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Namco's ground-breaking arcade game Pac-Man had its first focus test in a Tokyo cinema foyer on May 22nd, 1980. Created by 24 year-old Toru Iwatani, it was originally called ‘Puck-Man' and designed to appeal to women as well as men. Each of the ghosts - Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde - was programmed to have its own personality using AI routines, creating a sense of ‘character' despite the pixelated rendering. Atari declined the opportunity to distribute the game in the U.S. - where, in just a year, it generated $1billion of revenue - in quarters… In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why the gameplay wipes out after 256 levels; explore the craze that saw a Pac-man strategy textbook shift one million copies; and consider why the game's name was changed to avoid some unfortunate graffiti…  Further Reading: • ‘The game that ate the world: 40 facts on Pac-Man's 40th birthday' (The Guardian, 2020): https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/may/22/pac-man-video-game-40-years-old • ‘Why Players Around the World Gobbled Up Pac-Man' (Smithsonian Magazine): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/why-players-around-world-gobbled-up-pac-man-180974902/ • ‘Pac-Man Level 256 - the last level in the game' (The Glitch Gamer, 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcI42czB2q4 #Gaming #Japan #80s Love the show? Join 

Join us on TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, the show that makes you go "Hummmm" Technology news of the week for October 9th – October 15th, 2022.Today on TechTime with Nathan Mumm, Pro-Russian Hackers took down US airports' sites in a calculated DDoS attack. Artificial Intelligence could soon diagnose illness, BMW wants you to stay in your car to play video games once parked, and we are talking robots with Gwen Way. This week, the "Technology Fail" comes to us from Apple with many ups and downs. In addition, we have our standard features, including "Mike's Mesmerizing Moment," "This Week in Technology," and a possible "Nathan Nugget." Finally, our "Pick of the Day" whiskey tasting. So, sit back, raise a glass, and welcome to TechTime with Nathan Mumm.Episode 122: Starts at 1:35--- [Now on Today's Show]: Starts at 4:06--- [Top Stories in The First Five Minutes]: Starts at 5:17US airports' sites taken down in DDoS attacks by pro-Russian hackers - https://tinyurl.com/4r3xs66u Artificial intelligence could soon diagnose illness based on the sound of your voice - https://tinyurl.com/h4uyu6c4BMW partners with AirConsole to bring in-car gaming in 2023 - https://tinyurl.com/54h9f9y3 How to watch "Meta Connect's 2022" keynote (hint: Facebook) - https://tinyurl.com/yc8dn9kn --- [Pick of the Day - Whiskey Tasting Reveal]: Starts at 21:26Rough Rider Bull Moose Triple Barrel Rye Whiskey | 90 Proof |$28.49--- [Gadgets and Gear with Gwen Way]: Starts at 23:40Meet Loona - The most Intelligent Petbot - She's so playful and affectionate you'll forget she's a robot. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keyitechnology/meet-loona-the-petbot-you-will-fall-in-love?ref=discovery_category  --- [This Week in Technology]: Starts at 36:13October 10, 1980 - Midway releases Pac-Man, the video game to North American arcades. In contrast, the Japanese release under "Puck-Man" occurred earlier in May of that year.  --- [Marc's Mumble Whiskey Details]: Starts at 40:13 --- [Technology Fail of the Week]: Starts at 43:00Don't take an iPhone to Kings Island amusement park outside Cincinnati, Ohio, as many of its rollercoaster rides trigger new iPhones' emergency calls.According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the plummeting rides have activated the iPhones' crash detection system. The feature was introduced in the new iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Series 8, Ultra, and SE with the latest OS. So don't plan and having your new iPhone with you to capture a picture at these parks. Cheers come from all Android users that love roller coasters.--- [Mike's Mesmerizing Moment brought to us by StoriCoffee®]: Starts at 47:50--- [Nathan Nugget]: Starts at 50:45--- [Pick of the Day]: Starts a 53:01Rough Rider Bull Moose Triple Barrel Rye Whiskey | 90 Proof |$28.49Mike: Thumbs UpNathan: Thumbs Up

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1981 is arguably the greatest year in arcade video game history. So, get out your quarters and join us for a brief crazy history of arcade video games leading up to the games of 1981. In this episode before we compare Donkey Kong, Ms Pac Man, Frogger, Defender and Galaga, we discuss the landmarks that lead the way: Pong, Space Invaders, and Pac Man ...or was it "Puck Man?"

