iPad Arcade Stand April Fools April 2, 2010
Posted by Wilhelm Arcturus in entertainment.Tags: April Fools, Arcade Games, iPad, MAME
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Now it is things like this April Fools ad over at ThinkGeek that make me just cry. It looks so good, but you click on “Buy It” and get the big “April Fools” page.
The iCade
Didn’t think you needed an iPad? Think again!
When the iPad was announced, we all crammed into a conference room to watch live and drool over every shiny corner and reflecty icon. After the glow of the initial announcement wore off, many of us came to the conclusion that the iPad was actually pretty useless. “It’s a giant iPhone!” some said. Others exclaimed, “WTF, no Flash!?”. Still, we knew that most Apple fanbots (us included) would have to have one anyway.
Knowing that many of our loyal geeky customers would eventually get their retractable claws on an iPad at some point, we knew we needed to take it to the next level. What cool things could we do with the iPad that you, our lovely geek customers, would squee over? A few brainstorming sessions later, the idea of a MAME cabinet came up and we knew we’d struck gold. How cool would it be to slide your iPad into a desktop-sized arcade cabinet and rock it old school with some Pac-Man or Space Invaders?
Why is this an April Fools joke? Why isn’t this real? Somebody get off the dime and get to work on this!
Okay, it seems a bit small. I’d want something a bit bigger to play arcade games, but still. This would tempt me to buy an iPad.
Curses to my friend Scott for sending me this link and simultaneously raising and crushing my hopes.
April Fools Contest – The Winner April 1, 2010
Posted by Wilhelm Arcturus in entertainment, Humor, World of Warcraft.Tags: April Fools, contest
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And now comes the time that… several of you have been waiting for. It is time to announce the winner of The Ancient Gaming Noob’s April Fools Contest!
It's a hat!
I’ve gone through the list, solicited opinions from key individuals, and reviewed the results of the poll.
Now to come to a decision! Who will it be?
World of Tanks Poetry Contest? April 1, 2010
Posted by Wilhelm Arcturus in entertainment, Humor, Misc MMOs.Tags: April Fools, World of Tanks
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World of Tanks announced today on their site that they are having a poetry contest.
Tank Poetry Contest
For all bookworms among you as well as those who believe there’s a Robert Burns buried somewhere deep inside their personality, we are announcing a new contest that begins straight away!
We are offering you to compose a poetic text dedicated to your favorite armored vehicle presented in the World of Tanks. It doesn’t matter if you come up with a Shakespeare-style sonnet, use Dante’s “Divine Comedy” tercet style, or even practise in blank verse. What matters most is that your poetic dedication should be captivating and emotional. And it might be funny as well! In a word, we are looking for something really outstanding.
Please leave your masterpieces in comments to this article on our Forum.
The contest will last till 9 April 2010. At 1 p.m. GMT the topic will be closed, and the winners will be announced on 12 April 2010.
The winner will get two WoT T-shirts and five invites to the closed beta testing.
The runner-up will be awarded with one T-shirt and three invites.
Finally, one T-shirt and one invite will go to the third place.
Best of luck to all the contestants! May the muse be with you!
Just because it is April 1st doesn’t mean it has to be a joke, right?
They also have a new teaser trailer out. I’m not sure what to make of it.
April Fools at Blizzard – 2010 April 1, 2010
Posted by Wilhelm Arcturus in Blizzard, Diablo III, entertainment, Humor, World of Warcraft.Tags: April Fools, Battle.net, StarCraft II
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[This is about the 2010 Blizzard April Fools. 2011 is covered here.]
As usual, Blizzard has a series of April Fools items around their various sites.
There is the Battle.Net Neural Interface.
A new way to connect!
On the WoW front, they have announced the Equipment Potency EquivalencE Number (E.P.E.E.N.), that includes a graphic measurement of who has more. Not quite up there with last year’s Battle Dance System, but okay.
Now we know whose really is bigger!
The Blizzard site also has some fantastic announcements around two mobile games, Blackthorne 2 and Queen’s Quest.
Over at the Diablo III site there was the X-treme Gamer Blanket.
That is all I have spotted up to this point. There wasn’t anything obvious on the StarCraft site, but they might be too busy with beta and launch plans to play the April Fools game.
Did I miss anything in my morning run through the land of Blizzard? Did they announce that the change of relationship between Blizzard and Activision was just an April Fools? One can only hope.
Addendum
A reader comment from David pointed out that there is also a Deckard Cain GPS Voice Pack page, the old Two-headed Ogre player character story brought to life, and a new Battle.net Matchmaking service to add to the Blizzard April Fools list.
Battle.net's April Fool Page
Such fun. Anything out there exclusive to the EU Blizzard sites?
Are You Addicted To FarmVille? April 1, 2010
Posted by Wilhelm Arcturus in Casual Games, entertainment, Humor.Tags: Farmville
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Do you play FarmVille?
Are you worried that you may, perhaps, be addicted?
Are you concerned that all that fun might be sucking you into the game and feeding obsessive compulsive behavior?
Well, Liquid Generation has a thoughtful quiz full of pertinent questions which will help you determine if you are addicted!
Fortunately, I do not appear to be addicted. My result was as follows:
It is hard to argue with that.
