Pie graphs are used as a visual aid to give you a quick overview of percentages in a single glance. As far as Pac Man goes, it’s real simple. You only need to know two percentages:
The area which resembles Pac Man and the area that does not. Amazingly simply. Beautifully geeky.
$12.95 and it’s yours. If only life were this simple.
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Written by Conner Flynn on December 1st, 2008 with comments disabled.
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I’ve got this boring black bag that my laptop came with, and now I think I’ve finally found a replacement. Maybe I’m stuck in the 80s, but I still think that Pac-Man and his ghostly pals are in fashion.
Created by Rockza, the PacManiac series of briefcases is the perfect way to carry around a small notebook computer, papers and books, or as a lightweight carry-on for your next trip.
The bags are available in several styles, including one that’s covered with hundreds of colorful, pixelated denizens of Pac-World, and another with a slightly more subtle grey-on-black design. It looks like Rockza also makes a white version and a blue version, but they’re harder to find (and don’t look as good, IMHO). Each bag measures appx. 14″ x 10.25″ x 6″, which should hold a 14″ or smaller laptop.
Now the bad news. I can’t find anyone outside of Korea who’s selling these yet. If you’re willing to dive in and do a little translation, you might be able to get your hands on them over at HIPHOPER for 54,000 KRW (appx. $39 USD).
Written by technabob on November 12th, 2008 with no comments.
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I just started playing Little Big Planet on my PS3, and while the built-in levels are truly a sight to behold, the really wondrous thing about the game is all of the community content that’s starting to surface. I was buzzing about the LBP world last night when I came across some great arcade classics, all brought to life with the amazing level builder in the game.
Here are some videos of my favorite game tributes so far:
You’ve gotta love Little Big Pac-Man (wokka-wokka-wokka):
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Even I could build square blocks with the level creation tools, but this Tetris level takes block-building it to the next level.
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This Dig-Dug level still needs a little work, but I just couldn’t leave Fygar and Pooka off the list:
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This Sonic The Hedgehog Green Hill Zone level really blew my mind. It’s even got the original game music and a Dr. Robotnik boss battle.
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Of course, what retro game collection would be complete without Space Invaders?
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I’m just waiting for someone to figure out how to do Battlezone, Tempest or Pole Position, and I’ll be truly impressed.
Written by technabob on November 1st, 2008 with no comments.
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I really think we need to start a new trend. Everyone needs to start wearing cufflinks again (did they ever?) At least that would give me a good excuse go around wearing these retro video game studs on my shirt sleeves.
Jewelry artist Dedalo makes a variety of sterling silver men’s accessories, but these Space Invaders cufflinks are my personal fave. What’s that you say? You like Pac-Man more than Space Invaders?
Both Pac-Man and Ghost editions (complete with textured pixel blocks) can also be found in the artist’s jewelry line.
Unless you’re always going to weddings and fancy-schmancy parties, you’ll just have to keep them in your dresser drawer until my cufflink trend takes off.
You can check out all of Dedalo’s jewelry over on his Etsy shop.
Written by technabob on October 25th, 2008 with no comments.
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Jakks Pacific has been cranking out a variety of arcade games you can play on your TV for several years now. But all of their arcade systems up until now included 4, maybe 5 games. Their most recent model, the Arcade Gold game system ups the ante by cramming 8 old school arcade games into a single package.
The Arcade Gold connects to any TV and lets you play Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man, Pac & Pal, Pac-Man Plus, Galaxian, Bosconian, Dig Dug and New Rally X. For those of you playing at home, Jakks has basically combined their Namco Classics and Super Pac-Man systems into a single package, but kept the price under $20 bucks.
All games play with the original arcade graphics and sounds, and the big red ball joystick controller is perfect for retro gameplay. An added bonus over the original models is the built-in memory that lets you save your high scores even when the power is off. The only bad news is that the joystick is only a 4-way stick, making the diagonal-dependent Bosconian all but unplayable. Oh well, whaddya want for $20 bucks?
You can find the Jakks Pacific Arcade Gold game system over on Amazon
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[photo via CrankysArcade]
Written by technabob on October 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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While this isn’t the first Pac-Man quilt we’ve ever seen, I would argue it’s the best. Why? Because the Pac-Man and ghost pieces are movable, so you can play with them on the quilty game board!
The blue parts are appliqued on with yellow buttons sewn on for the dots. The characters are hand-sewn for maximum cuteness!
Crafter Curegreed made this as a treat for her boyfriend. She said it took hours and hours to get it right. What a lucky guy! Check out this animation of the game in action.
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Written by karen on October 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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I’ve just found the perfect way to enhance your game room, or actually any room in your house needing a bit of fun, while at the same time saluting the salad days of gaming yore. Just peel and stick these terrific vinyl Pac-Man decals ($20) or Invaders decals ($45) from Sydney Etsy sellers vinylwalldesign up on your wall and start humming those theme songs every time you look at them.
The Pac-Man kit includes Pac-Man (16.5cm diameter), Pinky, 5 dots and 1 pill, while the Space Invaders package includes 18 invaders (about 8cm x 5cm each), 2 missiles and 2 ships to mix and match as you wish.
The Etsy sellers will also accommodate custom requests from choosy gamers who would prefer other Pac man characters. Hmmm, I can see cherries and lemons on my family room wall right now…
Purchase these pieces over at the vinylwallart shop and see more intriguing (non-gamer) designs too!
Written by thescholar on October 14th, 2008 with no comments.
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You may not be into high fashion runway shows, the Spring/Summer 2009 Giles Deacon collection might change your mind. Most of the models wore giant Pac-Man characters on their heads!
Deacon also had the floor painted with imagery that could only be described as Capcom-tastic. It had a giant Pac-Man screen rendered in black, blue, and yellow.
While most of the actual clothing was not Pac-Man, there was this glittery frock rife with pastel Pac-mania.
No report as to whether they used wockawockawocka sound effects as the models took the stage…
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Written by karen on October 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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