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Gamespot's April 1 Rumor Control

Posted by Zonk on from the hole-in-the-windbag dept.

In case any of you were wondering what was and wasn't true yesterday, Gamespot has a rundown on some of the stories that made the rounds on 2005's April 1st. From the article: "One of the day's more devious pranks--also spread by the now obviously complicit Slashdot--plays on the fears of many gamers. In particular, it outlines the nightmare scenario of those who shelled out $99.99 for the Final Fantasy XI/PS2 hard drive bundle. Namely, if its subscriber base dwindles, Sony might discontinue support for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game." Heh.

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  1. Honestly by FidelCatsro · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If anyone still fell for these after reading the articles..
    There was one really good April fools joke on slashdot yesterday , which would have been grand it been only one. The problem is that it was nuzzled in between some of the daft ones and thus made it so easy to pick out .
    "fool me once shame on me , Fool me twice shame on you , Fool me 7 or more times..."
    Seriously some the carefull planing that used to go into these jokes needs to be reintroduced, It seems hoaxing is a dead art .Seriously when that FFXI joke is considerd one of the more devious then i think they should take a look back for inspiration to thinks on the http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/
    Now some of those were masterfull

    --
    The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
  2. When will it end? by CDLewis · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Next year I'll have to remember not only to avoid Slashdot on April 1 to miss the "funny" stories, but also on the 2nd to miss the Zonk-pats-self-on-back stories on getting Slashdot mentioned in Gamespot because of said "funny" stories. I'd actully enjoy a "Teen kills baby with shank fashioned from Grand Theft Auto disc, parents sue Rockstar" article right now.

  3. Re:FFXI....it would have been sorely missed... by nomadic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Kids today have no work ethic. I can't imagine not playing a game simply because you don't find it fun.

  4. I hate April Fools Day by Phlod · · Score: 5

    0nce upon a time, you had to be creative, or at least devious to come up with, and execute an April Fools prank. Since the internet, all you have to do is post made up crap on your web site. I guess someone, somewhere still finds this funny. I'm getting sick of wasting my time one day a year reading BS stories that don't even sound believable anymore.

    Just stop already.
    --Phlod