pac-man
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1980s Newscasters Struggled To Explain How Pac-Man Works
2Pac-Man turns 34 today. It’s exciting to see that the little yellow guy has survived into middle age. But before the Pac became the dot-eating legend we know him as today, he had to do the same thing every celebrity does: make a name for himself.
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Video Game Screen Burn-In Is Damage, But Also Art
So, younger readers, certain older displays were way more susceptible than today’s TVs for something called burn-in. That’s when parts of an image would stay on a screen for so long that they’d literally burn into it, creating a permanent “shadow”.
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For Sale: A Rare Pac-Man Bootleg From Arcade Gaming’s Golden Age
A Craigslist advertisement for a Pac-Man arcade cabinet tells a sweet and sentimental story about its life with its owner and its role as a favoured sleeping perch for his cat. But it may overlook its real value to collectors: It’s a rare, illegal clone of the game, known as “Hangly-Man“.
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Every Game Would Be Better With Blink From Dishonored
The best part of Dishonored — a phenomenal game in just about every way — is the Blink spell, an ability that lets you instantly teleport a short distance in front of you. Blink is really, really cool. So cool that we think it should really be in every video game.