Pac-man

[Ninja'd]

Did you know that the original name for Pac-man was Puck-man? Not because he looks like a puck, but because paku-paku means to flap one's mouth open and closed in Japanese. The American distributor changed it because they were afraid of people changing the name, like scratching out the middle part of the P.

[unskinnybob]

Did you know that the original name for Pac-man was Puck-man? Not because he looks like a puck, but because paku-paku means to flap one's mouth open and closed in Japanese. The American distributor changed it because they were afraid of people changing the name, like scratching out the middle part of the P.

Someone been watching Scott Pilgrim vs the world?

[copacetic]

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."

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[Ninja'd]

Someone been watching Scott Pilgrim vs the world?

It's technology related :p

[spiff]

while on the subject of 80's video games - who remembers SPACE INVADERS? and the song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyqWBAqoHq0&feature=related