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My April Fool's highlight is always seeing what Woot.Com will come up with. There's are usually not so much fooling people as much as they are a mystery to be solved (except for that one time that they had a woot-off where they sold the same cheapo item over-and-over). If you haven't checked out today's woot-your-own-adventure then check it out. It's pretty funny...I cracked the mystery and scored a random bag of crap last night. Woot!
 
The more I think about the icade, the more the economics don't work out, and that makes me sad, because knowing it was a joke was no cure to a universal truth.... A lot of us would pay some damn good money for that.

Except for the software side (and the fourth game), that iCade product not only looks real but is totally feasible. The economics do work out just fine, including real arcade-grade parts.
 
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Look at the post reply button. I have seen a few different phrases come up as well.:D
 
if someone were to make something like this I would buy it like others have posted.
 
Unfortunately I don't think this is too far from the truth.
When is the last time you read anything computer (as in real computer not iPad toy) related on these pages?
I fear it's only gonna get worse. :(

Sadly had they just limited the joke to the "pro" lines it would have been believable.
 
Has anyone else noticed that the images on the front page news posts have been rotated by a couple of degrees? Or is it just me?! :eek:

Not just you! Must be april fools related, because it's not browser-dependent, and it doesn't happen on every site. It sure is annoying though!!!
 
When searching google this appears at the top of the page....
 

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iCade!!! Best dock I've seen.

I want some Chugga Cherry, too...
 
Very funny ,to say apple fools instead of ......

Any ways, i think it looks great and good work great if it was below 150 dollars i would by it too ;-).
 
sad thing is i probably would want one of those arcade cabinets. :eek:

i know. my roommate would love me.

Actually my place would look like the loft in Big if my roommate had it his way. Pool table, air hockey, ping pong, skeeball, arcade games. Huge ass tv taking over one wall.

even sadder, if I had the money I'd go for it.

That thing looks awesome! Someone should take this joke and actually make it.

Well they are officially making the Tauntaun sleeping bag
 
April 1st can sure be annoying.

I agree. I've got a sense of humor, but sifting through the bs from the real stories on some sites is just a waste of time.

Happy Gullibility Awareness Day!

I love that. Kudos.

When searching google this appears at the top of the page....

Stuff like that, and what MacRumors is doing with icons and post suggestions are great. They're amusing, obviously humor, and don't waste your time like fake news stories do.

Google UK's "Google Translate for Animals" youtube video and Android app were amusing, even the app itself had some well thought out lines your cat or dog would say to you if they really could speak.

/cranky mode on
Sometimes it feels like the bulk of the tech news sites are ran by 14 year old boys on April 1st. :eek:
/cranky mode off
 
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