After sharing an image that suggested he possessed early access copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, a GameStop employee went viral on social media. The gaming community might seem confusing even without the internet venues that frequently house it. Fans of video games share everything online, from gaming news to op-eds, on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. These postings often draw admirers’ attention, increasing the original poster’s online impact.
Simple messages meant to troll or give light humor frequently have a much more significant impact than intended due to the nature of social media and the influence that content creators have on it. Tears of the Kingdom’s tweet from a GameStop employee demonstrate this. Deebeegeek, a GameStop employee and Twitch streamer, decided to publish some clear pictures of empty game cases on Twitter just for fun. Also, he did not anticipate the enormous audience his Tweet would reach or the subsequent responses from Zelda enthusiasts.
Tears of the Kingdom early access copies were available at Deebeegeek
Deebeegeek never actually had access to a physical copy of Tears of the Kingdom, despite his initial enigmatic Tweet. He just advised fans not to “ask questions” in a post featuring an image of an empty game case with the Breath of the Wild sequel’s cover.
In addition, users scrambled to figure out what the photo might signify, as is customary with ambiguous Tweets. Most people interpreted it to suggest that Deebeegeek had discovered a means to get the game before anybody else and was already playing it. In response to the initial post, he shared a second image in which he was holding four alleged copies of the game and instructed people to follow him “if they want one.” Following this Tweet, Deebeegeek decided to go above and beyond by posting a phony article screenshot.
This image showed a fake Nintendo Life article with the headline, “Deebeegeek released copies of Tears of the Kingdom early and was going to be sued by Nintendo,” however, the article never appeared. Unfortunately, the majority of individuals who saw the Tweet just saw the headline. Thus they mistook the piece for an actual paper and took it seriously. Deebeegeek acknowledges that the copies he shared on Twitter were empty GameStop display cases in a YouTube video where he explains the whole situation. He had access to them since the retailer used them to promote games before they were released.
He added that the bogus piece from Nintendo Life was never meant to be taken seriously, and he regretted not getting in touch with the author first before publishing it online. Deebeegeek said that everything he did “was just from a place of love and entertainment” and that his only intentions were to tease his followers lightheartedly.
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