Pac-Manhatten

[DJDeeb]

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......

Here is the website for this game > http://pacmanhattan.com/index.php
Photos > http://stage.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~ch690/picts.php
Videos > http://pacmanhattan.com/videos.php

There a couple of guys at my office that are organizing a Pan-Mancouver version of this for sometime at the end of the month..lol
Should be quite entertaining....

[Kandyapple]

lol at Pan-Mancouver :p

[MC Hammered]

I think this would be a MUCH better game-to-life recreation for Vancouver!

http://www.rosafamily.org/tributes/bnb/

[MissBehavior]

Originally Posted by DJDeeb

Here is the website for this game > http://pacmanhattan.com/index.php
Photos > http://stage.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~ch690/picts.php
Videos > http://pacmanhattan.com/videos.php

There a couple of guys at my office that are organizing a Pan-Mancouver version of this for sometime at the end of the month..lol
Should be quite entertaining....

DOOD! That is SO COOL.

I want in! =)

[DJDeeb]

When I find out the acutual date that this event will take place downtown then I'll let you know. Also if they need any extra people.