 Nuke Pills - genuine ad plus a challenge, A Shadowrun product in the making? |
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 Nov 29 2004, 11:55 AM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,133 Joined: 3-October 04 Member No.: 6,722  |
Swear to God. Turned up on my ad-supported version of Opera after I did a search for the National Radiological Protection Board (there have been some radon problems in the next county, the wife wanted a testing kit).
FDA Approved Radiation Pills! Foil Sealed! the caption read. But it was the website address that got me - www.nukepills.com :wobble: The wife, looking over my shoulder, said "That looks like an advert from a Shadowrun billboard". She's probably right, too - with the increase in toxic wastelands etc, these sort of things are likely big sellers in the Shadowrun universe. So my challenge is - write a billboard or website banner ad for something along those lines :) We're not looking for game statistic here (as Doc Funk once said, if you provide stats we will mock you :) ), just entertaining fluff to be slipped into peoples' games. |
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Nov 29 2004, 02:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 30-January 04 Member No.: 6,043 |
"Now with Prostate Protection™! Keep the frank and beans rare, not well done!"
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Nov 29 2004, 02:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 639 Joined: 22-April 02 Member No.: 2,638 |
They're probably just potassium iodide tablets. They 'protect' you from radiation by supersaturating your system with harmless iodine. This reduces the amount of harmful radioactive iodine your body will absorb from nuclear fallout. Radioactive iodine is a big health concern because it sticks around in your body longer than most other harmful radioactive fallout particles.
This might save you if, say, there was a breach in the nuclear power plant upstream from your house. It'll do f*ck-all against direct exposure to the power plant's core. Surviving a nuclear blast is right out. |
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Nov 29 2004, 03:42 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
"Be the last kid on the block to glow, with Fuqed brand Nuke Pills, now with Nerps!"
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Nov 29 2004, 03:45 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Aw man, who wants to be the last to glow?!?
~J |
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Nov 29 2004, 03:48 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
okay how about:
"Feeling over-done? Try Nuke Pills, from Slam-O!" |
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Nov 29 2004, 10:04 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 8-October 04 Member No.: 6,736 |
A Nuke Pill each day keeps the Toxic Shaman away.
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Nov 29 2004, 10:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 485 Joined: 25-October 04 Member No.: 6,789 |
Now you can enjoy the the wonder of Glow City without the nasty side effect. Nuke Pills for less mutant children.
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Nov 29 2004, 11:40 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,133 Joined: 3-October 04 Member No.: 6,722 |
Heh, superb stuff. BTW Nikoli, you're quite right - potassium iodide, AFAIK.
"Nuke Pills - for your barium hangovers!" (Little Alias tribute there :) ) |
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Nov 30 2004, 05:18 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
I kid you not, I work with the mom of the owner of that company. That guy is ROLLING in it (his mother, however, is not). She seems to think it's the real thing, and that they used it in Chernobyl. I haven't done my research, but it's a legit company that's been out for a few years at least.
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Dec 1 2004, 12:50 AM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
Well, if they've got Rad-X, now they just need to work on Rad-Away.
And soon... soon I will have my beloved wasteland... |
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Dec 1 2004, 01:39 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,129 Joined: 11-June 03 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 4,712 |
Ah, the Brotherhood of Steel... 8)
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Dec 1 2004, 04:16 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,754 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Modesto, CA Member No.: 6,465 |
I really enjoyed the Fallout universe series of games. I thought there was an RPG out there that was based on it, but never managed to dig deep enough to find it. Somewhere in the back of my mind, SR always reminded me a bit of those games. Oh and my contribution: "Say NO to the GLOW!" |
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