Author: Kevin Dickinson / Source: Big Think
Easter eggs have been hidden in video games since Atari’s Adventure; now Google search has hidden an entire adventure game.
- A Reddit user discovered a hidden adventure game buried in Google search’s development console.
- The adventure game is the latest in a long list of Google Easter eggs and oddities dedicated to video games and pop culture.
- Have some time to kill today? Read here to learn how to access this Internet gem.
Google is well-known for adding games, hidden features, and colorful doodles to its search engine, but a recently discovered Easter egg may be the most esoterically random thing the Silicon Valley giant has squirreled away in its code yet. And this is coming from a company that put a “recursion” joke into its search algorithm. (This one.)
The latest Easter egg is a secret adventure game hidden inside Google search’s development console. The game was discovered by Reddit user attempt_number_1, who shared his find on the Google Reddit page.
Have some time to kill? Some work you’d like to procrastinate on? Here’s how to go on your own Google adventure.
How to find Google’s hidden adventure game
The Google search bar houses a fun text-based adventure game, if you know where to look.
To find the game, follow these simple instructions:
- Start by searching for “text adventure” in Google search.
- On the results page, go to the development console. You can either right-click in the browser and select “Inspect Element” or hit “Ctrl+shift+J” (Cmd+Option+J for Mac).
- When the development console comes up, select the “Console” tab along…
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