Challenge Everything (TM)

Posted by Derek Yu Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Hustlin' hustlin'

San Francisco, CA – April 1, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that it has bought The Independent Gaming Source, putting the (sometimes) respectable independent video game community/news site in its trophy case alongside acquisitions such as MaxisTM, developers of the best-selling PC video game series The SimsTM.

Derek Yu, Editor-in-Chief of The Independent Gaming Source, stated (while swimming in a pool filled with hundred dollar bills): “This is a pivotal event in the continuing transformation of the independent gaming industry. Electronic Arts is the leader in video games and their expertise in this field will undoubtedly bring great things to this community, especially in the area of 3d sweat physics. Also, I am so goddamned happy right now!”

John Pleasants, President and COO of Electronic Arts, stated: “I dunno, I was bored and we had a spare billion lying around.”

Please visit Electronic Arts’ press site www.info.ea.com for more information about the company and its games.

Note: Electronic Arts, EA, EA GAMES and the EA GAMES logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. This is a joke. Please don’t hurt me.

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  1. JW said 8 minutes later:

    hahahaha

  2. xerus said 8 minutes later:

    RomeoPie hostile take over!

  3. Dusty Spur said 16 minutes later:

    So Derek… got any bling yet?

  4. Gressmon said 21 minutes later:

    Haha, nice one.

  5. Valkyrie said 23 minutes later:

    Madden Platypus Pimps ‘09 anyone?

  6. Valkyrie said 26 minutes later:

    Scratch that, Madden Narcoleptic Soccer Rush ‘09. There we go.

  7. Noyb said 28 minutes later:

    You mean Narcoleptic FIFA ‘09!

  8. gulo gulo said 32 minutes later:

    i dunno seems legit to me

  9. Gr.Viper said about 1 hour later:

    LOL… look at website of Armagetron Advanced from 01.04.2007. EA-related jokes are getting popular…

  10. Sabreman said about 1 hour later:

    It was the best decision for the shareholders.

  11. sean said about 1 hour later:

    harhar

  12. Anonymous said about 1 hour later:

    now posting in epic thread

  13. TX said about 2 hours later:

    I’m hoping this is a bad April Fool’s joke :P

  14. Novichock said about 2 hours later:

    Stupid Derek, You can’t swim in money, You’ll get papercuts.

  15. akuyume said about 2 hours later:

    Haha, like the logo, can’t wait for Madden NOwlFL ‘10

  16. Farmergnome said about 2 hours later:

    can u keep the madden pic there plz plz plz

  17. crackers said about 2 hours later:

    I am forever happy for Derek and his independent posse.

    Now how about getting some gold text in the comment section.

  18. Shuger said about 2 hours later:

    Derek sold his soul.. how sweet :D

  19. bateleur said about 3 hours later:

    Will there be monocles in Madden ‘09 now?

  20. Ogmobot said about 3 hours later:

    A hoax? This isn’t a hoax! How else would they have got enough money to fill a swimming pool?

  21. Petri Purho said about 3 hours later:

    The money in the pic is only to pay for Phil’s drinks.

  22. Former Fan said about 3 hours later:

    BOINK YOU EFFING SELL-OUTS! D:<

  23. Kevin Ghadyani said about 3 hours later:

    APRIL FOOLS Commenter #22…

  24. Lez said about 3 hours later:

    Cave story rip off.

  25. jeb said about 4 hours later:

    INTERNET IRONY Commenter #23

  26. GirlFlash said about 4 hours later:

    awesome, its only a matter of time before Bit Blot is working on Need for Aquaria 2009: underground.

    YAY! :D

  27. BroodKiller said about 4 hours later:

    Yeah, or Oxeye begins making “Harvest2: the Middlearth” ;)

  28. Corpus said about 4 hours later:

    akuyume: “Madden NFOwl ‘10” would have worked better.

    Anyway, it’s about time! I’m looking forward to Rom Check Fail 20XX: The Reawakening.

