Pac-Man turns 45 on May 22. Even if you weren’t around during the arcade’s heyday, you know Pac-Man. The little yellow circle has been munching dots and running from ghosts in a massive franchise that ...

How a young game designer at Namco turned a simple idea about eating into a worldwide gaming icon. How each of Pac-Man’s ghosts has its own unique behavior that’s driven by early game logic. Why the ...

It’s been over forty-five years, but Pac-Man has never stopped munching. Even after more than four and a half decades, gamers never tire of rushing through the maze and ducking ghosts. So, just what ...

On the Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: When Pac-Man first made its way into arcades back in 1980, it took the gaming industry by storm. Chris Morris, an independent journalist ...