- With Facebook expanding so rapidly, especially in international areas, its no surprise that they offer a variety of languages to choose from. However, if you actually scroll through the variety of options, some of them are quite ridiculous. So if you want to spice up your FB page, go ahead to Account Settings then the Language tab and choose from English (Pirate) or English (Upside Down). The Upside Down option is pretty self-explanatory in that it flips all the text on your screen. Pirate on the other hand switches all your Facebook menu and notification prompts to pirate speak! For example:
- Add a photo = Hoist a Portrait
- Home = Home Port
- Days = Turn o' yer hourglass
- Friends = Me hearties
Star Wars
- If you own the DVDs of any of the Star Wars prequels go to the DVD main menu screen. There should be a THX logo. If you highlight it and type in the numbers 1138, a hidden bloopers reel will show up in the first two films. If you own the third film, you'll be treated to a Yoda break dancing routine instead (which you can see below :P )
Do you guys know of anymore you could add to the list?
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/5-coolest-digital-easter-eggs-time-230853009.html
This is really interesting. The only other digital easter egg that I can think of is Google's "Do a Barrel roll". For those of you who don't know, if you type this phrase into Google and press enter the screen will in fact do a barrel roll (Unfortunately, I am not sure if this still works).
ReplyDeleteSomething that I think this is comparable to, even though it is not digital, is the "Hidden Mickeys" at Disneyland. Whenever I would go to Disneyland as a kid, my brother and I always used to compete to see who could find the most hidden Mickeys. I always won, of course. They are EVERYWHERE. Here is a link that discusses the Hidden Mickeys more.
http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/
I am definitely going to try to find digital Easter eggs now!
Arthi, this is an extraordinarily interesting topic. I didn't know of these "easter eggs" before reading this fantastic post. I think this is a phenomenal post, and is just simply awesome. If you were looking for more "easter eggs" here is a link that may provide some more cool and interesting internet hidden gems.
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Youtube has the Snake Game that can be played while videos are paused or buffering.
ReplyDeleteGoogle Maps has a "One cannot simply walk into Mordor" if you try to find directions to Mordor.
I remember Microsoft Word 97 had a pinball easter egg after performing a series of actions: http://www.eeggs.com/items/763.html
And I'm not sure if Cheat Codes are considered Easter Eggs in games, but classic Contra (Konami Code), on the Nintendo, has a God-Mode cheat if you merely input: "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, RIght, Left, Right, A, B".
I can't think of any that weren't already mentioned in previous comments but it's very cool how people even think to add an extra feature or hidden layer to games. A lot of the time the little subliminal messages or hidden features are a tribute to the person who made the overall game or movie in the first place. Star Wars, for example, and the THX 1138. Many people do not know but THX 1138 was George Lucas's first movie. He puts "THX" or "1138" or "THX 1138" in many of his movies. There is even a wikipedia page on the references http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1138_(number)
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this post I thought about something that was along the same lines but not necessarily an online digital type of "Easter Egg". My sister Polly and I were obsessed with the TV show Gilmore Girls. We watched religiously every week and every time a new season came out on DVD, we spent 60$ to get the box set. While the box set was great because we could re-watch all the episodes, the best part of it was the special features on the 6th disk of the box. The special features were only available on the physical DVD (i.e. not online) and they included things like "exclusive interviews" "tour of the set" "behind the scene of _____ episode" "gilmoreisms" and other show-related special clips. Although it is lame, I watched every single one. It was a treat at the end that was only privy to the people who purchased a box set of the season. This post reminded of those special features!
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