Pac-Man is a maze arcade game developed and released by Namco in 1980. The original Japanese title of Puck Man was changed to Pac-Man for international releases as a preventative measure against defacement of the arcade machines by changing the P to an F. Outside Japan, the game was published by Midway Games as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America.

Our Pac-xploration continues as we talk about the remaining Pac-Man games of 1982: Pac-Man Plus, Super Pac-Man, and Baby Pac-Man. Bally and Midway get into “quantity over quality”, Namco follows up Puck-Man with their first official sequel, and pinball (which inspired Pac-Man) becomes part of the Pac-family. We also get the story of Baby Pac-Man's development straight from the designer himself! Exactly how does Pac-Man's anatomy work? Why did Midway release an expansion to Pac-Man just a month after releasing Ms. Pac-Man? What is Pac-Man's darkest timeline? That plus the origins of the Pac-children, Mortal Kombat jazz designs, and an important message about butt health.

Our Pac-xploration continues as we talk about the remaining Pac-Man games of 1982: Pac-Man Plus, Super Pac-Man, and Baby Pac-Man. Bally and Midway get into “quantity over quality”, Namco follows up Puck-Man with their first official sequel, and pinball (which... Read more

Our Pac-xploration continues as we talk about the remaining Pac-Man games of 1982: Pac-Man Plus, Super Pac-Man, and Baby Pac-Man. Bally and Midway get into “quantity over quality”, Namco follows up Puck-Man with their first official sequel, and pinball (which inspired Pac-Man) becomes part of the Pac-family. We also get the story of Baby Pac-Man's development straight from the designer himself! Exactly how does Pac-Man's anatomy work? Why did Midway release an expansion to Pac-Man just a month after releasing Ms. Pac-Man? What is Pac-Man's darkest timeline? That plus the origins of the Pac-children, Mortal Kombat jazz designs, and an important message about butt health.

[Enter 1930's gangster] "Some call it a banger, some have even said, 'wow, twas the greatest thing theys ever forthed abreast.' But me? Me and the boys know it as... episode 60..." [Enter 2020 e-boy] "Straight facts. Snatch that flex right up. High key, no cap. Dope. Lit. Do-lit. Ahahah." So anyway, there we were, chatting parking lot etiquette, real-money Deal or No Deal?, Tetris assisting with PTSD, and scratch-n-sniff CD ROMS, per usual. That's when he gave me the news. Pac-Man was almost named Puck-Man. I couldn't believe it.Also, what's your favorite color? Go ahead and write your answer on a scrap piece of paper, put it in a glass bottle (clear, not green), cork that big boy, and toss it in the sea, we'll get it. (Also don't do this. ITM does not support littering or any environmental destruction of any kind.)

