Dog Cone is the new Horse Armor

[Forbin]

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/01/dragon-age-origins-celebrates-feastday-with-dlc/1#c26773545

Apparently it's not an april fool's day joke, they're charging real money for this.

[Jake]

Fuck everything. So good. Dog cone is the sort of shit DLC should be for. So ridiculous.

[Sombre]

I am buying this with a credit card in EACH HAND

[mikemariano]

I think Bioware got their DLC packages mixed up. My Dragon Age dog should wear the sunglasses from the Matrix and Thane Krios should wear the dog cone, right?

[Brannigan]

I now want a dog cone hat for the heavy in tf2. Please god let someone submit such a thing through the community item site.

[buemba]

This is so dumb I almost feel like buying it.

I need help. Fast.

[AndrewArmstrong]

Urg, the post is right, charging for April Fools jokes is just...wrong...

Sigh.

[Patters]

  AndrewArmstrong said:

Urg, the post is right, charging for April Fools jokes is just...wrong...

Sigh.

Fools and those that see the comical value are the only ones to buy it.

[Irishjohn]

Well, technically, you're paying for April Fools' themed stuff, right?

I'm much more concerned with the dude in your camp who's all like "I've got this awesome bad ass adventure with cool stuff, want to do it? Awesome, just give me some money! You know, real money!"

[RoflsaurusWrecks]

  Patters said:

Fools and those that see the comical value are the only ones to buy it.

I play a fun game where I close my eyes, click violently, and paste my credit card number over and over. Ended up with Dog Cone.

[illeria]

Their obviously poking fun at horse armor. It was cheap and I had some leftover points in my bioware account so I picked this up. To be honest I will give these people as much money as I can If it means better games down the road.

[ynp7]

  buemba said:

This is so dumb I almost feel like buying it.

I need help. Fast.

Me too, fight the urge. FIGHT IT!

It really is too funny though. Would have been a great joke if it were free.

[Nicholololas]

  illeria said:

Their obviously poking fun at horse armor. It was cheap and I had some leftover points in my bioware account so I picked this up. To be honest I will give these people as much money as I can If it means better games down the road.

I haven't played Dragon Age yet but I fully support this attitude. There's nothing wrong with charging for it either, it's pretty funny and no one's forcing you to buy it. I feel a whole lot less offended by stuff like this than premium DLC that gives you "real" gameplay benefits or whatever. At least they're being honest.

[Murdoc]

  Nicholololas said:

I haven't played Dragon Age yet but I fully support this attitude. There's nothing wrong with charging for it either, it's pretty funny and no one's forcing you to buy it. I feel a whole lot less offended by stuff like this than premium DLC that gives you "real" gameplay benefits or whatever. At least they're being honest.

You get offended that a company makes a real gameplay benefit and charges for it? What's the difference between that and the actual game they made and charged for it?

[Nicholololas]

Sorry, I meant specifically DLC that is nothing more than items with higher stats or whatever and don't actually offer anything "new" to the game, which feels very cheap to me. Part of why the dog cone is funny to me is that it doesn't do anything at all except look retarded.

[Fuzzy Lobster]

Oh, wow. That is really hilarious.

Absurdity is well worth $2 to me. I'm their target audience, for sure.