You are certainly aware of the most popular Easter activity in which Easter eggs are hidden and children on Easter Sunday go ‘hunting’ to find these special eggs. This is a game during which decorated eggs, real hard-boiled ones or artificial, filled with or made of chocolate candies, of various sizes, are hidden in various places for children to find. The game may be both indoors and outdoors.
But did you know that there was another use for this expression which is very XX century new and is associated with the expression: Easter egg (media). And it is about something hidden too, but this time , it's all about hidden messages!!! Where???
A virtual Easter egg is an intentional hidden message, in-joke or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, web page or video game. Remember Alfred Hitchcock movie’s where this famous film maker always made a ‘cameo’ appearance in all his movies?
And if you follow the American TV drama “Lost” where they implant all kinds of related information in their flashbacks and usage of symbols or texts or numbers or character names … all hidden messages … All the programs ‘aficionados’ (fans, followers) are constantly in search of clues! And how about “The Davinci Code” ... And the controversy about The Beatles ‘Revolver’ album? To name but a few!
Where does this ‘modern’ use of EASTER EGGS come from, you ask?
The term was coined (created, invented) by Atari, remember the first computer games??!
The term draws a parallel with the custom of the Easter egg hunt observed in many Western nations as well as the last Russian imperial family's tradition of giving elaborately jewelled egg-shaped creations by Carl Fabergé which contained hidden surprises. There is the parallel: hidden surprise messages.
This is a bit of Easter trivia! So there you go!
Keep looking and you might find yourself some SPECIAL Easter eggs!!!
There might even be some here!!!
Coincidence, a quirk or true and authentic …
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