Congratulations SpaceX for their sucessful manned Crew Dragon mission to the ISS.Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. It's not as great as Steve Austin's bionic eye from the Six Million Dollar Man, but it's pretty cool. Scientists have made a bionic eyeball inspired by the actual working of the human eye. This cool tech isn't ready to go in a human head yet, but when it is we can only hope it's cheaper than Steve's eye.Robots are here, and they're coming for your jobs. Now even actors don't have job security. Miquela is a CGI replacement for advertising models is now leaving Instagram and breaking into acting. Which raises a concerning question. How long until they replace the podcasters?Football manager is one of the most popular management simulators. Recently they've come under fire from Manchester United for copyright issues. Despite letting it slide for almost 30 years, Man U have decided it's time to sue.This week in gaming DJ jumps at shadows in Alan Wake and Professor goes full Groundhog Day in Into the Breach.Bionic eyes giving sight- https://bgr.com/2020/05/24/bionic-eye-human-prosthetics/- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2285-xThe Rise of Virtual actresses: Miquela- https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/25/are-virtual-actors-about-to-put-hollywoods-humans-out-of-work-miquelaMan United suing Football Manager- https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/22/manchester-united-sues-football-manager-makers-over-use-of-nameGames PlayedProfessor– Into The Breach – https://store.steampowered.com/app/590380/Into_the_Breach/Rating: 4/5DJ– Alan Wake – https://store.steampowered.com/app/108710/Alan_Wake/Rating: 4/5Other topics discussedSailor Moon Redraw : Jar Jar Binks edition- https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1854154-sailor-moon-redrawCochlear Implant (A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted neuroprosthetic device to provide a person with moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss a modified sense of sound. CI bypasses the normal acoustic hearing process to replace it with electric signals which directly stimulate the auditory nerve.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implantWhy some people turned down a 'medical miracle' and decided to stay deaf- https://www.insider.com/why-deaf-people-turn-down-cochlear-implants-2016-12Lil Miquela Instagram profile- https://www.instagram.com/lilmiquela/James Dean will be digitally resurrected for a new film. Is it movie magic or dark arts?- https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/11/07/james-dean-will-be-digitally-resurrected-new-film-is-it-movie-magic-or-dark-arts/Peter Cushing CGI resurrection in Star Wars Rogue One- https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/dec/16/rogue-one-star-wars-cgi-resurrection-peter-cushingThe Drip: having a large amount of swag typically used in the context of clothing- https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the%20dripAdobe Voco (Adobe Voco will be an audio editing and generating prototype software by Adobe that enables novel editing and generation of audio.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_VocoDetroit: Become Human (Detroit: Become Human is a 2018 adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit:_Become_HumanSouth Park – They Took Our Jobs- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-kgb1QtSnUFootball Manager ((also known as Worldwide Soccer Manager in North America from 2004 to 2008) is a series of football management simulation video games developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_ManagerP90 (The P90 or ES C90, as it was previously known, is a submachine gun featured in the Counter-Strike series. They are based off FN P90.)- https://counterstrike.fandom.com/wiki/P90- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_P90Generic Trademark (A generic trademark, also known as a genericised trademark or proprietary eponym, is a trademark or brand name that, because of its popularity or significance, has become the generic name for, or synonymous with, a general class of product or service, usually against the intentions of the trademark's holder.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademarkAn introduction to YouTube Copyright in United Kingdom- https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre/articles/an-introduction-to-youtube-copyrightPro Evo Soccer (More experienced gamers often use "patches", editing the actual game code and modifying the graphical content to include accurate kits for unlicensed teams, new stadiums, and footballs from Nike, Inc., Puma,Umbro and Mitre, as well as more Adidas balls. Most patches also contain licensed referee kits from FIFA and the official logos of the various European leagues.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Evolution_Soccer#GameplayQuantum Break (From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.)- https://store.steampowered.com/app/474960/Quantum_Break/Control (After a secretive agency in New York is invaded by an otherworldly threat, you become the new Director struggling to regain Control in this supernatural 3rd person action-adventure from Remedy Entertainment and 505 Games)- https://store.steampowered.com/app/870780/Control/Elvis the Alien (Elvis (real name: Aelphaeis Mangarae) is an alien from the Maian race. He is a 'Protector' (bodyguard) for the Maian ambassador who travels to Earth at Daniel Carrington's request.)- https://perfectdark.fandom.com/wiki/Elvis‘Labyrinth’ Sequel: New Director revealed- https://deadline.com/2020/05/labyrinth-sequel-scott-derrickson-director-maggie-levin-write-script-doctor-strange-1202943188/‘Labyrinth’ Sequel idea : Jennifer Connelly’s Sarah grows up to be the Goblin King.- https://twitter.com/kaytaylorrea/status/1265493556988387328Love, Stranger (TNC Podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/lovestrangerpodcastShout Outs22 May 2020 – Pac-Man turns 40 - https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/pac-man-turns-40-seven-secrets/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=webThe yellow dude with the insatiable appetite for power pellets is turning 40, having racked up everything from sales records to a breakfast cereal. And there is no gaming icon who is more recognizable — or who has done more to bring gaming to the front of the collective cultural mind. Pac-Man’s raison d’être is chomping dots. And Iwatani says food was central to the design of the character. As he thought about how to design a game that would attract female players, he thought about how much his wife loved to eat dessert. That verb — eat — began the thought process that led to the game. The original name for Pac-Man in Japan was Puck-Man. Midway Games, which distributed the title in the U.S., changed it to Pac-Man so vandals wouldn’t cut out part of the P to create something that didn’t fit in a family-friendly arcade. The name Puck came from the Japanese expression “puck puck” which loosely translates to “munch munch.” When Pac-Man made his debut on May 22, 1980, video games were largely considered a boy’s club. Creator Toru Iwatani, in a panel presentation at GDC 2011, said he wanted to create a game to change that. “The reason I created Pac-Man was because we wanted to attract female gamers,” he says. “People had to go to the arcade center to play games. That was a playground for boys. It was dirty and smelly. So, we wanted to include female players, so it would become cleaner and brighter.”22 May 2020 – Perfect Dark turns 20 - https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/perfect-dark-20-years-old-fans-want-new-game/Rare Ltd's Nintendo 64 classic Perfect Dark turned 20 years old. Released on May 22nd, 2000, the game was Rare's follow-up to GoldenEye 007. Rare originally intended to make another Bond game, but was outbid by Electronic Arts. Instead, Rare decided to develop their own franchise, introducing the world to protagonist Joanna Dark. The resulting game was a massive success, and a prequel