Beware: Tomorrow is April Fools' Day

66 Comments by Ross Miller Mar 31st 2008 5:30PM
Filed under: Culture

Just a friendly reminder, folks, tomorrow is April Fool's Day, so be very careful about "breaking news" you might stumble upon. Whether it's Blue Hobbits or Wii.TV, just take what you read with a grain of salt until the clock strikes midnight. Here's some helpful advice:

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is: We'd all love for Nintendo to suddenly give everyone who clicks a link a free Wii, but face it, it doesn't seem too likely.
Sourcing is important: If a blockbuster April 1 story comes from unnamed sources or a mysteriously dead web site, remain skeptical. The least they could do is forge some documentation for their joke; make them work for it.
Pimps at Sea is never coming out: It's a Bungie inside joke, and someone always manages to fall for it. Also, whatever Blizzard announces tomorrow is a lie, so just have a laugh.
Duke Nukem Forever is never coming out: That 100% confirmed release date you'll read about tomorrow? Total baloney.

Any questions? Here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.

Tags: april-fools, april-fools-day, aprilfools08, bunny, pancake

(Page 1) Reader Comments

steve: Mar 31st 2008; 5:35PM

tomorrow is also my birthday
woooo

RabbidMickeyMouse: Mar 31st 2008; 5:41PM

Mine as well. The big 2-0.

Chris: Mar 31st 2008; 5:58PM

shame on you two, fooling us into buying you presents and your still one hour away(london GMT).

Lewis: Mar 31st 2008; 6:19PM

your birthdays a lie, im sorry to tell you

rTwelve: Mar 31st 2008; 5:38PM

Fun fact: I am Miyomoto.

rTwelve: Mar 31st 2008; 5:39PM

Keep in mind that's the iron chef

inb4 spellingerror

Yourself: Mar 31st 2008; 8:37PM

Hmm...
Still sp.

*Morimoto

Tiptup300: Mar 31st 2008; 8:53PM

Fun Fact: Cake, seriously! Not a lie.

lawlersauce: Mar 31st 2008; 5:38PM

Fun Fact: Jesse Jackson

Reuben: Mar 31st 2008; 5:38PM

Anyone here catch what Adult Swim pulled last year for April Fool's? Classic stuff.

Mr Khan: Mar 31st 2008; 5:44PM

Aye, they had me going for a while about releasing their movie straight to their network like that

I figured if it was a prank, the movie would just be a no-show, playing it in 20 x 30 with no sound was epic

Not quite as epic as when they ran an episode of the Chuck Norris cartoon show, which i believe was two years back, but still good

mmxzero: Mar 31st 2008; 6:55PM

One year they showed GitS (and other shows) with farting noises through the entire episodes. That was the only time I was ever able to sit through a full half hour of Ghost in the Shell. Or when they drew mustache's on all characters during Witch Hunter Robin. Cant wait to see what they do this year.

BPM X: Soul Eraser [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186]: Mar 31st 2008; 7:21PM

I remember that, mmxzero. Glad I'm not the only one who finds GitS: SAC dull as hell. I find that show could cure insomnia.

They did the 'stache thing for both Witch Hunter Robin and InuYasha (which made all the InuYasha fans cry a lot, so they reaired the episode sans 'staches). I managed to take screenshots of all the Robin 'staches, but not the InuYasha ones.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v348/BPMdotEXE/Screenshots/Mustaches/

Enjoy.

Neebs: Mar 31st 2008; 5:42PM

GameFAQs does something tomorrow too.

Fernando Rocker: Mar 31st 2008; 5:44PM

Fun Fact: I'm a Nintendo fanboy (really).

borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring): Mar 31st 2008; 5:58PM

If you really, really, want to earn bonus fools' points Fernando...post something gushing about the PS3. Double points if Ken can be convinced to wax poetic about the Wii60 stuff.

Fernando Rocker: Mar 31st 2008; 6:03PM

I cannot turn my back on Nintendo... not even for a joke =p

BPM X: Soul Eraser [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186]: Apr 1st 2008; 1:27AM

That's not such a FUN fact...

samfish: Mar 31st 2008; 5:49PM

Fun Fact: Men typically have penises.

ScottyGEE32: Mar 31st 2008; 7:13PM

Typically? I'd hate to be the un-typical male then
O_O

BigD145: Mar 31st 2008; 8:46PM

Yes. They atypically have more than a penis.

Blazur: Mar 31st 2008; 11:08PM

Fact: Your new icon has earned you a +

ChooChooCharlie (Brawl: 1504-5357-9285): Mar 31st 2008; 5:50PM

Dear said bunny w/ pancake on head,

Will tomorrow's Rock Band DLC be a Rick-Roll?

