November 19, 2008 6:24 AM PST

A drink backed by a sports (gaming) hero

Dr Pepper plans to announce that it will promote a professional Halo 3 player on bottles that it will distribute nationally.
(From The New York Times)

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I'd be more impressed if games that required a bit more strategy than Halo were featured.

Like Counter Strike Hostage Rescue, Team Fortress 2 or Metal Gear Online.
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This is a little surreal...but why should computer gaming be different than anything else. Hell, there are chess championships and stars, why not ones for repetitive button pushing.
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