SydLexia.com - The Forums :: View topic - Cool April Fools Things From around the web.

Posted: Apr 01 2010 10:03 am

Youtube has a cool thing today.

It has a new resoultion called TEXTp. It turns videos into ASCII art. And, it looks cool.

A great example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTKwnzY3NbQ&feature=PlayList&p=A81590F48A3FFDD1&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=42

Change the 360p to TEXTp and enjoy!

Also, this is awesome:
http://www.razerzone.com/venom/

Posted: Apr 01 2010 10:36 am

Fuck April Fools Day. I have better thing to do with my time than play a joke on you guys.

Posted: Apr 01 2010 10:45 am

Syd Lexia wrote:

Fuck April Fools Day. I have better thing to do with my time than play a joke on you guys.

I think that fact that you are not April Fooling us this year, IS your April Fools joke on us.

Edit: Nevermind. I found what you did... Very cute.

Posted: Apr 01 2010 10:47 am

and googles main page says Topeka.

Posted: Apr 01 2010 12:27 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Fuck April Fools Day. I have better thing to do with my time than play a joke on you guys.

Posted: Apr 01 2010 03:47 pm

I rather agree with Syd, actually. I guess I don't mind entertaining AFD jokes that people put thought into (Syd's and YouTube's would be an example), but frankly, I just hate being on the internet on April 1st. So much shit, most of it so irritating. (Probably I'm still just scarred from the IGN Zelda movie prank from last year. Sigh.)

For those who want to keep track, by the way, Kotaku has a regularly updated list of all the major pranks on the web:

http://kotaku.com/5506854/your-april-fools-survival-guide-%5Bupdate%5D

(Although frankly, I don't know why the "Epic Sesame Street" joke was put under Ugly. I thought it was rather clever, and the character designs were cool.)

EDIT: my favorite AFD joke so far: http://www.ted.com/talks/last_ditch_appeal_to_save_the_planet.html

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

http://"http//www.fearnet.com/news/b18644_burton_bring_gaimans_sandman_big_screen.html%22

Posted: Apr 01 2010 10:24 pm

Quote:

Duke Nukem Forever Would Have Shipped Today

In an alternate timeline, today would have been the release date of 3D Realms' decade-long-overdue Duke Nukem Forever.

According to former Take-Two producer Jason Bergman (via Variety), April 1, 2010 was the internal scheduled release date for the long-awaited first-person shooter.

The April Fools' date was "totally intentional," Berman said on his Twitter account, saying "I wholeheartedly believe that had things gone differently, they would have made that date."

Duke Nukem developer 3D Realms effectively shut down last May, taking Duke Nukem Forever with it. The developer issued a statement later that month that it retained the rights to the Duke Nukem franchise and would "continue to license and co-create games" based upon it, but news has been quiet since then.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178622