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11.19.09 by Widge @ 3:09 am   I was uncertain what to think about something called "Gamer Grub" that purported to be a "Performance Snack." Especially since from what I can tell (the fine print for the ingredients is mighty fine, if you know what I mean) there's no caffeine in this packet. I know some people will be shocked, but we're about stimulants of all kinds. It doesn't have to have caffeine in it, it's just that a lot of products do. Instead it promises "vitamins + neurotransmitters." And if you're anything like me, then you're thinking: well, what the hell does that mean to me, the consumer? That's a very good question. The back of the package promises that the "tasty blend of Peanut Butter Chips, Peanuts, Strawberries, Strawberry Jelly Chips and Sweet Bread" is "packed with select vitamins and nutrients supporting cognitive performance" and is "scientifically formulated to power your core gaming systems for maximum performance." Yeah, I still don't know what that really means. I do know it sounds impressive. I'm honestly surprised it doesn't have the "this product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease" footnote. The entire package, if you were to eat it all at once (which is, let's face it, what most people in front of a keyboard are going to do with this) gives you 75% of your RDA for Vitamins A, C, E and Niacin with 30% of your magnesium. Of course it's also 60% of your fat intake for the day. Categorized as: Food and Reviews
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11.06.09 by Widge @ 6:19 pm  Okay, so as you may know, we took it upon ourselves to host a Graveyard Book Dessert Challenge. You can read about the whole spiel here, but the gist is that The Neil's book, The Graveyard Book, spent an entire year on the New York Times children's bestseller list. And as a result of the book doing so well, a lot of dessert was being thrown around. Far be it from us to steer clear of dessert, so we challenged you, our readers, to come up with desserts based on The Graveyard Book. Our friends at Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab sent over an entire array of their Graveyard Book-themed scents for the grand prize winner--and we said we would pony up a CBLDF membership for the winner as well. There is trouble that comes from having these challenges--there must be winners and--let's not say losers, let's say people who just win slightly less than others. And in reality, nobody lost, because everybody was provided an excuse to make a dessert and then, of course, eat said dessert. So you're all winners not just in our book, but in the sense that we're all getting larger together. However, we promised winners. And we got it down to three finalists, and then we decided that we had to give the three finalists something, so we ponied up more. Why? Because we love you all. And we are now very hungry. Let's start with the second runner-up: Categorized as: Food
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08.23.09 by Widge @ 2:47 pm Yeah, I know. I thought it was a joke as well. But apparently not. It's true: KFC has abandoned bread for their latest monstrosity, the Double Down, in which you get two hunks of fried chicken enveloping bacon, cheese and some form of sauce. Here's a commercial, shot in the wild: Categorized as: Food
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06.30.09 by Widge @ 2:14 am So Storm (of Paul and Storm, naturally) posted this to Twitter. And by the end of it I was screaming too. I don't know why, I just couldn't help myself. Direct link for the feedreaders. Why is that so terribly disturbing? Best not to speculate. I do see very readily, though, that this strange anthropomorphic hot dog--this refugee from Upton Sinclair's The Fugitive--had an ancestor: Categorized as: Food
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04.12.09 by Widge @ 12:21 am Ken posted this on Twitter and I warn you: after watching this, you will never look at a Cadbury Creme Egg the same way again. Direct link for the feedreaders. Seriously, it's like Tool's Adam Jones decided to direct an advert for chocolate. Categorized as: Food
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