{"id":51,"date":"2007-12-12T01:41:01","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T01:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christinagonzalez.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/12\/trend-video-game-inspired-drinks\/"},"modified":"2007-12-12T01:41:01","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T01:41:01","slug":"trend-video-game-inspired-drinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christinagonzalez.net\/blog\/2007\/12\/12\/trend-video-game-inspired-drinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trend: Video Game-inspired Drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vox-enclosure vox-enclosure-left vox-enclosure-large vox-photo-enclosure\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-inner\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-list\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-item vox-photo-asset vox-last\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christinagonzalez.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6a00e008da362a883401348745972a970c.jpg\" title=\"Super_mario_energy_drink\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Super_mario_energy_drink\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008da362a883401348745972a970c\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christinagonzalez.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6a00e008da362a883401348745972a970c.jpg?w=238\" title=\"Super_mario_energy_drink\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-meta\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-asset-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christinagonzalez.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6a00e008da362a883401348745972a970c.jpg\" title=\"Super_mario_energy_drink\">Super_mario_energy_drink<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nAs I sit here, unable to sleep yet, possibly having picked up my mother&#039;s flu, I look to the internet to provide me with a little distraction. After reading about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolest-gadgets.com\/20071211\/super-mario-power-up-energy-drink\/\">Super Mario Power Up!<\/a> energy drink yesterday, I just read about yet another video game inspired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/2007\/12\/11\/drink-up-capcom-makes-a-sengoku-basara-beverage\/\">set of drinks<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I tried Mountain Dew&#039;s Game Fuel tie-in in both soda and Slurpee forms. I heard the taste described as &quot;liquid gummy bears&quot; once, and I&#039;m inclined to agree. Final Fantasy Potion hasn&#039;t made its way here from Japan yet. I&#039;ve heard it tastes terrible, but I&#039;d certainly try it once for the novelty. <\/p>\n<p>Many of these drinks and game-inspired foods are Japan-only, and unlikely to ever get here, but it is another<br \/>\nexample of this type of cross-marketing. Beyond that, it&#039;s another way<br \/>\nvideo games are a more mainstream part of life these days in many parts<br \/>\nof the world. I&#039;m sure eventually, we&#039;ll see more examples of this sort of thing here in the US. I just wonder what sorts of flavors will be on tap.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super_mario_energy_drink As I sit here, unable to sleep yet, possibly having picked up my mother&#039;s flu, I look to the internet to provide me with a little distraction. After reading about the Super Mario Power Up! energy drink yesterday, I just read about yet another video game inspired set of drinks. 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