We’ve known for a while that Kuro and Toro, the Sony cat mascots, would find their way into Street Fighter X Tekken. Also, Cole McGrath from inFamous. The inclusion of classic (i.e. shitty) box art Mega Man and Pac-Man also weren’t much of a mystery, but their appearance is confirmed in this video, along with the full terms of their inclusion in the Capcom/Namco fighting team-up. More »
NPR has posted an interesting article about the eye’s defence mechanisms, referring to how defensive enzymes open and close “almost like a Pac-Man mouth” as they chomp harmful bacteria. More »
I am sure you have Pac-Man skills. We all do. I’m sure you’re good at turning the corners of getting Inky, Blinky & Clyde to trail you just as you’re approaching the power pellet. More »
Video game preservation, educational robot dragons and Department of Homeland Security Sno Cones are just some of the “outlandish” federally funded projects called out in U.S. Senator Tom Coburn’s annual big book of wasteful government spending this week. More »
Gary Garcia, who teamed with Jerry Buckner to perform the 1982 hit “Pac-Man Fever”, a song synonymous with 1980s pop culture and America’s early love affair with arcade gaming, died yesterday at his home in Englewood, Fla. He was 63. More »
Jimmy Kimmel went full video game for the Halloween airing of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The late night host dressed up as Donkey Kong, at one point tossing a barrel into the bandstand. More »
Not only did Nathan and Jen Glemboski use the lure of sweet, puffy marshmallows to lure their child into playing a real-life version of the arcade classic Pac-Man, they then sent the link into a gaming blog for our amusement. As long as you’re living under my roof you’ll eat those marshmallows! More »
I’ve seen mock musicals for a good number of video games, but still I enjoyed this excerpt from Pac-Man The Musical entitled “A Pacapella Song”. (Though if I’m being a stickler, it’s not technically a cappella, since the song is instrumental musical accompaniment.) More »
