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11:30AM Owen Good | Tuna-can Pac-Man, as seen at Walyou, via Hawty McBloggy. Original photo from March 2008.
Pac-Man, In Cans, Before Cans Were Cool
11:30AM Owen Good | Tuna-can Pac-Man, as seen at Walyou, via Hawty McBloggy. Original photo from March 2008. 
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Dustbusting Blinky’s Got Pac-Roomba On The Run
2:00PM Owen Good | Roomba Pac-Man? Done before, but mostly as a cosmetic enhancement. Here it’s taken to the next level — five Roombas (Roombi?) engaged in a contest of Pac-Man with programmed “chase” and “escape” AI. More »
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Smoke Retro With Namco’s Game Zippo Lighters
10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Namco Bandai’s Zippo lighters may not hold a candle to similar — OK, far superior — recent combustible offerings from Sega, but if you’re a huge Xevious fan, Banpresto has a lighter for you, buddy. More »
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2:00PM David Wildgoose | Time was, nearly every game was 2D. Side-scrolling or top-down view, the vast majority of games from the ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s depicted a two-dimensional play area. But since the proliferation of 3D games, 2D has become a dirty word. Why? More »
Why Do We Look Down On 2D Games?
2:00PM David Wildgoose | Time was, nearly every game was 2D. Side-scrolling or top-down view, the vast majority of games from the ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s depicted a two-dimensional play area. But since the proliferation of 3D games, 2D has become a dirty word. Why? More »
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Sonic Vs. Pac-Man Is Incredibly Unfair
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | From the creator of Contra Vs. Duck Hunt comes another incredibly mismatched mash up — Sonic the Hedgehog versus Pac-man. Well, Sonic versus Pac-man nemeses Inky, Pinky, Blinky and Clyde. More »
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Pac-Man World Record Broken
1:40AM Mike Fahey | The official Pac-Man world record has become a little less attainable, as the sixth person in history to achieve a perfect score in Namco’s arcade classic is also the fastest to date. More »
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Namco Bandai Launches Namco Sounds On iTunes
4:00AM Mike Fahey | The music of Pac-Man, SoulCalibur and Xevious are now waiting to be nestled gently within your iPod, courtesy of Namco Bandai’s newly-launched iTunes music label, Namco Sounds. More »
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It Was Called Pac-Man Land
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Growing up in 1980s Texas, I have vague memories of this: Pac-Man Land. More »
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