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Our favorite April Fool’s Day 2014 pages.


Every year there are a ton of inventive April Fool’s Day pages put out by companies that make us laugh, cry, or downright rage because they’re not real. This year, we decided to compile some of our favorites from around the net. Check them out quick, because many of these things don’t stick around for long.

Blizzard Outcasts: Vengeance of the Vanquished http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/outcasts/

Also from Blizzard, Happy Reaper! Actually playable! (Or I assume it is, I don’t have Unity on my work computer.) Best comment on the page: “Haha jokes on you Blizzard, we actually want this game!” http://us.battle.net//d3/en/blog/13607363

Playable dragon race in Neverwinter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eCf2y0_Gnk

Hulu show: In the kitchen with Hannibal www.hulu.com/watch/615757

Thinkgeek is always worth mentioning for their April fools day items: http://www.thinkgeek.com/

Google Maps, more like Google…Dex? Google Maps on Android and iOS now have 151 Pokemon hidden around the world that can be captured and accessed via a Pokedex. http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2014/03/become-pokemon-master-with-google-maps.html

Heddit, the revolutionary way to browse Reddit: by activating your webcam, you can, among other things, upvote and downvote via nodding and shaking your head. There is also a cat mode (?!?!). http://www.reddit.com/

Auto Awesome Photobombs with David Hasselhoff from Google

Most TURRIBLE prank i’ve seen yet: http://i.imgur.com/eUgwdbs.jpg

Linkedin for cats (normally called reddit) http://blog.linkedin.com/2014/04/01/announcing-linkedin-cats-you-may-know-connecting-felines-one-paw-at-a-time/

Kickstart”r” https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/the-new-kickstartr

IGN – Titanfall Prime video (WOULD SUPER PLAY THIS GAME) http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/04/01/titanfall-optimus-prime-dlc-trailer

Find anyting else awesome around the web? Link it to us in the comments! We’d love to see it!


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