Retro

Chuck Norris Roundhouse Kicks Pac-Man In The Face

If you play Pac-Man by running around controlling a yellow blob eating pellets and either chasing or running away from ghosts, you’re doing things the hard way.


March 2, 2012
In Real Life

If This Pac-Man Game Is Sex, Its Bitchin’ Menu Music Is The Foreplay

Welcome back to “Menu Music,” our regular Kotaku Melodic feature where we look at (and listen to) the best and worst menu music the video game world has to offer.


March 1, 2012
News

Pac-Man Returns To Television In 2013

One of the most iconic character in video game history gets another shot at small screen glory in 2013, when the Avi Arad-produced 3D animated Pac-Man: The Adventure Begins makes its Disney XD debut. So who’s this cute little round girl with the pink streaks?


February 10, 2012
Retro

The Most Extensive Pac-Man Collection Ever

For the 30th Anniversary of Pac-Man way back in 2010, the 3331 Arts Chiyoda gallery on the outskirts of Akihabara held an exhibition showcasing the most complete collection of all things Pac-Man the world has ever seen.


January 27, 2012
PlayStation

See Mecha Pac-Man And Fat Mega Man Beat Ass In Street Fighter X Tekken

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.


January 21, 2012
In Real Life

Fight Eye-Bacteria With ‘Pac-Man Tears’

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.


January 12, 2012
Retro

You Cannot Top The New Pac-Man World Record

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.


December 22, 2011
In Real Life

U.S. Senator Mad That Your Tax Dollars Saved Video Games

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.


November 19, 2011
News

‘Pac-Man Fever’ Performer Dies At 63

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.


November 2, 2011
In Real Life

Jimmy Kimmel Smashes Bandstand As Donkey Kong

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.