I second that!

Yeah, nice how you avoid April fools jokes by simply moving them to other days, like Pi day.

An April Fools joke need not be subtle.  All it is is an intenthional untruth on a particular date for one's own amusement.  Change the date to Pi day and it's still got the same pros and cons.

Get with the program.

So that's what happened to adventure games.

You make a man proud, Ron. We should turn this day into Ron Gilbert Day and all dress-up as monkeys.

This site should be nominated for the Nobels peace price! ok, I'll do it! I mean, noone rarely argue on this "forum" and I haven't seen one genuine Troll either! Everyone agree and worship the story about a none-lethal pirate, a rubber chicken and a few monkeys... Yeah!

Oh, I used my bike to get to work today, a first this year.

On topic:
Finaly, a sancuary where I can relax, not being fooled today!

that's nice to hear... some one just stole our coffee machine...!!1 :(

But there are cool April's Fools jokes! Blizzard's are anthological.

You are so grumpy Ron, we still love you though :D

I'm not falling for it, I know there's a joke around here somewhere. You won't make me look like a fool!

How boring yaaaawn

Vart ligger badrummet?

So are you the Ron Gilbert who is supposedly starting to contribute to Mixnmojo now, or is that an imposter trying to fool us on April 1st?

No, that's really me! It's the person who's currently posting stuff on Grumpy Gamer who's the imposter! I knew I shouldn't have betted away my admin details in last week's poker game with Dave Grossman... :~

April 1st, The Day the Internet Becomes Mostly Useless

So am I considered in the family? The site linked in my name there is also 100% Joke Free.

Congratulations!  This is quite an accomplishment, Mr. Gilbert.  

I picture one of those signs they have at work places to show how many days they've been without accidents.

It has been
0 4
years since our last April Fool's Day Joke

"Remember, every time a April Fools' joke is played, a point-n-click adventure game concept is killed."

I did wonder why the genre was dead. >:)

If what you say is true, I will never make an April Fools' joke again.

We must save those poor adventure games!

Ha! Every time Ron begins development on an action-RPG, God cancels a point'n'click adventure.

Godamned! Now im feeling really bad... I love April Fools... but for the point'n'click adventures I will no celebrate this day! I swear it!

SAY NO TO THE P'N'C KILLER!

I got a question... which is the real story about the monkey head?, how is that it arrived to monkey island? is it related to the secret?.

I correct myself... 3 questions :)

Thanks, Mr. Gilbert, I've updated my list:

Jane Jensen and Roberta Williams killed adventure games by:
1) getting funding for game scripts that weren't worth the paper they were printed on (if scripts for those trainwrecks existed in the first place)
2) by putting out awful stuff which broke Mr Gilbert's awesome rules of engagement time and time again
3) by setting the "standard" for adventure game to be "awful" (see 1 and 2)
4) by making an average of 7.5 April Fool's Jokes every year. (@#$&!)

It is not the april fools jokes that kill point n' click games, but the bad ones...
You Mr Gilbert, as a the designer of funy games that you are, should know that.

Oh whyyyyyyyy. Usually I hate that Day too, but this time there were some good pranks played, specially in the mainstream media (apart from them saying: April's fool, we're not actually liberal, we're republican).

oh gee, the day when the remaining 0,000015% of non-foolish population are being incorporated with the glorious rest. who would notice anyway. <grump grump>

I've actually started to hate April Fools now, because it's just a waste of time.

Examples:
- Fucking Kotaku and their fucking cakes

What r the origins of april fools day?

Cause in south america and spain we celebrate the same stupid thing but the 28 of december.  It is  call "dia de los inocentes" (innocents day) and it is realated  to the massive extermination of babies that king Herodes order trying to kill jesus.
In our case it makes sense you know......a king kills  thousands of babies and 2000 years later we celebrate, make jokes and pranks.
But yours april fools???
Gees, you r weird people.

I always thought it was a pagan festival....

In south america? Speak for your self, couse in Brazil the Fools day is April 1st too!

its not 28th, its january 6th

No, you're wrong, it's indeed December 28th. See for yourself in Wikipedia. January 6th is the Epiphany of Christ or "Dia de Reyes" (Three Wise Men Day).

Now that goes for Brazil too

i lol'd

what is this "family of websites" you are talking about?

It's more like a sect by now.

Apparently, this April 1st Microsoft found the Secret to Monkey Island (or the exact value of Pi)

Nice Site!
http://google.com