The Week in Gaming News

By Bo Moore at 2:15 PM on October 7, 2012

Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of October 1, 2012....  read more

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Watch A Mario Stop-Motion Video Made Out Of Post-It Notes

By Darren Orf at 3:00 PM on July 24, 2012

Stop-motion is a painstaking process resulting from thousands of pictures mashed together to form a flowing, animated film. Add the difficulty of creating images from 7,000 Post-It notes and you’re due for a massive cinematic migraine. But these YouTubers took under the massive task and developed a pretty endearing look at everyone’s favorite mustachioed plumber....  read more

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Watch a Video Re-Imagining Pacman as a Horror Film Monster

By Darren Orf at 11:15 AM on July 16, 2012

In the latest best of what the Internet has to offer, the beloved arcade icon Pac-Man has been re-imagined as a horror film villain. Unlike previous parodies of otherwise innocent characters (e.g. Mrs. Doubtfire, Mary Poppins), this video shows new, live-action footage, as well as a pretty impressive Hans Zimmer-inspired soundtrack and a thrashing metal Pac-Man theme. Throw in a CGI-rendered depiction of the round, yellow monster and you have a pretty convincing trailer....  read more

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Finally, a Pac-Man Reality Show!

By Nathan Spicer at 1:00 PM on January 18, 2011

Merv Griffin Entertainment and Namco Bandai Games are actively pitching an unscripted reality show based on the legendary videogame Pac-Man, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, according to Deadline.com....  read more

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Paste Goes to E3: Day 2

By David Thomas at 10:00 AM on June 16, 2010

Some things kind of amaze me about E3 this year: 1. We still are talking about 3D (even though it’s a new kind) 2. We are still trying to perfect the shooting game. 3. Nintendo fans love Nintendo more than everyone else likes all other game makers put together. 4. Despite rumors, the booth babe culture is alive and well. 5. Lakers fans make game fans seem normal. Now I don’t want to pick on the Lakers, even thought I’d be perfectly happy to see the Celtics win. But in an amusing twist of fate, the sixth game of the...  read more

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Google Pac-Man Devours an Estimated Five Million Hours, $120 Million

By Jennifer Ross at 11:36 AM on May 28, 2010

Fans of the classic Pac-Man video game were thrilled when Google embedded its own version of the game on its home page last week. Maybe a little too thrilled....  read more

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