  29. ZeppMan217 said about 5 hours later:

    omg…no comments

  30. Shiest! said about 5 hours later:

    I was going to put a bid in tooooo

  31. imwill said about 5 hours later:

    Burn your soul~!

    ehehe it’s fun.

  32. Kloi said about 5 hours later:

    too obviously fake. =(

  33. FireSword said about 5 hours later:

    You wish huh? lol

  34. Tinarg said about 6 hours later:

    EA needs a new slogan now. How about:

    EA - It’s Indie Game

  35. deadeye said about 6 hours later:

    Ugh, why do I always forget about April 1st? I recognized that it was a joke right off the bat, but I couldn’t figure out why it was there. You think I’d get the jump on it one of these years, but no.

  36. nullerator said about 6 hours later:

    Congratulations!

  37. Victo said about 6 hours later:

    very funny :D made my day!

  38. Drakkar said about 6 hours later:

    Haha, I’m still in tears from this. Cheers this has been one of the best laughs I’ve had in awhile.

  39. mio said about 6 hours later:

    Painfully Funny :D

  40. pii said about 7 hours later:

    at least funny for the german speaking minorty:

    EA - It’s in die Game

  41. King-n said about 7 hours later:

    That would suck so much. :D

  42. Derk said about 7 hours later:

    “wtf, WHY would EA do that?” pwned :(

  43. Mandrake42 said about 7 hours later:

    Damn, at first I wondered if someone had spiked my drink. Then I realized I was actually drinking alcohol anyway so that was irrelevant, then I realized it was still April 1st in America. Then I decided to drink more. Thanks Derek.

  44. Ben said about 8 hours later:

    Yey for April Fools…

  45. gnome said about 8 hours later:

    Not much of an April fool’s appreciator really, but this very post combined with the utterly hilarious Madden banner did make me laugh. In a controlled manner of course… :)

  46. whocare said about 8 hours later:

    lol) all money is fake anyway

  47. April Fucking Fool said about 8 hours later:

    Ha!

  48. Gabe said about 9 hours later:

    World of Goo is out for anyone who pre-ordered! Fuck yeah!

  49. Tom Cruise said about 9 hours later:

    Disclaimer:

    EA is owned by the Church of Scientology as are all of it’s relative properties, companies, and trademarks. Hence the hostile take-overs and aggressive mergers. We here at EA would like to thank you for supporting us over the years by purchasing all of our quality entertainment and supporting our line-ups. Our next big game will be L. Ron Hubbard: Resurrected! Please join us on April 29th for the multi-platform launch of what will surely be the gaming event of the year!

    Respectfully,

    Peter Moore & The Church of Scientology

  50. v-rus said about 10 hours later:

    Oh shit…. Wait, it’s April Fool’s day. That was close. And that also explains why Kotaku had nothing but posts about ‘game cakes’.

    Pretty fuckin scary april fools joke, though.

  51. Jad said about 10 hours later:

    Yay april etc (:

  52. PHeMoX said about 10 hours later:

    This is a joke. Please don’t hurt me.

    Lol, you should have made that a smaller font!! :D

  53. Tommunism said about 10 hours later:

    Encrust that shit…Encrust it with your finger Derek.

  54. Petri Purho said about 10 hours later:

    @Gabe: You dirty bastard. I fell for that one and got all excited and shit.

  55. Ape said about 10 hours later:

    Wow, my brains almost boiled.

  56. Melly said about 10 hours later:

    Phil should stop with the booze before his liver caves in.

  57. Unoriginality.blogspot.com said about 10 hours later:

    I actually believed this for a few hours, then I realized what day it was.

  58. MisterX said about 10 hours later:

    Hail the evolution of _in_die games!

  59. MisterX said about 10 hours later:

    Dang, those were supposed to be brackets. Get it?! Funny!

  60. AzureKevin said about 11 hours later:

    Ahahahaha!

  61. Mr average said about 11 hours later:

    Why would EA buy the Flashbang website?

  62. fartron said about 11 hours later:

    Haha yes because EA is totally anti-indie and TIGSauce is the indiest of places I get the joke. Anil Dash says your april fool’s joke sucks. It’s bullet point two. I like the Madden banner though because making people see his freakish face is a pretty good prank. He looks like Dan Akroyd in Nothing But Trouble.

