“Just was wondering,” said the gamer as he stepped up to the microphone, “is this an out-of-season April Fool’s joke?” Jeers filled the auditorium at the 2018 convention for Blizzard, then one of gaming’s most revered developers. The outrage from the audience and the gamer at the mic was in response to the announcement that the next instalment in the Diablo franchise would be made for mobile phones rather than PC. Game director Wyatt Cheng looked at the crowd, baffled, and quipped: “Do you guys not have phones?”
“我只是想知道,”一位玩家走到麦克风前说,“这是一个过季的愚人节玩笑吗?”在2018年的暴雪大会上,礼堂里充满了嘲笑,当时暴雪是最受尊敬的游戏开发者之一。观众和站在麦克风前的玩家的愤怒是对《暗黑破坏神》(Diablo)系列的下一部将面向手机而非PC的声明的回应。游戏总监Wyatt Cheng看着人群,困惑地说道:“你们没有手机吗?”