Mynd Hed
04-01-2008, 04:15 PM
A new study released today revealed that "joke" video game news posted on April 1st or "April Fools' Day" is statistically just as likely to be accurate as "real" video game news posted the rest of the year.
"A few factors seem to be to blame for this," noted fake statistician Buford Q. Madeupname. "Partially, it's because fake news posters go to such lengths to try to make their stories believable. I mean, Sonic in Smash Brothers? With Sega going third-party and the Sonic franchise flagging and in dire need of a boost, that was a no-brainer."
Of course, the relative inaccuracy of real video game news is a big contributor, as well. "Everyone knows that the original announced release date of anything is never to be trusted," said Madeupname. "But even discounting that, you've got features dropped or changed weeks before launch, plus misleading quotes and out-and-out fabrications. Remember when Nintendo kept hinting that you'd be able to use the Wii's USB ports to connect external storage devices? Yeah, whatever happened to that, jackasses?"
Fake statisticians estimate that real news would once again overtake fake news in accuracy by ten to twenty percent if Peter Molyneux were to be struck dumb tomorrow.
"A few factors seem to be to blame for this," noted fake statistician Buford Q. Madeupname. "Partially, it's because fake news posters go to such lengths to try to make their stories believable. I mean, Sonic in Smash Brothers? With Sega going third-party and the Sonic franchise flagging and in dire need of a boost, that was a no-brainer."
Of course, the relative inaccuracy of real video game news is a big contributor, as well. "Everyone knows that the original announced release date of anything is never to be trusted," said Madeupname. "But even discounting that, you've got features dropped or changed weeks before launch, plus misleading quotes and out-and-out fabrications. Remember when Nintendo kept hinting that you'd be able to use the Wii's USB ports to connect external storage devices? Yeah, whatever happened to that, jackasses?"
Fake statisticians estimate that real news would once again overtake fake news in accuracy by ten to twenty percent if Peter Molyneux were to be struck dumb tomorrow.