Forum - View topic24 Hour Anime Cable Channel from Microsoft...
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Tenchi
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All I can say is check your calendar before you get too excited. The "snapshot" of the "press release" is extraordinarily well-done though.
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dudesup
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yeah , too fishy. Probably the April fool's joke.
  
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GATSU
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I liked the All Your Base article from last year more.
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Cowboy Bebop
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Click and Drag your mouse at the end of the article to highlight some hidden text that confirms it's a joke. Probably for the best really, since a 24 hour Anime channel would keep me up all night, and I'd end up losing my job.
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Tempest
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Well, now that you'd ruined that joke...
Take a look at previous jokes: animenewsnetwork.com/archive.php?topic_id=105 |
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cookie
Former ANN Editor in Chief
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I spent about an hour scouring MS and MSNBC for press releases so I could properly mimic their PR style. I also spent more than an hour doing the graphic editing required of the screenshot. What gets me are the people who say stuff like, "I hate you for writing [insert joke title here] joke. I hope you die. I'm never visiting your site again." I mean, geez, I'm just trying to have a little bit of fun. It's only once a year.. and it's pretty obvious, isn't it? Maybe next year we shouldn't even bother with jokes, or maybe separate them into a safe little corner of ANN. :p [edit] I also just noticed how BAD and GLARING the graphic edit looks @ 800x600. Once again, will do better next year... [/edit] Last edited by cookie on Mon Apr 01, 2002 10:19 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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cookie
Former ANN Editor in Chief
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And on that note... What were everyone's favorite jokes from this year? Anime Tourist had a silly, but brief Robotech article. :) Toms Hardware ran a nice piece about NVidia buying AMD. :) Gamespot had a nice piece about War3 losing Orcs. :) Britney's Dance Beat, sadly, is real. Really. -_- Think Bust a Groove + Spears... Pigeon Ranking shows exactly how Google's engine works. That explains a few things... Any other good jokes-of-the-day? [edit] Miyazaki does Horror is another good one. [/edit] Last edited by cookie on Mon Apr 01, 2002 10:59 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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LordByronius
ANN Columnist
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I like Sharkey's April Fool's prank best.
ULTIMATE XEENOGEARS SIGHT!!!! |
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Tempest
I Run this place. ANN Publisher Posts: 10468 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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You did a great job!
Screw them
Nah. I say next year we post a whole slew of Jokes, anyone who doesn't know better by the 3rd year can suffer 
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Tenchi
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Check this out! According to [url=http://www.wilwheaton.net/ ]Wil Wheaton[/url], he's in discussions with Paramount to appear as a cast member on Enterprise. Wesley Crusher will use his time travel abilities to become a recurring character. Sounds more than a little suspicious to me.
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GATSU
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http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2859564,00.html This one was even stupider than the MS one, because it was made up on the spot. I think people need to realize no one cares about MS or Bill Gates enough anymore to make jokes about them.
The next two I wrote. This one(http://www.jaggedteam.com/bin/shownews.cgi?id=1038 ) is basically a hentai DDR game, which I loosely came up with after viewing this Christian-themed DDR unit which was Photoshopped at Stile Project, and with a fake rumour someone once told me about a nude Double Dragon arcade game. Plus I wrote this one exclusively for the www.animenewsservice.com Mailing List, and managed to get at least one person fooled :): "Along with Drgonball Z, 20th Century FOX announced they are going to be making a live-action adaptation of Devil Hunter Yohko using Joss Whedon as the director. When questioned about it, Whedon replied, "Well Buffy already ripped off Yohko, so I might as well just do a movie adaptation of the original, because UPN will probably cancel Buffy to make room for another Star Trek series anyway! Besides, Sarah Michelle Gellar's movie roles have been less-than-memorable over the years, and as soon as the Scooby Doo movie comes out, her career will be in the toilet. So right now, I'm looking for a new young adult to exploit in a generic teen role. Katie Holmes can still sell movies since she was topless in the Gift. I think I'll use her as Yohko..." "I also e-mailed Matt Greenfield for a comment, and he had this to say: "The reason we pitched this idea to Murdoch was that I was pissed off that we had to discontinue Battle Angel Alita, just so James Cameron could make a crappy Buffy rip-off of it! I mean this is the guy who came up with box-office hits like Titanic and Terminator, and Dark Angel is the best new project he could come up with?! Sure we'd like to use Jessica Alba as a voice actress for one of our hentai titles, but she's no Gally! Shit, that show makes the Hong Kong Dragonball movie look good!" So expect a new Devil Hunter movie sometime next year in April!"" |
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GATSU
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I forgot to mention I added "So expect a new Devil Hunter movie sometime next year in April!" as a hint.
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Cowboy Bebop
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Now now. If you didn't want people pointing out the hidden text you shouldn't have put it in there.
 Cookie, you did a great job. I really like the way you stylized the Anime in the "screen grab". As far as people who can't take a joke, they should really just stay off the internet for one day of their lives.
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Tenchi
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Yes indeedy; I haven't been fooled once, or I should say I haven't been fooled at all, today.
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anime uncut
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It isn't inconceivable that this joke could be based on truth, just so Microsoft can compete with Sony, although I wouldn't count your chickens just yet.
If there is some kind of deal to be made with Roadrunner for a 24 hour Web channel, it would probably be next year, when people are playing games online already. Time Warner/AOL would also get in the act with savings on AOL Plus. (Internet on TV) |
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