Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Game Hunt: Twilight Sparkle

Source: Gameinformer
Gameinformer does these "Game Hunt" articles every once in a while, where one of their graphic designers hides a bunch of video game paraphernalia from various companies in screenshots of higher budget titles.  They recently released this one, with Twilight Sparkle sneaking past the "gaming only" rule. 

Now normally this would be Nightly Roundup stuff, but I'm liking the idea.  Would you guys want to do something like this regularly over here?  We could make Cereal do it, because hes not busy at all with work and school, nope!

The image above links to the full size version.  For a list of other characters, hit up the article for it here!

104 comments:

PhantomsAngel said...

SNEAKY! I found her!

Not telling where, but I found her! Silly Twilight! You sure that's safe?

Celestia said...

Twilights one of the easier ones to spot there, but its pretty neat.

goldenCapitalist said...

Found her! Hahaha I like this idea though!

goldenCapitalist said...

Also from this post forward, let's not spoil the fun for others, no spoilers please? Let's be nice bronies here.

Milienius said...

FUCK YES!! I have fulfillment now lol. 2 months and I finally got it.

I found her to and she is being a tad daring ain't she? No problem though, Batman is there to help if need be.

ActionScripter9109 said...

Looks like another failed teleportation spell... I'm surprised they still let her do magic.

LcplBronyUSMC said...

Wow that was pathetic, I can't belieive it took me more than 30 seconds to find her. xD

Vinnyboiler said...

You know what. GO FOR IT!

I love this idea. Plus EqD can always do with more events like this.

If you were to do so, I'm guessing it would be once a month? Amirite?

Greenf0x said...
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Ferrous_Oxide said...

No Twilight! Suicide is never the answer! You don't need to do this, I'm sure Princess Celestia will understand being tardy just once!

Killsteal_Wolf said...

So Basically it's like Where's Waldo then? I think that might be alright.

Tyranoman said...

I cheated and used zoom :(
Silly Twilight, what are you doing in Arkham City?

Hexplosion said...

Batman, you must save Twilight!

Nämahs said...

@Tyranoman
Have you SEEN episode 3? I would hope someone had the sense to put her in Arkham Asylum

Jelfes said...

Oh man, that's great, I love all of the hidden things in there, Twilight is so fitting in there!

Altercation said...

Man, I first saw this article and assumed that there was an MLP easter egg in Arkham City.

I'm disappointed. It's still cool, but... man. That would have been awesome.

bobmortar said...

@Nämahs
Actually, they kinda did: a girl in the new Batman game will be using her voice!

jacobrowe37 said...

@Celestia
yup now try to find cat woman, she scared me when I saw her, totally wasn't expecting it :p

Mojo said...

just beat Arkham City a few days ago, fantastic game btw.

Ajin said...

I guess I do have to give kudos for not just using the same ol' Twi vector most places use. Clever girl...

Mojo said...

@bobmortar

Tara Strong voiced Harley Quinn in Arkham City, replacing Arleen Sorkin.

she more or less just imitated Sorkin's voice as it's the iconic voice for Harley.

Kesono said...

Silly Twilight, who put you up there?. ;D

Mojo said...

also Damn, Joker brought some weird people into the Funland.

Thaecrasis said...

I'm up for this idea - lol at where Twilight is...(don't fall there you crazy pony!)

Renegade Of Funk said...

why half of the characters are gonna be intresting to find

RaveHooves said...

haha i guess they wanted to make up for calling it frilly haha.

Rubik Hooves said...

yay~
found twilight just above -
nah... I won't spoil anything for any of my little frustrated bronies looking for her ^^

Stiggandr said...

OHP. O___O it's adoring fan... stalking Twilight.

Sketch Scribbles said...

Something like these would be cool, but would it be ponies inserted into pictures, or non-pony stuff inserted into MP pics?

Jay6 said...

I found a Sephiroth, Sack Boy, Transformers logo, A TF2 sentry, Batman, I think that clown is from twisted metal, a Bob-omb, whatever that thing is called from bio-shock, also something in the sky that makes me think of half-life, or something.... and yeah, Twilight Sparkle. I saw other characters all over, but I couldn't recognize them.

pg13fresno said...

Try to bring about eternal night? Get sent to the moon, chill for a thousand years, and get rescued by six ponies that want to be friends.

Don't turn in an assignment on time? Get sent to Arkham City, get chased by psychos for days on end, and get rescued by a psycho in a bat costume.

Luna's punishment doesn't seem so bad now, does it?

Hivemind said...

Twilight has come to stop Joker by using love and tolerance!

Thaylien said...

Hee ^^ Props to anyone else who can spot Snake (Snaaaake? SNAAAAAAAKE!!) or Isaac from Dead Space.

Oh, and look out for the surprisingly subtle references to Umbrella Corp. Half Life 2, Skyrim and Transformers.

