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Posted on 11.19.09 by Widge @ 3:09 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.   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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Posted on 11.11.09 by Widge @ 2:57 am
Comments on this: 6 so far. Add your own.  Spike Hardcore Energy Drink, in the "Orange Cold" variety, is quite possibly one of the most amazing drinks I've ever had the opportunity to try. It is probably the most intense orange drink I've ever tasted--so let me try to explain to you what this experience is like. Imagine that orange drink they used to have (or maybe they still have it, I have no idea) at McDonald's. The one you used to have as a kid. The one you thought was awesome because it was like mainlining orange-flavored sugar. Now imagine that all the regular sweetener they used to have is gone and replaced with sucralose. So there's this intense burst of fake orange flavor that just gets faker and faker as the main taste fades out and the sick sucralose aftertaste is all that's left. It is taking all of my will power for me to take a sip every couple of sentences to make sure I've captured it sufficiently for you. What's sad about the drink is that I'm sure if I could get past the horrible taste, it would be amazing. 350mg of caffeine in a 16oz can. A utterly ludicrous 33,333% of your B12 requirements. So I'm very depressed by the taste. And impressed as well, because normally it's the aftertaste that kills a sucralose drink for me--but here even the initial burst of flavor is bad. I can only assume they've upped the sucralose to cover the caffeine taste that comes with having so much in the can. Oh well. Categorized as: Drinks and Reviews
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Posted on 11.09.09 by Widge @ 3:58 am
Comments on this: just one. Add your own.  The most striking thing about Liquid Lightning is how very light tasting it is...I'm assuming this is due to the combination of inositol and "corn sweeteners" instead of regular sugar or even high fructose corn syrup. I'm also making the assumption that HFCS and corn sweeteners, even though technically they sound like one in the same, are different--since otherwise you'd just say HFCS. Not that I could tell you offhand what the difference actually is. It's got a slight berry taste and some aftertaste--probably due to the inositol--but it's not enough to turn me off completely. Indeed, I think the drink is fairly effective for what we want it for: namely, getting buzzed. It is a bit confusing since normally nutrition facts tells you the amount per serving, but this appears to tell you the amount per the container, which contains two servings. That would explain the 200% of your RDA of Vitamin C that's listed at the top of the can and also in the nutrition facts. This, however, means that it only has 100mg of caffeine--which is a small amount for a 16oz. can. Therefore, I can only assume the buzz I'm getting is off the metric fuckton of B vitamins. And by that I'm talking 140% of your B3 requirements, plus 500% of B6, 130% of B5 and 1290% of B12. That or whatever "FRB: First Real Beverage" means. Without context, it's a pretty useless addition to the front of the can. I mean, after all, isn't the first real beverage technically...water? Like I said, the taste is not the best I've ever had--and the aftertaste is a little distracting--but it does appear to be an effective drink, and I wouldn't turn down another can of it. Categorized as: Drinks and Reviews
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Posted on 11.07.09 by Widge @ 6:48 am
Comments on this: just one. Add your own. 
Written by: Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick My Advice: Matinee So, you know, zombie apocalypse. Not just zombie apocalypse, though--fast zombie apocalypse. The world, as you might imagine, goes to hell in a handicart. Shuffling amongst the ashes is our protagonist, known only as "Columbus" (Eisenberg). At first glance, he seems like an unlikely survivor. Ken Foree's Peter or Tom Savini's Blades he's definitely not. But he does have a ever-growing series of rules (shades of Max Brooks) that he adheres to. Although sometimes he bends them, like when throws in with "Tallahassee" (Harrelson), a borderline sociopath with a temper and a serious world-shattering hankering for Twinkies. This is the story of how anybody manages to survive in what Columbus refers to as "Zombieland." In a world where Shaun of the Dead has already come and gone--or rather, come and lingered, since it's that damn good--at first glance, the idea of another zombie comedy might be greeted with apprehension. And well, this one was. But Shaun, the British entry into this small sub-sub-genre was a well-written blend of comedy and pathos that was also a love letter to George Romero, Zombieland is, in essence, Shaun's clumsy, goofy but fun-as-hell American cousin. Categorized as: Movies and Reviews
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Posted on 11.05.09 by Widge @ 3:47 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  So for being in Baltimore on the occasion of the Poe Bicentennial, my first thought was to find a 7-Eleven, as we don't have them in Atlanta. There have been reports before of drinks one can only find there. The Simpsons tie-in event was there, for example. But all I was able to lay hands upon at first was this: an energy drink based around the Domo character. This is the great mystery, as no one I was able to talk to while I was here understood why this character was popular enough to be plastered about the store in this promotional manner. Indeed, most Americans probably don't know what the character's name is, only that "it's that thing chasing that kitten in that joke picture about masturbation." As for what this drink has going for it, it's got 50% of your RDA for Vitamins B6 and B12, plus Guarana. Caffeine content? Unknown...although I'm thinking it's in the Red Bull 80mg arena. And speaking of that Simpsons tie-in, this drink is from Boston America, who brought you that Duff Energy Drink as well as another novelty drink, Tropic Thunder's Booty Sweat. Categorized as: Drinks and Reviews
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