Gaming News This player scanned a code in this video game thinking he had discovered a secret, but was fooled by this prank from a 15-year-old
Convinced that he had discovered a well-hidden secret, one player realized that the developers were little pranksters. He was fooled by a stunt that happened almost 15 years ago!
When developers try their best to finish the games they are working hard on, Some people enjoy hiding small objects, found only by the most curious or meticulous players. This practice, known as Easter eggs, is well known to players who have made it their mission to find as many as possibleeven if sometimes it’s just to make fun of them.
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A trapped code
This is exactly the case that happened to the reddit user @the_humeister, as he explains that he discovered what he thought was a real secret. It is in One step after the fall that he discovered a QR code attached to a wall. By examining it, The object is called “???”, which further piqued his curiosity. But it wasn’t until the code in question was scanned that he realized the deception. In fact, and although he expected to discover secret contents, this actually led to… a rickroll.
Internet users who saw his post quickly followed suit, surprised but also I’m glad to see the joke was still relevant. “I expected to be rickrolled and I was rickrolled, I’m 100% satisfied“explains one of them in a comment. The practice has been anything but new since then almost 15 years old. This one was aimed at sending the link of the song Never give up by Rick Astley by making it seem like something else important. Even though this joke seems a bit old-fashioned, it ultimately still seems to make some people laugh who didn’t hide their joy at the original post.
Far from being the first
If some Easter eggs make fun of the players, others directly poke fun at the studios themselves. In fact, there are many little inside jokes in various major titles, such as Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. During his presentation at E3 2015 The demonstration experienced a slight hiccup. As the controller struggled to connect, the amused audience was left to enjoy themselves Nathan Drake stood motionless in the middle of the crowd for almost 40 seconds. In the last game, players were able to get a secret achievement called ” “It’s stage fright”Available if Nathan remains silent for 40 seconds from the start of the game.
If guacamelee! is a very popular Metroidvania, although less so when it comes to its jokes. In fact, encounters with players occur regularly during the game Various billboards parodying many memes. Although most players didn’t show any particular interest in it, some still expressed their displeasure, stating that it was “outdated and unpleasant jokes from not very funny developers“. From then on in Guacamelee! 2 players can experience a secret cave where all of the tablets in question are listedbut the path is littered with warnings for players, warning that they will only find annoying things there. An NPC is even present to make the various snide comments left by Internet users.
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