VIDEO GAMES THAT COME TO LIFE!!!

I would add this to my list of reasons that I believe that even NYU grad students aren’t taking this whole “workload thing” seriously.

Although I do admit that I engage in a real-life version of Frogger on a regular basis as I cross the streets of this Great City, weaving (doink) between (doink, doink) cars (doink) and trucks (doink), jumping over logs and alligators (doink, doink, doink) on my way across the street, Pac-Manhattan takes video games to a whole new level…

From their website (I did a little bit of cosmetic editing, capping some words, but otherwise the text is directly from the site):

Pac-Manhattan is a large-scale urban game that utilizes the New York City grid to recreate the 1980's video game sensation Pac-Man. This analog version of Pac-Man is being developed in NYU's Interactive Telecommunications graduate program, in order to explore what happens when games are removed from their "little world" of tabletops, televisions and computers and placed in the larger "real world" of street corners, and cities. A player dressed as Pac-Man will run around the Washington Square Park area of Manhattan while attempting to collect all of the virtual "dots" that run the length of the streets. Four players dressed as the ghosts Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde will attempt to catch Pac-Man before all of the dots are collected. Using cell-phone contact, Wi-Fi internet connections, and custom software designed by the Pac-Manhattan team, Pac-Man and the ghosts will be tracked from a central location and their progress will be broadcast over the internet for viewers from around the world.

And there’s more…they have a FAQ page and registration form online, in case anyone would like to participate…any takers? I’m waiting until they give me a pink bow, and then I’ll be Ms. Pac-Manhattan…

VIDEO GAMES THAT COME TO LIFE!!!

I would add this to my list of reasons that I believe that even NYU grad students aren’t taking this whole “workload thing” seriously.

Although I do admit that I engage in a real-life version of Frogger on a regular basis as I cross the streets of this Great City, weaving (doink) between (doink, doink) cars (doink) and trucks (doink), jumping over logs and alligators (doink, doink, doink) on my way across the street, Pac-Manhattan takes video games to a whole new level…

From their website (I did a little bit of cosmetic editing, capping some words, but otherwise the text is directly from the site):

Pac-Manhattan is a large-scale urban game that utilizes the New York City grid to recreate the 1980's video game sensation Pac-Man. This analog version of Pac-Man is being developed in NYU's Interactive Telecommunications graduate program, in order to explore what happens when games are removed from their "little world" of tabletops, televisions and computers and placed in the larger "real world" of street corners, and cities. A player dressed as Pac-Man will run around the Washington Square Park area of Manhattan while attempting to collect all of the virtual "dots" that run the length of the streets. Four players dressed as the ghosts Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde will attempt to catch Pac-Man before all of the dots are collected. Using cell-phone contact, Wi-Fi internet connections, and custom software designed by the Pac-Manhattan team, Pac-Man and the ghosts will be tracked from a central location and their progress will be broadcast over the internet for viewers from around the world.

And there’s more…they have a FAQ page and registration form online, in case anyone would like to participate…any takers? I’m waiting until they give me a pink bow, and then I’ll be Ms. Pac-Manhattan…