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Energy drinks sold as “health potions”

January 22nd, 2009
Looks more orange than red to me...

Looks more orange than red to me...

Hilarious.

The Health Energy Potion promises gamers up to eight hours of energy, elderberry, ginseng, biotin and folic acid, and as much caffeine as two cans of Red Bull.

–New Health Potion Adds ‘+160 HP’ and Ginseng – Kotaku Australia.

Apparently, you’ve been drinking apple cinnamon Red Bull all these years.

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  1. Peter S. said on

    Honestly, while not pleasant, I have to say that the taste of the existing Mana Potions pretty much nails the flavor (well, a flavor, at least) I’d expect a Mana Potion to be.

    I’ll have to go out and try one of these, just to sample the taste for myself.

  2. Yukon Sam said on

    Is it available in kegs? I hate having empty potion bottles cluttering up my pack.

  3. Todd said on

    They’ve had these at Frys for a while. They’re stupid expensive.

  4. Muckbeast said on

    I agree Todd. I saw these a year or so ago online, and then in a store a month or two later. The price is absolutely ridiculous.

    -Michael
    Muckbeast – Game Design and Online Worlds
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  5. Morgan Ramsay said on

    The price is absolutely ridiculous.

    Farm more gold. Duh.

  6. Nick Punt said on

    2x a redbull means significant cool-down period, unless you want your heart to explode :)

  7. Peter S. said on

    The cooldown is no joke. It really takes a while to work up the nerve to chug a second one (and they are stupid expensive).

    Has anyone else here actually tried one of these potions?

  8. Bret said on

    The price is absolutely ridiculous.

    Game needed a gold sink. Didn’t you notice the housing bubble?

  9. Gene Endrody said on

    I’m still nostalgic for the +40 Jolt Cola (circa 1985). That puts it right in NetHack and MUD1/AberMUD days. I guess the ASCII graphics don’t make for a great souvenir glass.

  10. Amaranthar said on

    The price is absolutely ridiculous.

    Game needed a gold sink. Didn’t you notice the housing bubble?

    Yeah, the damn dupers inflated the economy and then left everyone else holding the bag. RMT is a real problem in this game.

  11. Lobosolitario said on

    That’s a stupid amount of caffeine. Two of those are enough to provoke an acute caffeine overdose.

  12. Yukon Sam said on

    If it weren’t for acute caffeine overdose, there wouldn’t be a tech industry.

    I’m still holding out for the polymorph potion.

  13. Todd said on

    I’m still holding out for the polymorph potion.

    Here I thought that was a bottle of Southern Comfort…

  14. Yukon Sam said on

    Transforming ogres into winsome maidens (or handsome rogues)? You may have a point, Todd. Clearly further research is called for.

    (Sam makes a saving throw against Wisdom at a -7 penalty and…. ooooo, critical fail…)

  15. Morgan Ramsay said on

    Here I thought that was a bottle of Southern Comfort…

    No, polymorph potions are absinthe. SoCo is a poison potion.

  16. Vaibhav said on

    Yeah, I have been reading a lot about these potions lately. I wouldn’t mind trying them though…. sadly they are not available where I come from…

    There’s a mana potion as well: http://www.onlineobservations.net/boost-your-mana-and-hp-with-these-handy-potions/

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