Konami Code Works on theglobeandmail.com

Well folks, it looks like the Globe and Mail’s website (Canada’s largest-circulation national newspaper) has been hacked into recently (unless this is a clever marketing ploy), because after loading its front page, if you enter the Konami code via your keyboard, you’ll get a surprise.

Go ahead, try it.

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, enter, shift+space

Type help to see available commands (Unfortunately, there’s only two).

Voilà. Press shift+space again to hide the console.