IN WHICH disgusting drink options are surveyed, and brains are picked regarding video game cliches and their widely-used abbreviations.
Briana’s pick: Jones Dungeons & Dragons soda
Soda. Sugary, caffeine-laced, energy packed elixir of goodness. Soda puts some pep in your step. And now it will totally help you kick butt at Dungeons and Dragons. Your favorite cola makin’, unique label pastin’, ever wacky Jones Pure Cane Soda is now offering Limited Edition Dungeons & Dragons Spellcasting Sodas for your gaming pleasure.
With names like “Dwarven Draught” and “Bigby’s Crushing Thirst Destroyer” how can you NOT drink this stuff? Did your Paladin Warrior suffer a major blow from an opponent’s Rogue Bard? Well twist open a strawberry lime flavored bottle of Power of Healing, dood! You’ll be refreshed and ready for battle in no time!!!
Check out all the nifty D&D themed Jones Soda flavors here. Then while you’re on the web, hop on over to Louisville Public Media and pledge your support to Down and Nerdy. Your inner nerd will thank you.
James’ pick: Video game acronyms
I was trying to explain to my wife the other day why I’m so fired up about “Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition,” and why it’s the most amazing video game ever made, and I was using phrases like “RPG/FPS hybrid” and DLC, and I realized that I was effectively talking in a foreign language.
Thus was born … this week’s Video Game Acronym Quiz ™! Briana and Jen totally get pwned in this … how many of these can you identify? Answers in the podcast.
- MMORPG
- RTS
- DLC
- HUD
- RROD
- 4X
[podcast]http://archive.wfpk.org/Podcasts/20091023-nerdy.mp3[/podcast]