Tag: PACMAN

There isn't much to say about this clip from BoingBoing. It's simply a compilation of classic death animations from timeless games like 'PacMan,' 'Robocop,' 'Joust,' and 'Mortal Kombat.' All of that senseless violence is then overlaid with a chiptune rendition of Tears for Fears' 'Mad World.' Perfect. ...

'Pac-Man' is easily one of the most fetishized pieces of video game nostalgia. The game has shown up nearly everywhere, from the Google home page to the fashion runway, and has inspired political attack ads and special edition Moleskines. But far more impressive, from a technical standpoint, is Microscopic 'Pac-Man.' Developed by Japanese design professor Kotoro "dotimpact" Tanaka in celebration ...

You've probably never heard of Russ Carnahan, the incumbent Democratic congressman from Missouri's third district. There isn't much about Carnahan that would elevate him to national prominence, except perhaps his latest attack ad against Republican challenger Ed Martin. Carnahan has turned to the world of casual Flash games to peg his opponent as unethical and a careless spender of tax payer ...

We can't tell what's more endearingly bizarre: French-Swiss artist Guillaume Reymond's freeze-frame, live-action game of 'Pac-Man,' or the game's 8-bit sound effects mimicked in a French accent. Head after the break, and decide for yourself. ...

As much as we love new gaming experiences, sometimes we hanker for the classic games of our distant youth. Luckily, many of these can be revisited in browser-based iterations. This week, we'll take a look at timeless classics that are always worth wasted productivity. If you haven't played these in a few years, or if (heaven forbid) you've never undertaken them, then what are you waiting for? ...

Electronic voting machines are notoriously buggy and hackable. Even the manufacturers of DRE (direct recording electronic) voting talliers have admitted so much. Some states have even gone as far as to ban the touchscreen devices. While they may not be great at recording votes (or leaving a paper trail), it turns out their outdated PC-like innards are perfect for playing retro arcade games. This ...

Cooperstown, New York and Ottumwa, Iowa will soon share an unbreakable bond -- as cities that host a hall of fame. According to USA Today, the International Video Game Hall of Fame will induct its first class of 29 members this weekend. The honored include the classic arcade game 'Pac-Man,' 'Mario' creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the Xbox design team, video game record holders Billy Mitchell and Steve ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. 'Ask Steve' reimagines everyone's favorite turtlenecked CEO as a Dear Abby daily newspaper columnist. [From: Me & Her] HTML5 experiments that pushthe limits of ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. The Big N slipped this one by us at E3: Link has turned his back on decades of left-hand sword wielding, and will be a right-hand slasher in 'The Legend of Zelda: ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple's numerous gadget leaks have earned the company more than a month's worth of high-profile media attention. Apparently feeling somewhat overlooked, Verizon and Motorola just joined the lost gadget fray; the next incarnation of the Droid, the Droid Shadow, has mysteriously appeared. The device was reportedly left in a Verizon ...

In celebration of PAC-MAN's 30th birthday, Google has resurrected the arcade classic for its home page. Users only need to click 'Insert Coin' or wait a few seconds for the ghoul-munching mayhem to begin. If you click the 'Insert Coin' button again, Ms. PAC-MAN magically appears so that you can play with a friend. (PAC-MAN is controlled with the mouse or arrow keys, while his lady moves with the ...

David Race has a fever, and the only prescription is more 'Pac-Man.' Last week, the appropriately named Race, of Beaver Creek, Ohio, set a new standard for the classic video game, completing its 256 levels in a mere 3 hours, 41 minutes and 22 seconds, and narrowly edging out the previous mark of 3 hours and 42 minutes. Race chomped every pac-dot, munched every bonus treat, snagged every ...

Virtual pumpkins are fine for a little indoor holiday spirit, but nothing beats an interestingly carved version of the orange and fleshy variety, especially when it's with a geeky, video game theme. That's what we've got with the set of pumpkins (and gourds) above, a clever set of carvings posted at Indestructables, which took a lot of creativity, but no intricate carving skills. The two ghosts, ...

It is official, the old school video game nostalgia thing has gone too far. Giles Deacon, a fashion designer who has previously worked for Louis Vuitton and Ralph Lauren, recently featured 'Pac Man' as a unifying theme during a runway show. What amounts to collection of fairly basic runway fare is augmented by 'Pac Man'-themed prints and absurd ghost-and-Pac-Man-shaped helmets. We're not ...