We like a bit of democracy here at SPOnG - in fact, we like it so much that we often have occasion to enforce it on others - but that's another story. So, when SEGA's PR people approached us (and, let's be fair, the rest of the games media) with the following request for some free hits to their website using the hook of a free vote, we thought, "Why not?"

The plan is that you - the gamer - get the chance to vote on the name of a new race of alien beings that will be featured in SEGA and Bioware's Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood on the Nintendo DS this autumn.

It looks to us like either a darned good idea - many gamers made happy by the name they voted for being chosen; or like a darned bad idea as more gamers are deeply, deeply hurt by their choice being overlooked. But that's how democracy works - unless SEGA is using some form of proportional representation, in which case things could get horribly confused.

Voting will close 14th March, 2008, and the winning name will be announced on 15th March, 2008.

Bye then...



Oh, you thought we'd forgotten to give you the address to vote didn't you? We didn't. We'd vote for 'The Darknood' - because it sounds like Nude with some darkness.