Many want to sunset April Fools’ Day, and by that I mean take it to the back and shoot it. Still, its infamy stems from the systemic misuse of a cool premise. It can be done right, so let’s look at the best April Fools’ jokes in gaming this year.
Codename 47 killed baldness
Baldness is an issue many men have to deal with and most fear. Codename 47 from the Hitman series seemed to be an exception, a man whose lack of hair never prevented him from going unnoticed even in the hairiest of glam metal concerts, but that has recently changed.
The official Twitter account for the Hitman series has just announced “H.A.I.R.,” or Hostile Area Integration Resource, a new device that’ll apparently help 47 blend in even better in every situation, and that looks just like a bunch of different wigs. My favorite one is seemingly inspired by Leon S. Kennedy’s look, though it’s less likely to make you go by unnoticed and more likely to get enemies to ignore you out of fear of getting suplexed.
Sega’s logo gets a long-overdue makeover
That’s right, time to say goodbye to SEGA’s classic logo, and say hello to its new logo, which is the same but three percent lighter. You can see the results via Sega’s official Twitter account, provided your eyes are good enough.
Honestly, I’m not even sure if the new logo is actually any brighter, and Sega’s social media team not even bothering to make the change would’ve made this one even funnier. And it’s a simple joke, sure, but it really made me appreciate how Sega has kept its really unique logo this entire time.
PowerWash Simulator, dirty version
If you’re wondering what’s next for the people behind the PowerWash Simulator series, well, it’s Date the Dirt, a “dirty” dating simulator, but of course.
This is probably one of the jokes with the most heart put into it, and I’m really digging the wordplay here.
With writing like that of a flirty character named “Dust” refusing to “settle,” this is one of those jokes that I wouldn’t be surprised to see turned into an actual game sometime in the near future.
You can see a Pokémon running for 10 hours
Did you think Twitch plays Pokémon was silly? What about that event where a sicko had a fish playing Pokémon? Well, right now we have a livestream of Starmie running for 10 hours.
One of the most common kinds of April Fools’ jokes is when a company announces a product just silly enough to still be believable, but you only find isn’t real when you click the link to learn you got fooled by some silly graphics and some clown noises. This is not that. I’ve been staring at this thing for at least 10 seconds now, and I’m starting to believe the Mega Starmie really has it in itself to run the whole 10 hours.
Satisfactory for guys
The biggest problem with Satisfactory, a first-person game where we never even see the main character, has always been that we’re not playing as a man.
Well, not anymore, as we’ll now finally get to play Satisfactory as a man, or, like I like to call it, Satisfactory Men.
As “Jason”, we now get to shoot helpless animals, leave dangerous waste lying around, and even drive what looks a lot like a Tesla Cybertruck, the best and coolest vehicle ever.
Sonic the Hedgehog is dead
Sonic the Hedgehog’s official Twitter account is one of the best reasons to remain on the cursed platform. For those who don’t know, this is not a platform mostly used to share news of Sonic games, but rather a very puzzling official account where Sonic himself or a mysterious entity posing as him shares all kinds of comedy gold.
This time, we have the series finale of Sonic, whatever that means, but it’s clearly a tribute to the series finale of The Sopranos, which, just like this short video, ends with the screen bizarrely turning to black mid-scene.
That scene puzzled many fans of this definitely-not-for-kids show for decades, but The Sopranos creator David Chase has recently put all doubts to rest, explaining that the screen turned to black because Tony Soprano had been killed, so yeah, Sonic is also dead now, and I hope Big the Cat did it. Happy April Fool’s.
