Archive for March, 2008

Energy Drink Review: 5 Hour Energy

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

If you’ve watched any amount of television with a target demographic between the ages of 18 and 35, then you’ve most likely seen commercials for 5 Hour Energy. Presented more like an energy drink swift-boat campaign, the commercial lambastes other energy drinks for having too much sugar, caffeine, and ultimately cumulating in a “debilitating crash.” […]

Massachusetts eyes games-as-porn bill

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Cross-post warning: This story also appears on our Gamefilter website.
When not causing mass-hysteria over homemade lite-brites, the local government of Massachusetts likes to do other, more productive things. For example, in an effort to save every child from the increasingly common disease of playing videogames, the Massachusetts legislature is set to consider House Bill 1423, […]

Energy Drink Review: Brawndo

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Coming from the makers of Cocaine, Brawndo is an energy drink made in promotion of a movie that, even when compared against the movie’s release on DVD, is about a year and a half too late. See, usually beverage tie-ins are created in anticipation of another product’s release, like how Mountain Dew created Game Fuel […]