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101 Coolest Easter Eggs Hidden in Your Software, DVDs and Video Games

The Easter holiday may have already passed, but every day is an Easter-egg hunt for software, DVD and video game sleuths. These nifty nuggets hold intentional hidden messages or features.

It’s been 30 years Atari

The monstrosity above is an early prototype of the Atari CX2600 Video Computer System that went into production in October 1977. The $199 system came bundled with Combat, two rubberized joysticks, a pair of paddle controllers and a handy dandy RF modulator to mangle your parents’ TV reception.
The prototype was built by [...]

First ammendment escapes Jack Thompson

Plenty of gamers would give their left arm to be included in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Miami attorney Jack Thompson, however, claims that he?s depicted in the game and wants out. And he threatens to block the release of GTA IV if Rockstar doesn?t comply.
In a document filed yesterday with a federal court in [...]

Praise Sony cause the PS3 is stable

With all the coverage of how the Xbox 360s are failing left and right in the past few months, there hasn’t been much coverage of how sturdy the PS3 is. PS3 Vault took a PS3 into harsh environments, continuously using it for 108 hours with various games and Blu-ray movies. Their findings? The PS3 is [...]

Take a Look at Wii

Time has a great article that provides the public it’s first-look at the Nintendo Wii. From the article:
It’s a remarkable experience. Instead of passively playing the games, with the new controller you physically perform them. You act them out. It’s almost like theater: the fourth wall between game and player dissolves. The sense of [...]