Video Game easter eggs, what's the difference between a reference, an easter egg, and a meme?
I want to know so I know what is okay to like on /v/
>>332260924
Context.
trying to what
TRYING TO WHAT
>>332261163
drive in line with traffic or something
>>332260924
I must know what.
Undertale is the best game of all time
>>332261186
Bullshit.
a reference is like an easter egg but less memey, an easter egg is like a meme but with no references and a meme like a reference but that is also an easter egg
>>332260924
>TRYING TO [cut off by watermark]
Holy shit I can't handle this
>>332261238
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK-cvcw3ngM
>>332261163
Enjoy More At Quotesfrenzy.com
duh
Easter Eggs are jokes or neat trinkets place in a hidden spot by developers
Example: the cow level from Diablo and that "There no easter egg here" bridge in GTA
A reference are reference from other sources place into the game, maybe because the developers like that source and want to show it off in the game he made
Example: Many of the Skill set in Guild Wars 1 like this skill.
Meme are cancer
Example: CAKE IS A LIE
>reference
unexplained, brief mention of something from pop culture
>meme
in this context, it usually means something intentionally wacky that's shoved in your face so you'll remember it and can talk about it on twitter or facebook with your friends later. often repeated.
>easter egg
a hidden joke that most players will miss. its content could be a reference or a meme
but none of these have concrete meanings, they're all fluid (verging on meaningless)
>tfw still no gf
>>332260924
Anon are you new to gaming ?
>>332260924
An easter egg isn't even LOLOLOLOLO
A reference is MID JEJ MILD LELS
A meme is EPICCC XD TOP FOR THE ROFLLULZ OVERROFLS MY SIDES ARE EBIN I CANT SHOOP DA WOOP xxXD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a9O4WBdCS0
>>332261638
forgot pic
>killme
>>332261640
You wish. I was fucking your mom when she was into the XBOX
>>332261718
Why do we hate Dice again?
>>332261163
do the missions probably
>>332261638
Is this an easter egg, a reference or a meme?
>>332261775
Because they had a forum mod here on this 4chan sub and the admin made the chat all censored and shit.
>>332261775
Not enough dinosaurs.
>>332261775
WHERE THE FUCK Are MY BF4 MOD TOOLS ?R
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe
>>332261793
It's both a meme, and a reference to 4chan.
Does Quotesfrenzy.com want to make passive-aggressive enemies out of obsessive-compulsive computer users?
>>332260924
/v/ is fucking dead
>>332261898
don't be passive aggressive you fag
either be outright aggressive or calm
>select all images with trees
DUDE TREES LMAO
>>332261740
Faggot i'll behead you
References are nods to something while memes usually are just internet shit someone shoehorned into a game. Given how long games take to make you'll rarely if ever make it in time for it still to be relevent
>>332261163
And you're trying to.
>>332262232
Never post this image ever again
>>332262232
one-way ticket to syria
>>332262378
>>332262232
Go home and be a family man
>>332261353
I have a lot of questions about this post
>>332262232
Describe the difference between an easter egg and a meme
>>332262467
Fuck yourself with steel wool
The only difference between memeshit and a reference is whether you're ok with it or not.
That's memeshit which already existed and was put into the game, you can't fault a game for being the creation of the meme, that's like calling the source material of the reference a reference to itself.
>>332262232
Kill the jews. All of them.
>>332262232
Story & context ?
>>332260924
trying to...
...relieve the autism
>>332262957
More like antism.
>>332262957
B A S E D
A
S
E
D
>>332262925
DSFARGEG
>>332262957
I'm not sure which GTA it was but I tried to drive with the other cars but the AI clearly weren't meant to be able to deal with your car, just other AI cars. So whenever I stopped at lights I'd get rear ended.
>>332261484
Is the MLP level of Diablo 3 a meme?
>>332261484
>cake is a lie
Fuck the people that clinged onto that phrase. It should have never become anything.
>>332263108
I don't remember any rear ending but I'm certain in every single one of them they'd sit behind you and honk at you because you were "in their way."
>>332262467
Rolling.
You should stream yourself playing GTA, that seems appropriate given the thread.
>>332260924
Reference: Something taken from or alluding to another work.
Meme: An idea that is repeated in multiple works/discussions. May or may not be original to the game. If its origin is the internet, it's probably a meme.
Easter Egg: Hidden or obscure feature. May be original or a reference.
>>332262957
Good on you, man, nobody ever corrects themselves on /v/ anymore. Nice image, too.
>>332260924
>reference
A reference to a movie, TV show, etc.
>easter egg
Something like pic related.
>meme
A reference to some shitty joke from the internet
>>332263369
not OP..
Back in the early 2000s I remember people freaking out and bitching that apparently real "easter eggs" arnt allowed to exist anymore because they are hidden content or some shit like that. Was there any basis to this or were people actually concerned?
>>332263459
thanks HE
>>332263081
Well there's something you don't see every day.
rate my meme
Reference: Something which makes more sense in the context of something else. You racing Claude from GTA3 in GTA San Andreas is a good example.
Easter egg: A secret in a game which you have to go out of your way to find, which also adds something to the game exclusive to that secret. It can be a reference, like the Wolfenstein level in Rage, or it can just be something out of the usual, like the giant purple rabbit you can find if you go to a specific spot in Saints Row 2.
Meme: A joke that get's repeated ad nauseum by a community until it eventually ceases to be funny. Sometimes videogames contain references to memes, like Claptrap's wubwubwub bullshit in Borderlands 2, and sometimes videogames unintentionally create memes, like Skyrim's epic Arrow to the Knee meme.
Now that you know the difference, you can hate all the right things. This explanation brought to you by you're friendly neighborhood autist.
>>332261484
>mfw playing the laboratory level of Xmen Origins and finding the cake
Was that an easter egg, reference or a meme?
Easter Egg: Hidden thing in a game
Reference: A nod to another thing.
Meme: A subject which that's value is determined by it's popularity.
>>332263632
>>332263626
THANKS FOR THE YOUS
>>332261819
>4chan sub
god damn it reddit!
>>332264089
>>332262957
god I used to do that with my cousin, then I got bored of it but he still wanted to do it so I had to pretend to like it
>>332261163
play the story missions
>>332263653
what are you trying to convey exactly?
>>332264260
is this ghost in the shell? because I remember it being a different angle
>>332266169
Yeah it's the movie. You're probably remembering the part just beforehand.
>>332266169
>>332266250
is correct
>>332264260
>Tay.gif
