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Street Fighter X Tekken PS3/Vita gets two new exclusive characters

Street Fighter X Tekken PS3/Vita gets two new exclusive characters

The PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions of Street Fighter X Tekken already have inFamous' Cole and Sony characters Kuro and Toro, and now they're about to get two new strange exclusive characters: Pac-Man and Mega-Man. Before all ... continue
Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions has a permanent save file

Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions has a permanent save file

When fans found out that Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D would have a permanent save file - that is, you could not delete it - fans didn't take it very well, to put it lightly. You'd think ... continue
The World’s biggest Pac-Man game

The World’s biggest Pac-Man game

This is arcade classic Pac-Man as you've never seen it before: played out across not one maze, but (at the time of writing) 3,159 mazes, all linked together. The World's Biggest Pac-Man was designed to show off Microsoft's ... continue
[VIDEO] 70 classic videogame deaths

[VIDEO] 70 classic videogame deaths

This is a video showing deaths from around 70 classic videogames, ranging from OutRun (above) to Missile Command to Shinobi to Paperboy. It's both a stirring contemplation on our fragile mortality, and a kickass way to pass ... continue
So how DID people play Pac-Man in the 1800s?

So how DID people play Pac-Man in the 1800s?

Why, on a Pactuator of course!* This hand-cranked clockwork Pac-Man is going to be part of a far bigger project: a fully playable, mechanical Pac-Man cabinet, called 'Pac Machina.' See a video of it in motion HERE, ... continue
The best gaming tattoo you’ll see this week

The best gaming tattoo you’ll see this week

Portal, Duck Hunt, Super Mario Galaxy, Metal Gear Solid, Fallout, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Pac-Man: so much gaming awesomeness on only one arm. GamingTattoo user 'PerfectCR' has spent the last seven months having pigment injected into his skin ... continue
The teeniest, tiniest, toothiest Pac-Man there ever was

The teeniest, tiniest, toothiest Pac-Man there ever was

Smallest. Pac-Man. Evar. Or, you know, a re-colored copper oxide cluster, as viewed under a microscope. It measures 3.5 microns wide, and Wikipedia tells me a micron is a millionth of a meter. And to think you had ... continue
Pac-Man found chomping pills in man’s garden

Pac-Man found chomping pills in man’s garden

According to the video at the bottom of this post, Pac-Man has an anus. That news again: Pac-Man has an anus. Fond ... childhood ... memories ... warped. Thanks go to DeviantArt's Kalupsa. [Kalapusa, via Kotaku] continue
Pac-Man anniversary celebrated through the medium of canned veg

Pac-Man anniversary celebrated through the medium of canned veg

We all know Pac-Man turned 30 this year, because Google gave us free Pac-Man and nearly destroyed capitalism in the process. A less costly way to celebrate? Canned vegetable sculptures, obviously. This tribute is on display at the ... continue
[VIDEO] Amazing LEGO tribute to retro gaming took 1,500 hours to make

[VIDEO] Amazing LEGO tribute to retro gaming took 1,500 hours to make

Impossible-to-pronounce Swedish band Rymdreglage don't do things by halves. For their third single, '8-bit Trip', the musical duo decided to create a tribute to retro gaming, in the form of a stop motion music video made entirely ... continue
[VIDEO] What if all games had a Super-Easy mode?

[VIDEO] What if all games had a Super-Easy mode?

Modern games are too easy compared to their 8-bit and 16-bit predecessors, or so goes the myth. Let's try leveling the playing field a bit, shall we? The Battletoads, Space Invaders, and Contra entries in this CollegeHumor ... continue
Internet adopts Google Pac-Man forever

Internet adopts Google Pac-Man forever

You know how Google put a Pac-Man doodle on the homepage Friday and like no one got anything done because it was super fun to play with? Apparently everyone dug the feature pretty hard because Google blogged that ... continue
Quit playing Google Pac Man and get back to work, everyone!

Quit playing Google Pac Man and get back to work, everyone!

As Chris posted this morning, many of us in the 25-40 year old bracket woke up this morning, fired up Google, hit "insert coin" and haven't done much since. In case you missed it, the Google Doodle this ... continue
Google’s awesome tribute to Pac-Man

Google’s awesome tribute to Pac-Man

My first thought on seeing Pac-Man incorporated into Google's logo this morning: "Ah, cute." Then the game's music started up, and then HOLY CRAP I CAN CONTROL THIS. That's right: the latest Google Doodle contains a fully playable ... continue
Awesome: Man makes Pac-Man arcade machine from LEGO

Awesome: Man makes Pac-Man arcade machine from LEGO

This tabletop Pac-Man arcade cabinet is constructed entirely out of LEGO blocks (the electronics aside), which by my estimation makes it roughly 643 times as awesome as the real thing. This even plays a bunch of stone-cold '80s ... continue
[VIDEO] Watch this: Awesome animation shows games invading New York

[VIDEO] Watch this: Awesome animation shows games invading New York

'Pixels' is a super sweet animated short by director Patrick Jean featuring old videogames pixellating New York out of existence. Exterminated by retro games - I can't think of a better way to go, frankly: [YouTube, via ... continue
Six artfully done tattoo homages to old-school gaming

Six artfully done tattoo homages to old-school gaming

Geeky Tattoos is getting a lot of link-love lately, and it's not hard to see why. If you have a penchant for all things geek- if you love code, or gaming or fonts, there's plenty of ink on ... continue
[NSFW] Gaming gear for strippers

[NSFW] Gaming gear for strippers

Gaming really has conquered all demographics, eh? That up there isn't Kirsten Schaal, as I first thought, but French burlesque performer Lady Tornade, a strip-tease artist from Paris. In between taking her clothes off for bored businessmen, Tornade finds ... continue
Pac Man photobombs Saturn’s moon

Pac Man photobombs Saturn’s moon

The Cassini spacecraft's composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS) has returned some space pictures that have geeks all over giggling due to a clear Pac Man sihouette. Cassini snapped the images on February 13th of the Saturnian moon Mimas. The ... continue
DO WANT: Pac-Gentleman pays tribute to famous dot-chomper

DO WANT: Pac-Gentleman pays tribute to famous dot-chomper

Holy steampunk, Batman! The stunning sculpture you see above is "Pac Gentleman," and was lovingly crafted by artist Doktor A as a tribute to videogaming's most famous yellow dot. Details I adore about this: the wind-up crank on ... continue