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Hard Drive is a satirical news website mainly focused on articles about video games and nerd culture. The website was launched in May 2017 as a branch of the satirical publication The Hard Times. with screenshots of its snippets often being shared akin to memes. In 2019, the website created a parody presidential candidate Ace Watkins, "the first gamer president."

History

On May 26th, 2017, Hard Drive,[1] a satirical news website about video game and nerd culture, was launched as a branch of satirical website The Hard Times. Hard Drive was cofounded by three former Hard Trimes contributors Jeremy Kaplowitz, Mike Amory and Mark Roebuck.

The website launched together with its Facebook,[2] Twitter[3] and Instagram[4] social media accounts, where it would share headlines and snippets of its articles.

Multiple snippets shared by the magazine on social media went viral (examples shown below). Additionally, many snippets and screenshots of its headlines received viral spread on social media, with the name of the publication often being cropped. On September 11th, 2017, Hard Drive[5][6] posted its first article to go viral, a satirical news piece claiming that Nintendo had confirmed that Waluigi is uncircumsized (tweet shown below, left).

Hard Drive @HardDriveMag Nintendo Confirms Waluigi is Uncircumcised for Some Reason hard-drive.net Nintendo Confirms Waluigi is Uncircumcised for Some Reason KYOTO, Japan - Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima divulged in an interview with Game Informer magazine yesterday that recurring character ... 12:00 PM. Sep 11, 2017 TweetDeck :
Hard Drive @Hard Drive Mag Dead by Daylight DLC Adds Iconic '80s Monster Ronald Reagan HHH! DEAD BY DAYLIGHT RONALD REAGAN hard-drive.net Dead by Daylight DLC Adds Iconic '80s Monster Ronald Reagan MONTREAL - Developer Behaviour Interactive announced the next DLC pack for its horror game Dead by Daylight will expand... 2:53 PM · May 26, 2020 · Buffer . :

Gamer President Ace Watkins

Gamer President refers to a parody character named Ace Watkins created by Hard Drive in July 2019 and portrayed by YouTube comedian Phil Jamesson. The character is presented as a gamer who originally ran the for 2020 United States presidential election, with jokes usually referencing various video games and their mechanics and the stereotypical gamer behavior.

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Ace Watkins @GamerPres2020 Lootboxes, at the very least, need to tell you the drop rate before you open. Imagine if every single time you went to the bathroom, you didn't know if you were gonna poop or pee. So you stand up and the poop just falls out your butt onto the ground. That's what lootboxes are. 1:06 PM - 7 Aug 2019
Ace Watkins @GamerPres2020 Today is the 3-year anniversary of Hillary Clinton's "Pokémon Go to the polls" speech. Embarrassing. This election, I'm EV-training to become the strongest by defeating Cory Booker over and over. Then I'm going to Pokémon Snap the competition by just being a better candidate. 4:15 PM - 14 Jul 2019

Kotaku Roasts

On multiple occassions, Hard Drive roasted video game news website Kotaku over headlines that could just as well be satire, with many such posts going viral. For example, on May 11th, 2020, Hard Drive quote tweeted[7] Kotaku's tweet, commenting, "please stop stealing our drafts." The tweet (shown below, left) gained over 4,700 retweets and 32,000 likes in two years.

Hard Drive @HardDriveMag please stop stealing our drafts Kotaku @Kotaku May 11, 2020 Political consultant suggests rallying Dems with giant, Fortnite- style holographic Biden bit.ly/3dxD18v 2:06 PM May 11, 2020 · Twitter Web App
Hard Drive @Hard DriveMag leave us SOMETHING K Kotaku @Kotaku Jan 29, 2021 A 'C-- Dungeon' Offers The Fastest XP Farming In Bloodborne bit.ly/39uP4VY 3:20 PM Jan 29, 2021 Twitter Web App .
Hard Drive @Hard Drive Mag Kotaku Writer Not Sure What to Do With Rejected 'Hard Drive' Headline Kotaku @Kotaku Mar 25, 2021 Shinra Electric Power Company Decides To Tweet Through It dlvr.it/RwMy3c Shinra Head of Public Safety: "Actually, we offer industry-leading pay & benefits, including paid time off for employees diagnosed with Mako poisoning & starting pay more than 2x the federal min wage. When Forbes recently surveyed employees at many different companies, we were voted the #2 workplace in the world." 4:41 PM Mar 25, 2021 Twitter Web App : ...

Hard Drive vs. Elon Musk

On May 30th, 2022, enterpreneur and billionaire Elon Musk tweeted[8] a snippet of Hard Drive's article originally posted by Hard Drive on its Instagram[9] page. On the same day, Hard Drive responded[10] to Musk on Twitter, accusing him of cropping the publication's name from the snipped (despite the original Instagram post not having the name and not having been altered), also making a reference to the recent sexual misconduct claim put against Musk (exchange shown below, left).

