Promotional collectible cups: They're too nice to throw away yet too cheesy to keep using a couple of years down the road. What to do?

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This February, God of War 3 fans and Slurpee enthusiasts can head down to 7-Eleven to put some Kratos Fury into their mouths. The popular convenience store will be promoting Sony's upcoming action game through March via a special blend of "ferocious blackberries and frosty limes" and collectible cups that contain codes for special downloadable content. I can't think of a better way to play GOW3 than amped up on rich, syrupy sugar water. [Kotaku]

In case you were wondering what some game developers thought of the iPad: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata dismissed Apple's new gadget as "just a bigger iPod Touch," while Epic Games VP Mark Rein thinks "it's going to be great for gaming." Opinions on tech-blogs for the most part have been negative, so I'm curious to see if those will change once developers start releasing games that take advantage of the iPad's hardware. Who do you agree with more?

Telltale Games is practically (and literally) giving away episodes of their adventure series! From now until Sunday at midnight PST, Telltale is selling the complete first season of Sam & Max for $4.99. Still too pricey for ya? Well, the Tales of Monkey Island developer is also offering a free downloadable episode of any one of its games to fans who fill out a brief survey. 1UP reports that supplies of these digital titles are apparently limited, so scurry on down if you're interested.

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