......
If you sprinkle when you tinkle...*sunglasses*... be a neat and wipe the seat.YYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
When you piss, don't miss.
I can just imagine a competitive group of guys getting together to do a "relay race" to reach the bottom of the slope and get the top score. Brings a whole new meaning to passing the baton....
Don't Cross Teh Streamz!!!!
Is there a bonus for trough divers?
this encourages people to hold their pee longer before going to the bathroom to get a higher score at the game.
holding pee longer hurts the bladder.
just sayin!
I notice there have been several (if not many) silly news here at Tom's lately. Is Tom's turning into a tech tabloid?
I can just imagine a competitive group of guys getting together to do a "relay race" to reach the bottom of the slope and get the top score. Brings a whole new meaning to passing the baton....
LOL, i didn't think of that, but that's hilarious. +1
This gives golden shower a whole new meaning and level
after playing too much of these video games, addicted players will suffer from MegaHurtz (they will be numb to KiloHurtz). GigaHurtz will force player to retire. TeraHurtz will.....
terms that now have new/other meanings:
fPs,
clock speed and turbo frequency,
donkey kong,
crossfire x,
duck hunt,
hogan's alley,
flipping the joystick,
stomping the yard,
shooting fish in a barrel,
nintendo .... wii...
etc.
This is old news. It's not even news.
Why not little duckies, bears and such on a conveyor in the middle of the urinal with little targets on them, kind of like the buzz light year ride at Disney?
I wonder if you can somehow play Crysis with the use of a different "controller".
Great now I'm going to die of alcohol poisoning trying to set the high score.
But can it play crysis?
Now match this to facial recognition and keep persistent stats. Allow levelling options based on accumulated experience points.
Sigh... if I wasn't at 'work', I'd be playing Skyrim right now.
I can get drunk, and play video games when I pee!? Count me in, I'm going for the high-score!
It gives the phrase "playing with my penis" a whole new meaning! I can think of some potential problems with such a game though :
- Moving left to right while passing a couple of cold ones could do some splash damage.
- Getting shoved by the guy next to you trying to get the high score.
- Crossing the streams. It would be bad.
Still, I'd be curious to try it if it ever comes in Canada!
Mine starts to burn if I keep trying to force more urine out that doesn't want to come out.
Now, if I was really really drunk, and only because I was really really drunk, I might think it was funny to urinate all over the screen.
Don't raise your arms and cheer too excitedly when you win.
Men everywhere will be asking their buddies to go to the "powder room" with them.
Women upset they don't have a game.
Women won't actually sit on the seat, so they usually make a bigger mess of their bathrooms than us men. Maybe they need a pressure sensitive type game to encourage them to actually sit down.
Do I lose if I don't have enough pee, to reach the end of the hill? Not good for small bladders....
This is the kinda software I thought was going to come out on the Wii.
What if I want to do a jump with 360 degree spins on the ski. How do I do that?