Gamers Bond Over Their Hatred of April Fools' Day
It's not easy to get gamers to collectively agree on something, but the one exception seems to be [...]
We've all fallen for at least one.
prevnextTrying to be a good sport today... We all know April Fools’ Day can be the most soul-crushing day, ESPECIALLY in the gaming world. I’ve already fallen for like 5 fake articles/videos about new Switch games, and I don’t seem to be learning my lesson lol. #SwitchCorps
— smangerang (@smangerang) April 1, 2020
Let it out. We get it.
prevnexti fell for an april fool’s joke about god of war part II being announced...no, it’s fine, it’s not like i haven’t been excited about any video game announcements in over a year now 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/G94NpK6iCt
— young potato (@afflictionate) April 1, 2020
Some actively avoid even discussing games on this day.
prevnextHappy April Fools Day everyone! Because it's such a wild day for tech, I decided to wait and post a video tomorrow. Don't want anyone debating whether what I'm saying is an April Fools joke or not. lol
— Gamer Meld (@GamerMeld) April 1, 2020
Not cool, everyone. Not cool.
prevnextWhen you see better games get “announced” on April Fools Day than they did at The Video Game Awards pic.twitter.com/STH2Fd65QP
— Mike, aka ElectricDCx (@PSN_ElectricDC) April 1, 2020
Why do they always do this???
prevnextApril Fools Day should be joke games, not fake announcements of games we would actually want to play
— Jon Harrison - Video Game Life Lessons (@CT_blog) April 1, 2020
This is actually pretty spot-on.
prevnextApril Fool Days Jokes: Video Game edition:
God Tier: Free playable parody game
— Richard Sharp (@RichSharpy) April 1, 2020
Great Tier: Silly enemy/cosmetic/mode added to game for 24 hours
Good Tier: Actually turns out to be a real thing
Ok Tier: So wacky it's obviously a joke
Shit Tier: LOL. HERE'S THING YOU WANT. PSYCHE.
It seems like a lot of people would get behind this.
prevnextCan we PLEASE find a way to abolish April Fool's? It's not fun, anymore. The internet turned it into a day of unfunny gags, clickbait, and awesome fake video game announcements that make me sad they're not going to happen.
— Doug Walker doesn't know crap about Spider-Man! (@googamp32) April 1, 2020
Of course, not everyone feels the same.
prevnextSomewhere in the past few years its become cool to hate on April fool's day but I kind of like it. Some things make me roll my eyes, but I enjoy the crazy stuff video game developers put out, and sometimes you get some wins in general that are really witty.
— Christine AKA IvyWinter (@IvyWinterYT) April 1, 2019
Personally, I wish my scale would say "April Fools!" once in a while.
prev#AprilFoolsDay Video Game Fact! Did you know in Wii Fit the Wii Balance Board has a unique phrase/outfit for April Fools Day?
Source: Me finding out when I booted up Wii Fit this morning. pic.twitter.com/Eui1BjpqpB
— Egman (@The_Egman) April 1, 2020