Image from news.dengeki.com To help promote the video game Mega Man 9 (or Rockman 9 in Japan)—the latest edition in the Mega Man series—a special energy drink will be released this month in Japan. The Rockman E-Tank Sports Drink pays homage to the E-Tanks used to refill your energy bar in the game. The drink will retail for 137 yen (or $1.25 in U.S. dollars). The new game, in all its retro 8-bit glory, will be released on Playstation 3 (on the Playstation network), Xbox 360 (on Xbox Live Arcade), and Nintendo Wii (on WiiWare). Watch the game trailer after the jump. [via Kotaku]...
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Mixing energy drinks with alcoholic beverages has come a long way since the simpler days of DIY Red Bull-and-vodka concoctions, with companies like Budweiser and Miller creating drinks containing energy-boosting elements of taurine and ginseng, in addition to the caffeine. Now facing pressure from state officials, Anheuser-Busch has agreed to stop selling alcoholic energy drinks: The attorneys general and the Center for Science in the Public Interest have threatened to sue A-B and Miller Brewing Co., charging that their alcoholic energy drinks are marketed to underage drinkers and also pose health risks.A-B, while maintaining that the beverages are legal and not marketed to underage drinkers, nonetheless notified CSPI that it would agree to stop marketing alcoholic drinks with energy supplements...
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Photographs of fridge and cans from agentparanoia on Flickr Homer's favorite alcoholic drinks can also be yours! Kind of. In our non-animated world they only come in the form of energy drinks found at Universal Studio's Kwik-E-Mart (or online at xoxide.com and possibly at Spencer's Gifts and Hot Topic). Of course, you'd buy it for the looks, not for the prospect of a refreshing beverage; agentparanoia tried the Duff energy drink and said, "It tasted awful but looks cool on my desk." Related Photo of the Day: Kwik-E-Mart in the Flesh Top 10 'Simpsons' Candy Moments In Videos: 'The Simpsons': Smiley Faced Breakfast Special...
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...after drinking thirteen different cans of energy drinks over the course of a long weekend I am convinced that my opinion is completely awesome and I could—if needed—run completely through the living room wall into the neighboring apartment. And that's the effect that comparing and reviewing 13 energy drinks will have on you, folks....
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