10 Unbelievable Ways Creators Hid Themselves In Video Games

Spore, the game that simulates life from its earliest stages to its latest, sees players evolving life forms through five main stages of interaction, nurturing it or resorting to all-out destruction if that's your cup of tea. Designed by Will Wright with seven years of production under its belt, Spore released in 2008 to plenty of commendation, with one little secret lurking in the depths soon discovered by intrepid explorers of all things evolutionary.

Apparently, clicking around on the main menu and generally jabbing at the galaxy that serves as the background can make it spin. Get enough momentum on that bad boy and a giant, bemused Will Wright head emerges from the centre, looks at you a bit, and then fades into his nebulous hole once more. If you ever wondered if God was watching and needed comfort in your life, Wright is all the evidence needed for a neat reminder there's a giant head up there looking down on us all.

Either that, or there's some giant floating head space monster waiting for the right moment to unleash peril on the galaxy. Meh.