One of life’s greatest mysteries is why the “extras” on DVDs, software and other forms of entertainment are called “Easter Eggs.” They have no resemblance to traditional Easter eggs except that they have a pack of yummy goodness inside and they aren’t easy to find.
But Easter egg hunts can be long and tiresome, which is where eeggs.com comes in. Eeggs.com is like a giant goose that lays golden eggs on a regular basis. It’s your treasure map for finding the gems hidden in movies, TV shows, video games, DVDs, software, and even books and works of art.
For example, if you’ve seen “The Social Network,” directed by David Fincher, you know that in the film, Mark Zuckerberg uses the false name “Tyler Durden” to cheat using Facebook. What you may not know is that Tyler Durden is the name of Brad Pitt’s character in “Fight Club,” which was also directed by Finch. Eeggs.com will show you these treasures and thousands more.
The only downside to the Web site is that the eggs are posted by users, who either enjoy pranking egg hunters or have far-fetched imaginations and dump “rotten” eggs. “The skull and torches in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ poster forms a hidden Mickey,” is definitely a rotten egg.
But sorting through these false eggs is easy and the site tries to get rid of them. The site’s pluses more than make up for this con. You can set up a free account and discuss Easter eggs with other users and you can submit your own eggs. And the number of eggs available is so large that you can spend hours with all your electronic gadgets on, trying out each one.
So crack open those eggs and see what’s inside. You may find a dud filled with old, cheap chocolate. But, take your chances and you may find a golden cherry chocolate-truffle covered with macadamia nuts, drizzled with caramel, and the delicious trivia inside your favorite forms of entertainment.
