![]() ![]() If you’ve never played a text adventure before, you control your character by typing in simple commands to progress through the puzzles and story. Bring up the developer console on the search results page and you’ll be asked, “Would you like to play a game?” Type “Yes” next to the prompt, and you’ll embark upon a light-hearted adventure as you explore the Google campus trying to find the letters of the company’s name. You should now see a small note asking “Would you like to play a game?” ![]() Next, right click on the page and click “Inspect” (the Windows shortcut Ctrl + Shift + I, or Cmd + Option + I for Macs will also work) and from the menu that pops up select the “Console” tab. Using your browser of choice, you’ll first need to Google the term “text adventure.” ![]() Unfortunately, Safari doesn’t appear to support this particular Easter egg. Google’s own browser, Chrome, naturally supports it, as does Firefox and Edge (although we found the text wrapping wasn’t quite right on Microsoft’s browser). In order to gain access, you’ll first need the correct browser. Users have discovered that there’s a full text adventure hidden within (via RockPaperShotgun), and it’s available to anyone who knows the secret method required to find it. However, even this seemingly simple service still has a couple of tricks up its sleeve. Before it was a smartphone manufacturer, an email provider, and smart home company, Google was just a single website and a search box.
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