Sega's Toirettsu console allows gaming in bathrooms

The game system itself is called Toirettsu, a play on the words “toy”, “let’s”, and “toilets”, and leaving aside the obvious jokes for a minute about how most Sega games are well suited for this sort of activity, it basically allows for gaming in bathrooms.

Sega’s taking the old men’s room thought exercise to the next level by installing a series of sensors in urinals, which in turn translate to control over on-screen events on a screen located at proper eye-height behind the urinal itself. You’ll be able to do such things as put out fires, erase graffiti with a hose, and even engage in a battle in which two men spray milk from their noses and into each other (strongest stream wins), among other and reportedly even stranger things.

It hasn’t actually been released yet, but word is that restaurants will be happy to get these in as they’ll allow owners to sell advertising space on the screens on a repeating loop when gameplay isn’t in progress, allowing them to get in a little extra revenue.

The general consensus I’ve seen around this appears equally split between “best thing ever” and “dumbest thing ever”, with many people actually holding both responses forth at the same time. And oddly enough, these aren’t even that unique–apparently a similar concept was developed as part of an art installation back in 2006.

I personally wouldn’t mind trying one of these out–is it really a bad idea to make a trip to the men’s room fun? But what about you guys–would you eat at a certain restaurant that offered Toirettsu gaming, all else being equal?