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Published: 2009-07-08 04:53:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 3002; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 82
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Videogaming legend has it that the creator of Pac-Man came up with the design of his character whilst he was eating a pizza. I don't know if that is entirely accurate, but when I was at work I sketched this and it was such a good laugh that I finally got round to colouring it in!
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I like your style of art :3 and your sense of humour is nice too
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"Although it is often cited that the character's shape was inspired by a pizza missing a slice, he admitted in a 1986 interview that it was a half-truth and the character design also came from simplifying and rounding out the Japanese character for mouth, kuchi (口
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Lol, like I said, "Legend has it"
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Still a funny pic by any standard
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Now that would be an interesting TMNT villian, killer Pizzas! I do like how this picture looks. I never knew that Pacman may have been based on that idea.
Great job.
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There was an episode in the classic 90s series that did indeed have killer pizzas as the enemies. The episode is on YouTube: [link]
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Did you get "Wakka Wakka Wakka" from that one Futurama episode? I know it's the approximate onomatopoeia from the game itself, but I was just wondering.
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Well, I remember that particular episode, among other things that sort of went along the same lines
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Ok, this is just damn hilarious lol!
I blame the wheat for this though
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the wheat contains gluten, and gluten is the source of all evil in the universe! Dr Robotnik was secretly trying to harvest gluten for his Doomsday Bread Machine he was going to unleash upon the world...
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So all this time it was actually a game about a pizza taking revenge by eating rather than being eaten.
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I don't know 
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Hmmm...maybe the next first slice of pizza you'll eat will be your last
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On some other poor sod's pizza
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I think pizzas have had enough from people eating them for once xd. Nicely done.
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Poor raccon person. About to get devoured by the utter goodness that is Domino's. I hope the Noid shows up and saves him.
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Not sure who the noid is exactly, but yeah, Domino's is pretty good ^^. Mind you I would say that; I work for them!
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Well, if there happens to be any holdovers from the like early-to-mid 90s where you work, ask them about the Noid. Or just google it. Whatev.
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Where are those ghosts when you need them!?
Great to see what your sketch ended up as!
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Or any other pizza company for that matter
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Hehe,everyone worst nightmare or dream,a pizza Pac-Man.Awesome work
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actually i saw a documentary about the history of the game, they interviewed someone who worked for namco and he was talking about how the original design team were eating pizza well after hours trying to come up with the latest greatest game craze, and they were inspired by the pizza.
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Lol, I heard it was the other way. He sais he wanted to make a game for girls as well as boys, so he asked what girls liked to do. He said the general reply was "eating"!
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also, did you know that they change the japanease name (Puck man) to Pac man because they were afraid of kits keying the p to make an F?
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