Yes, this is exactly what it looks like.  If it takes off, I can see it becoming the 2009 version of Ecto-cooler.  Mountain Dew’s Game Fuel will be featuring World of Warcraft-related labels much like the Halo ones before it.  Naturally, Blue represents The Noobs Alliance, and Red represents The Horde.

According to Energy Fiend, these 20 oz bottles contain around 120 mg…a bit more than regular Dew.  I don’t know about you, but when I play WoW I prefer beer or whiskey, so I probably won’t be caught buying a case of these sodas anytime soon.  I might be tempted to try them at work though, because I know that one guy in sales plays an Alliance character and I’d love to point out how much better tasting the Horde-Dew is.

No release dates yet, according to the official WoW website, but I’m sure it won’t be long until WaWa and 7-11 stock them for all those late night addicts.

via WoWinsider

At first I thought this was a way-too-early April fool’s joke.  On the heels of some recent “streamlined” rebranding failures (Pepsi, Tropicana) I just figured someone tried to ridicule their efforts by doing something worse.

When I googled “Scifi Syfy” my heart sank, as I found nearly a hundred existing articles all published this morning that confirmed the announcement.

What could possibly possess a much-loved channel to boldly go and cripple their image?  Who can we hold responsible for this decision?  Read on as we discuss their skewed logic, in a futile attempt to understand why it’s not cool to be into alients, robots, and spaceships.

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I’ve been waiting for this.  The first Michael Bay’d Transfomers Movie delivered Peter Cullen to rabid G1 fans.  He triumphantly reprised the voice of  Optimus Prime, but we were left wondering, “what happened to the classic banter between him and Megatron?”  Fans were generally OK with having Hugo Weaving voice this sinister rival, with such credits as Agent Smith, V, and Elrond…but it wasn’t the Megatron we remember from the 80′s. It just wasn’t Frank Welker.

Don’t get me wrong, because I’m not hating on Weaving. In fact I’m all about hearing him  snarl through a destructive metallic grill.  It’s just not the same, and everyone knew it.

With Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen being released this summer we’re only a few months away from seeing my favorite Decepticon (Soundwave) take the big screen.  Michael Bay just recently said in his official message board that he wanted to pursue Frank Welker for the voice of Soundwave in this film.  Is there enough time to do this?  If that’s the case, it might mean that Soundwave doesn’t have very much dialogue involved.

If you didn’t already know, Frank Welker also voiced many characters in the original Transformers series, including the original Soundwave…so this is a very appropriate choice in my opinion.

Hopefully we see a lot of Soundwave, especially if it is voiced by Welker.  I won’t mind that he isn’t Megatron in this movie (we’ve already been told Megatron won’t be making a comeback) I just wish Welker had more involvement sooner!

via SciFi Wire

The talented people at Wink and Hello Viking have recently been held responsible for producing this Facebook app that calculates your personal carbon footprint so that all your friends can see how badly you abuse our natural resources, or how green you really are.

I chose to post this because it’s pretty awesome that PriceWaterhouseCoopers (the first professional US firm to announce carbon reduction efforts) has been really open minded about using social communities and geeky design firms to push their initiatives.

The app is designed well, functions almost seamlessly (I only encountered one bug) and does a good job of illustrating a rough estimate of your carbon footprint.  Now, it could be better, because it doesn’t ask whether you’re a vegetarian or carnivore.  This distinction makes a huge difference because of how much energy goes into processing meat products, but it’s a step in the right direction.  Hopefully more companies will follow… and this weekend I promise to eat less bacon.

via Wink Sundries Section

In keeping with this current barrage of art posts, I wanted to chime in with this fantastic print of C3PO standing next to his GTO by Lil’ Tuffy.  It’s a 23″x35″ single color screenprint being released in an edition of 50 for $50 each at the Secret Serpent Store.

