Daily Blips: Game News from June 9th, 2009

Although we think the World of WarCraft soda below is silly, it's not nearly as bad as the official WoW elf ears you can buy. Or good depending on which side on the irony line you're on.

News Blips:

â€¢ Personify a videogame stereotype by drinking World of WarCraft-branded Mountain Dew. In case you need to level up your nerd cred, Mountain Dew is releasing special WoW-themed beverages for you to sip on while you loot orcs with your guild. But, then again, if you're regularly playing WoW, your nerd cred is likely maxed out at level 80 already. [Joystiq]

â€¢ Valve finds chill pills in abandoned bathroom, hands to boycotters. Yesterday, we talked about how some angry Left 4 Dead fans are protesting the recently announced Left 4 Dead 2. Today, developer Valve responds saying their game is awesome. Tomorrow, nothing is resolved. [1UP]

â€¢ Sony thinks PSP is a loser, will not give it trophies. We (more like Shoe) love bragging about our in-game accomplishments, but if you're expecting the PS3's Achievement-like Trophies to eventually appear on the PSP, you're going to have wait the unbearably long time of never. Seems like the easily hackable ways of the PSP is keeping Sony from including the accomplishment trackers. You can always create your own trophies, though: Public Reputation Suicide -- Purchase Hanna Montana PSP bundle. [Joystiq]

â€¢ Koei Tecmo encourage employees to pop out human "sequels." The folks behind Dynasty Warriors and Dead or Alive are actually giving paid bonuses to workers who have multiple children, the biggest being $20,300 for those who have their third kid. Bet Octomom is pissed she didn't know about this sooner. [Kotaku]

Hit the jump for some video blips, including a Brutal Legend trailer, wacky Just Cause 2 antics, the secret to Space Invaders tactics, and...more.

Video Blips:

â€¢ Brutal Legend trailer is harsh on the ha-ha's. Watch at your own risk.

â€¢ Watch a Just Cause 2 developer walkthrough. Reason: it looks fun.

â€¢ Become a Big Daddy in BioShock 2 multiplayer, sadly no bonuses from Koei Tecmo apply. Still looks cool, though.

Cultural Blips:

â€¢ Learn Space Invader tactics via pretty wall decals. These guys need to hire a better strategist. [technabob]

â€¢ Super Mario Land theme without the bleeps and bloops. Instead, you can hear the lush sounds from a violin and guitar. Soothing. [Kotaku]

(4)

Toby Davis

June 09, 2009

Hey same thing could have been said about Dr. Pepper. For the guys who think they will be better during the MLG drink Dr. Pepper.

Dan "Shoe" Hsu

Ha, I love this line:

Or good depending on which side on the irony line you're on.

The Only WOW merchandise I have ever thought about buying were the WoW Steins that cost about 80 dollars a piece before shipping and tax.

Ed Stumpfel

I tried the mountain dews, partially because I'm a huge nerd (and luckily a recovered WoWaholic) and also because I like to randomly try new flavors of mountain dew (even though I don't drink much soda anymore). The horde flavor overall was better in my opinion, but like the halo one last year or whenever that was, normal mountain dew is still better. Though really if I'm not going to simply be drinking water, I'd rather have a NOS >.>