Some people feel that Pac Man is a game, but I know for sure that Pac man is a dynamic avatar driven world with a complex economy. Residents of the different Pac man "boards" are collectors of "pellets" and "fruit" which have an intrinsic trading value, should Namco company ever decide to allow transaction of said products between Pac man and Ms. Pac man avatars. Additionally, "ghosts" are simply griefers and should be ejected from the Pac man world, and to be politically correct, is herein known as "Pacperson".
Pacperson contains immersive, richly textured worlds to explore, secrets to uncover, and "power pellets" to rapidly alter the properties of your avatar. I am disheartened at the folks wishing to classify Pacperson as simply "a game". I will be discussing this topic at length at the first annual Pacperson Community Convention, which will be located in the tranquil, culturally-diverse-loving city of Tehran.
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Hiro Pendragon
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Nathaniel Kaos
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08-25-2005 22:54
classic
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Lasivian Leandros
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08-25-2005 22:54
Someone bronze this, it's spectacular
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Enabran Templar
Capitalist Pig
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08-25-2005 23:18
I don't feel like Pac Man should be a game, I want it not to be a game, so obviously, for those reasons, Pac Man is not a game.
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Jauani Wu
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08-25-2005 23:20
you are alienating ingrid's mom!
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Nolan Nash
Frischer Frosch
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08-25-2005 23:29
This guy definately doesn't think it's just a game...
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Jillian Callahan
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08-25-2005 23:29
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Nolan Nash
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08-25-2005 23:31
Defender was pretty cool, however I spent hours and hours on Galaga, Robotron, and Star Castle! Robotron had some seriously creepy stuff going on... Get the humanoid, GET THE HUMANOID! _____________________
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Jillian Callahan
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08-25-2005 23:34
Defender was pretty cool, however I spent hours and hours on Galaga, Robotron, and Star Castle! Robotron had some seriously creepy stuff going on... Get the humanoid, GET THE HUMANOID! You know, Eugene Jarvis is the fellow behind both Defender and Robotron Oh, gawd... I'm such a geek for knowing that.  _____________________
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Enabran Templar
Capitalist Pig
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08-25-2005 23:38
Well, if NAMCO has decided that Pac-Man is a game, I'm shocked and depressed. I'm not sure I'm going to keep using Pac-Man if it is really just a game. I don't think anyone else will, either, to be honest. And you're a big meanie head if you try to tell someone else that Pac-Man is a game. Maybe they don't want to hear that!
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Hiro Pendragon
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08-26-2005 00:00
Well, if NAMCO has decided that Pac-Man is a game, I'm shocked and depressed. I'm not sure I'm going to keep using Pac-Man if it is really just a game. I don't think anyone else will, either, to be honest. And you're a big meanie head if you try to tell someone else that Pac-Man is a game. Maybe they don't want to hear that! Hey, listen, because you're clearly using faulty logisticals and bad interpolatives I will have to correct you: Just because a company states the purpose of something and guides the software to that purpose doesn't mean that people have to listen to that. Hell, you know how much gameplay time I've gotten out of Quicken Pro and Turbo Tax? _____________________
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Nolan Nash
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08-26-2005 00:06
I play hide and seek with my toaster.
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Enabran Templar
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08-26-2005 00:14
Hey, listen, because you're clearly using faulty logisticals and bad interpolatives I will have to correct you: Just because a company states the purpose of something and guides the software to that purpose doesn't mean that people have to listen to that. Hell, you know how much gameplay time I've gotten out of Quicken Pro and Turbo Tax? That's not good enough! If NAMCO wants to alienate me, I'm just going to have to reconsider my even using it anymore. _____________________
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Nolan Nash
Frischer Frosch
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08-26-2005 00:17
My toaster doesn't know it's a game, and he never finds me. I always win!
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Hiro Pendragon
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08-26-2005 00:20
That's not good enough! If NAMCO wants to alienate me, I'm just going to have to reconsider my even using it anymore. NAMCO did say that ONE use of Pacperson was a game ... just not every use. Isn't that good enough for you??? _____________________
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Enabran Templar
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08-26-2005 00:29
My toaster doesn't know it's a game, and he never finds me. I always win! Ahahaha, I laughed so hard. For this, and other acts of extraordinary valor, I award you the Order of the Golden siegeBot. Check your inventory.  edit: And I'll tell you, that beats the hell out of hugz. _____________________
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Eddie Escher
Builder of things...
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08-26-2005 01:08
I stopped logging into PacPerson years ago, cos i could never get the chat to work. Not that it really mattered... there was never anyone else on at the time.
PongLife though... now THAT was something! FOUR sided avatars... ALWAYS someone else logged in when you were... AND it had a rich audio experience! Sigh... i miss the old days. |
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
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08-26-2005 01:49
Brilliant Hiro, just brilliant
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Nolan Nash
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08-26-2005 01:52
Ahahaha, I laughed so hard. For this, and other acts of extraordinary valor, I award you the Order of the Golden siegeBot. Check your inventory. edit: And I'll tell you, that beats the hell out of hugz. Thanks! That unit rocks! I will take that over a hug any day! I had no idea you made such cool stuff. The medal is cool too! I will wear it all the time! _____________________
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Siggy Romulus
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08-26-2005 02:07
dead horse over there!
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Hiro Pendragon
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08-26-2005 03:05
dead horse over there! DEAD HORSE IS NOT A GAME!!!!!11111oneoneoneoneelevenonehundredandeleven _____________________
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Cristiano Midnight
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08-26-2005 03:20
This guy definately doesn't think it's just a game... Your capacity to find pictures of the most ridiculous shit never ceases to amaze me _____________________
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Blueman Steele
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Pac man.. a way of life
08-26-2005 03:21
While some could call eating the dots and advancing to new boards a "game" most don't see it that way.
You can spend time in a corner, hidden, while the ghosts move around you.. you can just lay back and contemplate them. Often I draw designs by what I eat away... and often wait for the ghosts to be in just the right formation creating a temporary moment of art. |
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Hiro Pendragon
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08-26-2005 05:57
While some could call eating the dots and advancing to new boards a "game" most don't see it that way. You can spend time in a corner, hidden, while the ghosts move around you.. you can just lay back and contemplate them. Often I draw designs by what I eat away... and often wait for the ghosts to be in just the right formation creating a temporary moment of art. I hear Cristiano is planning on making Paczilla for such art to be posted online! _____________________
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Seldon Metropolitan
Zen Taxi Driver
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08-26-2005 06:07
hiro, will you have my man-babies?
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