Ah April Fools… this is the time of year I like to have an authoritative-sounding man call my mother and tell her I was in a horrible car accident. Then as they're lowering the casket into the ground I pop out at the last second and we all have a good laugh. Except for poor old Uncle Marty, may he rest in peace.
But this year I thought I’d focus on other people's (less mature) April Fool’s jokes. From World of Starcraft to Shrek Calibur II, there have been some decent attempts to trick the ever-gullible gaming community. So without further ado, I present some of the greatest AF pranks in gaming history. I say “some” because I’m sure there is a small third-world country somewhere out there that has a really witty sense of humor, but as they won’t have the internet for another 300 years, I have no […]
Original post by mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) and software by Elliott Back
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