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The April edition of ''Game Informer'' includes 'an annual feature ''Game Infarcer'', an [[April Fools' Day|April Fools' Day prank]]. In the cover box head appears "World's #1 Pretend Magazine" where would ordinarily appear "World's #1 Video Game Magazine" -- "Parody" is found at the cover bottom. ''Game Infarcer'' articles are accredited to the fictional editor-in-chief Darth Clark, who is addressed in hate mail every year sent to ''Game Informer''. The heated responses to parody articles are often featured in later ''Game Informer'' issues.<ref>{{cite web |last=Marchiafava |first=Jeff |date=May 10, 2011 |title=The Return of Darth Clark |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/05/10/the-return-of-darth-clark.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212091159/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/05/10/the-return-of-darth-clark.aspx |archive-date=February 12, 2017 |access-date=February 11, 2017 |work=Game Informer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Marchiafava |first=Jeff |date=May 8, 2014 |title=Darth Clark Strikes Again |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/05/08/darth-clark-strikes-again.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212091011/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/05/08/darth-clark-strikes-again.aspx |archive-date=February 12, 2017 |access-date=February 11, 2017 |work=Game Informer}}</ref>

''Game Informer'' has included four "Sacred Cow Barbecues".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Marchiafava |first=Jeff |date=December 3, 2014 |title=Making The Fourth Inaugural Sacred Cow Barbecue Art |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/12/03/making-the-fourth-inaugural-sacred-cow-barbecue-art.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213053018/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/12/03/making-the-fourth-inaugural-sacred-cow-barbecue-art.aspx |archive-date=December 13, 2014 |access-date=February 11, 2017 |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop}}</ref> Similar in style to a [[Roast (comedy)|celebrity roast]], the occasion is meant to "knock some of gaming's most revered icons off their high and mighty pedestals".<ref name="GI183">Game Informer Issue 183 inFamous</ref> The first ''Sacred Cow Barbecues''  featured in issue 158 (June 2006).<ref>''Game Informer'', issue 158 (June 2006)</ref> Other issues featuring Sacred Cow Barbecues are: 183 (July 2008),<ref name="GI183" /> 211 (November 2010),<ref>''Game Informer'', issue 213 (January 2011) p. 8; {{cite magazine |last=Turi |first=Tim |date=October 6, 2010 |title=November Cover Revealed: Resistance 3 |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/10/06/november-cover-revealed-resistance-3.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008222656/http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/10/06/november-cover-revealed-resistance-3.aspx |archive-date=October 8, 2010 |access-date=February 11, 2017 |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop}}</ref> and 261 (January 2015).<ref name="SCB">{{cite magazine |last=Marchiafava |first=Jeff |date=February 3, 2015 |title=Sacred Cow Barbecue Strikes Again |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/02/03/sacred-cow-barbecue-strikes-again.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207070153/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/02/03/sacred-cow-barbecue-strikes-again.aspx |archive-date=February 7, 2015 |access-date=February 11, 2017 |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop}}</ref> ''Sacred Cow Barbecues'' articles are considered controversial among those gamers who are not amused by their favorite games being mocked.<ref name="SCB" />