UAV online! If you're as big of a nerd as I am, or if you watch G4 on occasion you might know that next Tuesday is the launch date for one of the tentpoles of the video game industry, the Call of Duty series, specifically Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. While I am freakin' psyched I realize that this is not a technology or video game blog so I'll just go ahead and assume most of you don't rat's. What might interest you, however, is that the video game company is sponsoring a product tie-in. Moutain Dew, the lifeblood of gamers everywhere, is producing a limited-time flavor called Moutain Dew Game Fuel Tropical.
This is certainly not the first go around with videogame/softdrink cross-promotion. Moutain Dew itself has had success in the past with "game fuel" flavors produced for the release of games in the Halo franchise as well as World of Warcraft. Speaking from personal experience the WoW Game Fuel cherry flavor had a very pleasant citrus taste I preferred over other Moutain Dew varieties. When I saw the new Modern Warfare Game Fuel I had to see how the new product stacked up.
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The first thought that ran through my head when I picked up the new Dew was the terrible experience I had with the
last Mountain Dew product I reviewed on this blog. What a freakin' trainwreck. The new Dew wouldn't have to go far to do better than that. On first glance I noticed this new Dew was green like regular Dew, but slightly darker in color similar to the Distortion flavor they offered a while back. Once I tasted it I have to say the "new flavor" was a bit hard to place. I could tell it wasn't the same formula a regular Dew, but the difference was more subtle than I expected. There was a hint of lime that I found enjoyable though. If we're being honest most the flavor really isn't the point here is it? Hell no! If you're sucking down green soda called "game fuel" it's because you want the caffeine charge required to stay up all night laying waste to hordes of foul mouthed 12 year olds in online simulated combat! Okay, typing that out made it sound more lame than I had intended. Nonetheless, the point is that Game Fuel has all the caffeine you need (121 mg) to stay up all night occupying your mom's basement and having a blast fake shooting fake people on the internet.
UPDATE: I was in the gas station today, and I saw that they are indeed selling the cherry citrus flavored Game Fuel. I bought one, and I can confirm it's still money. Pick one up. Don't sleep on it.
Taste 6/10 I found the flavor nice, but almost too subtle. The cherry citrus WoW Game Fuel from a couple years ago was more enjoyable by quite a bit.
Value N/A It costs the same as every other bottle of pop.
hey man i'am prob the biggest game fuel collector in my county..my dad owns like 10 grocery stores and i got a lot go game fuel ..like so much i had to put it in the living room..last count i had 754 bottles and a lot of cans..aslo i have the store displays and the cod l.a cans to..but the bottle you have is in the new form..i don'y have that one..and i can't find pics or anything of it..If you want to sell it put it on ebay and i'll most certainly buy it....
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