{"id":62975,"date":"2014-04-02T10:10:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T08:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=62975"},"modified":"2014-04-03T07:55:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T05:55:22","slug":"the-best-of-april-fools-day-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/62975-the-best-of-april-fools-day-2014","title":{"rendered":"The best of April Fools&#8217; Day 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April Fools&#8217; Day &#8211; a time when reading news sites is both fun and terrifying.<\/p>\n<p>Is that story real? Is that Ebola scare a joke? Where is my half-eaten bacon sandwich? Such questions leave you scared and confused.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately we have compiled a list of the day&#8217;s gaming and tech related pranks to restore some sanity to your life.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Blizzard: Outcasts<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re underdogs. Also-rans. Some, the punching bags for the so-called \u201cgood guys&#8221;. But now, their days of being pushed around are over; the misfits are taking control,&#8221; says Blizzard of their new fighting game <a href=\"http:\/\/eu.blizzard.com\/en-gb\/games\/outcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Outcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With characters such as Battlecruiser, Wirt, and Gamon, combined with a sweet controller custom made for the game, I am pretty butt hurt this was just a joke.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iim--3_NggU?rel=0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Google Maps: Pokemon Challenge<\/h3>\n<p>Google wants you to catch &#8217;em all using their map software. And if you succeed you could be the internet giant&#8217;s next Pokemon Master. Yes, they will employ you as their own version of Ash.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Grab your Pok\u00e9 Ball and the newest version of Google Maps for iPhone or Android, then tap the search bar, &#8220;press start,&#8221; and begin your quest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I have always wanted a real Pikachu and to work for Google, how dare they get my hopes up with their digital mischief.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4YMD6xELI_k?rel=0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Titanfall &#8211; Optimus Prime DLC<\/h3>\n<p>While we <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/62425-titanfall-not-coming-to-south-africa.html\" target=\"_blank\">can&#8217;t officially get Titanfall in SA<\/a>, we can still appreciate the awesomeness that is giant robot warriors killing each other, and pathetic humans.<\/p>\n<p>How could you improve the game (besides by making it available in SA and addressing graphics and server issues)? By adding Optimus Prime of course.<\/p>\n<p>Playing as the leader of the Autobots looks fun, even if it is only a April Fools&#8217; Day joke.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/widgets.ign.com\/video\/embed\/content.html?url=http:\/\/www.ign.com\/videos\/2014\/04\/01\/titanfall-optimus-prime-dlc-trailer\" height=\"337\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Killzone: A &#8220;Tim Burtun&#8221; Movie<\/h3>\n<p>Guerrilla Games announced on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.killzone.com\/en_US\/blog\/news\/2014-03-29_the-killzone-movie-a-helghastly-adventure.html\" target=\"_blank\">Killzone blog<\/a>\u00a0that a movie version of the game was in the works, titled\u00a0\u201cA Helghastly Adventure\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by &#8220;Tim Burtun&#8221; and starring &#8220;Johhny Dep&#8221; and &#8220;Helena Bonam Carter&#8221;, the movie promised to be a thrilling story of betrayal, deception and tragedy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62978\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Killzone: The Movie\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Killzone-movie.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62978\" class=\" wp-image-62978 \" title=\"Killzone: The Movie\" alt=\"Killzone: The Movie\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Killzone-movie-410x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Killzone-movie-410x600.jpg 410w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Killzone-movie.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Killzone: The Movie<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Get photo-bombed by The Hoff<\/h3>\n<p>Everyone likes nice photos of themselves. But sometimes you, or your friends, aren&#8217;t blessed with good looks and your photos turn out rather poorly. No one wants to look at your ugly photos, and this makes you sad.<\/p>\n<p>But wait, <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/introducing-auto-awesome-photobombs.html\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a> is on hand to remedy the situation by giving you access to the most handsome man in the world for your group selfies &#8211; David\u00a0Hasselhoff.<\/p>\n<p>Take a photo using Auto Awesome Photobombs app and let the Hoff do the rest.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62980\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"The Hoff\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Hoff.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62980\" class=\"size-large wp-image-62980 \" title=\"The Hoff\" alt=\"The Hoff\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Hoff-600x400.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Hoff-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Hoff.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hoff<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/62932-goats-and-guilds-games-you-can-play-this-week.html\">Goats and Guilds: games you can play this week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/62941-battlefield-4-naval-strike-now-available-for-pc.html\">Battlefield 4: Naval Strike available for PC following performance issues<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/62930-call-of-duty-ghosts-devastation-dlc-trailer-revealed.html\">Call of Duty: Ghosts Devastation DLC trailer revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A summary of the April 1 pranks that made us LOL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":62987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[3071,665,12240,3077,1585,21,4131,777,10287],"class_list":["post-62975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-april-fools","tag-blizzard","tag-david-hasselhoff","tag-gaming-april-fools","tag-google-maps","tag-headline","tag-killzone","tag-pokemon","tag-titanfall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62999,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62975\/revisions\/62999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}