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Originally Posted by
Ferral
This time every year the internet games and tech sites find elaborate ways to fool everyone. Found 2 decent ones so far. First is from Gamespy with Commander Shepards Birth Certificate, anyone that knows ME universe knows that during character creation you create your own background. Its quite an amusing read :
http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/mass-eff...1222085p1.html
Next one which had me in stitches. Google Maps for 8Bit Nintendo :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznYifPHxDg
If you actually go to Google Maps in the top right of the Map there is a box called quest, if you click it you actually get an 8 Bit version of the map, looks like something from FF or Zelda!
I was looking at the google thing yesterday, i dont think thats an april fools. Cool though :)
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Re: April 1st Jokes are starting
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Originally Posted by
Mblaster
That might have got me, had I read it at the time. It seems genuine, no obviously made up names and logic that seems like the sort of conclusions that typical MPs might come to.
Re: April 1st Jokes are starting
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Originally Posted by
Ferral
If you actually go to Google Maps in the top right of the Map there is a box called quest, if you click it you actually get an 8 Bit version of the map, looks like something from FF or Zelda!
Is this another April Fool? I don't seem to see that...
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Re: April 1st Jokes are starting
I think it was only there for the day...
Can't view Youtube at the mo, for some reason...
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Re: April 1st Jokes are starting
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Larkspeed
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Originally Posted by
Bambooz
These were both funny and clever. I don't think they would have fooled me had I seen them any other way, obviously a child saying Happy April Fools day does give things away at the end but the Sony ad might have come across as quite genuine to the not very tech savvy people that might shop for PC hardware in places like high street electronics stores.