Funny, in what appears to be a rehashing of an article originally published the week before Grand Theft Auto IV came out on April 22nd – we just noticed that Fox News re-ran a story this past week giving GTAIV credit for inadvertently helping create the long-running meme of RickRoll-ing.

They’ve pinpointed it to the day of infamy when we broke the Internet with the release of the first Grand Theft Auto IV trailer (“Things Will Be Different”) on March 29th, 2007.

In keeping with silly Internet humor, the director of the image-sharing Web site 4chan, who goes by the handle "moot," decided he'd play a joke and change the word "egg" to "duck" every time a user posted a message.

In time the phenomenon spread, and the word "eggroll" was replaced by "duckroll." When someone came up with the idea to redirect Internet links to an image of a duck on wheels, RickRolling's forebear, "duckrolling," was born.

Then in March 2007 came the release of the eagerly awaited first trailer for the still-upcoming video game "Grand Theft Auto IV."

So popular was the response that it immediately crashed game publisher Rockstar Games' Web site.

In what was to become a pivotal moment in Internet hoax history, someone at 4chan took the now-useless Web link for the "Grand Theft Auto IV" trailer and duckrolled it.

But instead of linking to the image of a duck on wheels, he or she linked to the Rick Astley video on YouTube. RickRolling was born.

Link:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/02/25/the-death-and-rebirth-of-the-rickroll/
 

Through our Red Dead Redemption video series, you’ve met John Marston, you’ve come face to face with the Law – now it’s time to meet the women of Red Dead Redemption: Sinners, Saints and Survivors.  Stay tuned as we reveal more about the game's fascinating cast over the coming weeks.

See it now in high definition at www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption or in the Rockstar Games site Videos section.

Meet The Law – the men who aim to enforce justice against the outlaws, bandits and crooks in the wild frontier and burgeoning towns of Red Dead Redemption.  Today’s brand-new video will introduce you to Marshal Leigh Johnson, a lawman doing all he can to protect his town amidst a changing world – and with the aid of his well-meaning but bumbling deputies.  You’ll also meet Agent Edgar Ross – representative of a new brand of federal law, and a man who will stop at nothing to coerce the cooperation of the desperate.  And see a glimpse of how both play into the plight of John Marston in Red Dead Redemption.

See it in high definition at www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption or in the Rockstar Games site Videos section.  Stay tuned for more official videos from Red Dead Redemption, including the next edition of the Gameplay Series.

With the over ten minutes of total Red Dead Redemption footage out there thanks to our Official Trailers and Gameplay Series videos released to date, fans have started having a go at remixing and matching to create their own original homage trailers.

It's great to see these appearing on YouTube:

This first one is an earnest approach created in the tradition of classic Western trailers by th3warr1or a/k/a GamaHershlag...

And the second one, created by GamerMV, is Jersey - all the way… 

Good stuff...

Previously:
Beaterator User-Jams: 1 Turntable & a PSP (Found on YouTube)
 

Presenting part two in the Red Dead Redemption Gameplay Video Series: Weapons & Death - a special in-depth look at Red Dead’s shooting – including information about the advancements in weapons technology during the time period in which the game is set, as well as a look at how the “Dead-Eye” targeting system and natural motion physics work.

Watch in high-definition at the all new relaunched www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption or in the Rockstar site VIDEOS section. Look for part 3 in this series coming soon – and much more.

The good folks at Dubspot, the premier music school specializing in electronic music production & DJ’ing located right near our home base here in NYC, have been touring schools across the country using Beaterator as a tool to help educate kids on the fundamental aspects of music theory and composition.

Now, on the official Dubspot blog – they’ve gone a step further and put together their own series of very helpful and informative instructional videos taking you through some of the more advanced mixing and music creation features of Beaterator for PSP.  

There’s 8 vids in total in the series ranging from mastering effects like Reverb, Delay, and Filter – to more advanced features like Loop Slicing and Sampling Live Instruments – and even the finer points of using the Synth Editor to create what they call a “Dubstep Wobble” (as featured in our most recent Beaterator Breakdowns installment).

Check out http://blog.dubspot.com/beaterator/tips.html to see the full set of clips – and also check out some episodes from their nationwide schools tour here.

The debut trailer for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the iPhone and iPod touch, now available from the App Store.

After you’ve watched today’s unprecedented unveiling of Red Dead Redemption via part one of the official Gameplay Video Series: Introduction – head over to any number of gaming sites around the globe for a full round of previews and hear what they have to say about the game after seeing it firsthand.

IGN.com:

“You can get a tame horse in town, but you may find yourself occasionally lost in the desert without a ride. Grab a wild horse and you can break it, making it yours to whistle for should it get just a little too far away. In one instance, Marston came across a man flagging him down for help. Upon getting off the horse, this jerk hopped on Marston's horse and took off riding. No worries. Marston just whistled and the horse bucked off the would-be thief. A quick shot later and the guy was dead on the ground as the horse came trotting back. How's that for awesome?”

MTV.com:

“The world they've created is the sort of world I'd want to spend 40 to 60 hours hanging around in. It's gorgeous, expansive, and full of armadillos. My kinda place.”

Check out these and more preview articles hitting throughout the day at 1Up, UGO, and other game sites.

Previously:
Watch Part One of Red Dead Redemption Gameplay Video Series: Introduction