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Easter eggs in video games take a variety of forms, from purely ornamental screens to aesthetic enhancements that change some element of the game during play. The Easter egg included in the original Age of Empires (1997) is an example of the latter; catapult projectiles are changed from stones to cows. [16]: 19
These may be images of significance to the designers, comments related to the chip's function, inside jokes, or even satirical references. Because of the difficulty in verifying their existence, chip art has also been the subject of online hoaxes (e.g. the never-seen " bill sux" comment on a Pentium chip—the reputed "photo" showing the ...
The practice of decorating eggshells is quite ancient, [12] with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. [13] In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as with kingship, with decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were ...
The tradition of egg decoration in Slavic cultures originated in pagan times, [1] [2] and was transformed by the process of religious syncretism into the Christian Easter egg. Over time, many new techniques were added. Some versions of these decorated eggs have retained their pagan symbolism, while others have added Christian symbols and motifs.
Easter Yeggs is a 1947 Looney Tunes theatrical animated short. [1] The cartoon was released on June 28, 1947, and features Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd . [ 2 ] The title is a play on " Easter eggs " and on "yegg", a slang term for a burglar or safecracker.
Tazewell had a different Easter egg for his Elphaba, leaning more toward texture than color. Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in "Wicked." Since Elphaba is an advocate for the sentient animals of Oz ...
The tradition of food blessing at Easter, which has early-medieval roots in Christian society, possibly originated from a pagan ritual. [1] [2] The tradition is said to date from the 7th century in its basic form, the more modern form containing bread and eggs (symbols of resurrection and Christ) are said to date from the 12th century.
"The Windows Team" Easter egg in Windows 1.0 Microsoft Bear appearance in an Easter egg Windows 95 credits Easter egg Windows 98 credits Easter egg Candy Cane texture in Windows XP. Windows 1.0, 2.0 and 2.1 all include an Easter egg, which features a window that shows a list of people who worked on the software along with a "Congrats!" button.