Posting an egg

Two minutes from your phone. Here's how to make it count.

1. Check it isn't here already. As you type a title we show the closest matches in that basket. If it's one of them, add to that egg instead of posting a copy.
2. Title. Say what it is, not that it exists. "Fedora skeleton in a fridge", not "Indiana Jones easter egg".
3. Evidence. One clear screenshot, a short GIF of the moment, or a YouTube link with a timestamp. Crop to the thing itself. Write alt text for people who can't see the image.
4. Quick post if you're racing. Title, basket, evidence, done. The timestamp locks in the moment you publish. Come back later for the rest and the egg earns +10 more.
5. Description. What you see, and what it's referencing or why it matters. Two or three sentences is plenty if they're clear.
6. How to find it. The steps, in order. Skip it if the egg is just sitting there.
7. Types. Pick every type that fits, up to five.
8. Connections. What it references. A Star Wars reference found in Fallout goes in the Fallout basket with a connection to Star Wars.
9. Discovery credit. Did you find it, did someone else, or is it a known egg with a known finder? If you know who and where, link the source. "Unknown" is a fine answer.

Be accurate, be decent, don't troll. Eggs that turn out not to be eggs get removed and the points go with them.

Naming an egg

Name the thing, not the game. The basket already says where it is.

• Good: “Skeleton in a fridge wearing a fedora”. Bad: “Indiana Jones easter egg in Fallout”.
• Lead with the noun: the room, the sign, the song, the line. “The Borealis dry dock”, not “Cool Half-Life reference”.
• A spoken line goes in quotes: “That’s one doomed space marine”.
• No “easter egg” in the title, no caps lock, no “insane”, no question marks. Sixty characters or so fits on a card.
• One egg, one title. If a game has ten Indiana Jones nods, that is ten eggs with ten titles, or one write-up that lists them and a title that says so: “Every Indiana Jones nod in Fallout: New Vegas”.