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#11: EASTMOST PENNINSULA: The Secrets Held by Old Games
From cheat codes to hidden items to entire inverted castles, games have always been saturated with secrets. In the era before the Internet, these were slowly propagated via playground blacktop, print magazine, and BBS. GameFAQs changed the game by giving an entire Internet’s worth of weirdos a gathering place for sharing discoveries, and secrets have become much harder to hide, although vague patch notes and live service games add their own wrinkles. Zack, Angela, and Robert shine a light on the history of secrets in video games.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introductions and what we’ve been playing.
11:15 - Secrets vs Easter eggs.
22:10 - Secrets felt different before the Internet.
44:42 - Cut content, cheat codes, and what exactly counts as a secret.
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By Podbert PodskerFrom cheat codes to hidden items to entire inverted castles, games have always been saturated with secrets. In the era before the Internet, these were slowly propagated via playground blacktop, print magazine, and BBS. GameFAQs changed the game by giving an entire Internet’s worth of weirdos a gathering place for sharing discoveries, and secrets have become much harder to hide, although vague patch notes and live service games add their own wrinkles. Zack, Angela, and Robert shine a light on the history of secrets in video games.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introductions and what we’ve been playing.
11:15 - Secrets vs Easter eggs.
22:10 - Secrets felt different before the Internet.
44:42 - Cut content, cheat codes, and what exactly counts as a secret.