If you've been asleep for the last ten days, you might not have noticed that it's March, and that makes the next month April, which begins with April Fools day. With giant bomb being such a community based website, I was thinking it would be cool if the whole community came together and did a big April fools joke together.
My initial thoughts are that we could all work together on a really detailed wiki page about a game that doesn't exist, and then on April 1st post links to it on neoGAF and forums on other websites to try and fool people (or at the very least give them a laugh). We could even submit it to the news email addresses of other game websites, although it's a bit of a long shot that they'll fall for it, with it being April Fools day, but I suppose it's worth a shot.
But this is just an idea, I'm sure some of you guys have better idea's of what we could do, so let's have a brainstorming forum thread to bounce around some idea's of what we could do, so post what you think we could do for April fools day.
Community Arill Fools Day Joke Idea's
"If you've been asleep for the last ten days, you might not have noticed that it's March, and that makes the next month April, which begins with April Fools day. With giant bomb being such a community based website, I was thinking it would be cool if the whole community came together and did a big April fools joke together. My initial thoughts are that we could all work together on a really detailed wiki page about a game that doesn't exist, and then on April 1st post links to it on neoGAF and forums on other websites to try and fool people (or at the very least give them a laugh). We could even submit it to the news email addresses of other game websites, although it's a bit of a long shot that they'll fall for it, with it being April Fools day, but I suppose it's worth a shot. But this is just an idea, I'm sure some of you guys have better idea's of what we could do, so let's have a brainstorming forum thread to bounce around some idea's of what we could do, so post what you think we could do for April fools day."I really like the idea. There are some media outlets that report things without doing much research and it would be so funny if they reported our fake game. I'm in!
"MattyFTM said:A SEGA-produced rhythm game like Parappa the Rappa, only with Knuckles as the protagonist rapping his way up to the top of "the game" to win the seven fragments of the master emerald back?"If you've been asleep for the last ten days, you might not have noticed that it's March, and that makes the next month April, which begins with April Fools day. With giant bomb being such a community based website, I was thinking it would be cool if the whole community came together and did a big April fools joke together. My initial thoughts are that we could all work together on a really detailed wiki page about a game that doesn't exist, and then on April 1st post links to it on neoGAF and forums on other websites to try and fool people (or at the very least give them a laugh). We could even submit it to the news email addresses of other game websites, although it's a bit of a long shot that they'll fall for it, with it being April Fools day, but I suppose it's worth a shot. But this is just an idea, I'm sure some of you guys have better idea's of what we could do, so let's have a brainstorming forum thread to bounce around some idea's of what we could do, so post what you think we could do for April fools day."I really like the idea. There are some media outlets that report things without doing much research and it would be so funny if they reported our fake game. I'm in!"
... I dunno, I'm low on ideas right now. Getting a fake game across the grapevine would be awesome, though.
"The ideas I hear are great, and I love this concept overall. Especially the Wii-centered stuff, lol."Oh, Knuckles' happenin' hip-hop adventure would be on the Wii, of course. It'd be released alongside an Amy dating sim on the DS marketed for girls. And did somebody mention new characters!?
"change every game page to sayMy initial thoughts were something along these lines, but I wasn't sure if the mods or staff would like the site being vandalized beyond recognition, even if it was only for one day. I figured a page for a fake game just for one day would be much further within the realms of acceptability, heck, I'm sure the staffers have their own plans for April Fools Jokes on the editorial side, I'm sure they won't mind us having a little bit of fun on the wiki side, although your idea might be taking it a little too far.this game sucks because it does not contain both funky student & hamburgers
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"Retrogimp said:100 percent real that one."That video on one of the other forums about a dancing/ real-time strategy game featuring Stalin and martians could be the fake game? lol But it's probs a bit too ludicrous for even our purposes hehe."That stalin Vs. martians game is real. I think. "
What about a satire like game in which you play as a merchant type character a la resi 4 -and your game objective is to traverse through multiple game universes in order to give equuipment and ammo to the 'heroes' of video games, - - and the better your cockney accent the more you can charge
As much as i think April Fools day is stupid as Ryan does.
I would of liked tricking the staff who actually work here via some stupid page or topic in the forums...but that is now screwed.
"MattyFTM said:Seriously? lol Awesome. I'll need to look out for it haha."Retrogimp said:100 percent real that one. ""That video on one of the other forums about a dancing/ real-time strategy game featuring Stalin and martians could be the fake game? lol But it's probs a bit too ludicrous for even our purposes hehe."That stalin Vs. martians game is real. I think. "
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