April bullshit fool roundup you fuckers.

Jam Warrior

So April Fool's day. It's a shit excuse to dick people around and we know it, but the video game industry running on hype and nonsense 99% of the time anyway, does tend to create some amusing stuff.

What's out there this year people?

anoffday

Quake Live is doing something called SuperSpace. I just played a little bit and it's like 4 maps combined into one. It's actually kind of fun though.

Oh and the Mass Effect 80s style cartoon. Which I would totally watch if it was real.

Peewi

As always, Blizzard has some decent stuff.

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/news/?d=2012-4#312334
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/zergotchi/
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/supplydepot/
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/blizzkidzz/

The Team Fortress 2 wiki wants you to believe that Valve have announced Ricochet 2.

A-Puck

Notch has released details of his new game, Mars Effect

http://marseffect.net/

MrVyngaard

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=ll

Google Maps has now been successfully deployed to the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Additionally, Really Advanced Search is now an option on Google.

Those guys think of everything.

For example, you can now also control the weather in your area if it displeases you.

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q=raleigh+nc+weather

And if this level of customization still isn't enough to satiate your control of things, there's now Gmail Tap.

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/introducing-gmail-tap.html


But since we've discussed Google to death, let's talk about Apple:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/01/apple_patent/

Returning to Google, I would like to mention that their Australian offerings are very lucrative:

http://google-au.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/google-street-roo-exploring-outback-one.html

maximumzero

Adult Swim was Toonami last night:

Klyka

Do we mind shameless self plugs and non-famous april fool's?

Mine:


Kikoskia:


Helloween:

Dark Raven X

The Sonic Retro forums have a pretty great one, if you're familiar with that fan project using DRM scandal.

On the Retro forums, type up, down, left, right, A, Enter to freeze the screen and get a "HACK DETECTED!" screen.

Sarksus

Yeah Toonami last night was amazing and horrible. Tom doing reviews, the end of the Cell Saga and the incomprehensible Tenchi Muyo. Nostalgia overload. They even had new Tom bumpers and this:

SwashbucklerXX

RPG News Bulletins!

Dragon Age III Kickstarter Promises Fan-Written Endings
Capcom Pre-Cancels Unannounced Dragon's Dogma Sequel

Bloodsheed

Thinkgeek's usual game of "Spot the Fake" is up and running. A couple stand outs I've found this year:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/snuznluz.shtml?cpg=39752156&msg_id=39752156&et_rid=769110875&linkid=39752156_headline_bb2e#description
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/shrinter.shtml?cpg=39752156&msg_id=39752156&et_rid=769110875&linkid=39752156_image_bb2e
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/moodinq-tattoo.shtml?cpg=39752156&msg_id=39752156&et_rid=769110875&linkid=39752156_headline_e1d0

Roe

Sarksus wrote: »

Yeah Toonami last night was amazing and horrible. Tom doing reviews, the end of the Cell Saga and the incomprehensible Tenchi Muyo. Nostalgia overload. They even had new Tom bumpers and this:

That toonami amv never gets old.

UnbreakableVow

This one's amazing

mere_immortal

More thinkgeek stuff

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee04/?pfm=AprilFools_homepage_Featured_2_ee04

Bloodsheed

mere_immortal wrote: »

More thinkgeek stuff

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee04/?pfm=AprilFools_homepage_Featured_2_ee04

That and the Technomancer Hoodie are the two I most wish were real.

Dyvion

Corehealer

mere_immortal wrote: »

More thinkgeek stuff

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee04/?pfm=AprilFools_homepage_Featured_2_ee04

That should be a real thing. Minus the sulphur.

AZChristopher

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

This one's amazing

Disappointed in the lack of a dance mini game.

Igpx407

Sad to hear I missed Adult Swim as Toonami. Toonami blew my mind as a young kid in middle school with things like Gundam Wing, Outlaw Star, and DBZ.

UnbreakableVow

Look at all your Steam sigs

Arivia

Bloodsheed wrote: »

Thinkgeek's usual game of "Spot the Fake" is up and running. A couple stand outs I've found this year:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/snuznluz.shtml?cpg=39752156&msg_id=39752156&et_rid=769110875&linkid=39752156_headline_bb2e#description

this one's real, actually.

