Showing posts with label Pac-Man. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pac-Man. Show all posts

The Legends of Pac-Man




Carved on the walls of the Valley of the Kings, buried deep in the Mayan jungles and glimpsed millennia into our future, the legend of Pac-Man transcends space and time.

Legend Of The Pac-Man, Pac-Man Ho-Tep and Pac-Man Reborn II, all by Casey Callender for Hero Complex Gallery.

Previously on Popped Culture…
The Persistence Of Pac-Man
The Tragedy Of Blinky, Pinky, Inky And Clyde
Pac-Man's Last Supper


8-Bit Graveyard


The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand games
And grizzy video ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom

(Augie Pagan for for Gallery 1988's Old School Video Game Art Show)

Previously on Popped Culture...
Koopa, It's What's For Dinner
Sesame Street Anatomy Lesson
Super Mario Anatomy


Drinking At The Barcade

What's a video game character to do after a long day of battling giant apes and chasing yellow smiley faces through unending mazes? Drink of course. (Scott Derby's Barcade for Gallery 1988's Old School Video Game show.)

So You Want To Be An Evil Villain...


Eight simple steps to becoming a evil villain by EveryGuyed in honour of Free Comic Book Day. Turns out I'm only 28 Flying Monkeys short of my goal, but the breeding program has really slowed down.

They also have a guide for becoming a hero, but what fun would that be?

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What's In Your Gamer Closet?


I'd wear the Halo suit over Donkey Kong's. Mario wouldn't stand a chance. (Gamer's Closet from 604republic, who look like they may have raided Glen Brogan's closet.)

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Blinky, Pinky, Inky And Clyde Get Some New Friends


Pac-Man should be seriously concerned. With Rorschach, Master Chief and Predator among the new ghosts I don't think there are enough power pellets to save him. Click through for a full list of all the ghosts. (Pacman Ghosts by Ryan Coleman via Rampaged Reality)

Prevoiously on Popped Culture...
Blinky, Pinky, Inky And Clyde Go Undercover
The Tragedy Of Blinky, Pinky, Inky And Clyde
Pac-Man's Last Supper

Nerdelicious: Ten Geeky Gingerbread Creations

'Tis the season to break out your inner craft geek. Here a few seasonal concoctions to inspire your own creations. Me, I just eat Turtles. Above, Zero Lives blogger Das Chupa brings us an Angry Birds themed Gingerbread house. I would play that.


A Gingerbread AT-AT. As the card says, that's awesome. As far as I can tell it was made by (or at least photographed by) Chez 282. I first saw it on pacalin's site.


A Gingerbreadhenge, for all you pagans out there, by The Dude (no, not that one.) Found on Clonehenge, which has "the most complete list of Stonehenge replicas on the internet, nay, marry, in the wide world!" I love the internet.


A gingerbread collection on Popped Culture wouldn't be complete without some sort of Super Mario reference. (Super Mario Gingerbread by Mike Bade, via Nerd Bastards)


The Star Trek GingerBorg Enterprise is a gingerbread replica of the Enterprise D. Green splotches indicate that Borgs have taken over and are destroying things with lasers. (By audreyh4 at instructables)


Das Chupa (see Angry Birds above) started his creations with a gingerbread Pac-Man arcade game.


Anna-Maria Oléhn's TARDIS gingerbread house can fit a surprising amount of Christmas treats inside.


And what's a Dr. Who TARDIS without Daleks? They are vegan too, so you know they're truly evil. By Johnson Cameraface.


The gingerboard (gingerbread motherboard) was created in Sweden by Benny, Monica, Anna-Maria and Erik. (Via mediatinker and You Bent My Wookie, who has a great gallery of gingerbread creations)


“I ate his body with some jelly beans and a nice glass of milk thtthththththththth”. I know this gingerbread Hannibal Lecter is only a t-shirt, but somebody ought to make it. (Cannibal by Glennz, via Shirtoid)

Previously on Popped Culture...

The Tragedy Of Blinky, Pinky, Inky And Clyde


Executed under the Jacobins Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, Blinky, Pinky, Inky And Clyde would forever haunt their executioner Monsieur Pac-man.

How They Died by Aled Lewis, up for vote at Threadless. (Link via pacalin & gamefreaksnz)

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Wokka Wakka Wonka


This just hits so many levels of nostalgia - I'd play all of these games. In fact, can't someone create a playable Pac-Man mod for Fozzie Bear and Willy Wonka? Get on that will you, internet? (Wokka Wakka Wonka by Kevin Bolk via The Daily What)

Previously on Popped Culture...
Pac-Man's Last Supper
I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghosts
Let Your Video Game Freak Flag Fly

Pixels Take Manhattan


Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Tetris and the link weren't video games. They were cautionary tales and training manuals of how to fight off the coming invasion. Patrick Jean's Pixels shows us how it's all going to end if we don't pay attention. (Link via Ampersand Arcade)

Previously on Popped Culture...
Let Your Video Game Freak Flag Fly
Space Invaders Are Real!
Rubik's Cube Last Supper

Let Your Video Game Freak Flag Fly


When I saw this pixel-tribute to the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph (Epics, from Teextile), I just figured it was the usual piece of pop culture parody, with the artist's favourite games represented. But the comments at Topless Robot revealed a deeper meaning:
Brett said:
Manny Calaveras FTW! Seriously, Grim Fandango is a classic character from adventure gaming. Does anyone not recognize the trend?
Master Chief: First-Person Shooter
Link: action-RPG
Mario: Side-scroller
Lara Croft: 3d adventure/platformer
Scorpion: Fighting
Pikachu: Handheld
Manny Calaveras: Graphic Adventure
Pac-Man: Arcade
And here I was just amused at the Pac-Man sun.

Previously on Popped Culture...
Retro Lost
Arcade Expressionism
Konami Code Last Supper

I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghosts

It's not surprising, really, that Pac-Man would eventually tire of the cat and mouse game with Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde and call for some professional help.

Get these tees at Glennz Tees, which is having a sale this week.

If there's something weird and it don't look good. Who ya gonna call? Ghost Dustbusters!

Previously on Popped Culture...
Ghostbusters Catch Gozer... Um, Jesus
Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace
Pac-Man's Last Supper

Pac-Man's Last Supper

Were the Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde really disciples of Pac-Man? Is this showing that the pellets are the transubstantiation of Pac-Man and he want them to eat him, turning him into a Holy Ghost? Could it be that I am giving this far, far too much thought?

Part three of my week-long Geek's Last Supper comes from a t-shirt design of graphic designer vonplatypus, though I couldn't find it for sale anywhere.

Previously on Popped Culture...
Rubik's Cube Last Supper
The Last Sucker
Suddenly Last Supper

Our Lady Of The Arcade

So Ms. Pac-Man is actually Pac-Man's mother? Which means Pac-Man is Jesus? Wow, I may have to convert from Frisbeetarianism. From pop artist Misha via Gallery 1988.

Previously on Popped Culture...
For Thou Art Celebrity
Suddenly Last Supper
What Would Pac-Man Eat?
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