That is awesome on so many levels.
It may actually be worth pre-ordering, because it's not gamestop.

Hm, damage my frontal lobe and incur suspicion of friends and family... how could i lose?

I had a syringe pen in middle school. It was fun for screwing with people.

That's pretty cool looking. Too bad I'm just not all that interested in Haze (even if it is by Free Radical...), nor have a PS3. :/

... Someone else wanna order it and send me the pen? >_>

I got one of those from my friend who works at the porno shop. Some DVD maker used em as promo items for their porno.

I'm not buying this game even if they fill it with real drugs.

Ok, maybe then I will.

I work at a medical lab. They gave out pens with the company logo on them last years that looked just like this, but they had fake, thick, dark blood in them instead.

Maybe if they bring this to 360...

By the way, can't wait for Timesplitters 4, Free Radical!

I have one of these except the liquid is blue. You can buy them in any novelty store, exactly as pictured.

@kingclip: Why not? It looks pretty cool. And Free Radical has done well in the past.

@lurkaku: The funny part was that when the fake blood evaporated, it looked like a dirty used syringe with slight tinges of caked blood inside. It was much more fun then!

At PAX they gave out Haze caffeinated mints. The box that they came in was a little black box that when you opened it, there was a mirror on the lid. So they were essentially giving out portable coke mirrors/safekeepers.

remember kids :

winners dont do drugs!

come on.....

step up a notch and send a REAL drug-filled syringe.....

next MLB 09, free testosterone with every copy.....not only play as Bonds...BE BONDS!!!

@Double J: You can find those box-mirror mints at any Target.

They're damn delicious and yes....it's basically a little drug keeper. Or you can just hide your illegal rx pills in there too! God Bless America.

why do i have to post to see new comments?

The syringe will be a nice addition to my mushroom shaped, rainbow colored, glass pipe.

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I wonder if there's actually liquid in there, or it's just colored plastic/glass.

This doesn't seem like a good idea.

@Double J:

Yes! The coke boxes.

I got like 5 of them.

They were pretty much shoving them into our pockets on the last day.

And to be fair, the mints inside WERE like crack.

they give the official release date yet ?
and no ! i won't pre-order just to look like i am a junky, and once i explain it to people they will just consider me a stupid ass gamer, so i won't pre-order

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@icepick314: *cough*Reggie Stocker*cough*

Q. Don't you worry that Haze teaches people that all problems can be solved by the misuse of stimulants?

Damn, now i need to preorder this

I would do it, for one thing just because I (think I) love Haze.

But.......that thing is useless to me. No offense to the people who like it, but I'd much rather have some sort of figurine than a pen.

Also, some gift card or voucher would do it for me.

Still leaves me with the problem: Should I pre-order Haze in general, or wait and get it a few bucks cheaper? If I'd pre-order it, then this is of course the best option. Rather have a pen than nothing. :P

Well I just checked amazon UK and they offer Haze to pre-order for 39.99, while the uk Ubishop has it for 49.99.

That's a 10 Pounds pen for you.

Is there seriously anyone over the age of 16 that thinks this is a huge sell point? I would like to think that any mature person is beyond pretending to be a drug addict just because they think it is funny. If they somehow made this needle unique to the game and better than one that you can find at a novelty shop, then maybe this would be special.

@Achaemenid: 10 Pounds, damn, that would really tire out your hand trying to write with.

@ceilingfanboy: I see what you did there.

Had one of these pen .. it broke and the liquid spread everywhere ... So now I can't do jokes about carrying heroin on me ...

Cooooooooooooooolllll.

@Achaemenid: Was it punny?

@ceilingfanboy: A tiny bit.

Then my job was a success.

This isn't good press...
They won't sell the game with this...
I think I'll go cancel my preorder, I seriously don't want to be a part of this marketting stupidity.

And on a side note:
We'll hear from Jack "The Boogeyman" thompson soon, you'll see.

Trauma center had the same preorder special. But who doesnt like needles... I thought it was for allergies.

Has anyone else heard that this game has been delayed until August 2008? I checked on the UBISOFT retail store and that's what it is listed as. So Kotaku-ites, it might not be wise to pre-order that syringe just yet...

Thankfully, it looks like the title will ship in January 2008. I personally can't wait.

The whole drug induced concept is amazing, but last time I saw the game, it was woefully incomplete.

Thaaats the good shit!

I have no interest in this game it looked so incomplete the last time they showed it, the Drug thing would wear a little thin after awhile (like the gimmick in Fear)... But it was a classic moment when showed the abject horror of Miyamoto-Sans face when they showed this hyper violent pro-drugs shooter th Mr. Mario himself....I often wondered why didn't he go to see the littlebigplanet demo?

I require real Nectar!

a while back the cult of rapture site gave these away with red stuff in them as "adam" syringes.
So not really feeling the good vibes off recycled stuff.

@ceilingfanboy: As Homer once said, "I think you're confusing 'drugs' with 'DRRUUUUUUGS!"

I admit I'm not familiar with the plot/setting of Haze, but it looks as though a military type cat is the main character.

If so, his drug use is UTTERLY legitimate, as it's been standard practice for decades to dose-up combat troops with dangerous drugs.
Helps 'em stay awake, maintain reaction time, kill more efficiently, and occasionally encourages them to launch air-to-air missiles at civilian airliners...

Im going to have sooo much fun with that.
Think about the panic i could cause running round stabbing people with it at school.

.....Again with the BAD ideas...stop it Chris

I think any attempt at creating controversy is a sign of being unsure of there game's ability to get attention on it's own. But I'm not that excited about this game, maybe I'd see it different if I was.

@crim: One can argue that spending $10M on a marketing blitzkrieg for a game is a sign of being unsure of the game's ability to get attention on its own.

It's marketing some throw money, some throw fake syringes and others throw ads at it, in the end is the quality of the product what matters because marketing is only about getting your attention to the product, not defining its ultimate quality.

It would be funny if someone mailed a copy to Miyamoto cause i remember when he first seen the demo and it freaked him out. hahaha

but those syringes keep on reminding me of the one games i regret playing. NARC

@Gagamus: If you switch over to the US site they don't offer the pen and the ship date is August 2008.

I'm forcing my buddy to preorder that as we...er I speak...er...type. Yes, yes. Can't afford a PS3 but want one and so isntead I get a syringe drug type pen deal.