Italax

AdBlock now shows cats instead of ads.

Blackbeard7

Bloodsheed wrote: »

mere_immortal wrote: »

More thinkgeek stuff

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee04/?pfm=AprilFools_homepage_Featured_2_ee04

That and the Technomancer Hoodie are the two I most wish were real.

I would buy that hoodie in an instant

Bloodsheed

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

This one's amazing

The "running around in circles during the loading screen" bit got me.

Also the other people's expressions during the leap of faith.

Arivia wrote: »

Bloodsheed wrote: »

Thinkgeek's usual game of "Spot the Fake" is up and running. A couple stand outs I've found this year:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/snuznluz.shtml?cpg=39752156&msg_id=39752156&et_rid=769110875&linkid=39752156_headline_bb2e#description

this one's real, actually.

I... but... it... *boggle*

SniperGuy

I was shocked that the inflatable captain's chair is real.

SniperGuy

I was shocked that the inflatable captain's chair is real.

Italax wrote: »

AdBlock now shows cats instead of ads.

Isn't that a feature? Not a joke?

Shadowfire

Corehealer wrote: »

mere_immortal wrote: »

More thinkgeek stuff

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/ee04/?pfm=AprilFools_homepage_Featured_2_ee04

That should be a real thing. Minus the sulphur.

Most of ThinkGeek's stuff this year should be real. I would buy the shit out of the technomancer hoodie and the ackbar singing fish.

PMAvers

Man, the only thing that'd make Blizzard's better would be to actually release the beta for Blizzard DOTA today.

Absalon

The nordic games magazine Gamereactor spoke of an Apple-Valve collaboration console called XoXo.

Have some Swedish. Try not to get any of it in your eyes: http://www.gamereactor.se/nyheter/44081/Valve+och+Apples+konsolplaner/

nealcm

so thinkgeek does this every year? have they ever had such outrageous want for an item that they made it real?

cause that would own for that technomancer hoodie...

Shadowfire

nealcm wrote: »

so thinkgeek does this every year? have they ever had such outrageous want for an item that they made it real?

cause that would own for that technomancer hoodie...

Every year, I think. I know the Tauntaun sleeping bag was a huge one.

Zombie Hero

nealcm wrote: »

so thinkgeek does this every year? have they ever had such outrageous want for an item that they made it real?

cause that would own for that technomancer hoodie...

They had a tauntaun sleeping bag a few years back that they ended up selling because of silly demand.

Honk

SniperGuy wrote: »

Italax wrote: »

AdBlock now shows cats instead of ads.

Isn't that a feature? Not a joke?

I thought so too. I want it to stay!

Athenor

Yeah. ThinkGeek started making their April Fools joke a limited-run thing.. It's actually become the source of some of their wackiest stuff. There'll be a reveal and voting starting tomorrow.

I can almost guarantee those Creeper snacks will make the cut. They just look like reshaped Peeps, after all.

Stormwatcher

The 8-bit Tie was like that too.

Cantido

Toonami. I didn't know so many chicks loved wearing Under Armor.

nealcm

Athenor wrote: »

Yeah. ThinkGeek started making their April Fools joke a limited-run thing.. It's actually become the source of some of their wackiest stuff. There'll be a reveal and voting starting tomorrow.

I can almost guarantee those Creeper snacks will make the cut. They just look like reshaped Peeps, after all.

yeah i thought the creeper snacks were the least 'out there' of most of them.

nealcm

so... we're all voting for the technomancer hoodie, right????

The_Scarab

Arivia wrote: »

Bloodsheed wrote: »

Thinkgeek's usual game of "Spot the Fake" is up and running. A couple stand outs I've found this year:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/snuznluz.shtml?cpg=39752156&msg_id=39752156&et_rid=769110875&linkid=39752156_headline_bb2e#description

this one's real, actually.

And far less effective than the one that literally shreds banknotes on your bedside table. That shit gets you up.

pablo_price

the canned unicorn meat as well,
and yeah, I'd say the marshmallow creeps are a shoe-in

Athenor

nealcm wrote: »

so... we're all voting for the technomancer hoodie, right????

Sadly, as usual I doubt it'll come in 4XLT.