was released on Xbox 360. Although critics widely praised its graphics,artificial intelligence, and number of multiplayer options, they frequently criticised its occasional frame rate drops. The game received the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Moving Images Award for 2000 and theGolden Satellite Award for Best Interactive Product in 2001. The game is occasionally cited as one of the greatest video games of all time. A remaster, also titled Perfect Dark, featuring enhanced graphics and online multiplayer, was released in 2010.22 May 2020 – Berlin WW2 bombing survivor Saturn the alligator dies in Moscow Zoo - https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-52784240After hatching in Mississippi, Saturn was soon brought to Germany, residing at the Berlin Zoological Garden. It was here that his association with Adolf Hitler originated, as Hitler reportedly enjoyed visiting the zoo and especially liked the alligator. It was from this period that the popular rumor emerged that Saturn was Adolf Hitler's "pet". This may have originated with the author Boris Akunin, a Russian writer who hypothesized in an article that this may have been the case. In actuality, he was not Hitler's personal pet, as he was on public display at the zoo. However, some sources report his display at the zoo as being part of a personal menagerie of Hitler's, while Dmitry Vasilyev, a veterinarian at the Moscow Zoo, contends that while Saturn was not Hitler's pet, the two certainly came into contact, as Hitler was known to have visited the Berlin Zoo on occasion. During World War II, much of the Berlin Zoo was destroyed. Of the zoo's 16,000 animals, only 96 survived. When the aquarium building was destroyed by a bomb on 23 November 1943, 20 to 30 alligators and crocodiles were killed. Press reports documented that the streets near the aquarium were littered with alligator andcrocodile corpses, but that some, including Saturn, had survived and were wandering through the city in search of food. Saturn was discovered by British soldiers three years later. The British then gave the alligator to the Soviets in 1946. He lived at the Moscow Zoo until 22 May 2020, when he died of old age.23 May 2020 – Lost series finale turns 10 - https://observer.com/2020/05/lost-series-finale-the-end-jean-higgins-jeff-pinkner-damon-lindelof/The 10-year anniversary of its series finale, “The End,” was a grippingly divisive chapter in modern pop culture history. Although the final strokes of its conclusion were not set it stone when that pilot first aired, consideration to the endgame had always been brewing. To unpack how the series navigated the minefield of fan expectations while battling the network for direction, Lost‘s conclusion was rockier than most fans at home realized. From the very beginning of the show’s development, the Lost title was meant to have a double meaning. Yes, the characters themselves were physically lost in the world on this mysterious island. But, more crucially, they were each spiritually lost in their own lives. The show always tried to remain true to the characters and, by the end, to some spiritual outlook about life and our purpose. It also edged open new doors into its story even as the show approached its very end. Lost often felt artistically bold, but that didn’t come without drawbacks. “The End” polarized audiences deeply. Several critics named it among the worst series finales of all time, while others called it an underrated masterpiece. Regardless of the ongoing debate that still ensnares “The End,” Lost as a whole remains one of the most acclaimed television shows in history.Remembrances25 May 1939 – Sir Frank Watson Dyson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Watson_DysonEnglish astronomer and Astronomer Royal who is remembered today largely for introducing time signals ("pips") from Greenwich, England, and for the role he played in proving Einstein's theory of general relativity. In 1928, he introduced in the Observatory a new free-pendulum clock, the most accurate clock available at that time and organised the regular wireless transmission from the GPO wireless station at Rugby of Greenwich Mean Time. He also, in 1924, introduced the distribution of the "six pips" via the BBC. Dyson was noted for his study of solar eclipses and was an authority on the spectrum of the corona and on the chromosphere. He is credited with organising expeditions to observe the 1919 solar eclipse at Brazil and Principe, which he somewhat optimistically began preparing for prior to the Armistice of 11 November 1918. Dyson presented his observations of the solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 to a joint meeting of the Royal Society and Royal Astronomical Society on 6 November 1919. The observations confirmed Albert Einstein's theory of the effect of gravity on light which until that time had been received with some scepticism by the scientific community. Dyson died on board a ship at the age of 71 while travelling from Australia to England in 1939 and was buried at sea.25 May 1981 – Ruby Payne-Scott - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Payne-ScottRuby Violet Payne-Scott, Australian pioneer in radiophysics and radio astronomy, and was the first female radio astronomer. On 18 August 1941, Payne-Scott joined the Radiophysics Laboratory of the Australian government's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). During World War II, she was engaged in top secret work investigating radar technology, becoming Australia's expert on the detection of aircraft using Plan Position Indicator (PPI) displays. After the war, in 1948, she published a comprehensive report on factors affecting visibility on PPI displays. She also made important contributions to prototype radar systems operating in the 25cm microwave band, achieving significant improvements. Payne-Scott's expertise as both a physicist and an electrical engineer distinguished her among her colleagues, most of whom lacked a formal physics education. From 1946 to 1951, Payne-Scott focused on these 'burst' radio emissions from the sun, and is credited with discovering Type I and III bursts, and with gathering data that helped characterise Types II and IV. As part of this work, together with Alec Little, she designed and built a new 'swept-lobe' interferometer that could draw a map of solar radio emission strength and polarization once every second, and would automatically record to a movie camera whenever emissions reached a certain intensity. In 2018, the New York Times wrote a belated obituary for her, detailing how her work helped lay the foundation for a new field of science called radio astronomy. In 2008, CSIRO acknowledged Payne-Scott's contribution to science, and established the Payne-Scott Award, intended "for researchers returning from family-related career breaks". She died from complications of dementia at the age of 68 in Mortdale,New South Wales.25 May 1981 – Fredric Warburg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_WarburgFredric John Warburg, British publisher best known for his association with the author George Orwell. During a career spanning a large part of the 20th century and ending in 1971 Warburg published Orwell's Animal Farm as well as Nineteen Eighty-Four, and works by other leading figures such asThomas Mann and Franz Kafka. Other notable publications included The Third Eye by Lobsang Rampa, Pierre Boulle's The Bridge over the River Kwai, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and William Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Warburg started his publishing career in 1922, as an apprentice at Routledge & Sons, where he came under the tutelage of William Swan Stallybrass, a man he regarded as "the greatest scholar-publisher of his day". After Stallybrass died in 1931 Warburg became increasingly dissatisfied with Routledge and in 1935 he was dismissed. Later that year he and Roger Senhouse purchased the publishing firm of Martin Secker, which had gone into receivership, and renamed it Secker & Warburg. The firm