Lessee, what else? Besides the Bo-bomb, Alone in the Dark, the TF2 Sentry Gun and that damn wolf I can't decide whether or not is from Oblivion or not...

These are fun! With Twilight in there THE FUN HAS BEEN DOUBLED!

Star Pony said...

I hope I'm not the only one who found here in a couple seconds here. Sticks out as the only bit of purple on the image after all.

Avehand1 said...

YES PLEASE!!!
oh and
I FOUND HER
GO BRONIES!!!!!!
AWWWWW YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Aranarth said...

Awesome! :O

Twilight looks out of place rofl.

Marcoooootje1 said...

Awesome! But really easy to find.
I saw her as soon as I opened the picture :P

HALOGUNNYSGT said...

I fully support the idea, sounds like it would be fun

Project-345 said...

Found her in 10seconds flat, literally

Kesono said...

Hnnnnnng, just saw the adoring fan.

And on a related note, I support your idea Seth.

CharginChuck said...

Twilight was easy enough. I'm having trouble with Catwoman, Vincent and Pikmin though....

CharginChuck said...

Oh, and I definitely support doing a more pony-centric version of this sort of thing in the future.

Cloudynights said...

Playing Arkham City at the moment, when I first heard Harley Quinn I think my mind exploded in ectasy, Twilight Sparkle and Mr J. would make the best couple.

Maybe the guys at Gameinformer ACTUALLY watched the show before they commented on it, and realised how good it is? I also think that Twilight being there is a reference to her sharing the same voice actor as Harley. Maybe.

un1c0rn said...

for those of us looking on a phone could you add the spoiler?

Octavia said...

Ah, there's Twilight! Hehe. She's not all that hard to find. Don't even have to zoom in. :P

As for doing something similar here. Hmm... it could be fun. If you guys have the time apart from all the other stuff you're already doing, I'd say go for it. :)

Chase said...

Adorable Twilight is adorable. I think doing this here would be most excellent.

Xplayer said...

The purple made it too easy :P

CharginChuck said...

@Cloudynights You did read their response to that letter right? It seemed to me like they were trying to say that they liked MLP without actually saying it outright.

Twitchy.717043 said...

Didn't Game informer have a letter to the editor from a brony commenting on how they were making fun of the community as a whole? And they essentially replied that it was still embarrassing for us to be watching a little girl's show?

and now they sneak Twilight into a picture defined as gaming only? I'm sensing some closet bronies...

ZigZag said...

Well, well, it looks like Gordon Freeman has messed with the Bat-signal.

Mike said...

TS is having some trouble being Robin for a day, apparently. lol.

EonMaster said...

Took me a minute to find where Twilight was. No matter how hard she tries, there is no way she is getting across that gap without teleporting.

Allko said...

I see Lightning and what I think is Raging Raven from Metal Gear 4

Fluffy said...

@Twitchy.717043

Not exactly. They actually said it was a good show. Apparently they called it "frilly," though, and that pissed some guy off for some reason, and there was some sort of drama about it. Didn't seem like a big deal to me.

anoadragon453 said...

Half Life 2 Lamba in the sky ^^

Zeitgeist said...

Thane, you sneaky little assassin toad!!!

Allko said...

I see about 27 references.

Fire Flash said...

By Azura! By Azura! By Azura!

salesman173 said...

Link seems to be broken for me :/

Kale Heart said...

Pretty good, but sadly I think this is the worst of the game hunts they have done a lot of them are pretty obvious I found Twilight off the smaller image at a glance >.>

minty said...

everythings all dark and grey... except a particular purple pony sticking out like a sore thumb

ijustwanttopost said...

Great picture! Fun little hide-and-seek going on.

Hmmm....

(Crops down to 1280x1024 of Twilight and Batman.)

Hey, I just found my post-Halloween wallpaper!

Cloudynights said...

@CharginChuck Oh Noes you're on to me! *Throws Smokescreen and runs away* Next stop Capital City!

Brought to you by Game Informer.

Mojo said...

@Cloudynights

>Twilight

>the Joker

>shipping

what.

KnightFreak11 said...

That's absolutely adorable.

Twitchy.717043 said...

@Fluffy, Oh ok, my bad. Thanks for the correction.

SgtGarand said...

Neat idea. Didn't take long to find her.
I laughed pretty hard when I found the adoring fan though.

Hydra said...

Hehe shes so cute ^^

Blue fox said...

Hard to miss. she sticks out so much.

Boolean said...

Is it bad that the first thing I found was Twilight Sparkle just by taking a quick glimpse at the smaller version of the picture?

nathandash said...

TWILIGHT!

and... A FELINE FROM MONSTER HUNTER!!!! AND SEPHIROTH!!

everything great is here. ponies, monster hunter, final fantasy, it's a dream come true!

ace-awesome said...

