Editing SimCopter (section)

==Easter egg==
The game gained controversy when it was discovered that the designer [[Jacques Servin]] inserted an [[Easter egg (virtual)|Easter egg]] that generated shirtless men in [[Speedo]] trunks who hugged and kissed each other and appear in great numbers on certain dates, such as Friday the 13th. The egg was caught shortly after release and removed from future copies of the game. He cited his actions as a response to the intolerable working conditions he allegedly suffered at Maxis, particularly working 60-hour weeks and being denied time off.<ref name="Edge Review">{{cite news| title = The First Hot Coffee| work = [[PC Gamer]]| publisher = [[Future Publishing]]| page = 62| date=  March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title =An Interview with Jacques Servin| publisher =rtmark| url =http://www.rtmark.com/more/articles/simedensimcopterinterview.html| access-date =2007-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531030902/http://www.rtmark.com/more/articles/simedensimcopterinterview.html |archive-date=May 31, 2014}}</ref> He also reported that he added the "studs", as he called them, after a heterosexual programmer programmed "bimbo" female characters into the game, and that he wanted to highlight the "implicit heterosexuality" of many games.<ref name="creative subversion" /><ref name="Added Wired source">{{cite magazine |last1=Silberman |first1=Steve |title=Boy 'Bimbos' Too Much for Game-Maker Maxis |url=https://www.wired.com/news/story/775.html |magazine=Wired |access-date=2022-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990128124907/https://www.wired.com/news/story/775.html |archive-date=1999-01-28 |date=1996-12-03}}</ref> Although he had initially planned for the characters to appear only occasionally, the random number generator he had created malfunctioned, leading them to appear frequently.<ref name="Added Wired source" /> Servin was fired as a result, with Maxis reporting that his dismissal was due only to his addition of unauthorized content.<ref name="Added Wired source" /> This caused a member of [[AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power]] (ACT UP), a gay AIDS organization, to call for a boycott of all of Maxis' products, a measure which Servin rejected.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1996/12/915| title = Boycott Maxis? 'Absurd,' Fired Programmer Says| author = Silberman, Steve| publisher = [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]| date = 1996-12-11| access-date = 2008-09-12| archive-date = November 11, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141111180240/http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1996/12/915| url-status = live}}</ref>  Some months later, a group named [[RTMark]] announced its existence and claimed responsibility for the Easter egg being inserted into the game, along with 16 other acts of "creative subversion."<ref name="creative subversion">{{cite web| url = http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1997/04/2997| title = Secret Prankster Fund Goes Public| author = Frauenfelder, Mark| publisher = [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]| date = 1997-04-08| access-date = 2008-09-12| archive-date = November 11, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141111175239/http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1997/04/2997| url-status = live}}</ref> Servin stated that he had received a [[money order]] of $5,000 from RTMark for the prank.<ref name="creative subversion"/> It was revealed later on that Servin was a cofounder of RTMark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hornet.com/stories/simcopter-hack-yes-men-history/|title=How a Bizarre Gay Game Hack Gave Birth to Culture Jammers 'The Yes Men'|first=Hornet|last=Networks|date=May 20, 2017|website=Hornet|access-date=April 4, 2019|archive-date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012091715/https://hornet.com/stories/simcopter-hack-yes-men-history/|url-status=live}}</ref>