Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Wants to Wipe the Competition
November 9, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Gaming
Here’s a rare find from the recently concluded Tokyo Game Show 2009: Wet Ones in a black packet, with the Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising logo the only thing keeping the disinfectant wipes from leaving the packaging. Click a thumbnail to zoom in.
- My mysterious friend decides to clean his face, Dragon Rising style
Possibly the result of a strategic alliance between Playtex and Codemasters (the makers of the wipes and the game respectively), are these OF:DR wipes symbolic of anything? Perhaps Codemasters literally wants to wipe the tactical shooter genre clean with its newest offering? Or maybe this is just another phase in Playtex’s plan to continue dominating the disinfectant wipes battlefield? I’m running out of really corny metaphors and forced analysis, so feel free to chime in below—especially if you’ve got some oddly-themed merchandise you want to share.























