Daniel Thomas
07-21-2005, 02:55 AM
My latest VC essay is complete and online, and it's my all-time favorite videogame, Ms. Pac-Man. As always, you're the first to hear the good news, so enjoy the reading and share your thoughts about Ms. Pac. I'm eager to read them.
Ms. Pac-Man (http://www.danielthomas.org/pop/classics/mspacman.htm)
http://www.danielthomas.org/Assets/mspacman.gif
An excerpt:
"I often wondered what happened to those teenagers back in the '80s, who would play arcade games on cheap television shows for days straight until they would finally pass out. What did they do with the rest of their lives? Did they really put their game-playing talents on resumes? Education: Stanford. Experience: Passed out after playing Asteroids for three days straight. Objective: to kick your ass on Ms. Pac-Man. But what I really want to do is direct.
"One final note from me. Ms. Pac-Man has been ported to nearly every computer and console system ever made, and I honestly don't think there has ever been a bad translation. Every home version, while different from the arcade in their own unique ways, had succeeded in capturing the magic. Even the Atari 2600 had a superb version, which only makes their trampling of the original Pac-Man even more square."
Ms. Pac-Man (http://www.danielthomas.org/pop/classics/mspacman.htm)
http://www.danielthomas.org/Assets/mspacman.gif
An excerpt:
"I often wondered what happened to those teenagers back in the '80s, who would play arcade games on cheap television shows for days straight until they would finally pass out. What did they do with the rest of their lives? Did they really put their game-playing talents on resumes? Education: Stanford. Experience: Passed out after playing Asteroids for three days straight. Objective: to kick your ass on Ms. Pac-Man. But what I really want to do is direct.
"One final note from me. Ms. Pac-Man has been ported to nearly every computer and console system ever made, and I honestly don't think there has ever been a bad translation. Every home version, while different from the arcade in their own unique ways, had succeeded in capturing the magic. Even the Atari 2600 had a superb version, which only makes their trampling of the original Pac-Man even more square."