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    Mon May 19, 2008 11:38am EDT

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two Belgian beer fans have launched a video game named 'Place to Pee', which allows players to slalom down ski slopes or kill aliens while relieving themselves at urinals.

    Oddly Enough

    Werner Dupont, a software developer, and Bart Geraets, an electrical engineer, got the idea while drinking Belgian trappist beers, they told Reuters Television at a local festival on Sunday.

    "This thing had to be invented by Belgian people and that's what we are," they said.

    The 'Place to Pee' booth is designed for two users at a time and offers two games -- blowing up aliens in outer space or skiing down a virtual slope. Gamers hit their target by aiming at sensors positioned on either side of the urinal.

    A specially designed paper cone allows women to play too, the inventors say.

    Their 'Place to Pee' logo resembles 'Manneken Pis', the little urinating boy fountain that is among Brussels' top sightseeing attractions.

    (Reporting by Marine Hass and Yvonne Bell; Writing by Julien Ponthus)
    Oddly Enough


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