It’s quite good, and probably looks awesome framed, but I think it needs just one or two more additional hues to give it just a little more depth.  I’m a sucker for any amalgamation of pop culture and Star Wars though, so don’t be surprised if I end up having a copy in my living room next to Tim Doyle’s “Change Into A Truck”

Threepio’s GTO via OMGposters

I went to the midnight opening of Watchmen with some friends last night, so I do have a few things to say about the movie.  My mind is still reeling, however, and until I can compose a set of coherent thoughts into a post, this gallery will surely bring a chuckle or two.

Gizmodo decided to run a Photoshop contest last week to see what their readers could do to ruin the movie (sort of) by changing certain things in a single frame from the movie.

Check them out, whether you’re a fan or not, because some of them are surprisingly done well (not including the one I included above.  The Snuggie is just hilarious on it’s own.)

Gizmodo’s 104 Ways to Ruin the Watchmen Movie

We seem to love it when geek icons of the past come together on a T-shirt like this.  Ghostbusters + Pac-man Ghosts?  Awesome.  It’s rendered in fantastic 8-bit style too, so basically you have no excuse to pass this one up.  Head on over to the Glennz Tees store to get yours.

As geeks prepare to stand in line out in the cold, we here at Geekadelphia will probably be celebrating the release with our friends at Brave New Worlds in Old City.

It will be tomorrow, Thursday, March 5th.  The event starts at 4pm and will last through 6pm.  Tons of give-aways, including free tickets to see Watchmen that night, are just some of the things to look forward to.

After the event, come out with us for some drinks before venturing out for the midnight showing!

Brave New Worlds Comics
45 N. 2nd Street
Philadelphia, Pa.
Directions

For more details, call 215.925.6525

With less than a week until the release of Watchmen, geeks are foaming at the mouth in anticipation…and as if we all didn’t need any more promotional imagery to convince us of how ridiculously awesome this movie will be, here’s a Flickr collection by a user named thenewfrontiersman.

If you’re a fan, the name will ring a bell, and if you click through to check out his gallery you’d see it has the potential to be one helluva scrapbook.  Vintage photograph of the Vietcong surrendering to Dr. Manhattan?  Yes, please.

via Iwatchstuff

Today was an exceptionally dull and painfully boring Tuesday, but thankfully OMGPosters came through with a very good find and what turned out to be my favorite Fairey parody ever.

“Comprehensive Health Coverage is the Right of all Sentient Beings”

It’s an 18″x24″ screenprint of Optimus Prime in the style of  Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign posters, and it’s part of a limited edition of 80 pieces.  $30 buys you one of the 70 they’re selling, and it’s available at the Nakatomi store.

Edit: there’s an additional glow-in-the-dark variant with an edition of 10, if you’re interested!

Edit (again): These are now sold out, but the artist is now offering 4″x6″ Stickers at $5 for a pack of 2, at the Nakatomi store.

Tim Doyle’s CHANGE Into A Truck via OMGPosters

I’m a sucker for outrageously cool looking vehicles in works of Science Fiction.  If you’re a fan of the vehicle concepts in Star Wars, Blade Runner, or even TRON, you’ll find that Daniel Simon‘s sexy concept portfolio is a pleasure to look through.

As an ex-Bugatti designer, Simon started Cosmic Motors which is currently working on the new bike designs for TRON2.  The images I chose above are not the ones in the movie, but I’m sure you can see why this particular group was picked for the job.  Sexy curves, masculine proportions, and all the trimmings necessary to complete a fully functional sci-fi war machine.

Daniel Simon’s Portfolio & Cosmic Motors via Core77

Gross.  My friend Eric was keen enough to send me a link to this failure of a Craigslist ad.  I mean I could be wrong, this could be a really really valuable collector’s item, as a 16 year old unopened box of Bisquick.  But then again if it were really valuable, why would it be free? The warning on the craigslist ad says: “THIS IS NOT FOR EATING, THIS IS FAR BEYOND ITS EXPIRATION DATE AND IF YOU EAT IT, YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES. Expired baking mixes have been known to contain mold and other hazardous and/or toxic substances.“  I don’t know… all I can really say is “WTF?”

Vintage Bisquick via Craigslist.