Science

This Is Why You Shouldn’t Eat Happy Meals

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Manhattan artist Sally Davies bought a McDonald’s Happy Meal on April 26, 2010. She placed it on her coffee table, uncovered, and took photos every day for six months. This video shows the result.


October 3, 2010
Science

Chicken Nuggets Are Made From This Pink Goop

This is mechanically separated chicken. Chickens are turned into this goop so we can create delicious chicken nuggets and juicy chicken patties. It’s obscenely gross and borderline alien, but it’s not going to stop me from eating nuggets. They’re too good.


July 12, 2010

Upscale Burger Kings Douse Japanese Patrons With "Musical Showers"

I haven’t been to Burger King in a long while, but if the States implemented the “musical shower” heads that the Japanese experience in their “upscale” Burger Kings, I could be enticed back into the glutinous fold one last time.


April 19, 2010
Gaming

McDonald’s Trains New Employees With This Nintendo DS Game

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In this Bloomberg report, we get a brief look at McDonald’s own DS employee training software that’s used in Japan. It’s like Cooking Mama, just a lot more depressing when you “win”. [Kotaku]


November 7, 2009
Cameras

Terrifyingly Toxic Fast Food Photos

You may be excellent photographers, but some of you have atrocious (OK, delicious) taste in food. Here are winners of this week’s Shooting Challenge: Fast Food.


November 2, 2009
Gadgets

Odd: Japanese Burger Joint’s Human-Powered Vending Machine

We all know the Japanese like crazy burgers (and even crazier vending machines). Here’s a fun mix of the two. This machine in Tokyo actually backs onto a kitchen where a cook pops them into the machine by hand.


November 1, 2009
Geek Out

I Ate The Windows 7 Burger

Today I ate two things: whale steak and the Windows 7 burger. Only one of these meals made me want to vomit.


October 23, 2009
Geek Out

Japan’s Windows 7 Whopper Is Real, And It’s Horrifying

CheapAssGamer took the voyage to a Burger King in Akihabara to try the Windows 7 Burger. $US14 gets you the most desiccating pile of adipose flesh ever to be partially congealed by man. [CheapAssGamer Thanks Ashcraft!]


October 22, 2009
Geek Out

Japan Welcomes Windows 7 With Seven Layer Whopper Burger

Even compared to its wacky Windows 7 parties, Microsoft’s promo with Burger King Japan is pretty out there. The Windows 7 Whopper costs ¥777 ($9.20), and is five inches tall. I’ll try to avoid any bloated jokes. D’oh, too late. [Electronista]


October 9, 2009

Burger King Updating 12,000 Locations With ‘Futuristic’ Look

Touchscreen menus. Corrugated metal. Red chandeliers. Brick. Burger King will add these elements to 12,000 locations in renovations costing franchisees between $US300,000 and $US600,000 apiece.