Sincerely,
ChooChooCharlie

jackbauer(ssbb:0087-2222-7531): Mar 31st 2008; 6:10PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

DangerMouse: Mar 31st 2008; 7:26PM

TEH OMG I GOT RICK RULL'D AGAIN!!!

I THINK I'LL MAKE A SCENE!@#

lawlersauce: Mar 31st 2008; 5:51PM

Fun Fact: Toothpaste For Dinner . com

h0mi: Mar 31st 2008; 5:52PM

GTA 4 for DS?

Nikhil: Mar 31st 2008; 5:52PM

THERE IS NO DIABLO 3 OR WARCRAFT 4 ANNOUNCEMENT COMING TOMORROW the

n0thx1ng: Mar 31st 2008; 5:57PM

The audio was on the Spanish audio setting.

n0thx1ng: Mar 31st 2008; 5:58PM

Epic fail on trying to reply Mr. Khan.

Benny: Mar 31st 2008; 6:01PM

Why send this warning out and ruin all the fun? Now nobody will believe my story about the bunny with the pancake on his head... :(

Bloo: Mar 31st 2008; 6:03PM

Fun Fact: You can unlock Sheng Long in Street Fighter II for the SNES

RomeoDude: Mar 31st 2008; 6:03PM

Tomorrow would be a really good day to make a major announcement...

Wyvernlink: Mar 31st 2008; 6:04PM

did you guys know that Master Chief is in brawl?

He's so epic that you can only unlock him if you kill 100 enemies in Cruel Brawl with every character.

His final smash sets off a Halo ring, none survive.

rTwelve: Mar 31st 2008; 7:10PM

343 Guilty Spark is an Assist Trophy. He appears with a group of Sentinels and they start charging their lasers.

aristokrat: Mar 31st 2008; 6:05PM

I hope 3drealms announces a DNF release date tomorrow, complete with another teaser. I think that would be the most fitting way for them to do it, since nobody's going to believe them anyway, only to have it turn out to be true.

Would that be considered a 2° April Fool's joke?

Joe Siegler: Apr 1st 2008; 1:23AM

We did that some years ago. The source code to Duke Nukem 3D was released on April 1st. People didn't believe it for awhile. :)

Kuro: Mar 31st 2008; 6:09PM

If someone kills that bunny tomorrow I'll be a very saaaad panda.

mr mobius: Mar 31st 2008; 6:17PM

Still have fond memories of the futuristic Zelda from last year.

Cesaria (SSBB: 3136-6466-5083): Mar 31st 2008; 6:21PM

Yeah, that actually sounded pretty cool.

Kewlrats: Mar 31st 2008; 6:24PM

Justin McElroy as Smash Bros Brawl DLC CONFIRMED.

Kokomadeta: Mar 31st 2008; 6:24PM

How do you know whether Duke Nukem Forever will come out? 3D Realms released Prey after about 10 years of development, why not Duke Nukem? All this negetivity surrounding the game dulls the actual experience when the game comes out. Like Halo 2. It was so hyped that it sucked when it came out. Now, when Duke comes out, and it's as good or better than Prey, all this 'down-hype' will screw over the experience. Let's all just hope it comes out this year, and enjoy it when it does.

MasterInsan0: Mar 31st 2008; 7:24PM

Actually Prey was basically canceled, then picked back up somewhere around 2001 for Human Head to start working on it again.

It was then in development with them for about 5 years.

DangerMouse: Mar 31st 2008; 7:27PM

Should've stayed dead.

Toop: Mar 31st 2008; 6:34PM

Boooo that I want Pimps at Sea. I emailed Bungie once and asked them if I could make a game called Pimps at Sea and if they would come after me, but they said it would be fine.

hvnlysoldr: Mar 31st 2008; 6:43PM

Jack Thompson announces his own game console system.

Donald: Mar 31st 2008; 10:57PM

GTA V exclusive CONFIRMED.

Rocketboy: Mar 31st 2008; 6:46PM

WHAT'S THAT ABOUT A FREE WII?!? SSWWWEEETT!!

christopher.hyde: Mar 31st 2008; 6:57PM

is that oolong? i miss oolong.

Mecandes: Mar 31st 2008; 6:58PM

Joystiq, why would you want to ruin the fun by posting this? But you know what? Nothing makes me laugh more than the people who have to announce "This is an April fool's joke!" -- as if they are smart and figured it out first. Well guess what; you're not smart. You're the biggest April fool of them all.

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