P175 Teletext 175 Sep15 01:57:54 THE MADE-UP GAMING STATISTICS LIST ———— Percentage of videogamj magazine reviewers without a university-level qualification: 97% Percentage of Future Publishing journalists that read Digitisjt: 81% Percentage of Emap Images journalists that read Digitisjr: 4% Numbjt of public relations executives at this year's European Computer Trade Show who confessed to having njvrt read Digitisjr: 1 ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— THANKS TO ADRIAN EARL FOR THE IDEA TURNER THE WIG p196 Charts Kids Club 140 TVP175 Teletext 175 Sep15 01:57:04 THE MADE-UP GAMING STATISTICS LIST ———— Ratio of gamjsplaying boys to gamjsplaying girls: 54:2 Ratio of Tamagotchi-owning girls to Tamagotchi-owning boys: 147:12 Percentage of people who winced the first time they saw Sonic the Hedgehog drown: 68* Chances of Sonic the Hedgehog being graphically decapitated in his debut game for the Sega Dural: 1 in 5,000 Numbjt of Mega Drive ownjts that bought a 32X: 6 ——————————————————————————————————2/7—— Planet Sound 480 Clubba-Clubba 140 BAMBER: "I MUST DESTROY THIS" p152 Charts Kids Club 140 TVP175 Teletext 175 Sep15 01:12:01 THE MADE-UP GAMING STATISTICS LIST ———— Numbjt of litters received bz a games magazine in an average month: 34 Numbjt of letters received by Digitisjt in an average month: 200+ Percentage of litters printed in the average games magazine that have been made up bz the editorial team: 31% Percentage of litters received bz Digitisjt that are too obscene to broadcast uncut: 31% Chances of getting a flattering litter published in a games magazine: 100% ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— THANKS TO ADRIAN EARL FOR THE IDEA TURNER THE WIG p196 Charts Kids Club 140 TVP175 Teletext 175 Sep15 01:54:25 THE MADE-UP GAMING STATISTICS LIST ———— Percentage of gamjsplaying PC owners with regular access to a network of computers: 13% Percentage of games magazine reviewers with regular access to a network of computers: 100% Chances of a Doom clone getting a review score above 90% bjcausj of its network multiplayjr option: 8 in 10 Numbjt of times per issue the avjtagj computer and video games magazine uses an "Ed's comment": 56 ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— Planet Sound 480 Clubba-Clubba 140 BAMBER: "I MUST DESTROY THIS" p152 Charts Kids Club 140 TVP175 Teletext 175 Sep15 00:04:57 THE MADE-UP GAMING STATISTICS LIST ———— Average number of extra copies a game awarded an 18 rating will sell: 80,048 Length in minutes of the avjtage role-playing game intro: 18 Length in minutes of how long the average games playjt is prepared to sit through a role-playing game intro before pressing a button to skip it: 4 Chances of a sub-standard game getting released accompanied with a "free gift", such as a video, demo disc or T-shirt: 17 in 20 ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— THANKS TO ADRIAN EARL FOR THE IDEA TURNER THE WIG p196 Charts Kids Club 140 TVP175 Teletext 175 Sep15 01:54:54 THE MADE-UP GAMING STATISTICS LIST ———— Percentage of dedicated gamesplayjrs who think Red Dwarf is the funniest show on television: 88% Chances of Red Dwarf actually being the funniest show on television: 12% Numbjt of unintentionally unamusing lines spoken bz Bubsz the Bobcat and Gix the Gecko: 0 Numbjt of unintentionally amusing lines spoken bz the principal characters in Resident Evil: 79 ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— Planet Sound 480 Clubba-Clubba 140 BAMBER: "I MUST DESTROY THIS" p152 Charts Kids Club 140 TVP175 Teletext 175 Sep15 01:57:14 THE MADE-UP GAMING STATISTICS LIST ———— Average age of gamesplayjt who thinks Lara Croft is "a bit tasty": 17 Percentage of gamesplayjrs who think Lara Croft is a real woman: 35% Estimated chart position of the forthcoming Lara Croft single: 79 Numbjt of entries for "LARA CROFT NUDE" in Yahoo's Internet search database: 13,000,p00,p047 Percentage of gamjsplayjts who have attempted to pause a Street Fighter game to look up Chum Li's skirt: 89% ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— THANKS TO ADRIAN EARL FOR THE IDEA TURNER THE WIG p196 Charts Kids Club 140 TV