The Video Game Soda Machine Project
Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
Want to be a successful YouTuber like lonelygirl15, Tay Zonday, or those girls who lip-synced to “Hey” by the Pixies that one time? Just lock yourself in an isolated shack with a PC, a webcam, and a vending machine stocked with snacks and sodas, and you’re off to the races!
Collect sugary treats — including the occasional cola — to save Halloween in Hallowed Candy. Thanks for the screenshot, Cornelius!
Fish Tycoon 2: Virtual Aquarium serves as a powerful reminder that you can’t expect to run a successful aquatic attraction with a dilapidated vending machine.
Dy-no-mite! Arcade brawler Dynamite Deka EX: Asian Dynamite brings us this pagoda-style soda machine, curiously located in the middle of a temple. [Source]
Fallout: New California, a massive fan mod for Fallout: New Vegas, features this upgraded Nuka-Cola machine in Vault 18’s diner. Choose from classic Nuka-Cola, Nuka-Cola Quartz, Nuka-Cola Victory, and Nuka-Cola Quantum!
The deck of a riverboat floating down the Mississippi River doesn’t seem like the ideal spot for a pop machine or a basketball court. Then again, NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 is a pretty dumb game.
Everyone’s favorite ultra-violent party-crashing sim Party Hard is back with a sequel that, inexplicably, isn’t named Party Harder. At least the developers remembered to throw in a drink machine!
Whenever I’m in an arcade, I wrestle with the possibility that I might see a soda machine in one of the games and have no way of taking a screenshot. Luckily, Fast Beat Loop Racer GT recently made the leap from arcades to Steam — soda machines and all.
Thanks for the screenshots, Cornelius.
Bump Cola and Swimmers Choice — a pair of disturbing soda machines from a disturbing survival horror game called Northbury Grove. Here’s another look with the game’s VHS mode disabled.
Thanks for the heads-up on these, Cornelius!
Even in the midst of Golf Club: Wasteland’s eco-apocalypse, soda machines (and giraffes) survive. Thanks for the heads-up on this one, Ángel!