Kotaku: Easter

Church Uses Mii Christ for Easter Outreach

Brian Crecente — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:59:32 MDT

Never let anyone tell you that San Francisco isn't the heart of the gaming world. Where else would you find a church using Mii to promote an upcoming Easter service. Mission Bay Community Church in San Fran sent this clever picture out to parishioners earlier this week. So great.

Mission Bay Community Church

The Xbox 360 Easter Egg

fdemarco — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:00:00 MDT

And I mean a real Easter Egg, not the I-hid-something-in-my-game-see-if-you-can-find-it easter egg. Since I seem to always get stuck with the holidays I always feel somewhat obligated to mention them while I'm here and then try and relate them to games somehow. Easter seemed like it was going to be a bit of a stretch until Kotakuite Josh saved the day with his custom made Xbox360 Easter Egg. Now if some one could make a Wii egg (doesn't require much painting) and a PS3 egg (dunno about a black egg), the collection will be complete. But, to make it true to life you'll have to hide the Wii egg where no one can find it and leave the PS3 egg out in the open where no will want to find it. Happy Easter! Flynn De Marco

The Easter Egg Archives

Mike Fahey — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:25:34 MDT

Easter is a time when people come together to celebrate Jesus sticking his head out of his cave and seeing his shadow, heralding six more weeks of winter. While I probably could have paid more attention in church as a boy, I fondly remember the yearly Easter egg hunt, a tradition that some gamers practice all year long.

I speak, of course, of video game Easter eggs...tricks you can perform in a computer or console title that reveal little hidden bits place there by developers to reward the incredibly lucky or incessantly curious. It all started back in the Atari 2600 game Adventure, when a programmer left a secret message in a hidden room.

Nowadays Easter eggs are much more common, and you can get a good idea of how much so by visiting the The Easter Egg Archive, which catalogs not only gaming eggs but also movie, DVD, TV, music, book and art eggs as well.

Kotaku Fun Tip: Did you know that in the PS1 game Beast Wars: Transmetals if you pressed a certain button sequence the game actually became playable? Not true!

Plenty of real Easter eggs await you at the Easter Egg Archive. Enjoy the holiday! Michael Fahey

The Easter Egg Archive [via GamePolitcs]

GameTap Lands Sega Saturn License

Brian Crecente — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:00:14 MDT

Sega Saturn will be hitting Turner's GameTap PC service this Easter as a little Easter Egg, get it?

Saturn's platform title Bug! is listed as Insect? on the GameTap service. The game's description says that the debut is "...a hidden one-week sneak peek of planetary proportions... Stay tuned for the launch of more games for the Sega Saturn later this year," according to Gamasutra, which spotted the Egg.

That certainly seems to indicate that more Saturn goodness is headed GameTap's way. I've asked for confirmation from the service, but haven't heard back yet. Brian Crecente

GameTap reveals Sega Saturn License, Plans [Gamasutra]

Pac-y Easter!

Michael McWhertor — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:47:13 MDT

Awesome! Check out Rakka's Pac-Man egg that was painstakingly carved with a needle! It also features extensive electrical work and emits light at 2000 candlepower and makes its own gravy! Okay, most of that was made up, but lookit how cute!

Pac Man Egg! [Flickr]

Rabbits of the Ressurrection

kotaku.com — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 19:40:00 MDT

In honor of Easter, someone with a blog has decided to celebrate the top five bunny-themed video games of all time. The list includes Space Bunnies Must Die, and Tiny Toon Adventures, but purists will be enraged by the scandalous omission of the Reader Rabbit series.

Top Five Bunny-Themed Video Games [Bunnyspatial]

What Are You Playing This Easter Weekend?

brownlee — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:40:04 MDT

It's Easter Weekend and in the time honored tradition of the Christian faith all of us are off work and school for the next three days, celebrating one of the most fundamental moments of the history of Western Civilization, a mystical religious event which shaped the world for millennia to come. I refer, of course, to the crucification and eventual resurrection of our Leponidae and Savior, the Easter Bunny.

So what will you be playing this holiday weekend? Having finally got myself a copy of Guitar Hero, I will spend the next few days practicing hammer ons and pull offs, which I can't quite seem to master but at the far end of Medium seem to be a required skill. I hope to unlock that Grim Reaper shortly. As an ancillary note, while playing Guitar Hero, I was pleased to discover that one of the songs is by my friend's band, Burning Brides. Great taste.

So join us in the comments to brag about your latest purchases, share your latest video game adventures or just give me Guitar Hero advice, because I suck.