Blizzard Introduces Dating Service, Body Pillows

april fools

by Adam Biessener on April 01, 2010 at 11:42 AM

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Blizzard's April Fool's jokes never disappoint. From the Deckard Cain rap to the Bard class for World of Warcraft to this year's Battle.net romantic matchmaking, the company goes all out every year.

In addition to the aforementioned Battle.net expansion, this year's offering includes:

Diablo-themed body pillows for "the most epic sleeping experience ever."
The X-Treme Gamer Blanket, complete with non-functional replica of the tome in which Deckard Cain inscribes his worldly knowledge!
The Deckard Cain GPS Voice Pack. "Fasten your seat belt, and listen."
Queen's Quest brings all the excitement of text adventures to the tyrant formerly known as Kerrigan.
Blackthorne 2: Thorne Harder features "brain melting confrontations" like shooting a giant shark with a shotgun while surfing.

The best joke in the whole package is the revolutionary DRM scheme for Queen's Quest, from which Ubisoft could learn a thing or two:

Open the Spin-A-Spacer DRM application on any smart phone
Line up the spacer faces to reveal the page/word matrix value
Consult your player guide / lore manual, and turn to the appropriate page
Use the special 3d lenticular glasses to decode the margin text and find the keyword passphrase
Enter the special passphrase into the on-screen prompt
Speak “OK” clearly and audibly into the device’s audio input
ENJOY! (Occassionally, you may be asked to call a toll-free 800 number to verify your identity)

Blizzard is the only exception to the annual horrors of Stay Off The Internet Day as far as I'm concerned. If there's a better April Fool's bit out there, I'm not aware of it.

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by Colton Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 12:10 PM

i've been waiting so long for them to do this!!

now i can snuggle up to my only friends in the world... of warcraft.
by BlackHeartedWolf Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 12:28 PM

Epic doesn't even begin to describe this. Hilarious.
by eyros2k Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 12:31 PM

I would shell out some serious cash for the Deckard GPS module.
by Kurt Thomas Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 12:32 PM

ha! body pillows... i can't remember what the name is for that special brand of forbidden love, but there is one. it was in the 30 rock where james franco guest starred. he was in love w/ a pillow named kimiko :D
by Kevin Maskornick Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 01:10 PM

Is is wrong that I actually *would* pay good money to obtain a Deckard Cain GPS voice pack?
by Synista1 Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 01:29 PM

lol nice .
by GreedIsNoException Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 01:46 PM

Dating site gets good points from me.... funny
As for the other parts of their prank... meh
by The One Who Knocks Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 01:50 PM

They really go all out.
by Boomshackalaka Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 02:07 PM

I've always loved Blizzard's april fools surprises. Especially when some silly twelve year old on WoW would be like "omg the bard class is gonna be so epic!"
by BatmanPrime Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 02:18 PM

That pillow and blanket sound awesome.
by Matt Campbell Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 02:30 PM

they shouldn't play around like this!.lol

i've always wanted to shoot a giant, jaws-esque, shark while surfing...and they make the snuggie actually look...bearable. lol
by rmeyer Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 03:45 PM

It's like they have a whole team of people that come up with this crap, it's so hilarious
by xplay92 Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 03:50 PM

That is awesome! Blizzard has some of the best April Fools jokes!
by DuelistVash Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 04:32 PM

You missed out the two other Blizzard jokes: Battle.net Neural Interface us.blizzard.com/.../details.xml and the new Equipment Potency EquivalencE Number www.worldofwarcraft.com/.../equipmentpotency.xml
by Ryan Holt Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 05:20 PM

The e-peen joke on the European site for WoW was funny too.
by wynd.and.fury Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 06:44 PM

SNAP
by Timothy Repasky Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 10:40 PM

lol very creative
by xghost777 Thursday, April 01, 2010 at 10:41 PM

All the Deckard Cain stuff was amazingly hilarious. The GPS had to be the best though just because they even let you download some awesome samples.
by gamergirl89 Friday, April 02, 2010 at 01:04 AM

I wouldn't be surprised that these actually existed. Just the thing MMO people need
by Anthöny Friday, April 02, 2010 at 01:36 AM

Oh man, the Deckard Cain GPS thing had me rolling.

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