<![CDATA[Gizmodo: vampire]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: vampire]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/vampire http://gizmodo.com/tag/vampire <![CDATA[Blood Energy Potion Review: Mmm, True Blood]]> Yep, I drank it. It's not what I expected.

It's thin. There's no viscosity at all. And it tastes like Hawaiian punch, spiked with caffeine, Twilight fangirl tears and mascara. It would be really gross at body temperature.

Twenty minutes after imbibing, my fuzzy brain can focus again. I start wondering why they don't use real vampire blood, 'cause on True Blood it's like meth + steroids + ecstasy, which would make it an even better mixer for Halloween parties, amiright? It has a lot of iron in it, which I actually need even less than meth.

An hour later, I definitely have the jitters. I think it's because I had a macchiato like an hour before I drank the the blood. Want more blood to calm nerves. I resist, but get really thirsty and drink a liter of water.

Two hours later, have to pee really bad. There's no crash, but the boost is definitely gone, two hours short of their 4-hour claim. Decide to take a nap because it's too bright outside, now that it's stopped raining for a week straight in New York. [Harcos]

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<![CDATA[Blood Energy Potion Cures Imaginary Afflicitions Four Hours At A Time]]> Jack pointed out the lameness and creepiness of the Blood Energy Potion, but it gets lamer and creepier. The makers are touting it as being the best way to deal with your imagined vampirism while drinking faux blood.

Yes, here comes the lameness in pretty much the funkiest way of saying that something will give you a four hour energy boost I've seen in a while:

Blood Energy Potion is packed with iron, protein and electrolytes, providing up to four hours of energy. This blood drink features the same color, consistency and tactile experience of real blood, quelling those otherworldly cravings that polite mortal society frowns upon. It is important to understand that Blood Energy Potion is not a treatment for Vampirism, but regular use may help control certain symptoms of Bloodlust, including:

  • Unquenchable thirst
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Inability to control behavior
  • Insomnia
  • Brutal, violent attacks
  • Homicide

Odd choice of advertising aside, his creepy goop is now available for $3.99 a shot (less than the six buckeroos we previously thought) and I, for one, am gonna try it out just to see if it'll quell those homicidal urges. [Living With Bloodlust]

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<![CDATA[Now You Can Read Twilight, Golden Compass On Your iPhone]]> If your one dream in life was to read the teenage vampire novel Twilight on your iPhone and pay twice as much as normal, you can now die happy.

ScrollMotion has designed a book reading interface wrapper for the iPhone and partnered with major publishing houses like Simon & Schuster, Random House, Houghton Mifflin and Penguin in order to bring books like Twilight and The Golden Compass to you. At $10.99, it's actually MORE expensive than buying the Twilight paperback ($6.04 on Amazon), so if you buy this it's more of a convenience thing than a price thing. And don't confuse your iPhone as an E-book reader, as that lcd backlight will kill your battery even when you're not turning page. (Unlike an E-ink display.)

More books will be rolling out gradually as more partners jump on. [Twilight]

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<![CDATA[Vampire Traffic Cameras Detect Blood, Control Carpool Lanes]]> Those nutty Brits, obsessed with their CCTV cameras, dirty hot water and blood pudding, have decided to mix it all into a single gadget: road cameras which can detect blood and water in the bodies inside the car using an infrared beam. The system will be able to spot who's abusing the carpool lanes, fining you in case you were trying to fool the police using Marge, your special "inflatable friend." Definitely, I'm not moving. My question now is, what happens if you are a driving zombie?

OK. I guess zombies don't do the pool thing (see what I did there? see? OK. Never mind. I'll get me coat.) [Daily Mail]

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<![CDATA[Vampire Jet Car Does 0-270 MPH in 6 Seconds, Eats Driver]]> Here's a 300MPH Jet car that weighs 2,200 lbs, is 30 feet long and drinks 7-10 gallons of fuel per mile. The jet-car accelerates from 0 to 272 mph in six seconds and is powered by a Rolls Royce Orpheus jet engine theoretically capable of 370mph. The car holds the "Outright British Land Speed Record" and doesn't like to be told what to do. Top Gear's Richard Hammond is in the hospital after the car ate shit at about 270MPH. Bad jet-car, bad!

Vampire Jet Car [Jalopnik]

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