Ah, April 1st, easily one of the most fun days online, as literally hundreds of websites post gags-a-plenty. Here’s a quick listing of what I’ve liked so far…
- Google Australia announces , which allows you to Google ahead one day in the future.
- Google USA announces , which allows you to set the time an e-mail was sent, so your e-mails never appear late again.
- offers a handful of fake products, including a , WiiSports for the iPhone, and a .
- front page has every single featured video going straight to RickRolls.
- Popular Webcomics , , and have swapped URLs for the day.
- has announced they’re shutting down, but oddly enough, the HTML has a hidden message saying this is not an April Fool’s gag. We’ll see, I suppose.
- [adult swim] got into the act by broadcasting what is apparently a rough cut of the first episode of The Venture Brothers Season 3. They typically do a more over the top gag on April 1st proper, so we’ll see what airs tonight.
- Google gets us again with , an attempt to populate the moon.
- The long-winded ARG for The Dark Knight continues today with . Could this lead to a new trailer?
- Blizzard Entertainment perhaps wins the award for the most ambitious series of April Fool’s Gags, as they announce the long awaited console port of World of Warcraft, ; a new class in ; the official ; and .
- Docs.Google.Com allows you to create paper airplanes!
- Microsoft has a slue of available.
- City of Heroes announces !
- IGN whoops EVERYONE’s ass with this unusally well done .
There’s a far more in depth listing of sites , but I’ll keep updating with my favs as the day goes on.