International Fred Day

International Fred Day

As if you needed telling, the 2nd September is a big date in the annual Speccy calendar. It is of course International Fred Appreciation Day, where for 24 hours people celebrate the magic of these games. Spain has declared it a national holiday, with wild street parties and the famous 'running of the Freds'. In Sevilla, on this day only, any man called Frederick, or whose nickname is Fred is allowed to ask for a tongue sarnie off any woman he sees, and she is legally bound to comply.

International Fred Day 2

In the evening, there is a heated public debate over whether the ghosts look more like ghosts, amorphous blobs or loaves of bread. There is also much playing of Fred and Sir Fred on real hardware. Any one stupid enough to admit to not liking the game is beaten to death with an especially heavy leg of jamon.

At the end of the day, after a tremendous feast, drunken revellers form a conga line and do the 'Sir Fred' silly walk on an ice rink.

Elsewhere, we change our forum avatars to Fred for the day, play the game a bit, and have a chat about it. Never forget.