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April Fools' Feedback

We can run, but we can't hide - from reader mail, that is. Here's a slew of letters questioning our better (or lesser) editorial judgement.

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Here's a slew of letters questioning our better (or lesser) editorial judgement associated with the posting of April Fools' Day stories.

Is any explanation really needed? We think not.

Thanks for writing - and reading in the first place.

Who gives a hoot if Lara Croft has hooters? Personally, I think she looks pretty great with the boobs, and I won't trade my copy in. And, I might add, I am a very heterosexual 32-year-old mother of two children, and the attributes don't bother me one bit. In fact, I think the photo of the flatter Lara is not as appealing, to be really honest. I know the adolescent male population would most likely agree with me, and I believe most men would as well. Who really cares?? As long as the game plays the way it is intended, there shouldn't be an issue. -CristieEd: Cristie, we don't get enough intelligent e-mail from very heterosexual 32-year-old moms. Can you stay in touch?

Subject: MAJOR MISTAKE!I purchased Starcraft at the Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks, CA, just yesterday. I have lost a lot of respect for the type of stories that you will believe and publish. YOU ARE SO DUMB! I REALLY HOPE THAT THAT WAS A PLOY TO GET ME TO READ, OTHERWISE I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SPELL YOUR NAME AND WALK WITHOUT A HELMET! PLEASE GO TO THE BLIZZARD WEB PAGE AND SAY YOU'RE SORRY BEFORE I BUST A CAP!Ed: The 'hood is a much safer place with you in it, I'm sure. Have a nice day.

i'm not sure where you get your information, but check your sources before posting garbage. i bought the cd two days ago at a future shop in victoria, bc, canada.Ed: Before posting garbage we always check sources, but thanks for the tip anyway.I don't know who was responsible for those April Fools' Day jokes, BUT they should get a rase, MAN that is funny stuff! To think I might have actually believed that some of that stuff was true. hehehehe It kills me. Boy I hope that the people who did check this out get to see other pages so they know it is a hoax hehe :) You all have a good April.Ed: I'm walking into my boss' office right now and I going to ask for a rase. I'll keep you posted. Excellent idea…

I received an e-mail with the headline that the gold master for Starcraft has disappeared, and the game would not be released until May. I find this rather hard to believe, for the simple reason that I have a copy installed on my machine at this moment. I purchased the copy on Wednesday April 1. If this is some sort of April Fools' Day joke, I do not find it at all funny. I would appreciate being taken off of your mailing list. I do not wish to receive future notices from your sight.Ed: OK. Sure. But you're gonna miss out on some pretty funny stuff we have planned.

okay about this gold cd getting lost and them having to have push back the game again is a total lie. i dont know where you get your news! i was just at compusa yesterday and there was a huge shelf of starcraft games which i immediately bought and its the full sha-bang. umm ever hear of april fools? well i think you guys fell for itEd: Please explain...compusa? We don't understand.

Dear Sir, In reference to the Blizzard lost CD: What crap that their master is lost. Did you ever know a company that made only one copy!!!!!!! BS If it's one master to make duplicated copies you talk about, than it takes only one or two days to make a new one. So it's BS.Ed: Actually, we knew a company in Wooster, Mass., who once only made a single copy. Alas, they are no longer in business. Any other questions?

This story broke on April 1st. Coincidence?Ed: We never thought about that… We're checking it out right now. Thanks for the tip. Wow.Ummm…WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR SOURCES. How could the "master gold copy gets lost." I HAVE THE GAME IN MY CD DRIVE!!! HAHAHA You are soooo dumbEd: one too many Os in soooo.

Dear Sir,To verify the accuracy of your article, I have been to Blizzard Entertainment's web site at www.blizzard.com and have called the Blizzard's direct order line at 1-800-953-7669. The sales associate at Blizzard stated that if ordered today, Starcraft would be shipped tomorrow, and I would receive the product in seven-14 days. I have also visited the Battlnet web site at www.battle.net and viewed the company's latest announcements, where there is no mention of the gold disc disappearing. Feel free to pull your head out of your buttocks (ASS) and contact Blizzard!!!! This would have been a pretty funny April Fools' Day joke but instead it is inaccurate reporting from an online publication that I respect.Ed: FYI… extracting as we speak.

The Barbie "at Mardi Gras" story was hilarious!Ed: Sorry, that story was intending to be merely funny, not hilarious. Our mistake.

This really isn't directed toward you, but toward Eidos. It's just a little weird that the "obvious" programming mistake made to the size of Lara Croft's breasts somehow infected the computers that prerendered those thousands of pics I've seen scattered throughout the Internet and the rest of the marketing world, and also the computers at the rendering farm that they used to produce the FMV. (Was it in house? I really don't know. I'm not really a fan). This must be one of those mammary, in which case I suggest either McAfee or Norton to solve that problem. Now that I think about it, it would be a wise choice to perform a virus scan on the computer of the programmer who was in charge of the size of Lara's shorts.Ed: You raise many good questions. I know McAfee and Norton personally, and I don't think they'll mind at all looking into the Mammary situation.

I don't understand your article about the lost master CD for Starcraft. It came out in store April 1 here in NY.Ed: Thanks for the e-mail Robert. Quite a few New Yorkers were confused by the news. Don't take it personally. Cheers!

What BS! Like they did not have a copy of the gold! Come on! I DON'T believe it! What I really think is like they said it was "buggy as all heck" and could not send it out. DID THEY REALLY SEND IT? I don't think so. That I think is the reason. Don't even call your self a programmer! ARG!!!!!!! A partial build of the game by the time E3 rolls around this MAY! Oh come on! Exactly how much did they lose???? Does anyone ever release on the scheduled release date? May could easily become JULY! OK, I feel better now.Ed: So do we… so do we.

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