Mall Empire

Soda machines are the cornerstone of any truly great Mall Empire.
Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture

Soda machines are the cornerstone of any truly great Mall Empire.

Free snow cones for life? Very tempting, LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game, but I think I’ll stick with soda.

Linne and Carmine clash in front of a pair of soda machines in Under Night In-Birth. Thanks, Adrian!

Maybe if I can find this dude from Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse some scrap metal, he can afford a soda. Thanks, Juliano!

Hanging out in the BlazBlue: Central Fiction lobby between matches? Perhaps you’d enjoy a soda.

The Sims Online shut down almost a decade ago, but I was able to salvage this Koala Kola machine thanks to FreeSO, a TSO fan revival!

Someone busted up the DDR machine in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, but at least the soda machine seems to be in working order.

Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. just popped up on Steam yesterday, and hey — it has soda machines! Be careful, though; you don’t want to end up with a vending machine malfunction.


“That one hit home!” It’s a soda machine from Persona 4 Arena, a fighting game spun off from the main Persona series.

Yazuza Kiwami 2 won’t be released in Japan until December, but early gameplay footage confirms a strong soda machine presence. [Source]