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[daviyoung]

Hmmm, seems that they put arsenic or something in Mountain Dew over in the US so they're not allowed to sell it here, weird.

https://www.mountaindewenergy.co.uk/questions/

Americans love putting corn in everything. But you can get Mountain Dew that tastes a bit less shit in most supermarkets in UK.

 

[CaptainTiptop]

Holy smokes at his wife's attributes.

Oh, he certainly has a type.

 

[RaikuHebi]

He used to present a program called Japanorama, due to his love of all things Japanese. Guess that doesn't apply to PS4....

Deal with the devil!

 

[afoni]

Welp.

 

[Moze]

Jonathan Ross is great

 

[Netherscourge]

He's the new MOUTH of Xbox.

I guess Major Nelson isn't MOUTHY enough?

 

[Xone9]

1 vs 100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its back!!
maybe

 

[phosphor112]

Maybe he can make jokes to divert the problems of XBL

 

[MesserWolf]

Hmmm, seems that they put arsenic or something in Mountain Dew over in the US so they're not allowed to sell it here, weird.



https://www.mountaindewenergy.co.uk/questions/

lol ... must be very healthy if its composition is illegal in this side of the ocean

 

[MrPing1000]

I'm attracted to his wife.

 

[Nevasleep]

I had no idea you could buy Mountain Dew in the UK, it was always an American thing to laugh at. Might have to see if I can find some to see what it tastes like.

It's the "energy" version in a lot places, which I don't think is the original.

 

[RayMaker]

lol awsome hope he does and exclusive talk show and invites rusell brand and they leave messages on famous peoples answering machines.

 

[Coen]

He also did the 3DS presentation in Amsterdam a couple of years ago. Did a great job at that, seemed genuinely knowledge and excited about the product back then.

 

[ced]

That poor fuck...

 

[Certinty]

Yeah Mountain Dew in the UK isn't the same as in the US due to EU regulations. Tastes like crap here to be honest.

 

[RayMaker]

Homophobic? lol, wtf are you talking about? He's camp as Christmas.

Wtf, not being able to pronounce your R's makes you camp?

 

[Mr Nash]

Meh, should have got Dara O'Briain. He has a lot more funny things to say about video games. Hell, drag Ed Bryne in and they can even make Farm Simulator interesting.

http://youtu.be/b6rqYMOKEfs

 

[RayMaker]

Yeah Mountain Dew in the UK isn't the same as in the US due to EU regulations. Tastes like crap here to be honest.

at least its made will real sugar

 

[Mr. X]

Hmmm, seems that they put arsenic or something in Mountain Dew over in the US so they're not allowed to sell it here, weird.



https://www.mountaindewenergy.co.uk/questions/

Lol why are they trying to make real sugar sound boring. High Fructose Corn Syrup is processed sweetener and it's worse for the body than sugar.

 

[RulkezX]

Talk show host who has a big chat show on a commercially funded TV channel.

Wonder how this will pan out

 

[CaptainTiptop]

Yeah Mountain Dew in the UK isn't the same as in the US due to EU regulations. Tastes like crap here to be honest.

There's an American sweet store near me that sells proper Mountain Dew, so much better than the stuff we get in supermarkets.

I also once tried the Mtn Dew 'Amped' energy drink. Tastes like Starburst.

 

[R3TRO]

Hmm...I don't even know.

 

[Hindle]

Meh, should have got Dara O'Briain. He has a lot more funny things to say about video games. Hell, drag Ed Bryne in and they can even make Farm Simulator interesting.

http://youtu.be/b6rqYMOKEfs

I wouldnt be surprised if they hired him as well.

Now Frankie Boyle would be interesting lol.

 

[moggio]

Homophobic? lol, wtf are you talking about? He's camp as Christmas.

And his daughter is gay.

Yeah Mountain Dew in the UK isn't the same as in the US due to EU regulations. Tastes like crap here to be honest.

Tastes like crap everywhere.

The stuff should be banned. Another unfortunate American import no-one needs.

 

[Prine]

This is fucking great news, going to love his TV spots. Like Clarkson on Forza, Jonathan Ross is a great choice if he's used for TV spots


Love the marketing choices for Xbox so far

 

[Metalmarc]

Thread needs more pics of his wife

 

[R3TRO]

^

I'll refrain this time.

