Project Lore

Image from Zazzle.com

Let's take a moment to return to yesterday's prank filled landscape and see what the greater interweb has to offer us.  Naturally we will start off with Blizzard and their hijinks.

P1mp My Mount:  Thanks to the wonderful creation of timezones, the European team was able to get the ball rolling hours before Blizzard's HQ in California had even brushed their teeth.  The creative photoshopping of the "Battlecat" took the prize in this round, followed closely by the Garage and its collection of ridiculous parts.  There was a distinct lack of "Yo Dawg" in this post though.

StarCraft II's Terratron: This was the first April Fools prank I saw from the North American team.  Here we have a Terran base re-purposing itself as a defensive structure.  Sorry, THE defensive structure - and offensive.  Whoever wrote the description did it with a sort of passion reserved for BurgerCraft posts.  The included videos pass when compared to other unit layouts, but the presentation as a whole is not as glamorous as other pranks.

Dance Battle System: Blizzard proper did the wait justice with their newest form of PvP combat, breakdancing.  Kael'Thas, apparently bored of summoning Kil'jaeden to Azeroth, has decided to throw a dance contest to find the best crew in Azeroth.  The post pokes fun at numerous dancing themed shows and movies (all the headers are based on one) and even the hunky Acy Slater.  Mesh Shirt of Inappropriateness = instant classic.

Diablo III's Archivist: This year Diablo III reigned supreme for me.  Not only did the April Fools team developing Diablo make an obscene new class, but they crafted a catching bit of lore and finely tuned spells to go along with the prank.  As if they hadn't wasted enough time on the witty screenshots (discussion tree FTW), the team created a trio of trailers for the hilarious spells.  Shush, it's hilarious.

Here I go branching out again.  The best WoW-based April Fools' Day prank I stumbled across was WoWInsider's Hungry Man Reviews.  Chase Christian's (a fellow rogue by the way) review of Dragonbreath Chili is the winner of the bunch.  As for best video game-based gag I have happened upon, that would go to CD Projekt RED and their announcement of The Witcher: Mysterious Secrets.  Best overall goes to ThinkGeek's Tauntaun Sleeping Bag, just because I want it to be real oh so badly.

WoWInsider promises a WoW-based recap sometime today, and GameSpot already has their conglomeration of funnies available which include the best video for April Fools, the Ostrich Hammer.  Which did you enjoy the most?