became renowned for its independent left-wing position, being both anti-fascist and anti-Communist, which put it at loggerheads with many intellectuals of the time. He died from Congestive heart failure at the age of 82 in London.Famous Birthdays25 May 1865 – Pieter Zeeman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_ZeemanPieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect. In 1896, shortly before moving from Leiden to Amsterdam, he measured the splitting of spectral lines by a strong magnetic field, a discovery now known as the Zeeman effect, for which he won the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics. This research involved an investigation of the effect of magnetic fields on a light source. He discovered that a spectral line is split into several components in the presence of a magnetic field. The importance of Zeeman's discovery soon became apparent. It confirmed Hendrik Lorentz’s prediction about the polarization of light emitted in the presence of a magnetic field. Thanks to Zeeman's work it became clear that the oscillating particles that according to Lorentz were the source of light emission were negatively charged, and were a thousandfold lighter than the hydrogen atom. This conclusion was reached well before Thomson's discovery of the electron. The Zeeman effect thus became an important tool for elucidating the structure of the atom. He was born in Zonnemaire.25 May 1889 – Igor Sikorsky - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_SikorskyIgor Ivanovich Sikorsky, Russian–American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. His first success came with the S-2, the second aircraft of his design and construction. His fifth airplane, the S-5, won him national recognition as well as F.A.I. license number 64. HisS-6-A received the highest award at the 1912 Moscow Aviation Exhibition, and in the fall of that year the aircraft won for its young designer, builder and pilot first prize in the military competition at Saint Petersburg. After immigrating to the United States in 1919, Sikorsky founded the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in 1923, and developed the first of Pan American Airways' ocean-crossing flying boats in the 1930s. In 1939, Sikorsky designed and flew the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, the first viable American helicopter, which pioneered the rotor configuration used by most helicopters today. Sikorsky modified the design into the Sikorsky R-4, which became the world's first mass-produced helicopter in 1942. He was born in Kiev.25 May 1944 – Frank Oz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_OzFrank Richard Oznowicz, American actor, puppeteer, director and producer. He began his career as a puppeteer, performing the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle in The Muppet Show; and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in Sesame Street. He is also known for the role of Yoda in the Star Wars series, providing the voice for the character in several films and television series. His work as a director includes Little Shop of Horrors , Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Score and Death at a Funeral . Oz has performed as a Muppet performer in over 75 productions including Labyrinth, video releases, and television specials, as well as countless other public appearances, episodes of Sesame Street, and other Jim Henson series. His puppetry work spans from 1963 to the present, although he semi-retired from performing his Muppets characters in 2001. Oz is also known as the performer of Jedi Master Yoda from George Lucas' Star Wars series. Jim Henson had originally been contacted by Lucas about possibly performing Yoda. Henson was preoccupied and instead suggested Oz to be assigned as chief puppeteer of the character, as well as a creative consultant. Oz performed the puppet and provided the voice for Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back , Return of the Jedi , Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace , and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Oz had a great deal of creative input on the character and was himself responsible for creating the character's trademark syntax. He was born in Hereford,Herefordshire.Events of Interest25 May 1895 – Oscar Wilde arrested for indecency - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oscar-wilde-is-sent-to-prison-for-indecencyWriter Oscar Wilde is sent to prison after being convicted of sodomy. The famed writer of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest brought attention to his private life in a feud with Sir John Sholto Douglas, whose son was intimately involved with Wilde. Homosexuality was a criminal offense and serious societal taboo at this time in Britain. Wilde had gone back and forth between hiding his sexual orientation and attempting to gain some measure of public acceptance. At Wilde’s first criminal trial, he was cross-examined extensively on the “love that dare not speak its name.” Wilde managed to secure a mistrial when a lone juror refused to vote to convict. The second trial began on May 21. Although many of the potential witnesses refused to betray Wilde by testifying, he was convicted. The judge remarked at his sentencing, “It is the worst case I have ever tried. I shall pass the severest sentence that the law allows. In my judgment it is totally inadequate for such a case as this. The sentence of the Court is that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labor for two years.26 May 1897 – Dracula goes to sale in London - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dracula-goes-on-sale-in-londonThe first copies of the classic vampire novel Dracula, by Irish writer Bram Stoker, appear in London bookshops on May 26, 1897. It earned him literary fame and became known as a masterpiece of Victorian-era Gothic literature. Written in the form of diaries and journals of its main characters, Dracula is the story of a vampire who makes his way from Transylvania—a region of Eastern Europe now in Romania—to Yorkshire, England, and preys on innocents there to get the blood he needs to live. Stoker had originally named the vampire “Count Wampyr.” He found the name Dracula in a book on Wallachia and Moldavia written by retired diplomat William Wilkinson, which he borrowed from a Yorkshire public library during his family’s vacations there. Vampires–who left their burial places at night to drink the blood of humans–were popular figures in folk tales from ancient times, but Stoker’s novel catapulted them into the mainstream of 20th-century literature. Late 20th-century examples of the vampire craze include the bestselling novels of American writer Anne Rice and the cult hit TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The 21st century saw the wildly popularTwilight film and book series.25 May 2010 – Fireball was released in Italy-https://www.scifihistory.net/may-25.html- https://www.betafilm.com/en/product/d/fireball.html- https://horrornews.net/559/film-review-fireball-2009/On this day in 2010 (in Italy), Fireball burned up the charts of the home video marketplace. The feature starred Ian Somerhalder and Lexa Doig, and here's the plot summary : Tyler “The Fuse” Draven is a former pro linebacker who has finally hit rock bottom. Draven has been caught using steroids and is no longer allowed to play pro football; if that’s not enough he has a news reporter constantly harassing him waving a camera in his face. After attacking the news reporter Tyler is sent to prison and one would think that would be the end to this mans story however a fire erupts in the prison and melds with the steroids in Draven’s blood stream causing him to suddenly be able to control heat and fire, now somebody is gonna pay!IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rssInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/General EnquiriesEmail - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comRate & Review us on Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/nerds-amalgamated-623195

