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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Modern Warfare 3 double XP promotion explained.

    Activision has teamed up with the fine folks at Mountain Dew and Doritos to provide double XP in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. But, how does the promotion work exactly?
    Oct 26, 2011 1:30pm PDT
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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Modern Warfare 3 double XP promotion explained.

    Activision has teamed up with the fine folks at Mountain Dew and Doritos to provide double XP in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. But, how does the promotion work exactly? : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Doritos has to be the least convenient snack whilst gaming. Who wants cheese and horrible stuff on their ... : nomaadThis person is cool!
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        cheetos wants a word with you : RikiTiki2
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          cheetos are not a problem. all you need to do is pour them into your mouth right from the bag. : zerog83This person is cool!
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            I believe that he was referring to the cheet residue from picking up the Cheeto. : Piett23
            • Which wouldn't be a problem if you poured them into your mouth right from the bag, like he just said. Der... : Alexrose
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        Frito Lay should market gaming peripherals specifically designed to be easy to clean Doritos/Cheetos dust... : dfay
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          what if there was some sort of mechanism you could wear that would transfer cheetos directly from the bag... : wendigoThis person is cool!
          • FeedbagX SE (TM), with auto chomp detection. Let's go into business together! : dfay
      • Sounds like it's time for a Strategy Chocolate® : action wombmate
      • You get it on your hands? Just tilt your head back and pour them all over your face : nodebug
    • is this promoting fat bastard gaming? : higroundThis person is cool!
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      This "article" really doesn't do much to refute the sentiment that "gaming journalism" is just another ma... : Attica Blue
      • Gamefly has to keep the lights on somehow! : mancideThis person is cool!
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        Yeah I get that it's gaming news but I don't know why there's a full explanation of how it works, a listi... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
        • If I was an account exec at Gamefly I would be pissed and making a call to Pepsi to demand to know why th : Attica Blue
      • Good job Nancy Drew, you cracked it. : twifosp
    • This, to me, seems pretty disgusting and irresponsible. But hey... money for the companies, right?! I'd j : RatedNC-17
    • And shackers tell me where was no Golden Age. : Marrbe
    • Pay to win. : saunders45
    • This is genius, and disgusting, at the same time. : Lucy LabiaThis person is cool!
    • I love it. 90 minutes for the items from Walmart. : pigvomitThis person is cool!
    • evil, yet so, so smart : synapse19
    • BF3 needs to one up this offer by giving tripple xp in bags of Funyuns and quad xp inside bottles of Nigh... : TemporalParadox
    • I can see kids opening bottles and bags for the codes and leaving a mess behind in Walgreens now. : TemporalParadox
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      I work for Pepsi. I'm up to my nose with these codes. I could easily have the most double xp time out o... : Who_Is_John_Galt_?
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        I will happily take those codes off your hand, good sir! Though, if MW3 is anything like the previous Co... : Zips
        • Haha that has been my experience with the last two. I wonder how many other of us there are out there? : nevlos
      • I think you want to share some. : kagathThis person is cool!
      • They really need to start using QR codes for things like that. : ThomWThis person is cool!
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      Perfect. Mcdonalds should do a Mcrib + MW3 promo as well...double XP if you buy 17 mcribs in 1 purchase : creeping-deathThis person is cool!
      • No, not just buy the 17 of those, they have to sit down in the store and eat them in order to get the dou... : Zips
    • I bet this is really helping the perception of gamers as soft-drink guzzling fat bastards. : Rice-RocketeerThis person is cool!
    • BF3 should team up with a Brewery. : hirezThis person is cool!
    • Isn't it fun how they charge full price for the game and then pull Free to Play bullshit like this? Ye... : passingstranger
    • This article doesn't explain how the game knows that you've entered the codes. Is this an Xbox Live only ... : DynotakuThis person is cool!
    • I have 2h:45m banked already. :| I'm not even buying the game, I figure I'll just do a contest on the sha... : geedeckThis person is cool!