Jet Set Radio Interesting Facts/Trivia
So it's been a while since I've done one of these, all the way back to my Ratchet and Clank article. But now I feel like I've been away from this sort of article for a while, so here we go! Some interesting facts about the Sega Dreamcast game, Jet Set Radio. Sega Graffiti Contest in America An entry into the "Graffiti is Art" graffiti contest. A few weeks before the North American release of Jet Set Radio (then Jet Grind Radio), Sega hosted a contest in San Francisco, CA called "Graffiti is Art". The contest aimed to promote Graffiti as an art form rather than vandalism, since their new game had graffiti as a central mechanic. Then mayor of San Francisco, Willie Brown, attempted to shut down the contest through the revocation of Sega's permits to host such an event. However, Sega of America had acquired all of it's permits to host the event in a completely lawful manner, and the contest went on as planned. Over 138 entries of ...