It's time to talk about something that's really old, because old things can be great, too! Pac-Man podcast with the Arcade Mage and the Slipstream Mage. We'll discuss the devs taking a risk with Pac-Man over Rally X, vandalizing "Puck-Man", world records and President Reagan, the killscreen, K.C. Munchkin, how the world of games development has changed, our earliest memories of Pac-Man, ye olde arcades, the infamous Atari 2600 Pac-Man, developers that once struggled to gain recognition and credit for their games, being inspired by pizza, the twin cherries strategy, purchasing arcade cabinets today, deterministic artificial intelligent and the ghosts, Pac-Man's firsts, Pac-Man at amusement parks, Pac-Man merch, Pac-Man spin-offs, Pac-Man pasta!! Everything Pac-Man, plus Ms. Pac-Man, Professor Pac-Man, and Baby Pac-Man, too. Oh and appealing to stereotypes vs inclusivity.Links: https://thewellredmage.com/2017/02/01/pac-man/https://thewellredmage.com/2020/01/17/psikyo-shooting-stars-alpha-2020-switch/https://thewellredmage.com/2020/02/06/dawn-of-man-review-2020-ps4/http://www.arcadecastle.com/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jnXEB5JT4VD3EOybG5LFAPatreonMerchGuests: @TheArcadeCastle and @JTorto40Music: "Pac-Man" by Dancing Bros. and "Pac-Man Fever (Club Version)" by Buckner & GarciaSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/thewellredmage)

