Online

Why Old People Shouldn’t Use The Internet

Honestly, it’s safer for all involved if old people just stayed seated in front of The Young and the Restless. Here’s what happened a few weekends ago when a “mature” lady didn’t understand why Pac-Man was on her Google.


June 1, 2010
Gadgets

Pac-Man’s Got Competition In The Form Of The Unpackman

Second cousin twice-removed, Unpackman is a keyring which also doubles as a bottle opener. I’d like to see what those sharp teeth can do to some blinking blue ghosts. [Unpackman via Likecool via Nerd Approved]


May 26, 2010

Space Pac Tetris Pong Man Invaders! The T-Shirt

I really like this t-shirt featuring an all-in-one of the most famous arcades of all time. I like it even more because an invisible shark is wearing it. [Threadless via Likecool]


May 25, 2010
Online

Google Pac-Man Might’ve Cost Us $US120,483,800

Last week, the Google logo was turned into a game of Pac-Man and we all took breaks to play. In theory, we wasted a combined 4,819,352 hours and many, many dollars. Here’s the maths.


May 22, 2010
Online

The Spooky Pac-Man Anniversary Coincidence

This morning, the internet was delighted to find Google celebrating Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary with a playable doodle of the game. But in a freaky coincidence, some Firefox users are being haunted by ghostly music from the very same game. [BryanSchuetz]


Gaming

The New Google Doodle Is A FREAKING GAME OF PAC-MAN

This weekend’s Google doodle, commemorating the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man, takes the whole idea of the Google doodle to the next level. Actually, it just takes it to the first level – the banner’s a playable, 256-level Pac-Man game


March 30, 2010
Science

NASA Discovers Pac-Man On Death Star Saturn Moon

Hold on to your Spiderman underpants because here’s a planetary-sized nerdgasm. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has made the most amazing discovery in the history of science: Pac-Man actually lives on the Death Star. There. Beat that, Large Hadron Collider.


Science

NASA Discovers Pac-Man On Death Star Saturn Moon

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has made the most amazing discovery in the history of science: Pac-Man actually lives on the Death Star. There. Beat that, Large Hadron Collider.


February 9, 2010
Gaming

How To Build Your Own 12-Game Mini Arcade Machine

When I first saw this tiny arcade back in September, it was love at first byte. And now that there’s an instructional video, I can build one of my very own. It looks so easy in fast forward!


December 5, 2009

Pac-Man Watch Woka Woka Woka Woka Wokas Time

I like the Pac-Man watch as much as the Pac-Man Theme Song: “Paaaac-Man, run from the ghost! Paaaac-Man, he eats dots on toast! Paaaac-Man, he’d rather have lamb roast!” That’s the Pac-Man Theme song. In my head it is, ok?