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We can hardly believe it ourselves. It’ll be thirty years since Pac-Man has been released, come 2010. And Namco Bandai isn’t going to let an anniversary like that come and go unheeded. Not when there’s profit to be had! The gaming company is currently in the development phase of a new Pac-Man game to celebrate the game’s tri-decade birthday.

Rumor has it that the new game will be more akin to the “character action” genre, which doesn’t sound very “chasing ghosts through mazes”-alicious to us. Is there a completely new Pac-World ahead of us? Oh! And as promised, check out this killer Pac-Man T-shirt design. When you just can’t cut it alone, who you gonna call? That’s right. Ghostbusters, muthatrucka. Even more Pac-Man goodness after the jump-eroni. (more…)

Anyone who lived through the 90’s remembers the Tamagotchi virtual pet games. You couldn’t walk out the door without seeing ten children toting them. Now, from the same company that brought you the Tamagotchi, Bandai presents the Human Player, a virtual you. Before you start to play, you take a 50 question personality test that determines the actions of the on-screen mini-you. There are 22 different personality results.

Once you have your personality type pegged down, you can interact with other virtual people in your game and can even beam yourself to other peoples worlds using infrared, to interact with people in their world. Is this not disturbing? Catch the jump for a crazy Japanese video intro. (more…)