College Hoops 2K8 Has a Bizarre Easter Egg

[ChaseB]

The concept of Easter eggs in media is nothing new. In movies, they’re often included as...

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[tril]

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wow!!!.
this opens up all types of theories/conspiracies. I wonder if the person who was in charge of designing this part of CH2k8 was a victim.

In all likelihood, the person who was overseeing this part of the game probably just pulled up current news articles, copied and pasted them into the game. With that said, this could be plagiarism

[tinpanalley]

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This is extraordinarily strange. I imagine it's just a quick copy-paste thing that was done with whatever news story first came up on Yahoo.com or whatever they the person was using at the time in the studio for getting news and they put it in for testing. Then any number of things could have happened that caused that text to never be verified or screened again. Things like this can happen very easily in a game studio where any number of departments can be working on an element over several days. I've learned working at websites and in games that something like this is only ever as far away of a possibility as someone simply saying, "what's that copy in the text box?... I can't tell, screw it, I'm not gonna send off an email to everyone and wait for someone to get back to me. If it's there, someone probably wanted it there..."
I have literally seen this happen with user facing visuals, copy, and artwork even when it seemed off. Wouldn't surprise me if that was the case.

[malky]

I always thought they should have had a better celebration of championship like 2k6 or 2k7 did smdh

[drugsbunny]

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I would think that because of the format of how the player picture is in relation to the article, that the cut and pasted the format for the game without removing the text. After watching numerous episodes of Forensic Files and Cold Case files, I do appreciate the theory that maybe someone working on that part may have been involved in the crime… 😅

[Cardot]

If I had to guess, I would say the developer just wanted some text in there as a "Place Holder" and grabbed the first thing on their screen with the intention of replacing it later....and then other priorities came up and it was forgotten/never noticed.

[pHiLKizer]

Delete this, nephew.  This could negatively impact 2K's chances of making a new College Hoops game now that college sports games are coming back. 

After how bad the NBA Live series has been, I believe most of us would choose to play a College Hoops 2K24 game over a March Madness '24 game. 

[Hassan Darkside]

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This has the makings of an 8-part true crime podcast.

[fnz21]

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This has the makings of an 8-part true crime podcast.

Believe me, I thought about it! If I had any connections at all I would have reached out to just about anybody.

Delete this, nephew.* This could negatively impact 2K's chances of making a new College Hoops game now that college sports games are coming back.*

After how bad the NBA Live series has been, I believe most of us would choose to play a College Hoops 2K24 game over a March Madness '24 game.*

This might seem blasphemous but I'd play College Hoops 2k24 over NCAA Football 24.

[Gramps91]

I've played numerous legacy's on CH2k8 and never noticed it before. Definitely interesting. 

I'd lay down good money for a good new CB game. 

[R1zzo23]

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Very strange Easter egg for sure. In all the seasons I've played on this game, I've only ever won the national title one game and there's no way I would have ever noticed this. Would have been too busy dancing around!

[nwgatorfan]

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the text in that screen is near my area and it caught my attention many moons ago and figured it was just a random pull off an article.

Green River Killer-stuff

[DetroitStyle]

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WOW. What's the statute of limitations on plagiarism? I wonder if 2K can get sued now lol.

[LFK]

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Such a strange decision to use this article. Would it have been so time-consuming for someone on the development team to just make up a faux article about the intensity of a basketball game and just improv something like:

Fans rejoiced after the final buzzer signified a new national champion. Excitement had filled the arena throughout the contest as both teams battled for the most coveted trophy in college hoops. In the end, however, only one would emerge victorious. History was made as (insert winning team name, easy to code) completed their journey to the championship after a long, outstanding season culminated on the grandest stage of division 1 basketball. Coach (insert player-chosen name) said "I'm so proud of these kids! They've had a terrific season they'll never forget!"

Took mere minutes to type. Repeat to fill in character limit and done.

[SonicPower]

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Wow. never noticed that. a little sus for sure.

The concept of Easter eggs in media is nothing new. In movies, they’re often included as...

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