The trolling will never end apparently
Hey do you need some tin foil for that cake?
Hollow Knight: Silksong Dev Fuels Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Fever With a Picture of a Chocolate Cake
Submitted 3 days ago by simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
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apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 days ago
wyrmroot@programming.dev 3 days ago
No thank you I am allowing these wild fan theories to beam directly into my skull.
mrfriki@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Care shit about when Silksong releases but now I’m craving some cake :(
Carnelian@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No no it’s good, this is actually better than them making a proper announcement. Community loves this shit.
Quick summary:
Dev changes name, handle, and pfp on twitter. Posts a cryptic message about keeping your eyes closed tomorrow.
Reverse image search of pfp leads to a recipe released April 2nd
Cryptic message appears to be a reference to an Imagine Dragons thing from April 2nd
“Tomorrow” was interpreted as being related to the big switch 2 reveal, launching April 2nd
The name and handle also appear to be references to things having to do with April 2nd
The community is ablaze right now. Without a hint of irony: there is more genuine belief in the game actually coming out this time than there was before the original delay was announced in 2023, back when we had an official release date
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I can’t wait for April 2nd. Few things are as fun as seeing the Silksong community get disappointed over and over again
datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Personally I’m going in 100% on the hype train, let’s gooo!
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I can’t wait for the game to release so they can be disappointed by that too!
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I have a hard time accepting the way social media works. The whole chain of logic you just spelled out makes me want to vomit. I don’t want to have my strings pulled, my chain yanked, or my goose got. I want to be talked to like I’m a person, and I know it’s just going to keep happening less and less and one day it’s going to do my head in.
slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s not for “normal” people, it’s for die-hard fans in their community, a little brain teaser / clue hunt. For the rest of us, there’ll be a proper announcement and a trailer.
Different things for different people.
Kovukono@pawb.social 3 days ago
I get that, but you’re also not quite getting the full picture with this specific instance. The community on Reddit has been waiting for Silksong so long that they have been over-analyzing every single game convention for years to see if we’re going to get a release date, and had a heated debate over whether or not a blood sacrifice of a member of the community would bring the release. They’re a little crazy over there.
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s pretty dramatic
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 days ago
It’s marketing, and they do it because it works.
hukumka@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
It would be quite funny then to have them shadow drop it on april 1 with people freaking out about trying to tell others only be be met with disbelief as credibility of any statement about game release was already heavily compromised. Bonus point if they add 'coming soon" to logo on steam page for that day.