Heck yeah! This kind of thing would be awesome! Let's do it!

ApplejackFan said...

Lol i found her instantly

Gadget said...

Video games and MLP?! F*ck yeah

Bastas said...

I love that it's crazy Twilight from Lesson Zero.

Cedric Bale said...

It took me about five seconds to find her, lol. Surprised myself there.

If you do something like this, I suggest only doing it once a week at the most, or you'll run out of material rather quick I imagine. And I would LOVE getting little games like this regularly from EQD!

AngusD said...

Fun Fact Tara Strong who as most of you know voices Twilight Sparkle also voices Harley Quinn in Arkham City.

This probably caused her appearance here.

Cedric Bale said...

Things I've found that I don't think have been mentioned yet:
Ilo AND Milo, Sack Boy, the stylized dragon insignia from Morrowind (shut up, it was in Morrowind first... was it in Daggerfall?), a Star Shine from Super Mario Sunshine, I have no idea who that is in the 'O' of the SioniS Industries sign, I have even less of an idea who that little knight guy holding something above his head is, I have less of an idea than both of those things combined who the blended image is in the metal debris next to the flame-headed clown, a transformers insignia, and is that a lizard from Shadow of the Colossus!?

Cedric Bale said...

And who the hay is that in the window to the right of the gate? I wanna' say it's something from Condemned... or perhaps Garett from the Thief games?

harley said...

theres a ball of things from katamari .. on the right....

nettick said...

Personally i think this is a pretty lame idea.

Teguki said...

Well, that was easy...
Mayhap I've been playing too many sniper games recently?

fReeztyler said...

I found Isaac Clarke..
That's nice, isn't it?:)

Ace2401 said...

@Twitchy.717043

I could tell they were closet bronies just from reading that letter. XD

Ace2401 said...

@Cloudynights

Are you saying you're on the Game Informer staff? XD

Aceed said...

Oh gameinformer, you so nerdbait-while-closet-brony (A).

That was pretty cool.

Lord Blaze said...

Haha, my letter to Gameinformer worked! They're slowly becoming bronies!

anname219 said...

I remember seeing an article in game informer about ponies but I can't find the magazine. :(
I found her! You so silly Twi. XD

Gr4veM1nd said...

Batman: Twi, you're doing it wrong. You're not brooding hard enough.

K•man said...

I wouldn't mind doing it for you guys... :/

If the updates is reasonably spaced (Say... once a week?) then sure, why not?

Also, I wouldn't want to endlessly look for images day after day, so if either Seth and crew or the general pony public can supply a high rez image they want the pony to be hidden in, I'll do the rest with said pony (have all the episodes in 1080p, so they'll blend pretty well I think).

I'd like to have this type of thing again, since a local gaming mag I used to collect back in the day did it too, by hiding the mags mascot somewhere in the magazine (and making it darn hard to find). It literally turned a single read magazine into a 8 hour bathroom reading event.
Aaahhh... fun times... :D

Although my work doesn't require me to do as hectic superimposing as I did back in the day, I'm sure it'll come back to me pretty quickly. (That, and photoshop has been giving me these really cold looks of neglect) :P

What The Hay said...

Y'know what's weird about this? In their latest issue, gameinformer actually made fun of a brony that sent in mail defending FiM, and now they do this... Mixed messages, hm. Or maybe they're just implying they want something bad to happen to her.

Aragrist said...

I was thinking the same thing. Why is Game Informer suddenly including MLP when before they claimed to hate it? I wonder if a bunch of Bronies wrote in angry letters telling them that they have a huge brony fanbase and to be good to MLP from now on.

shadowfalcon76 said...

It took me a bit to find the Half-Life Lambda until I realized I needed to be looking at negative space. It's also a lot larger than I was expecting, too. Hidden in plain sight, indeed.

Such a precarious place, Twi.

As far as the whole "Morrowind vs Skyrim symbol" deal, I simply call it "The Elder Scrolls Symbol," seeing as it's now shown up in more than half of the games in the series, therefore symbolizing the series as a whole.

I completely missed the Autobots insignia until I found out it was in there from the list. I did, however, find Umbrella Corp.'s insignia real fast. Never a good sign anywhere I find that red and white symbol of undeath...

All in all, this was some Fun Times™. Would do again.

Joe England said...

BAM! Found her in one second flat.

Joe England said...

Actually, that would be a fun story. One of the "spell goes awry and sends Twilight someplace nasty" deals. I can see it now... "Doctor Strange, Batman is in sight. And there's... there's a purple pony reaching for him. We know of any pony themed supervillains in the city, sir?"

jmanjr35 said...

Game Informer has been putting pony references in for a while now. Someone there must be a hardcore brony.

Thomas said...

I found her in under a second...

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