Hard Drive and Musk proceeded to mock each other in a series of tweets[11][12][13][14] (exchange shown below, center and right), with Musk ultimately deleting the original post. The last tweet, in which Hard Drive shared an image of Elon Musk as Wario from a May 2021 Saturday Night Life episode gained over 12,400 retweets and 152,400 likes in three days.

Elon Musk ✔ @elonmusk - 8h Nichememe Zodiac Killer Letter Solved by Opening It With VLC Media Player ΟΔΜ + ατο FP+ POX / 94 RAFJO c • D 4 +KOD X фбот эт NY+ 0 <M + 8 - - Ju U + R/ J <> RS 3,967 3,905 60.2K Hard Drive @HardDriveMag. 41m hey i'll give u a horse if u stop cropping our name off our articles DAM +1 94 RAF C D & X G V фботат NY+ OLA OM + 8 + D Y A O O к 3 <F BY- - u + R/J атмко +PBF <> R 3 OASY+NIF BOOTAR hard-drive.net Zodiac Killer Letter Solved by Opening It With VLC Media Player The letter has finally been decoded by an individual who simply opened a file containing the killer's iconic cipher with VLC Media Player. 42 199 1,719 ●+KI DXAO 3 < FBY- атмко + PBF +4
Elon Musk @elonmusk - 33m Well, if you make something that looks like a meme & someone (not me) crops off your name, so it goes. Also, this is only a 6/10 meme, so maybe step down from that high horse! The selfless art of anonymous meme creators is something to be admired. 331 216 1,981 Hard Drive Retweeted Hard Drive @HardDriveMag Replying to @elonmusk ok well lemme know what you think about this one SPACEX hard-drive.net Elon Musk Admits He Wants to Travel to Mars Because No One Hates Him The... AUSTIN, Texas - Wiping tears from his eyes at a recent press conference, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that the reason he's so keen on... 1:23 PM - May 30, 2022 - Twitter Web App 274 Retweets 18 Quote Tweets 1,691 Likes
Elon Musk @elonmusk. 7m Less funny than SNL on a bad day. This could make a drunk person sober. Try harder! 135 40 311 Hard Drive @HardDriveMag Replying to @elonmusk well you're the expert on SNL's bad days TOWN W SNL SOUS

Later on May 30th, Hard Drive[15][16] posted two more articles about Musk, with one headline reading, "Hard Drive Apologizes to Elon Musk for Dunking on Him Too Hard" (shown below, left and right). Later that day, Musk tweeted[17] a Stop Giving Me Your Toughest Battles meme, with the post gaining over 43,900 retweets and 449,000 likes in three days (shown below, left).

Hard Drive @Hard Drive Mag Hard Drive Apologizes to Elon Musk for Dunking on Him Too Hard Elon Musk @elonmusk 4h Less funny than SNL on a bad day. This could make a drunk person sober. Try harder! 515 317 ♡ 3,728 Hard Drive @HardDriveMag Replying to @elonmusk well you're the expert on SNL's bad days TOWN 6,231 Retweets 938 Quote Tweets 63.2K Likes hard-drive.net Hard Drive Apologizes to Elon Musk for Dunking on Him Too Hard Hard Drive would like to formally apologize for dragging Mr. Musk. 6:27 PM . May 30, 2022 Buffer
Hard Drive @HardDriveMag Elon Musk Offers to Buy Rake He Stepped On hard-drive.net Elon Musk Offers to Buy Rake He Stepped On CEO of Tesla and entrepreneur Elon Musk has reportedly made a public offering to buy a rake he recently stepped on that smashed him in the face. . 4:47 PM May 30, 2022 Buffer V :

Features

Hard Drive is a satirical news publication mainly covering video game industry and nerd culture. In addition to staff writers, the publication also publishes approved submissions by contributors.[18]

Traffic

As of June 2nd, 2022, Hard Drive had over 288,000 followers on Twitter, 119,000 followers on Instagram and 80,000 followers on Facebook.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Hard Drive – Main Page

[2] Facebook – Hard Drive

[3] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[4] Instagram – harddrivenews

[5] Hard Drive – Nintendo Confirms Waluigi is Uncircumcised for Some Reason

[6] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[7] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[8] Internet Archive – @elonmusk

[9] Instagram – harddrivenews

[10] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[11] Twitter – @elonmusk

[12] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[13] Twitter – @elonmusk

[14] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[15] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[16] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[17] Twitter – @elonmusk

[18] Twitter – About



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About

Hard Drive is a satirical news website mainly focused on articles about video games and nerd culture. The website was launched in May 2017 as a branch of the satirical publication The Hard Times. with screenshots of its snippets often being shared akin to memes. In 2019, the website created a parody presidential candidate Ace Watkins, "the first gamer president."

