I love the mission that makes you go to Azshara and pick up the crystals that the big elite rocks are crapping out. Every once inawhile youd get a note from someone that they ate. Think it starts with the X hero of the Horde guy right as you go into blasted lands.

In regard to Ghost Busters, there is a mage quest in the mages tower at Stormwind that sends you to capture mana elementals at the nearby tavern, using a device similar to the device they use to suck the phantoms into a can

This quest is just for mages I think

The three bankers in Stormwind are named : Olivia Burnside, Newton Burnside and John Burnside :D

Joke references to modern pop culture have never had any place in medieval fantasy MMO's and have always been a major hit upon immersion.  So Blizzard does itself no favors by inserting some of this crap.

What they could have done is inserted hidden dungeons, rooms, and caves that people would really have to look for or stumble upon.  Such stuff adds much mystique and wonder to a fantasy world.

Once again, it is apparent that 1)  Polish,  2)  Accessibility, and 3)  Simplicity and keystones to a "popular" MMO, and this is ALL Blizzard has really accomplished with WOW.

Man I remeber when in Vanilla EQ that there were walls that were illusions that you would have to learn where they were to access area's of importance. Man that was serious easter eggs. Great grinding on luclin thanks to those easter eggs.

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

Joke references to modern pop culture have never had any place in medieval fantasy MMO's and have always been a major hit upon immersion.  So Blizzard does itself no favors by inserting some of this crap.

What they could have done is inserted hidden dungeons, rooms, and caves that people would really have to look for or stumble upon.  Such stuff adds much mystique and wonder to a fantasy world.

Once again, it is apparent that 1)  Polish,  2)  Accessibility, and 3)  Simplicity and keystones to a "popular" MMO, and this is ALL Blizzard has really accomplished with WOW.

 Awesome so where's the game successful game to your credit?  I mean you tell us that joke references to modern pop culture have no place in medieval fantasy so I assume you have made something successful for us to take your word for that.  Let me explain something to you as an artist myself, very little we create isn't inspired by something in someway whether the connection is obvious or not.  After reading this thread I noticed a great many things I never made a connection to what inspired it even though I had played the content and experienced the source material many times over, the truth is it is simply a way that Blizzard uses to add depth to the game and if you play any other game you should be envious of WOw players because there devs care enough to develop such a rich encompassing world as this.

I always thought "The 2 ring" was pretty funny.

+22 Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intellect, Spirit

and the flavor text was "Vastly superior to the 1 ring"

Hemet Nesingwary in Stranglethorn is an anagram for Earnest hemingway.

My favorite are Lebronski and Walt at the Explorer's league outpost in the Fjords => reference to "The Big Lebowski".

The related quest makes you walk on his rug with a rune construct.

Lebronski's rug:

"The Dude, over yonder, is pretty upset about his rug."

"You're out of your element, Lebronski!"

 a quest in grizzly hills in northrend you will find in a cave a human character locked in a cage inside a tombHarrson Ford

In a quest in grizzly hills in northrend you will find in a cave a human character locked in a cage inside a tomb. And the name of him Harrison Jones clearly reffering to to harrison ford

and his role as Indiana jones

in the movie series. Well after a while he goes into a room and he fights an emperor cobra referring to his fear of snakes. When the quest is completed he says "See you around kid."

i always like a lot two references:

1. in ungoro, there is quest chasing a-me (chasing amy is a movie by kevin smith) and also the mechanical gorilla from that quest (A-me) is imo reference to the gorilla Amy from movie Congo (she I think even say the same thing, like "Amy good gorilla" etc.)

2. in Auchinduon in front of the entrance to the Auchenai Crypts, there is a quest "I see dead Dranei" (which (and the boy who give this quest) is of course reference to movie The Sixth Sense)

Zena - The warrior kitten at lvl 75 arena in zudrak

Well, one of my favorite all time easter eggs was the He-man one in Shatt.  Near the Battlemasters were members that resembled He-man, Skeletor, Orco, and Kringer.  I just went there to take a screenshot of them.. and they're gone. :(  That really sucks, but hopefully there are more that remember seeing that there.  Does anyone know if they were moved?  Anyway...

i really want to see a troll under a bridge, attacking anyone who passes by :)

Khan Shaka - Chaka Khan

Khan Hratha - Wrath of Khan

Khan Jehn - Gen Con

Lieutenant Khand - Lt. Dan?

Khan Dez'hepah - Candy Zappa

A good one is the flight commanders you free in Altarac vally BG. they have the names (allmost) from the film Top Gun. aleast on horde side.. havent checked allies

Originally posted by anieli

Originally posted by Tzetoth

Most of those aren't easter eggs, they're just pop culture references. Easter eggs used to be hidden obscure references, not some readily identifiable celebrity standing in the middle of a room.

 

Some of the things Blizzard has put in are actually pretty obscure.

 

Obscure 'pop culture' references are still not easter eggs...Easter eggs are things you have to search for, go in places normally you wouldnt. Like finding the 'apple farmer corpse' with an axe in him on one of the floating 'islands' in Nagrand. Or finding that one or two fallen trees with a smiley face in the trunk...Some ditzy bloodelf standing there shouting "LOOK AT ME!" is NOT an easter egg :)

Also in the Un’Goro Crater are the Mario Brothers which in WoW they are always fighting each other, it's so funny.

Originally posted by jaxsundane

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

Joke references to modern pop culture have never had any place in medieval fantasy MMO's and have always been a major hit upon immersion.  So Blizzard does itself no favors by inserting some of this crap.

What they could have done is inserted hidden dungeons, rooms, and caves that people would really have to look for or stumble upon.  Such stuff adds much mystique and wonder to a fantasy world.

Once again, it is apparent that 1)  Polish,  2)  Accessibility, and 3)  Simplicity and keystones to a "popular" MMO, and this is ALL Blizzard has really accomplished with WOW.

 Awesome so where's the game successful game to your credit?  You don't have to bee a chef to judge a meal.  I mean you tell us that joke references to modern pop culture have no place in medieval fantasy so I assume you have made something successful for us to take your word for that.  Not sure how those two concepts are linked, but I can tell you that Paris Hilton references  and Medieval Fantasy are NOT linked.  Let me explain something to you as an artist myself, very little we create isn't inspired by something in someway whether the connection is obvious or not.  No kidding, but doesn't have to be self-consicously so.   After reading this thread I noticed a great many things I never made a connection to what inspired it even though I had played the content and experienced the source material many times over, the truth is it is simply a way that Blizzard uses to add depth (depth?  Blizzard?) to the game and if you play any other game you should be envious of WOw players because there devs care enough to develop such a rich encompassing world as this.  The day I become "envious of WOW players" is the day I need to look for a tall bridge to jump off of.

Don't forget this Final Fantasy 7 reference!!

http://www.wowwiki.com/Aerith_Primrose