The Influence of Pac-Man

[queerbychoice]

Posted by Brenna:

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."—Kristian Wilson, Nintendo,Inc.

Comment from piercedreality:

that was also said [quoted] by Superstar DJ KEOKI a (very prominent dj) at a rave while coincidentally there was about 5oo kids running around in the dark listing to loud techno music while a good amount of them were doing their best to find various pills.

I played plenty of Pac-Man in elementary school, though, and I didn't grow up munching magic pills or going to raves. Nor do I find myself frequently chased by funny-colored ghosts trying to eat me.

Comments

[spee.livejournal.com]

your collocation of those two quotes amused me! i'm sorry about the ghosts. helpful reminder: if you find the right pill, YOU can eat them.

[foldingspace.livejournal.com]

Hey! That used to be my sig-file! Except it went:

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be munching magic pills while listening to repetitive electronic music in dark rooms and, oh wait..."