Pac-Man is a maze arcade game developed and released by Namco in 1980. As I can remember when I was a little boy. I played Pac-Man on the arcade machine, at the laundromat and also at the Arcade game section of many malls. Puck Man was changed to Pac Man. Puck Man was its original Japanese title.- How to play Pac Man? The player controls Pac Man with a joy stick or arcade game controller. While moving Pac Man the mission is for Pac Man to eat all of the dots on the inside of the different enclosed mazes while avoiding the four colored ghost monsters. The ghost monsters names are Blinky(red), Pinky(pink), Inky(cyan), and Clyde(orange). When Pac Man eats the large flashing dots called power pellets the ghost monsters turn blue, allowing Pac Man to eat them for bonus points. Eating a certain number of dots in a level will cause a bonus item, usually in the form of a fruit to appear and then Pac Man eats these different fruits for bonus points. Also.- Pac Man's origin. A man name Toru Iwatani developed the game in 1979. He had a vision and desire to create a game that would appeal to women as well as men. Since most of the video games at that time were war or sports themed. His inspiration was the image of a pizza with a slice removed and then he thought kuchi the Japanese symbol meaning mouth. This became our today Pac Man. The in the game characters were made to be cute and colorful to appeal to the younger players(the children). The original Japanese title of Puck Man was derived from the official character's hockey puck shape.- Pac Man is a widespread critical and commercial success. The game is important and influential, and it is commonly listed as one of the greatest video games of all time. The success of the game led to many sequels, merchandise, and two television series, as well as a hit single titled, "Pac Man Fever" released in 1981 by the American musical duo Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia. The Pac Man video game franchise remains one of the highest grossing and best selling game series of all time, generating more than $14 billion in revenue as of 2016 and $43 million in sales combined. The character of Pac Man is the mascot and flagship icon of Bandai Namco Entertainment and has the highest brand awareness of any video game character in North America.- In closing out! Let us all continue to enjoy playing Pac Man. Pac Man doesn't care! He keeps on eating. Waka! Waka! Waka! -Waka! Waka! Waka!