  63. John Evans said about 11 hours later:

    Ro-ful o/~

  64. Xotes said about 12 hours later:

    Pretty damn good, if I say so myself.

  65. Zeno said about 12 hours later:

    Well, I lol’d.

  66. Genisi said about 12 hours later:

    I loled. Nice one.

  67. John Madden said about 12 hours later:

    Now here we have this indy games website and boom, there are these guys here making these little games and now here we have the guy in charge playing a little joke here, some people fooled over here in the comments section here, this guy doesn’t seem to care and now what we have here is clearly what they call an April Fools joke, and thats what this here is all about.

  68. Del_Duio said about 12 hours later:

    The John Madden sidebar is priceless.

  69. beijing said about 12 hours later:

    Wow, the header and John Madden picture really had me for a second, I thought I must have clicked on some accursed EA link instead of TIGSource xD.

  70. MrBig said about 13 hours later:

    Sorry Petri (regarding the Gabe joke heh heh about World of Goo being released - that was me)… I know that was a cruel joke because I think everyone has been waiting for WoG… including me, but I think a lot of us have been waiting for your game as well. :)

    Anyway, I better GTFO before I FYI and people start WTF!? Cuz when I’m AFK and can’t do anything but brb others will just come along and share their IMO’s instead of TTYL and the rest of us are LMAO or even worse ROTFLMAO while some of us just want to be left alone. Anyway Madden FTW!

    Cheers.

  71. Victo said about 14 hours later:

    Cave Story clone!

  72. Cave Story clone said about 15 hours later:

    I’m not a clone.

  73. crackers said about 16 hours later:

    Derek, please, the gold text.

  74. DDDDDDDD: said about 16 hours later:

    Ooooh man, you made my heart jump for a second there.

  75. BoboDaHobo said about 17 hours later:

    Wow, a fantastic merger. Between the powerful promoting power of EA and the creative genius of both the TIGSource staff and community, this can only mean a better world for gamers with better, more focused, and completely balanced game coverage from a variety of developers of all monetary background.

    Right? RIGHT!?

  76. BeamSplashX said about 17 hours later:

    Coming soon…

    The Underside… of John Madden.

  77. Derek said about 18 hours later:

    Just came back from the dentist. Got my grill painted with diamonds and adamantium.

    My gums keep bleeding. D’:

  78. Stwelin said about 18 hours later:

    I really wonder if John Madden’s middle name is “Chode.” Wikipedia seems to think so, but i can’t get any confirmation.

  79. gulo gulo said about 18 hours later:

    @76: This is a xx(-tooth-)xx. It is masterfully encrusted with diamonds and encircled with bands of masterfully worked adamantine. The object is coated with human blood. The object is showing some wear.

  80. BeamSplashX said about 20 hours later:

    “Even your bling cannot illuminate the darkness. You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.”

  81. MercuryBlind said about 21 hours later:

    heh, nice try.

  82. Superflat said 1 day later:

    ‘Teh aswesome’.

    ‘Will it include owls/pirates/dinosaurs/ninjas/monocles?’

    ‘Made of epic win’.

    Etc.

  83. fullspectrum said 1 day later:

    Can someone make an owl game please?

  84. zomgzomgzomg said 1 day later:

    zomg!

  85. mehmehmeh said 1 day later:

    meh.

  86. Del_Duio said 1 day later:

    I remember watching one football game before (I forget which sorry) and Madden actually said something along the lines of:

    “The team who ends up with the most points by the end of the game usually wins.”

    Oh, he’s precious.

  87. Melly said 1 day later:
    83

    It’s already been made.

  88. jenn(atar) said 2 days later:

    i love that photo!

  89. Jad said 3 days later:

    “Phil should stop with the booze before his liver caves in.”

    Someone please explain to me why i read that as “his cancer lives in” 3 times in a row now = _=;;;

  90. Lorne Whiting said 3 days later:

    Jad, why aren’t you on the forums!

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