PC Gamer Blog: Five Years Of Foolishness

 

Peter Molyneux surprised punters by returning from the bathroom in full blackface and a curly wig, wearing a tight white V-neck wifebeater, skinny black jeans and a single white silk fingerless glove.

I celebrated April Fool’s day over at the PC Gamer blog by recounting five of my favourite games industry pranks of the last decade.

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ImperialCreed: I would dearly, dearly love to believe that the Spector one actually happened.

Chris Evans: I too would love for, well all of them to be real.

Iain "DDude" Dawson: Personally, my favorite form of april fools joke is the one which you cannot quite tell if it's true.

That is why anything that valve does must be taken in all seriousness. Because it may be true!

Iain "DDude" Dawson: warning: laughing at any Valve release-date pun may have an adverse effect on the TF2 update.
 
 

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By this stage the house is full of people, wearing chicken suits, walking slowly around its corridors and stopping every time the song gets to that unbearable “I’m tired of singing” line, whereupon their fake chicken heads flip back so they can sing it unmuffled. ...

 

 

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