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YouTube's Awesome New Easter Egg Lets You Play Missile Command

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You maybe have noticed it's "Geek Week" on YouTube. Sure, that means plenty of cool videos and whatnot, but there's also something even better: Missile Command!

All you've got to do is go to a YouTube videoany YouTube video—and type "1980." (Not in the search bar. Just like, type it.) Then, whammo, it's time to save the world from a deadly threat, for great justice. But if you fail, your YouTube video will stop. The stakes have never been higher! OK so maybe not really but who cares! Missile Command!

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So hop on over and start blasting those pixelated suckers out of the digital sky; the world ain't gonna save itself.

Update: Also, typing "1337" changes all the comments to 133+5p34|< and it's up for grabs as to whether that makes them better or worse!

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Thanks Matt!