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Pac-Mac anniversary celebrated in style

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Human Pac-Man descends on Swindon tomorrow. Here's a picture of the dress rehearsal.

Pac-Man Anniversary

Swindon gamers take pill consumption to new levels

Members of the public can control a real-life Pac-Man. How? You have to be there to find out.

And Why? It's part of the Museum of Computing celebrations for Pac-Man's 30th anniversary.

Pac-Man

Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep

Happy Eater fans: Swindon Town Centre, Saturday 11am-4pm. It's the place to be. But watch out for ghosts, OK?

More event details here. ®

For all the complaining...

...el Reg still insists on posting links to freaking facebook

If the details are actually worth reporting, can we have an actuall copy of them rather than referencing back to a service that is slammed daily here.

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Olympics

These should be our Olympic mascots.

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This isn't news - apparently exam invigilators do it all the time to relieve the tedium

So when they're walking up and down and across between the rows of desks during your GCSE's what you don't realise is that one of them is the nominated Pac Man and the others are ghosts. I can't remember the full rules though.

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But

This is Swindon. That's a massive investment for Swindon, possibly the third-skankiest place in the country.

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I recognise that costume

So, last summer, I made a Pacman outfit and wore it to a couple of festivals:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3007692&l=1f09154824&id=514246503

I guess I got spotted!

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