Gamespot's April 1 Rumor Control

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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[Anonymous Coward]

kongisking.net carried a great April Fool's produced by Peter Jackson himself.

Kongisking.net is the fansite covering the production of the upcoming King Kong, and they get sent a production diary (a short movie clip from Peter Jackson) each day on what's happening on the set.

For April 1st, Peter Jackson announced the sequel starring King Kong's son was out of the bag. He had mock sets, mock computer shots, interviews with Jack Black and Naomi Watts and a Universal spokesperson... a lot of thought went into it :)

If you want to hear about the son of King Kong battling Nazis in World War 2, head on over to the site - it still has the production diary clip :)

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[geminidomino]

People these days break the rules, though.

When you get busted that it's a joke, you can't insist its not. That's when you go from being a "Clever Prankster" to being a "Jerk"

Yeah, Alan, I'm talking to you. ;) And don't think I didn't figure out AthlonRob was in on it too. That was actually the giveaway. He laid it on WAY to thick.