Mana Potions: Drink Up!
I was watching some TV last night, I forget what channel it was, probably G4, when I saw this gem of a commercial air. My first thought was, holy crap, who would buy that? I mean I know there are some people out there that would get a kick out of it, but seriously, a mana potion energy shot?
The company behind the mana and health postions, Harcos, has recently teamed up with gaming developer The Sim Factory to create an a Mana-themed track and car for its ARCA SIM RACING game. This seems a bit strange since mana and health potions are items in RPGs, not racing games. Wouldn’t it be smarter to advertise in a RPG game? After all who else would buy this aside from RPG gamers? But on the other hand it would be kinda weird playing Diablo and seeing an advertisement.
If you’re actually interested in buying an energy shot check out their site at http://www.manapotions.com.
I stumbled across their website a few weeks ago. It’s an interesting new way of promoting energy drinks (although it’s not an ordinary energy drink like Bawls).
It makes sense for them not to promote this in MMOs or RPGs, simply because these sorts of consumables are primarily consumed at (major) LAN parties, where pretty much nobody will be playing a MMO. They’d do well amongst FPS players especially, like Bawls. I know plenty of gamers who buy a cache of Bawls before they go to a LAN party… why not change that to a cache of Mana Potions?