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Find some ‘eggs’ at Eeggs.com


http://eeggs.com **** out of 5 stars

Does your favorite movie, book or video game have an Easter egg?

I’m not talking about the radioactive-colored things the Easter Bunny hid in your yard when you were a kid. I’m talking about these Easter eggs: “The term ‘Easter egg,’ as we use it here, means any amusing tidbit that creators hid in their creations,” explains Eeggs.com.

Eeggs.com divides its eggs into six categories: computers, movies, music, television, books, and art.

The site is easy to navigate, and the color scheme is simple and uncluttered. It has no huge graphics, which makes sense for a text based Web site.

Are you looking for director Peter Jackson’s cameo in Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (He's belching in the background of an early scene)? It’s in there.

Forgot how to bring up the sliding puzzle in the original Final Fantasy? It’s in there too.

However, there are a few problems with this site. First, some eggs are incorrect. For example, one entry for the movie Blade Runner incorrectly labels The Bradbury building as an homage to author Ray Bradbury. (As other viewers of the site pointed out, The Bradbury building, in Los Angeles, was around before the author was famous!) It would be nice if there was a place to report errors.

Secondly, “comments” on each egg can be useful (such as the above) but they’re in bulletin board format. This means that the comments will sometimes devolve into useless arguments.

Despite these two complaints, Eeggs.com is an interesting and thorough list of the little things you might miss.