Video game developers and reporters are fond of the term âIP.â So-and-so revealed a new IP, so-and-so really wants their IPs to penetrate new markets, and which company has the best new IP? The abbreviation stands for âintellectual property.â But what if it stood forâŚsomething else?
The whole thing started with a joke. A stupid, stupid joke:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/479309854603882496
It spiraled from there. Hours after I made that crack, game designer Nels Anderson took it upon himself to make a functional Chrome extension called âIP Extenderâ (of course) that transforms all instances of âIPâ into the words âImmense Penis.â
He released the finished version today. Iâve installed it, and everything has gotten so much better:
It makes interviews with video game execs much more entertaining:
Kotakuâs own comments section is not immune:
It also works for articles about other kinds of IPs:
And so on, and so on.
So, if youâd like your daily video game news crawl to get just a bit goofier, give the extension a shot. Youâre welcome. And Iâm sorry.
