Facebook Buys The Escapist for $90 Million - Update

[Kross]

Apart from publisher Alexander Macris, editor in chief Greg Tito, managing editor Josh Vanderwall, reviews editor Jim Sterling, senior editor Jon Bolding, senior editor Dan O'Hallaran, senior editor Ross Lincoln, senior editor John Keefer, senior video editor Andrea Rene, senior video editor Justin Clouse, video editor Paul Goodman, video editor Max Song, tech editor Devin Connors, contributing editor C.J. Miozzi, and community manager Schuyler Dievendorf, the entire Escapist team is expected to remain with the company.

ALL IS PROCEEDING AS FORETOLD [http://cdn1-www.craveonline.com/assets/uploads/2011/01/file_130400_2_highlander04.jpg]. [http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390443696604577645972909149812]

 

[Trivun]

Well, I for one welcome our new corporate overlords!

[small]In other news, Soylent Green is people who disagree with Mark Zuckerberg...[/small]

 

[1deano1]

Really? Come on. This was poorly executed. You better have something a lot more belivable for next year because this was just bad.

 

[BlackHazard]

To be honest at first glance this scared the shit out of me. Funny you guys got me for a second.

 

[Septentriones94]

Here I managed to get through the day without getting fooled and then this comes up
Good one Escapist, very good one

 

[Sleepy Sol]

Pretty disappointing April Fool's joke for me.

How about a perpetual spinny state for the site a la the spinny badge. Except it never stops for the entirety of the day.

...I should probably stop talking now.

 

[Undomesticated Equine]

Seriously you could not come up with anything better. At least you should try to make it believable.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Good one guys, good one. I actually forgot it was April 1st for a minute so I bought this for a second. Best line:

"If you are unhappy with Facebook's new Escapist design, just wait five minutes."

*slow clap* Well played indeed.

 

[hermes]

And then, the joke is on you, once you realize the amount of people that would be happy with the acquisition, for a change...

 

[immortalfrieza]

Oh man, think of all the horrible changes that will happen now that Facebook is in charge. Ads plastered all over the place with auto-playing videos. Click-bait articles and I bet they'll even put a few sponsored stories in the news column.

So... it'll be business as usual then?

 

[acillies45]

Don't you lie to me.

 

[SuperSuperSuperGuy]

I, for one, welcome our new Facebook overlords.

That aside, I generally hate April Fool's day, but I actually quite liked this little joke. It's nice and topical, if a little... Well, I don't want to say unoriginal, but there've been a lot of jokes like this today.

 

[Captain Anon]

Well Played, Escapist. Well Played

 

[bdcjacko]

I would have believed it more if the escapist was bought by Facebook for $90.

Naw jk, you would totally get bought for 100 even.

 

[The Escapist Staff]

Does this mean I get a pay rise? AWW YIS!

Ha. I like your style.

 

[Extragorey]

Hmm, it's April 2nd, so... Must be legit!

And finally a feed view for all the Escapist articles.

 

[Kenjitsuka]

Wow, on April's Fools day... how lame.
Really guys, just don't try if you're just not gonna make up something actually worth a chuckle.

 

[Something Amyss]

Why not layout changes for the day? If you are going to do it, do it with style!

I thought they'd been doing that for years. How, honestly, would we tell the difference?

Well, on the main page. The forum would likely have like buttons, but otherwise, it'd be hard to make the page look different enough to sell it.

 

[Breywood]

Forgot to check the date. Guilty as charged and now having myself a good chuckle.

I'll hide behind the notion that it's 12:06 here, so I was caught off guard. Really I was!

 

[Mezahmay]

I for one welcome our new Facebook overlords.