Kotaku
In what could be the greatest hoax since War of the Worlds (and I pray that it is), a giant Dell logo has risen out of the depths of the earth and plopped itself down on 1Up's home page.
If you go to dell.1up.com, you will see a reconstructed 1Up page bearing a Dell logo in the upper corner plus other Dell bits and pieces. I went to the regular 1Up.com page and could see no difference, but several refreshes later and it appeared on that page as well.
I immediately started messaging around and asking people to check it for themselves. Oddly, some see it and some don't. It's all very mysterious. It seems people using Firefox can see it, while IE users don't. It is possible that this is some sort of ad branding, but odd that it would look like this and come at such an inopportune time what with all the news of 1Up being up for grabs. Mike Fahey was quick enough to snap this screen shot from 1up.com (NOT dell.1up.com) for me so we could all see for ourselves.
Is this all an elaborate prank bestowed solely on Firefox users for the amusement of the 1Up staff or have my worst nightmares truly come to pass? And no, I'm not talking about the one with the clowns.
[Thanks, Sherveen]
