Roundup: My Favourite Online April Fools Jokes of 2012
If you were online this weekend, you might have noticed some April Fools gems circulating on Sunday. My absolute faves were from Microsoft, Google and WestJet.
The Winners
Assassin's Creed for Kinect
I was skeptical but bought in until that guy did that flip... and then I knew.Google Maps for NES
The best thing about this video is blowing on the cartridge. Oh, the memories.
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WestJet Kargo Kids
The Dude called this one mean. I beg to differ ;)Runners up
Gmail Tap
Morse code comes to Gmail!All of YouTube on DVD
A fleet of 100 trucks to deliver them... [Note: If you were eagle-eyed, you might have even noticed that they added a DVD to their logo for the day.]More great pranks:
- Apple Patents the Rectangle
- Virgin Travels into Volcanoes
- All Google's Pranks here and here
- ThinkGeek Pranks Admiral AckBar Singing Bass and ThinkGeek Hungry Hippos for iPad
- April Fools Day on the Web