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Modern Warfare 2, the biggest gaming launch of the year, lands tomorrow. Anyone feel a bout of swine flu coming on?

Once you've bought the game, successfully pulled your sicky and slipped into your tracky b's there's only one problem that needs solving -- What's your gaming snack of choice? We'll tell you right now it's not Nestle Munchies - they're deeply unpleasant.

It's important to get the right kind of sustenance while you're killing the enemy - the correct calorific content to keep you sharp but not leave you like a lumbering Vanessa Feltz, and they need to be the right size and shape, that it can be grabbed without looking.Yes sir, there's a lot to the right gaming snack.

To this end we've undertaken a thorough and rigorous study, that in no way involved playing insane amounts of Pro Evo and Beatles Rock band and stuffing our mouth-holes with delicious snacks.

Read our results after the jump then let us know what you think...

Each snack, which can require no more than two minutes of preparation, will be assessed on Price, Deliciousness, Fatty potential, Gaming and Munchability.

Haribo
Price: You shouldn't be paying more than £1 for a big pack of Haribo. 4/5
Delicousness: The beauty of Haribo is their variety. From Strawbs to Tangfantastics - it's a case of trial and error, finding what works for you. Some are delicious - sour cherries, but some are a bit rubbery - like cola bottles. Initially always delicious they get sickly quickly. Which rhymes but is a bad thing. 3/5
Fatty Potential: Surprisinly low with some of the lower sugar packs such as wine gums, but equally surprisingly high with sugar-crusted sours such as tangfantastics. 2/5
Gaming: Haribo are high in sugars and will give you the sharpness of a sugar rush, great news if you're playing Modern Warfare 2, but bad if you're, like, Sim City. 2/5
Munchability: The packet format lends itself to munchability, but Haribo will never satiate serious hunger pangs. 3/5

Overall: 14/25

Kettle Chips
Price: Between £1.50 - £2 for a large share pack. 3/5
Deliciousness: Granted they're vaguely poncy, but show us a tastier crisp? Every flavour is delicious in it's own right (apart from sea salt and vinegar - which is consistently over flavoured) sweet chilli, salt and pepper and honey bbq, are our personal highlights of a range that's always changing. 4/5
Fatty Potential: Let's keep this simple: Eat too many of these and will you get fat, fast. 1/5
Gaming: High in carbohydrates, crisps provide you with long burning energy great for marathon session. But the salty devils will leave your controller thoroughly greasy, the ultimate gaming faux pas. 1/5
Munchability: Highly munchable. Kettle chips will both tantilise your taste buds and fill any belly gaps. That said they are labelled "chips" when they are demonstrably "crisps". Lose a mark for misrepresentation. 4/5

Overall: 13/25

Dry Cereal
Price: £1.20 - £2.50 3/5
Deliciousness: With such a variety to choose from, you'll know which are your favourites already. Don't be scared of trying smaller, rice-based cereals such a Ricicles and Coco Pops for gaming munchies. Often gamer will avoid these for fear of making a mess, but actually with a bit of practise these can be the most rewarding snacks. 4/5
Fatty Potential: Again, the fatty potential is substantial, depending on which cereal you're eating. If you're munching Shredded Wheat you'll be fine, but if you're stuffing Honey Nut Cornflakes in your gob for 18 hours in a day, you might get gout. 2/5
Gaming: With dry cereal you get the short term sugar boost and the carbs to give you longer lasting energy. Perfect for all gaming situations. 5/5
Munchability: Of the snacks we tested dry cereal was by far and away the most munchable. The box packaging makes it easily accessible, and by virtue of being a daily meal, you'll always have some in. Sweet but at the same time savoury - dry cereal is a special kind of magical snack. 5/5

Overall: 19/25

Apples
Price: £1 for six 4/5
Deliciousness: We were lucky enough to encounter a wonderfully in-season bag of shiny sweet Spartan apples. Again apples' real strength lies in their variety. Sweet tooth? Rock a Pink Lady? Prefer a sour tang? Get some Granny Smiths. 5/5
Fatty Potential: Zero. Apples are really good for you, and quite obviously contribute to one of your five-a-day. 5/5
Gaming: The size and shape of apples make them a great gaming snack. They are utterly messless, you can pick them up and put them down and not worry about leaving stains or residue in your gaming area. 4/5
Munchability: Highly munchable initially - apples have got great texture and crunch. Though one too many might leave you with a tummy-ache. Apples are highly acidic and can throw off your guts natural ph level if one indulges too much. 3/5

Overall: 21/25

Scotch Eggs
Price: Less than a £1 4/5
Deliciousness: A hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, wrapped in breadcrumbs. What's not to like? Okay we know, they're horrific, in a lot of ways, but equally we all know they're delicious. Even if you don't want to admit it. 4/5
Fatty Potential: It's a hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat. What do you think? High in saturated fats this is essentially a delicious heart-attack. 1/5
Gaming: You can nosh into scotch eggs with reckless abadandon but it'll leave crumbs strewn in your gaming zone. You should probably eat it on a plate - which might technically make it a meal. 2/5
Munchability: Not classically crunchable the scotch egg is nevertheless munchable. It's a highly filling snack open to your own interpretations - dipped in ketchup or brown sauce. 3/5

Overall: 14/25

Your winner: The humble Apple! Are we right? Let us know, fool!