Easter Eggs and what not

Easter, a holiday that i greatly enjoy yet always feel terrible at the end of. The main reason for this would of course be the copious amounts of chocolate that i eat during this short day. A common gaming term you might hear is 'Easter egg'. It refers to a hidden joke, or secret, generally something that the devs put in for fun. An example would be in Metroid prime corruption, in side your ship if you active the telephone device and type in certain codes you get messages from the devs generally saying things like 'i hope you enjoy the game, we worked hard on it' and stuff like that. Another one that i only just found, was that if you type in super scribble snake into super scribblenauts, you can actually get metal gear's Solid Snake. The game super scribblenauts is full of easter eggs (type in lol wut), and i could spend ages naming heaps, so im going to change the topic. The seriousness of Easter eggs can vary greatly. From the secret town inside the wishing well in Drawn to life, where devs give personal messages, to the turret song in Portal 2 which is four turrets making beeping noises in harmony, which is just a funny joke. I often wonder how these things became known as Easter eggs, If you have any ideas leave them in the comments.

Terfle