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Gaming's hidden messages

Grant kids to hell, read into the Bungie logo and become Death - destroyer of grammar

Words: Justin Towell, GamesRadar UK

Subliminal messages? Hidden Easter Eggs? Or are you just looking for things that aren't really there? While the film world has the topless woman in The Rescuers or advertising has the suggestive image in a cube of ice in a coke ad, games have been just as controversial too. Sometimes, though, we have to say it’s legitimate. Now, some of these are a bit creepy (and slightly unsuitable for minors), so be warned. Let’s start with WarioWare Touched on DS.



It definitely says “I grant this kid to hell” or “I have granted kids to hell” depending on your own personal opinion. Of course, it’s just made up of Ashley’s words, picked out by the fast-forward feature as it skips over certain parts of the track. Maybe it was deliberate… it fits with her Emily Strange-like character, after all. But we're creeped out by it.

God of War II has a hidden message that appears in the sky when you trigger a secret orb stash, echoing the words of Robert Oppenheimer, the 'father of the nuclear bomb'. When Oppenheimer saw the world's first nuclear test in 1945, he said: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" based on verse 32 from Chapter 11 of the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Hindu script. And there it is, written slowly in the sky above Kratos – perhaps because of all the power you just absorbed. Eerie, huh? By the way, this video has no sound, but it's the clearest one we could find visually.



 
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cricket0  - 3 months 13 days ago 
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hockeyd44  - 3 months 2 days ago 
Don't forget the sign found at the UNLV level in rainbow 6 vegas. Found in the "quad" it says emo kids suck.
mangaman88188280  - 2 months 29 days ago 
You forgot Portal (or this was written before the release of the Orange Box - meh.)the messages written on the walls:

Because I could not stop for death,
he kindly stopped for me.
The cube had food, and maybe ammo,
and Immortality.

Not in anger, not in wrath,
The REAPER came today.
An ANGEL visited this gray path,
and took the cube away.
thephntm  - 2 months 25 days ago 
tnx for no screamers.

PS the optimus prime door is hilarious!
WBxRelentless  - 2 months 22 days ago 
haha in gta vice city..
candy suxxx?
haha
machellx  - 2 months 20 days ago 
hmm cocks must be some way of saying satan
reyalejandro13  - 2 months 19 days ago 
What about in Final Fantasy I and II Dawn of Souls on GBA? In FFI, there's a Tombstone somewhere that says "Here Lies Link" Final Fantasy Characters killed Link? GASP!
nicksayswatzup  - 2 months 18 days ago 
Ep1c failLlllllllz0rz Wtf/ no PoRtL?!1 the CakE Is a LIe11111 aNd so is Gamsraider1111111 thi artIcLE dIED of DysEnTARy
scruffy117  - 2 months 17 days ago 
i was well scared of a scremer
mr.mr.mr.mr.  - 2 months 17 days ago 
In MP3,it says "Wii is awesome" when it has the random data flow in the beginning.
hyperboy  - 2 months 15 days ago 
personally i thought there might have been a screamer which makes me shit myself.
hyperboy  - 2 months 15 days ago 
oh and about the tomb stone that says here lies link was meant that final fantasy 1 buried legend of zelda.
jello500  - 2 months 3 days ago 
gay gay gay gay gay
SwampRock  - 1 month 27 days ago 
for a village. i thought the sonic one was gonna be a screamer or the first one.
Gamefreak1234  - 1 month 19 days ago 
Thank god. No screamer. But another one about halo 3. Who could ever forget the backwards auido files when you would look at a terminal! There classic, and anyone can hear 'em. Oh, BTW, where is the optimus prime door.
midgiemelendez  - 1 month 13 days ago 
maybe the halo 3 thing said "CHANGE" huh? Obama, change we can believe in
(or something like that)
civver  - 27 days 6 hours ago 
Don't put the subtitles under the audio clips! It enhances pareidolia.
Spybreak8  - 24 days 3 hours ago 
lol no the halo thing said caching!
LieutenantCipher  - 21 days 59 minutes ago 
lol, Real mature GTA XD
Funny though - I've palyed AC a hell of a lot of times and I never came across a door like that; or I just didn't notice it, better go play it again just for shits and giggles
LieutenantCipher  - 21 days 58 minutes ago 
also, could've sworn it says CAR in the Bungie logo, everything else doesn't look remotely close to letters
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