History

On May 26th, 2017, Hard Drive,[1] a satirical news website about video game and nerd culture, was launched as a branch of satirical website The Hard Times. Hard Drive was cofounded by three former Hard Trimes contributors Jeremy Kaplowitz, Mike Amory and Mark Roebuck.

The website launched together with its Facebook,[2] Twitter[3] and Instagram[4] social media accounts, where it would share headlines and snippets of its articles.

Multiple snippets shared by the magazine on social media went viral (examples shown below). Additionally, many snippets and screenshots of its headlines received viral spread on social media, with the name of the publication often being cropped. On September 11th, 2017, Hard Drive[5][6] posted its first article to go viral, a satirical news piece claiming that Nintendo had confirmed that Waluigi is uncircumsized (tweet shown below, left).


Hard Drive @HardDriveMag Nintendo Confirms Waluigi is Uncircumcised for Some Reason hard-drive.net Nintendo Confirms Waluigi is Uncircumcised for Some Reason KYOTO, Japan - Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima divulged in an interview with Game Informer magazine yesterday that recurring character ... 12:00 PM. Sep 11, 2017 TweetDeck : Hard Drive @Hard Drive Mag Dead by Daylight DLC Adds Iconic '80s Monster Ronald Reagan HHH! DEAD BY DAYLIGHT RONALD REAGAN hard-drive.net Dead by Daylight DLC Adds Iconic '80s Monster Ronald Reagan MONTREAL - Developer Behaviour Interactive announced the next DLC pack for its horror game Dead by Daylight will expand... 2:53 PM · May 26, 2020 · Buffer . :

Gamer President Ace Watkins

Gamer President refers to a parody character named Ace Watkins created by Hard Drive in July 2019 and portrayed by YouTube comedian Phil Jamesson. The character is presented as a gamer who originally ran the for 2020 United States presidential election, with jokes usually referencing various video games and their mechanics and the stereotypical gamer behavior.


LEVL Ace Watkins @GamerPres2020 Lootboxes, at the very least, need to tell you the drop rate before you open. Imagine if every single time you went to the bathroom, you didn't know if you were gonna poop or pee. So you stand up and the poop just falls out your butt onto the ground. That's what lootboxes are. 1:06 PM - 7 Aug 2019 Ace Watkins @GamerPres2020 Today is the 3-year anniversary of Hillary Clinton's "Pokémon Go to the polls" speech. Embarrassing. This election, I'm EV-training to become the strongest by defeating Cory Booker over and over. Then I'm going to Pokémon Snap the competition by just being a better candidate. 4:15 PM - 14 Jul 2019

Kotaku Roasts

On multiple occassions, Hard Drive roasted video game news website Kotaku over headlines that could just as well be satire, with many such posts going viral. For example, on May 11th, 2020, Hard Drive quote tweeted[7] Kotaku's tweet, commenting, "please stop stealing our drafts." The tweet (shown below, left) gained over 4,700 retweets and 32,000 likes in two years.


Hard Drive @HardDriveMag please stop stealing our drafts Kotaku @Kotaku May 11, 2020 Political consultant suggests rallying Dems with giant, Fortnite- style holographic Biden bit.ly/3dxD18v 2:06 PM May 11, 2020 · Twitter Web App Hard Drive @Hard DriveMag leave us SOMETHING K Kotaku @Kotaku Jan 29, 2021 A 'C-- Dungeon' Offers The Fastest XP Farming In Bloodborne bit.ly/39uP4VY 3:20 PM Jan 29, 2021 Twitter Web App . Hard Drive @Hard Drive Mag Kotaku Writer Not Sure What to Do With Rejected 'Hard Drive' Headline Kotaku @Kotaku Mar 25, 2021 Shinra Electric Power Company Decides To Tweet Through It dlvr.it/RwMy3c Shinra Head of Public Safety: "Actually, we offer industry-leading pay & benefits, including paid time off for employees diagnosed with Mako poisoning & starting pay more than 2x the federal min wage. When Forbes recently surveyed employees at many different companies, we were voted the #2 workplace in the world." 4:41 PM Mar 25, 2021 Twitter Web App : ...

Hard Drive vs. Elon Musk

On May 30th, 2022, enterpreneur and billionaire Elon Musk tweeted[8] a snippet of Hard Drive's article originally posted by Hard Drive on its Instagram[9] page. On the same day, Hard Drive responded[10] to Musk on Twitter, accusing him of cropping the publication's name from the snipped (despite the original Instagram post not having the name and not having been altered), also making a reference to the recent sexual misconduct claim put against Musk (exchange shown below, left).

