So that’s a headline I never imagined myself writing. I just went out to grab a snack and notice a massive amount of disused petrol pumps, all just sitting at Circular Quay. Every one of them had been converted into something awesome. The best one, however, was the Petrol Pump that let me play Pac-Man!
I admit it’s really strange to see Pac-Man with legs, but I love this picture nonetheless.
Or a Play-Doh controller? Or doodles on a piece of paper? This unbelievable Kickstarter, launched by two MIT grad students, promises to create an invention kit that lets you turn just about anything into an electronic input device.
The logo of South Korean electronics company LG is supposed to resemble a human face. The “L” forms the nose, and the forms the face and mouth. But after seeing this GIF, all I can think of is wakka wakka.
Production company Steelhouse and writer James Farr have just answered one of life’s greatest questions: How do you make a live-action film about a yellow ball with eyes that runs about a maze eating dots and ghosts without resorting to a man in a giant foam suit?
Thirty Years ago today, Atari had the balls to proclaim an entire day, hoping to lift its iconic Pac-Man character alongside the likes of other people who have their own day. Like, you know, Martin Luther King. And Jesus.
Yesterday’s Champions League quarterfinal pitting AC Milan against Barcelona resulted in some light-hearted support from the Milan fans in the San Siro stadium.
Pac-Man is having a hell of a career second act in fighting games. Of course, he is one of the free characters in Street Fighter X Tekken on the PlayStation 3. Now it looks like he’ll be included — as some kind of bizarre head-thing — in Soulcalibur V‘s next batch of monthly costume DLC. See for yourself at 1:02 in this video.