PacManPlus Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 They kind of look like Japanese sausages. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I always thought of them as creatures with sheets on their heads to look like ghosts. Not actual ghosts, just creatures playing ghosts. And the cutscenes seem to bear that out. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 That guy is definitely going through some kind of withdrawal. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I thought they were the Ghosts...of Monsters. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 4:57 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 Yeah, I saw that. Left a comment about that yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smith Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 God almighty. Those guys in the youtube video are what today's gamers look like. Yikes. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Leonard Smith said: God almighty. Those guys in the youtube video are what today's gamers look like. Yikes. Nah, just this one fella seems to be a pretentious douche flute with bangs out a tuque. Don't judge a bushel just by it's bruises and all that right? Edited April 19, 2022 by Shawn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) … and I’m like - they be ghosts, monsters, monsters of ghosts or ghosts of monsters, - but what, what then is PacMan himself…? facis hominis ? facis in homine ? sarcina hominem ? Edited April 19, 2022 by Giles N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 48 minutes ago, Giles N said: - but what, what then is PacMan himself…? PacMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Betty Boop's pupils. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Yurkie said: PacMan The only thing I’m asking is whether PacMan, and thus by extension, PacMen, have or haven’t ‘…a notochord, a dorsal hollow tubular nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, endostyle/thyroid gland, and a post-anal tail.’ Yeah! And the same goes for those so-called, self-proclaimed ‘ghosts’ or ‘monsters’ too!! Edited April 19, 2022 by Giles N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Yurkie said: PacMan You mean… ‘The PacMan’… have had enough… ok,… we agree Edited April 19, 2022 by Giles N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 39 minutes ago, Giles N said: The only thing I’m asking is whether PacMan, and thus by extension, PacMen, have or haven’t ‘…a notochord, a dorsal hollow tubular nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, endostyle/thyroid gland, and a post-anal tail.’ Yeah! And the same goes for those so-called, self-proclaimed ‘ghosts’ or ‘monsters’ too!! You said the G word you sinner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Jinks said: You said the G word you sinner! … I certainly knew particular … uhm… characters were sacro-sanct at …, well, lets just say it; atari… age…, but that just implying that Mr.Pac … an undisputed ultra-hero around here, would be victimized by by me simply suggesting the existence a possible thyroid G(<—)land (and here, the absolute core of controversy is before our very eyes), in this superheroes bio-system, may even for a super-respecting guy like me, come as a bit of surprise… - - - Anyway, I see no peer-reviewed papers quoted as to the anatomamical and/or metaphysical-anatomical make-up of the antagonists that The PacMan himself must battle… thus you haven’t really said too much concerning the OPs existential questions of whether they are… ghosts… or … monsters… From an academical persoective I’m quite shocked that no-one here has so far suggested ‘spectralized hob-goblorcs’… That last option should have been quite evident from the start, and even given an entire outout of 16 (!!!) AtariAge-posts, no-one could suggest this before I did it now…? Edited April 19, 2022 by Giles N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Could a ghost be a monster? Sal: "That ghost raped my brother!" Tom: "What a monster!" When bumped Pac Man into them I called them FUCK! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 This guy....needs to.....learn to.....space out....his....words.... adequately rather.....than speaking....like he's.....running out.....of breath.....every....two words. Also Ellen Page (oh, excuse me, Elliot Page) would like his, her, errm, its? genetic material back, which was obviously used poorly for a bad clone. He also looks exactly like Shawn described him. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 A good read and very applicable: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/articles/pac-man_monsters_ghosts/pac-man_monsters_ghosts.html 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaden (JRH) Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 If that YouTube awards thing had an award for the greasiest oily guy on the website, this guy would definitely at least get a nomination for it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 All I see in the video is a guy who did a good job researching his topic and presenting it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, HammR25 said: All I see in the video is a guy who did a good job researching his topic and presenting it. Then you are not looking hard enough... (spoiler: - he was a ghost the whole time!) Edited April 20, 2022 by Lost Monkey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 I never thought of them as ghosts. People just started calling them ghosts BITD because they resembled a kid's "sheet-ghost" halloween costume and the name stuck. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 If they were really ghosts, then they should be able to go through the maze walls to get to you. That might make for a fun "Unfair Pac-Man" hack. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaden (JRH) Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) I thought the ghosts were jellyfish or squids when I was a kid. I guess then that would make Pac-Man a little fish eating fish flakes. And some really soggy fruit, random bells, crashed spaceships and their keys. I mean hey, all kinds of stuff ends up sinking to the bottom of the ocean. I really like @CMR's interpretation. Since the game is all about eating food, it would make sense that the ghosts were actually food too. Edited April 20, 2022 by Jaden (JRH) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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