 

[Prine]

And to add, I got the to hand it to MS and DAT UK talent.


They're putting so much into the UK market

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Love the Ross. He's a pretty massive Spiderman geek and I love him for the Steve Ditko documentary he made.

That sounds quite coll, never knew that. Know where I might find that documentary?

So, how long til the first joke comparison between the "Xbox Ones Stuttering launch" and Jonathan Ross' stutter?

He doesn't have a stutter, does he? He's got kind of a soft lisp and can't pronounce Rs properly.

 

[moggio]

That sounds quite coll, never knew that. Know where I might find that documentary?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwmfkclY1DI

 

[Moozo]

Didn't he work on Fable 3 in some capacity?

 

[MysticGoujon]

He has a stutter?

Or do you mean his problem pronouncing R's?

He doesn't have a stutter?

I don't know much about TV or what types of people watch ITV these days, but didn't he just melt into irrelevance after the whole Manuel from Fawlty Towers ordeal?

Wheeling him out for Xbox One promo is going to be like Iceland wheeling out Kerry Katona

Ha, yes, mixed up my speech impediments!

 

[Cragvis]

with these wife pics, this thread suddenly feels like four chanz

 

[Prince Vultan]

Didn't realise Ross was an engineer.

Hopefully he'll be able to help out with the ESWAM issues and maybe see what he can do with the 8gb DDW3 while he's there.

Thread needs more pics of his wife

Hot diggety...

"Kick Ass" indeed!

 

[mclem]

He also shares my birthday. Which makes him awesome, but not as awesome as Tom Ellis from Miranda, who also shares my birth *year* as well as birthday.

 

[Dr_Swales]

Next-gen Gamesmaster... or not

 

[RaikuHebi]

Just read on Wiki they met when Ross was 26 and she was 16, and married 2 years later. Nothing wrong with that but just found it interesting. Not something you see often.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

Saw this and thought, oh same name as the British TV personality. Read the thread, oh it IS the British TV personality.

 

[plagiarize]

Hmmm, seems that they put arsenic or something in Mountain Dew over in the US so they're not allowed to sell it here, weird.



https://www.mountaindewenergy.co.uk/questions/

it's the brominated vegetable oil, that they can't use in the UK, as I recall. that's what lets them mix oil soluble stuff and water soluble stuff.

as you can see, it's not on the approved additive list in Europe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brominated_vegetable_oil

there has been a push to remove it from Pepsi Co products, and they're taking it out of Gatorade, but they won't take it out of Mountain Dew, because it isn't remotely the same without it.

the talk of sugar is a smoke screen. they sell Mountain Dew Throwback here in the states made with real sugar, and it tastes like Mountain Dew, but better. the UK version still sucks.

 

[xam3l]

So they called Saul from the 70's.

 

[FranXico]

I'm thinking he'll have his own gaming themed show,where he will interview developers etc.

"Secret Developers"?

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

Great news, maybe he's supposed to help them with their standing in Japan. Seriously though, I can't wait to see what they have in store.

 

[Lettuce]

I thought he was a Nintendo fan boy!?....

 

[APZonerunner]

He's a massive gamer in general, but he's been in bed with MS for a while anyway. He was in Halo 3 and Fable 2 and 3, wasn't he?

 

[Carl]

I'll be honest, I had no idea this guy even had a TV show any more. I thought after Friday Night finished he stopped.

Learn something new every day

 

[DieH@rd]

https://twitter.com/eurogamer/status/394898683025948672

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ross

TV TV TV TV TV
SPORTS
TV TV TV TV TV
Call of Duty

 

[MThanded]

I don't even understand.

 

[Liamario]

Matt Hill, a journo, on Twitter says : "Ross consulting on games and entertainment projects, Xbox says"

So I guess more of a creative consultancy gig than promotion.

https://twitter.com/gethill

Maybe local TV stuff for Xbox Live among that, I guess.

I suspect it's more for tv stuff than anything else. He's certainly not going to be involved in making games. Of course hey maybe using the relationship as a back door to his wife?

 

[Visualante2]

I really liked his series Japanorama on BBC3, he's pretty legit. I'd much rather have him producing video content than some puppet from IGN.

Really good move by Microsoft.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

The return of a game show like 1 vs 100 maybe?

Don't do this to me.