Mike and Tammy discuss a famous data set, and respond to a listener request about urban growth boundaries.

A hilarious history of the golden period of computer games, from Pong to Playstation, from the creator of Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit. It is fair to say Steve McNeil likes video games. When he took his Nintendo Wii on honeymoon (obviously), he played it so much he damaged an eye and had to wear an eye patch. The locals nicknamed him 'the pale pirate'. Steve's obsession with video games can be traced back to the golden period from the late '70s to the mid '90s. In this book he delves into these games - from the appallingly bad to the breathtakingly good. He also takes us through the nerdy geniuses who created them, their fierce rivalries and risks often leading to some of the most farcical moments in the history of entertainment. This is a story of obsession, full of tales of Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Mario, Sonic, 3D Wolf, Lemmings and Worms. It will also answer important questions about the golden age. Questions like: why did Namco feel they had to change the name of Puck Man to Pac Man because they were worried about graffiti when Nintendo were more than happy to bring out Duck Hunt?

In this episode, Bryan, Dav, and Sam breakdown the eighth minute of Scott Pilgrim vs The World.Email the show at ScottvsMinute@gmail.com

Why was the name of the game Puck-Man changed before coming to the US? Does Muhammed Ali stand a chance against Larry Holmes? And whatever happened to Buckwheat? Those questions and more will be addressed in the latest episode of Pop History Podcast!  Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Pop History Podcast! Host and producer: Jay Jackson Theme music by Jason Parkhurst. All other music used herein is the property of their respective songwriters, publishers, and recording companies, and are used within this podcast for historical educational purposes. Support us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Patreon! Email: pophistorypodcast@yahoo.com To hear the full versions of all these songs, find our playlist on Spotify by searching for pophistorypodcast The Billboard Top Ten singles chart used for this show was the week of October 11, 1980. 

«Pac-Man» ist die Gameikone der frühen 80er. Songs landeten in den US-Charts, es gab unzähliges Merchandise und selbst Frühstückflocken im Pac-Man-Design wurden von 80er Kids verspiesen. Ausserdem ist «Pac-Man» der erfolgreischste Spielhallenautomat aller Zeiten! Und nun lässt sich der gelbe Pillenfresser, der ursprünglich «Puck-Man» heissen sollte, jedoch die Namensänderung erhielt, weil die Japaner sich vor Vandalen fürchteten, die an den Arcades aus dem «P» ein «F» machen könnten, auf der PS4 von Geistern durch das Einbildschirm grosse Labyrinth jagen. Dies entweder im Einzelkauf oder wahlweise im «Arcade Game Series 3-in-1 Pack» inklusive «Galaga» und «Dig Dug». Für Aracde-Nostalgiker sicherlich immer noch eine Runde wert, besonders, wenn man die Games nicht schon irgendwo auf einer anderen Plattform bereits ein- oder mehrmals gedownloadet hat. Alle Games haben einige Optionen, so lassen sich etwa die Aracde typischen Scanlines einstellen und auch verschiedene Sound-Settings werden angeboten. Was erwartet Euch? In «Pac-Man» müsst Ihr alle Pillen essen, Geistern ausweichen und diese jagen, nachdem ihr die Superpille gemampft habt - diese Umkehrung des Spielprinzips hält jedoch nur kurz an, danach seit ihr wieder der Gejagte. In «Galaga» bekämpft Ihr Ausserirdische Insekten, die den Spielern abballern, Kamikaze mässig in den Spieler fliegen oder ihn sogar entführen. Dann kann man sich das entführte Schiff jedoch zurückholen und - wenn erfolgreich gerettet - im Doppelpack die Invasoren bekämpfen. Berühmt wegen eben dieser Entführungsgeschichte und der sensationellen Bonusrunde mit packender Musik und sich im Takt bewegenden Insektenaliens. Der jedoch mit Abstand beste «Galaga»-Teil ist und bleibt die "88er"-Variante - einer der besten Arcade-Titel überhaupt! Schliesslich lasst ihr in «Dig Dug» brutal diverser Viecher platzen. Grabt euch in die Erde, pumpt Luft mit eurer Pumpe in Drachen und anderes Gesindel, bis diese explodieren - was für ein brutales Spiel! Umrahmt jedoch in bunter Comicoptik, fällt es schwer das Spielprinzip richtig ernst zu nehmen. Alles in allem ein schönes Dreierpack für Nostalgiker und Kids mit Mut zu schnellen, schwierigen Games. Denn wer in jedem dieser Spiele die ersten 10 Levels bestehen möchte, muss schon einige Skills aufweisen. Traust du dir diese Herausforderung zu? (raf)