"When it comes to the marketing side of things, box art has played almost as big a part of game sales as the design and programming of the titles themselves. In the early days of the industry, it wasn't uncommon for games to have imagery that conveyed completely unrealistic ideas of what the gameplay was actually like."

Seemingly fitting for the name of the game's character, Space Channel 5 boasts one of the most iconic (and sexy) cosplay costumes in the videogame industry. The popularity of the character Ulala is just another reminder how sexy videogame cosplay can get. Here's the best Ulala cosplayer around.

"Now that it’s come out into the open and Sega has revealed to the gaming masses that Dreamcast games will in fact be available on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 via their respective download networks within the next several months, many gamers who remember how awesome a system the Dreamcast have begun collectively rejoicing. Personally speaking, I can’t truly convey my illiberality – the console was ahead of it’s time so much that the technology didn’t exist to fully realize it. Neverthe..."

"This week's Cosplay Babe of the Week was chosen by our SEGAone and Sega1.com teams. She's the last Sega character to grace our pages and a favorite among fans of the rhythm game genre. Originally appearing in Space Channel 5 on the Dreamcast, this week's Cosplay Babe is the lovely Ulala."

Charles Herold has typed up an article about what he thinks would be the best five games out of a list that should've been on the Nintendo Wii but weren't.

He gives a description of each game, why it would work well with Wii and the likeliness of if it will ever grace the Wii.

What games would you like to see on the Wii but aren't?

"Ah, the Rhythm Action genre. Bashing away on a fake, plastic instrument or leaping around like a loon on a bunch of arrows while a banging track plays in the background. Do it well and you’re a rock god on stage in front of thousands or the very ghost of Timberlake himself, throwing down some awesome shapes. For some people, this is escapism at its height. For others, well, they just don’t ‘get’ it."

In the latest batch of screens to come out of the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany for Sega's upcoming rhythm revival, Samba De Amigo for the Wii, there is a brand new iconic Sega character joining Amigo in his jubilant maraca shaking. This new iconic character? Ulala, of Space Channel 5 fame.

Samba de Amigo is being developed by GearBox Software. It is set to release in North America on September 23rd, and in Europe four days earlier on September 19th. You can check out the rest o...