April 1st Jokes are starting

[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!

[SUMMONER]

YouTube Collection on DVD. Buy one set today and get another free to give to a friend.

[GoNz0]

http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/about/new...267300,00.html

[Lucio]

http://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/thin...es-and-marmite

This one I saw on the FB adverts, can't believe the company would actually *pay* to try and trick people...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

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!

Even the photographs are pixelated and in 8 bit colour!!

[Ferral]

Even the photographs are pixelated and in 8 bit colour!!

If it doesnt work blow on the cartridge!

Its fun looking about the 8Bit quest map, found the Angel of the North, actually looks better than the real thing!

Another good one is Mars Effect from Mojang Notch promising a decent ending :

http://marseffect.net/

Just found that apparently Diablo 3 is coming to the Wii :

http://www.diablofans.com/news/1136-...ng-to-the-wii/

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

http://www.techpowerup.com/

http://tpucdn.com/images/logo2_april.1.gif

[GAteKeeper]

El Reg is having a go http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/01/apple_patent/

Still cant beat Hexus dodgy pixel from a few years back

GK

ps. loving the 8bit google maps/street view

[Steve]

I enjoyed making the dead pixel trick. The article still works and has dead pixels on it, although the "test" page with the simple background doesn't any more since the new site launch. I should probably put it back.

[GoNz0]

http://community.phones4u.co.uk/gnom...den-ornaments/

[Ferral]

Blizzard are on top form today, Battle Net Authenticator replacement the Zergotchi :

http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/games/zergotchi/

Also Battle Net Neural Interface (Currently sold out! ) :

http://eu.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=221003857

Also an Admiral Akbar singing fish :

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/l...rSingingBass_2

Google Really Advanced search :

http://www.google.com/js/reallyadvanced.html

[KeyboardDemon]

There was a time when April fool's jokes were genuinely clever and funny once you discovered them, but either we have gotten better at discovering them or people are just making them to be obvious parodies on the theme. Videos like the YouTube collection on DVD are obviously fake and while they are funny I can't believe anybody would be fooled by them.

I long for the day when I innocently click on a link and see something so awesome or amazingly believable that I completely miss how it could be a prank and get drawn in so completely that the joke is only funny after the discovery instead of being spoon fed the punchline, most of the gags we see these days couldn't even be made more obvious with a heading stating that they are April fool's gags.

Hopefully next year someone will manage that, or someone will find it and post it on these pages in a topic or news article that's not already shouting about it being an April's fool joke.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This one is funny:

http://www.techpowerup.com/163386/AM...creenshot.html

[Mblaster]

There was a time when April fool's jokes were genuinely clever and funny once you discovered them, but either we have gotten better at discovering them or people are just making them to be obvious parodies on the theme. Videos like the YouTube collection on DVD are obviously fake and while they are funny I can't believe anybody would be fooled by them.

I long for the day when I innocently click on a link and see something so awesome or amazingly believable that I completely miss how it could be a prank and get drawn in so completely that the joke is only funny after the discovery instead of being spoon fed the punchline, most of the gags we see these days couldn't even be made more obvious with a heading stating that they are April fool's gags.

Hopefully next year someone will manage that, or someone will find it and post it on these pages in a topic or news article that's not already shouting about it being an April's fool joke.

This one almost had me this year! Maybe it was just wishful thinking on my part

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=25457

[Saracen]

There was a time when April fool's jokes were genuinely clever and funny once you discovered them, but either we have gotten better at discovering them or people are just making them to be obvious parodies on the theme. Videos like the YouTube collection on DVD are obviously fake and while they are funny I can't believe anybody would be fooled by them.
....

That, really.

April fool's "jokes" are (IMHO, of course) about 99.9% tedium and about 0.1% inspiration, these days. Or maybe I'm just too cynical? After all, I only believe about 10% of what I read on the net (or in papers) during the other 364.25 days of the average year.

Most "fools" leave me thinking "ho hum, can I have my 10 seconds back, please".

[sammyc]

http://adblockforchrome.blogspot.co....-catblock.html Catblock

"I'm in ur AdBlock, Maekin it CatBlock" Seems to be pulling in people who jibbed at donating for AdBlock - so maybe a smart move for the makers, kitty power and all that.