Hard Drive and Musk proceeded to mock each other in a series of tweets[11][12][13][14] (exchange shown below, center and right), with Musk ultimately deleting the original post. The last tweet, in which Hard Drive shared an image of Elon Musk as Wario from a May 2021 Saturday Night Life episode gained over 12,400 retweets and 152,400 likes in three days.


Elon Musk ✔ @elonmusk - 8h Nichememe Zodiac Killer Letter Solved by Opening It With VLC Media Player ΟΔΜ + ατο FP+ POX / 94 RAFJO c • D 4 +KOD X фбот эт NY+ 0 <M + 8 - - Ju U + R/ J <> RS 3,967 3,905 60.2K Hard Drive @HardDriveMag. 41m hey i'll give u a horse if u stop cropping our name off our articles DAM +1 94 RAF C D & X G V фботат NY+ OLA OM + 8 + D Y A O O к 3 <F BY- - u + R/J атмко +PBF <> R 3 OASY+NIF BOOTAR hard-drive.net Zodiac Killer Letter Solved by Opening It With VLC Media Player The letter has finally been decoded by an individual who simply opened a file containing the killer's iconic cipher with VLC Media Player. 42 199 1,719 ●+KI DXAO 3 < FBY- атмко + PBF +4 Elon Musk @elonmusk - 33m Well, if you make something that looks like a meme & someone (not me) crops off your name, so it goes. Also, this is only a 6/10 meme, so maybe step down from that high horse! The selfless art of anonymous meme creators is something to be admired. 331 216 1,981 Hard Drive Retweeted Hard Drive @HardDriveMag Replying to @elonmusk ok well lemme know what you think about this one SPACEX hard-drive.net Elon Musk Admits He Wants to Travel to Mars Because No One Hates Him The... AUSTIN, Texas - Wiping tears from his eyes at a recent press conference, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that the reason he's so keen on... 1:23 PM - May 30, 2022 - Twitter Web App 274 Retweets 18 Quote Tweets 1,691 Likes Elon Musk @elonmusk. 7m Less funny than SNL on a bad day. This could make a drunk person sober. Try harder! 135 40 311 Hard Drive @HardDriveMag Replying to @elonmusk well you're the expert on SNL's bad days TOWN W SNL SOUS

Later on May 30th, Hard Drive[15][16] posted two more articles about Musk, with one headline reading, "Hard Drive Apologizes to Elon Musk for Dunking on Him Too Hard" (shown below, left and right). Later that day, Musk tweeted[17] a Stop Giving Me Your Toughest Battles meme, with the post gaining over 43,900 retweets and 449,000 likes in three days (shown below, left).


Hard Drive @Hard Drive Mag Hard Drive Apologizes to Elon Musk for Dunking on Him Too Hard Elon Musk @elonmusk 4h Less funny than SNL on a bad day. This could make a drunk person sober. Try harder! 515 317 ♡ 3,728 Hard Drive @HardDriveMag Replying to @elonmusk well you're the expert on SNL's bad days TOWN 6,231 Retweets 938 Quote Tweets 63.2K Likes hard-drive.net Hard Drive Apologizes to Elon Musk for Dunking on Him Too Hard Hard Drive would like to formally apologize for dragging Mr. Musk. 6:27 PM . May 30, 2022 Buffer Hard Drive @HardDriveMag Elon Musk Offers to Buy Rake He Stepped On hard-drive.net Elon Musk Offers to Buy Rake He Stepped On CEO of Tesla and entrepreneur Elon Musk has reportedly made a public offering to buy a rake he recently stepped on that smashed him in the face. . 4:47 PM May 30, 2022 Buffer V :

Features

Hard Drive is a satirical news publication mainly covering video game industry and nerd culture. In addition to staff writers, the publication also publishes approved submissions by contributors.[18]

Traffic

As of June 2nd, 2022, Hard Drive had over 288,000 followers on Twitter, 119,000 followers on Instagram and 80,000 followers on Facebook.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Hard Drive – Main Page

[2] Facebook – Hard Drive

[3] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[4] Instagram – harddrivenews

[5] Hard Drive – Nintendo Confirms Waluigi is Uncircumcised for Some Reason

[6] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[7] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[8] Internet Archive – @elonmusk

[9] Instagram – harddrivenews

[10] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[11] Twitter – @elonmusk

[12] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[13] Twitter – @elonmusk

[14] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[15] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[16] Twitter – @HardDriveMag

[17] Twitter – @elonmusk

[18] Twitter – About

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