PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last of Us is an incredible, genre-defying game. It’s also filled with a number of easter eggs, and other things that shouldn’t be in there, like Ellen Page’s face and a stolen subway map. And now people have found something else the game shouldn’t contain; phone number to sex hotlines.
Two phone numbers that are shown on a bulletin board within the game’s fictional future Pittsburgh are actually in-service numbers – and both will direct callers to places where they can pay money to talky dirty to women.
Are Naughty Dogs a bunch of, well, Naughty Dogs? Well, no. According to Kotaku, it was all just an innocent mistake.
“That was an artist’s mistake,” Creative director Neil Druckmann said. “What happened was, they put some phone numbers in the game and then they thought they could just change the area code to 555, then it’s invalid because it’s what they do in movies. But I guess that doesn’t work when you have a 1-800 in front of it.
“We’re now working to take it out,” Druckmann said. “It was just an honest mistake.”
Last Updated: June 27, 2013
Ultimo_Cleric N7
June 27, 2013 at 11:34
hahahaha!!! Sly dogs they are.
LordCaptainAwesomeness
June 27, 2013 at 11:34
That’s like a Julius moment they had there
Happy Hamster
June 27, 2013 at 11:47
Bloody Agent
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 27, 2013 at 11:53
No news24 comments here man 😛
Captain Minion TallTwit
June 27, 2013 at 11:59
Foot in mouth?
LordCaptainAwesomeness
June 27, 2013 at 12:01
Yebo 🙂
Mathias
June 27, 2013 at 11:35
Who the fuck takes the time to check these random phone numbers?
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 27, 2013 at 11:39
So many “coincidences”
RinceWind
June 27, 2013 at 11:49
Agreed. I call bullshit. Best marketing for the best game, coincidence? NEVA!
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 27, 2013 at 11:53
Indeed. Very clever.
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
June 27, 2013 at 11:39
How does one talk dirty?
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 27, 2013 at 11:42
Mud, gravel, grease, soot
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
June 27, 2013 at 12:01
Got it, shall try my new skeeelllz tonight
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 27, 2013 at 12:02
Hahahaha. Yeah that’s not going to end well 😛
ElNicko
June 27, 2013 at 12:28
dont you mean , Kitchen , bathroom , bedroom……
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
June 27, 2013 at 12:12
“I want you like a boiled ham, baby…hot and wet.”
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
June 27, 2013 at 12:14
“I want to slap some bacon on your buttocks…”
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
June 27, 2013 at 12:20
That’s got me all hot and bothered!
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
June 27, 2013 at 12:14
My wife asked me to whisper dirty things in her ear, so I leaned in close and said “The dishes”
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
June 27, 2013 at 12:15
+10
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 27, 2013 at 12:15
Not enough upvotes!
RinceWind
June 27, 2013 at 12:23
Have an upvote!
Rainman
June 27, 2013 at 12:39
Explains the pained expression.
CaptainNemo42
June 27, 2013 at 11:48
Lol.
RinceWind
June 27, 2013 at 11:48
Damn they have a fantastic marketing department. Kudos to them. Maybe MS can hire them?
ElimiNathan
June 27, 2013 at 11:48
Header is too little too late after the map incident
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 27, 2013 at 11:56
You know, I actually always wondered if the numbers in games may actually exist. Now I have my answer
Martin du preez
June 27, 2013 at 11:56
I snapped this the other night..I hope this isn’t real..
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
June 27, 2013 at 12:11
no, but that’s how the apocalypse starts, I bet.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
June 27, 2013 at 12:13
Justin Bieber is Drake! Make it so, Uwe Bol.
Martin du preez
June 27, 2013 at 12:17
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I pray to KAZ that never happens! Cause this is how I pictured it:
Jakster
June 27, 2013 at 12:43
WTF!!!!! You pray to Kaz? Is Sony now a religion?
Martin du preez
June 27, 2013 at 12:49
Indeed Kaz is the lord and savior of our gaming hobby. Without him there would be no PS4. Accept him and you will enter the Sony Kingdom. Kaz forgives all.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
June 27, 2013 at 11:59
hahahah awesome! Hopefully GTA V does the same. Sometimes, you need a few sex hotline numbers to keep the loneliness at bay.
RinceWind
June 27, 2013 at 12:02
What do you know of loneliness!?
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
June 27, 2013 at 12:04
Its easy for him to pick up chicks, just goes to local fruit market and picks up a bunch 😛
RinceWind
June 27, 2013 at 12:05
Hahahahaha! I’d say that’s nuts, but it’s obviously not.
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
June 27, 2013 at 12:06
Easy to spot the bad ones too. Just check for brown marks. He can also feel them up for firmness RIGHT THERE IN THE STORE MAN!!!
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
June 27, 2013 at 12:07
Wow that escalated quickly
RinceWind
June 27, 2013 at 12:08
I was just thinking of a come back, and you killed it… Damn you banana man!
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 27, 2013 at 12:09
I bet you could pick up banana at the fruit market too
RinceWind
June 27, 2013 at 12:13
Why would I do such a dirty thing like that? 0-O
Hammersteyn
June 27, 2013 at 12:18
Did it “slip” your mind
RinceWind
June 27, 2013 at 12:18
Yeah, I must be going “bananas” *heads off to throw self into traffic..;.
Hammersteyn
June 27, 2013 at 12:21
No don’t split on us!
RinceWind
June 27, 2013 at 12:21
Don’t worry, it’s not all pear shaped… 0-O
Mathias
June 27, 2013 at 12:38
GTA V will probably include an in-game hotline
Nathan Horne
June 27, 2013 at 16:46
The game is rated 18 – so I’m sure they can sexline as much as they want…