The people at Bungie are famous for putting obscure Easter Eggs into their games. Haloâs creators have packed the massive sci-fi shooter franchise with all sorts of references and secrets, and fans love finding them
But sometimes, Haloâs little secrets are so obscure, nobody ever sees them.
A tipsterâwho asked that we not use his nameâpointed us to an Easter Egg in the special edition of Halo: Reach that we believe nobody has discovered yet. While itâs possible that someone somewhere has stumbled upon it, of course, we couldnât find anyone talking about it on the web anywhere.
Halo spoilers follow.
The limited edition of Halo: Reach, released in 2010, came with an ID card for scientist Catherine Halsey, an important character in the world of Halo and the creator of the AI bot Cortana. While some people noticed that something was up with the image on the card, nobody noticed one strange secret: if you take a blacklight to it, you can see a strange photo thatâs sort of half-Halsey, half-Cortana that looks like a blue, Cortana-ish version of Halsey.
Hereâs the card:
Now take a blacklight to it andâŠ
Blue Halsey! Looks like Cortana! Cool, right? Weâll forgive you for not finding this one, because really, who owns a blacklight?