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Sonic Candy... Cigarettes? (Smoke If You Got 'Em!)

Cigarettes are bad. They cause cancer. Cancer kills you. But candy cigarettes? Harmless! They only inspire impressionable children to smoke. And who better to rope 'em in young than Sonic the Hedgehog? The "New Tasty 100 percent Stick Candy Cigarettes" were found in the Philippines. Surgeon General warns of serious Sonic attitude!
You Wanna Run Really Fast [UK:R]

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Topps Launches Candy Coated Speed Racer Web Game

Topps, the purveyors of candy treats have just launched a little racing web based game to help promote the upcoming Speed Racer Movie, Speed Racer Candy Tracks The game is exactly what you'd expect from the title, a racing game with a Topps candy tie in. The tie in coming from a massive onslaught of in game advertising for all of their products from Bazooka gum to Ring Pops. The tracks may be pink and candy coated but this Flash game already seems ten times more interesting than the bore fest that is Speed Racer the Video Game. I'm sorry, but having to tack on "the Video Game" at the end automatically puts it on my "don't buy list."

Topps' Speed Racer Candy Tracks Game [Topps]


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Master Chief Is Made Of Chocolate

Reader Max wrote in to let us know that Microsoft's Russian arm has been sending out "some very peculiar gifts to its partners" this holiday, specifically a chocolate Master Chief wrapped in pretty gold foil. As you can see, MC is surrounded by garland, chestnuts and Xbox 360 logos, carrying a sack filled with presents for the good girls and boys of Mother Russia. Maybe an odd choice, but I'm willing to bet that Halo 3 wins the Russsian Spike TV Video Game Award for "Most Addictive Game Fueled by Milk Chocolate." Further size comparison pics of the delicious treat are after the jump.

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New Wiimote Candy Dispenser is Sweet

Pardon our use of early 90s slang, but this Wii candy dispenser is totally sweet. Correction: this Wii candy dispenser is just alright. But the YouTube clip of the poor kid who opens one of these on Christmas morning, goes completely freaking berserk around the house and then has his dreams crushed will actually be pretty sweet. Spotted at the All Candy Expo, this Wii Candy Dispenser can bring joy to no one and should be stopped at all costs. We have no word on price or availability.

Nintendo Wii Candy Dispenser and Mario Kart DS Candy Container [candyaddict]


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E For All A Success In Terms of Candy

E For All may have been a bit of a dud for the enthusiast press attendee, as I had personally spent time with over 90% of the software on hand at previous events, but in terms of Pac-Man themed candy? E For All was a blockbuster hit. After a harrowing experience at the show's "press hospitality suite" in which I was horrified to discover that not a single bartender or Thai masseuse was on staff, I realized it wasn't a total loss. Pac-man lollipops! Yes, please! I uttered the Kotaku battlecry—"This is a post!"—upon finding these, a welcome, sweet oasis when my bloodsugar was at its lowest. Thank you, Namco Bandai Games, for your fabulous candy on a stick.


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Candy Mountain Massacre

From the website that brought you 5 Minutes to Kill Yourself and Viva Caligula comes Candy Mountain Massacre, the latest highly inappropriate game to grace the Adult Swim Games section. It's a 3D 3rd-person shooter which puts you in the shoes of a sexy female exterminator charged with cleansing the creatures of Candy Mountain, who have been turned into vicious killers due to some sort of plague. Dress up in cosplay or don some black-ops gear as you slaughter your way through leprechauns, bunnies, and cooing babies with three different weapons. It's one of the better web-based shooters I've played, running quite smoothly despite the odd glitch here and there. Probably not safe for work, unless your job doesn't mind dying representations of Irish folklore shouting, "Look what you did, ya slut!"

Candy Mountain Massacre [Adult Swim]


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Where Are They Now: Mrs. Pac-Man Edition

Mrs. Pac-Man is doing what any famous entity does as they are entering retirement, using her celebrity status to sell product. I spotted her in all her edible hard-candied glory at Papabubble in Amsterdam accessorized with some pac dots and super-cute, but doomed ghosts. Many people have wandered into the store after smelling the sweet fruity scents wafting out the door and tried to buy the vintage Atari in the display out from under them, but had to settle for a couple of bags of hand-made candy. More »


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Amazing Nintendo Candies

Sa-weeeet! And I mean that in every sense of the word. Reader Ryan writes that his girlfriend got this wicked candy swag for presenting at the Canadian Game Studies Association last week. Apparently she ate the Mario and Yoshi, why he stuck to Donkey Kong and Diddy. They sawed poor crystaline Link in half and chomped his upper and lower in unison.

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Hey! That Ain't Candy In That SNK Capsule!!

Prize games. Put in your money and win nothing. Hit any arcade in Japan, and find 'em by the boatload. Typical prizes: Sweets and stuffed animals. Though, some of these machines could be considered misleading. Take this SNK Candy Capsule. Hit the jump for the NSFW closer inspection. More »

J-Candy Invades Pax
Pocky: Breakfast of champions. I don't know why these guys didn't just set up their booth next to that insanely busy Bawls booth. They you could have lined up for a full meal.

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UK Gets The Bubblegum Pink PS2

Man, if it weren't for the bad dentistry, I'd be really jealous of the English. Not only did they get that very slick looking silver slim-line PlayStation 2, now they're getting that delicious bubblegum pink version. More »

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The Big List of Nintendo Candies

Candy Addict has a hot little number up over on their site: A comprehensive list of Nintendo candy. They got the Nintendo Ladder Game Candy, the mini plastic candy-packed GameCube and the Nintendo Power Mints, just to name a few. How the hell has no one come out with candy Yoshi eggs? That's what I want to know. More »

Minty Nintendo Goodness The perfect stocking stuffer, now if only someone would come out with Playstation Portable candy bars. Nintendo Game Controller Mint Tin [Hot Topic]