[Hashassin]

many believe so including myself, although some would name other origins. it's one of those things no one will ever really know, but from the reading and talking i've done i'm convinced the first "easter eggs" in that context were from that movie yeah, and a lot of people would agree. watch the movie sometime and try to find all three egg scenes! i love that movie anyway XD

[Morpheus]

Originally Posted by Hashassin

sort of.....in generic gaming terms an easter egg is hidden content, usually in-jokes or other things of little or no benefit to actual gameplay. the term's origin is debatable, but i personally ascribe to the theory that it comes from the film "the rocky horror picture show" wherein the crew, during filming, held an onset easter egg hunt, and several of the eggs were not found. as a result if you watch the movie carefully there are three separate scenes where literal easter eggs can be seen and are unintended mistakes that add to the legend of the film and it's overall silliness and cult film status. some years later programmers began hiding hidden messages and or their names in places in games and programs usually intended only for their own amusement and not generally approved by the companies they worked for. as these were discovered and awareness increased over the years programmers, usually of games, but also of other software including some prolific operating systems began to hide an increasing number of these so called easter eggs in their wares and eventually it became a popular enough trend that they are parts of games well known, sometimes evolving into actual parts of the game effecting play. a good example of this would be the grand theft auto series where finding a certain number or all of hidden object unlocks additional abilities and items. no longer an easter egg these are even mentioned in the manual. it should be noted that some easter eggs are even implemented into hardware, though i am unaware of any contemporary examples i am sure they exist. it's just a gradual progression from an simple accident that was funny down through the ages of media and the culture of those who produce and consume it.

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DAMN Hash That Was Awesome!!!! You realize you just dated yourself..... BTW I know "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" well and I didn't know there were three so now I have to go watch it again till I find them all

[Hashassin]

hahahaha! thanks....i'm known to go off on ranting tangents and type really long messages frequently XD and i dated myself huh? i'm not really that old, but i do tend to come off as a lot older than i am sometimes XD. i was born an old man or so i'm told. in reality i'm a mix of a curmudgeony bitter old man mixed in with a silly little kid ;p

[Morpheus]

It's funny how I befriend people like that. My friend Eric is about 8 years younger than me but he acts and talks like he's 10 years older. Glad to know you Hash.

[edge]

I always miss these. Lol

[Tiger]

Originally Posted by Hashassin

well, i know i'm a bit late on this one, didn't think of it till about an hour or two ago....i was thinking instead of just an xp bonus for easter an "egg hunt" would have been kinda cool. have a bunch of eggs hidden in various parts of the map that can be found by completing missions in those areas. the eggs could contain chunks of xp or cash, or item stashes and maybe even some rare donor goodies or easter exclusive items. it wouldn't take TOO much work since item code exists and item drops are already part of the game, and it would have been more fun and less exploitable than just boosting xp, or at least i think so....something to think about next year? in my mind the eggs would have been usable items that when used they provide the goodies inside instead of just getting the goodies right when you find them, and they could have been color coded or something with semi random amounts of the contents per color coded egg, say gold is yen, white is xp, spotted is donor item or whatever and so on. maybe with a special award for the hunter with the most eggs at the end of the day? i dunno, i was put in charge of hiding eggs for some little kids this morning and it just struck me as a nifty idea *shrugs*
anyone think it might have been interesting? i know it's not my typical idea submission XD

wow that a really good idea.

[Tiger]

you know what? It would be kind of cool to have those Easter eggs year round, but they would be extremly rare to find. Then every time easter comes around they would be a little less rare to find.

[Tiger]

When is the next holiday special?