Drinking

Get Your Portal Beer Stein

I drink my beer out of plain glassware, but if you're a Portal fan and prefer to imbibe out of something a little heftier, these $14.99 beer steins are for you. It's a clever little twist on Portal's ... portals, and reasonably priced to boot.

The Portal Stein [via Geekologie]

11:30 AM on Sat May 10 2008
By Maggie Greene
4,060 views, 40 comments

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The Metal Gear Solid Drinking Game

From the hallowed halls of Sexy Videogameland comes the SVGL Official Metal Gear Solid drinking game (remember kids, you have to be 21 and over to play, at least in the US). Inspired by Polybius' Final Fantasy X-2 drinking game, Leigh Alexander has her own take featuring the world of MGS, and the cost of entry is pretty low:

You will need: A copious portion of American beer. A bottle of Russian vodka, well chilled. Six pack of Red Bull, probably sugarless, since you don't want to get sick. Some good, coarse salt. Either lemon juice, lime juice or sour mix. Calorie-Mate. Or something edible, to keep your stomach steady.

Ready to kill your liver? You can find the full (and funny) rules over at SVGL's Official Metal Gear Solid Drinking Game.

4:30 PM on Sun Jan 27 2008
By Maggie Greene
4,953 views, 81 comments

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Scottish Government Fighting Drunk Driving With Xbox 360

The Scottish Government is worried about youth adult drunk driving. During their most recent drunk driving initiative, police caught 150 people under the age of 25 (granted, there are roughly 5 million people in Scotland, but the BBC feels the stat is important, so we're letting you know). Now Scotland is putting £10,000, or almost $20,000, behind in-game sober driving ads. They'll be popping up within online-enabled games Need for Speed: Carbon, Project Gotham Racing 4 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson had this to say about this new campaign:

It is innovative, it is new, and it is far removed from the more traditional methods we have been using. I believe that is what we need if we are to reverse the number of Scots families suffering the tragedy of a loved one being lost.

It's good to see bureaucracy tweaking their gameplan with the times. Hopefully Scotland finds their money well-spent.

Xbox games tackle drink driving [bbc]

11:30 AM on Mon Dec 24 2007
By Mark Wilson
2,495 views, 21 comments

Latest by L_K_M: They should just let them play Burnout Paradise and then explain to them how their bodies look after a crash. more »

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VGXPO Visits PAX

You can't have a highly successful gaming convention without the competition showing up to hawk their own ghettoized version of your event, especially when you're a show as big as PAX. Not only were E for All reps there handing out glow sticks, further strengthening the link with raver culture we thought we were kidding about, but the Seattle convention received a special visit from VGXPO executive director Ed Fleming, the very figure of grace and charm. According to the PA folks, Fleming was on hand posing as a member of the press, taking pictures of the exhibit halls and gaming rooms, interviewing PAX volunteers about how the show is run, and trying to sell his Philadelphia-based convention to the vendors on the show floor. Quite a piece of work, eh? Well it gets better. More »

2:30 PM on Fri Aug 31 2007
By Mike Fahey
3,764 views, 28 comments

Latest by BartonFink: Man, I really, honestly do not get you people. Why are all you people worked up about this guy? I was reading through the thread about this on the PAX forum, too. The oh-so-enlightening comments there range from "Ed Fleming more »

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DS Drinking Games (Totally Not Kidding)

Now that's what I'm talking about, Nintendo. Combining my two favorite things, drink and video games, and putting them together so I can enjoy them both on a lovely summer day. Portable gaming devices have always been a natural fit in the lives of bar flies because everyone likes a lush who can entertain themselves. Bartender DS, Liquor Craftsman/Teacher, and Sommelier DS may not be games per se (EA would prefer you call them, " the gourmet information magazine for the adult"), but if that's the case, then what in the heck is Cooking Mama? Pouring a Manhatten just right in Bartender DS, or choosing the right wine with certain cheeses as with Sommelier DS sounds a lot like being able to peel a potato just right. More »

10:40 AM on Thu Apr 26 2007
By Kim Phu
6,190 views, 30 comments

Latest by Tybee: I hope these get localized. I would actually be very interested in the bartender title and the sommelier title. The liquor craftsman/teacher title, however, sounds like an interactive guide to brewing your own moonshine. Pass. more »

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GDC07 Party Time - Sam and Max

One of the biggest attractions of the Game Developers Conference for both the game companies and the gaming news media would have to be the parties. Despite many of us being misanthropic shut-ins most of the year, there's just something about the lure of free booze and finger foods that brings out the socialite inside all of us. Take me, for instance. Before starting to write for Kotaku I hadn't been what anyone could consider drunk for the better part of seven years. Now, thanks to the wonderful people at Telltale Games, I have a terrible headache and woke up on the bathroom floor of our hotel room this morning. I feel like crap, but I don't blame the creators of the Sam and Max episodic adventure game series. No, I blame ordering 'something blue', pictured to the right there. More »

8:40 AM on Tue Mar 6 2007
By Mike Fahey
3,907 views, 27 comments

Latest by Brad: AMF....take three and call me in the morning. The ultimate cheap drunk. more »

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E3 Drinking Game

Unfortunately, I can't really play this, not and do a good job covering the E3 press conferences at least. More »

1:28 AM on Wed Apr 19 2006
By Brian Crecente
47 views, 3 comments

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Drinking and Playing Guitar Hero

I'm bringing my Playstation 2 and Guitar Hero to work with me today. I need to try hooking it up to the TV at the Denver Press Club tonight just to make sure everything is going to work OK before my dealio there next week. More »

12:00 PM on Wed Jan 11 2006
By Brian Crecente
213 views, 3 comments

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Manga Coming to Japanese Wii

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