The Internets are Broken
It's April 1, so the Internet is broken. All sorts of stupid things are up all over the place. For instance:
What. The. Hell.
- The Web Standards Project decided to troll people by saying that the purpose of the conflicker worm was uncovered,
- Trent Reznor appears to have decided to mock the music industry fairly explicitly,
- Wizards of the Coast have published a BS character class based on Penny Arcade's "witchalock" meme,
- Blizzard Entertainment have let their folks go bonkers with
- their European team announcing mount "pimpage" in development,
- the Diablo III team announcing an "archivist" class, which is effectively an aged librarian on steroids,
- Starcraft II announcing a transforming base,
- World of Warcraft announcing a Dance-off mechanic, and
- WoW's forums featuring a pseudo-epic fantasy Markov-babbler that makes nods to all sorts of pop-culture references, including Lonely Island's "On A Boat" ("And so, [Poster] sailed away on his magnificent craft, his nautical-themed pashmina Afghan flapping in the salty breeze") and the aforementioned witchalock meme ("As night fell, [Poster] and her boon companions withdrew to the safety of the hills - where they would be free from the clutches of the Wolfoids … for now.").
- the venerable slashdot.org has also done their annual April Fools slate of stories, some actually vaguely funny.
- Obama's AG, Eric Holder, is taking steps to void former Sen. Ted Stevens's conviction on the grounds that the prosecutors were, effectively, fools, and
- the once-mighty SGI has been sold to Rackable for $25 million in cash
What. The. Hell.