Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
This Oca-Ola machine appears in Madam Tuzoo’s wax museum in AmsterDoom, a Dutch first-person shooter where players must defend Amsterdam from an alien invasion. It’s honestly more Duke Nukem 3D than Doom, but I guess AmsterDuke isn’t such a great title.
The vending machine in this crime scene from Criminal Case is out of service, which is probably a good thing, since the last thing this break room needs are more snacks and drinks strewn about.
In STATIONflow, your job is to move commuters through a subway station as efficiently as possible, and that task demands optimal vending machine placement.
I guess I should have been searching through train simulators sooner. This soda machine is from Ikebukuro Line Simulator, a recreation of the Seibu Ikebukuro commuter line between Shiinamachi and Sakuradai.
Speaking of Densha de Go! — and who isn’t these days? — these soda machines are visible as you roll into the train platform in Densha de Go! Special Version—Revived! Showa Yamanote Line for the Nintendo DS.
I choose to interpret this crime scene from Criminal Case as a pro-soda cautionary tale about the dangers of juice bars and fruit smoothies.
Fountain View and Dr Popp, both of which previously appeared in Hitman (2016), are low-key two of my favorite parody video game soda brands.
The vending machine in Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love is initially off limits, but once you gain access, you can purchase a refreshing state-sanctioned Leader Cola! Or a jar of Supreme Leader-approved pickles. Or a snow globe. It’s really up to you.
The drinks dispensed by this vending machine from retro platform brawler Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior increase the eponymous chrono-barbarian’s maximum health.
Jurassic World Evolution is a dinosaur theme park business sim, but I’ve gotta think the liability insurance alone would devour all the park’s profits. Recoup some of those losses with this drink machine.
Thanks for the screenshot, Chili Azul!
All aboard! There’s a drink machine on this train platform in Densha de Go! Pocket for the PlayStation Portable.
Sheena and friends bring dating drama — and a nifty soda machine — to your mobile phone in High School Hook Ups.
Refuel and recaffeinate at the BP service station in SimCity Societies!
Meanwhile, the budget hotel model is a little less detailed, but I’m pretty sure that’s a soda machine behind the building.
I wasn’t expecting to meet a friendly haunted vending machine when I set out to explore a mysterious space station in The Starlit Escape.
You’re an adorable robot who lives inside a vending machine in Vendo. Keep the machine stocked with drinks and snacks to survive!