The Video Game Soda Machine Project

The Hand of Glory

Pawn your weird scarf and use the money to buy a soda in The Hand of Glory, an upcoming detective adventure inspired by games like Gabriel Knight and Broken Sword.

I wonder what kind of soda it dispenses…

Yeah, maybe that scarf isn’t so bad after all. Thanks for tracking this one down, Cornelius!

Smombie GO

These ersatz Coke machines appear in Smombie GO, a game that challenges players to “explore town, find and eliminate all portals which generate Smombies unlimitedly.” It’s the Smobie apocalypse!

Thanks for the heads-up on this one, Cornelius!

Lobotomy Corporation

This Wellcheers Ocean Soda machine appears in Lobotomy Corporation, a Korean monster management sim. I have no idea why those prawns are cosplaying as Minions.

Flavor text for the Wellcheers machine warns,”If someone offers you an opened can of grape-flavored soda, you must reject it.” According to the wiki, it’s a reference to “a Korean internet urban myth where people will allegedly go missing after drinking from a sleeping pill-laced opened can of Welch’s Grape Juice. They will then be abducted and held captive in fishing boats.” [Source]