Easter Eggs are usually humorous and hard to find details which often break the fourth wall. Sometimes they are phrases spoken by characters, at other times they are details in the environment or special occurrences. Many such easter eggs can be found in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.
Environmental Details
Many easter eggs are part of the level geometry or objects scattered in the game world. Some of them are listed below.
Bloodlines within Bloodlines
An early version of Bloodlines displayed as a fictional game within Bloodlines.
In several places, such as the Santa Monica beach house and the Ground 0, a fictional video game console can be found with a paused video game being displayed on the TV above it. The paused video game is actually a screenshot from an early version of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines with a "paused" message pasted onto it.
Troika Billboard
In Hollywood a billboard showing the Troika Games logo along with the fake tag line "PLAY OBEY" can be found on the rooftop of Isaac's jewellery store.
A billboard displaying the Troika Games logo on top of the jewellery store in Hollywood.
Phrases
Some characters speak phrases which make little to no sense in the context of the game but have a hidden meaning referring to something in the real world.
Hidden Message on Piracy
If the clairevoyant thin-blood Rosa is asked if the fledgling will win in the end, she replies that it does not matter if he wins but if he bought the game which is an obvious anti-piracy message.
Mercurio on Troika Games
When revisiting Mercurio during the preparations for the finale a new dialogue option appears when asking him about people, specifically about Troika Games. His description includes a hint at the company's then-imminent demise.