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Pac-Man Hacked Roombas Mix Futuristic Cleaning with Retro Gaming

by Chad Lakkis on November 9, 2009 at 6:40 pm

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Hate sitting on your couch watching your Roomba do all the work? Boring you say? You could get off your ass and do it yourself, but that would require actual movement. No sweat. A team of geeked-out developers with a cleaning fetish hacked into a few Roomba units and dressed them up like Pac-Man, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde. Enjoy the power pellet vacuum fest below. Read more…

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Pac-Man World Record broken, again

by Sam Naylor on September 14, 2009 at 2:31 am

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Kotaku reports that the world record for playing Pac-Man has once again been broken. The last record was set by getting every pill, every possible ghost, every piece of fruit and playing until level 256, where the game crashes. The previous record for this was done in 3 hours, 42 minutes, and 4 seconds.

The new guy, David Race, has managed it in 3 hours, 41 minutes, and 22 seconds, 42 seconds faster. Although an impressive feat, it kind of makes me a little sad. These people have spent what is likely to be years practising a Pac-Man perfect run, simply to shave off 42 seconds. I’m not saying that they’ve wasted their time, but… well, actually, I am.

Thinking about it, if we were invaded by ghost-like aliens who turned blue when we ate big pills and chased us through mazes, I know who I’d go to for help. Maybe it wasn’t such a waste after all.

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Pac-Man Cereal Commercial with Christian Bale

by Dylan Duarte on May 28, 2009 at 1:25 am

That’s right! That’s John Connor himself dancing in joy over a marshmallow-filled Pac-Man cereal. It’s hard to see the resemblance with him being so young, but a visit to Internet Movie Database confirmed it. Batman loves his marshmallow.

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We can’t wait to read his book “How Pacman ruined my life”

News from the world of the National Football League is that former 1st round draft pick by the Tennessee Titans, Adam “Pacman” Jones (currently with the Dallas Cowboys), has publicly requested to the press that he no longer be referred to as “Pacman”.

At one point in time, “Pacman” was synonymous with Adam Jones. The two were inseparable. Ask Forrest Gump, and he would tell you they were like “peas and carrots”. His NFL jersey even featured the initial “P”. If you are asking yourself, “why would Adam part ways with Pacman?”, allow us to explain… Read more…

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Videogame Comics From The Librarianist

by Andrew Podolsky on May 21, 2008 at 6:20 pm

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Billy Scafuri, writer for the webcomic The Librarianist, tipped us off to a few great game-related comics from his website. Although the comic isn’t solely focused on games, a few of these will be instantly familiar to fans of classic games like Pac-Man, Asteroids, and Punch Out. Check out more after the jump. Read more…

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Top Ten Developers – #2 Namco

by James Fleming on October 31, 2007 at 9:16 pm

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The golden era of videogames is a hot topic among gamers, mainly because many game enthusiasts don’t agree when the gaming utopia took place. Read more…

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Even Namco’s Pac-Man would have a hard time swallowing these numbers.

After initially delaying a formal announcement in June while the company calculated their “goodwill impairment charge” Atari of America, headquartered in New York, has released a financial statement today reporting a net loss of (cover your ears Pac-Man) $71.3 million. Read more…

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