PacM̬̦̩̹̌͢a̪͓̮̼͍̗͑̿ͫn̛̥͈ͅ is the classic arcade game, but with extra horror

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/08/pacma.html

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is it just me seeing this?

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He comes!

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That’s a little slice of bizarre.

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(Oof, that doesn’t Onebox well.)

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Red ghost scared the crap out of me.

(EDIT: Didn’t mean to reply. I meant the one in the game, though the SMBC is really good, too)

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“… found locked in a safe in an old abandoned arcade …”

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There is a version of Pac-man called Pac-Man 256 and you can get it on the PS4 (and I assume other things) and it is an endless run of the maze, with the corruption you would see after level 256 in the old arcade slowly moving and eating up the screen, it gets a bit unnerving at times.

It is actually really fun multiplayer because you can work together and regenerate fallen friends.

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Yes. Nobody else sees that. Nobody.

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Is it Halloween season already @beschizza?

Also, why isn’t this a parody of all those cursed media horror films (Ringu, etc)? Because that would be amazing.

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I wonder if I can exorcise it with Radare :joy:

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iOS as well, although with F2P shenanigans.

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How does one pronounce that word?

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Seeing what?

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@beschizza wrote:

It’s been linked to several tragic incidents and completing the game is said to cause psychological and physiological trauma.

I thought we weren’t blaming video games for that sort of thing any more?

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Yes, quori! I’m seeing it too!
It’s Time! It’s Tiime!
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn!!

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Google “zalgo text.”

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There’s a video of someone playing the first three levels up on YouTube:

It looks like creepy fun. I’ll have to grab the game next time I’m on my laptop.

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“Z̬̬͖̤͓̞͉ͫ̌̈̎̿͌͆ãͣ̓̽lg͎̦̫o̐̍”

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