Google goes "Pacman" with animated, interactive logo and sound! - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

CrazyInSane · 2010-05-21, 11:07 AM

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20005528-52.html

Google has introduced a Pacman-styled animated logo today in celebration of the 30th birthday of Pacman!

It includes sound! And you can play Pacman!!

Also, an "Insert Coin" button has replaced the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button

For any who may have missed it here's a screenshot:

sleemo · 2010-05-21, 11:15 AM

Heh...you beat me to it. I was just about to post this!

Tezster · 2010-05-21, 11:15 AM

FYI it's not only animated - you can actually play the game!

magnet · 2010-05-21, 11:29 AM

Insert Coin twice and you get Pac-man & Ms. Pac-man on the same board.

Larry · 2010-05-21, 11:39 AM

Sure brings back the memories. But even after all this time, its still a great game. High score so far, 19820.

notsure · 2010-05-21, 11:57 AM

Those crazy google people!

CastleRockDays · 2010-05-21, 01:30 PM

this is EPIC!

cambo · 2010-05-21, 02:00 PM

Absolutely brilliant marketing from the Google machine...been addicted to it all day....must get work done...

eljay · 2010-05-21, 02:12 PM

Very cool!

LONSat · 2010-05-21, 05:15 PM

Not so cool on some firefox installs. I and many others are having the pacman siren play no matter what page they are on. Apparently one of my firefox plugins has some sort of hook into google which means that when I open firefox even on a blank page I get the sound.

Which begs the question is this plugin reporting back to google more than I want. You just have to search (I was going to say google) firefox pacman sound to see that it is fairly common. Doesn't really give me warm fuzzies that firefox or one of its extensions is in constant contact with google. Seems to me to a bit a potential privacy issue here. Makes me wonder about both firefox and google.

CrazyInSane · 2010-05-25, 09:18 AM

UPDATE:

Now that Google has restored their original logo, the Pacman game logo is archived (seemingly permanently) here:

http://www.google.com/pacman/

99semaj · 2010-05-25, 05:45 PM

...and it even plays on an iPad using touch gestures

BillytheGreek · 2010-05-26, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Users spent more than 4.8 million hours of time playing Google's free Pac-Man game May 21, a time suck that could have cost companies nearly $120.5 million, according to time management tool RescueTime. The time management provider said Pac-Man ate up 4,819,352 hours of time beyond the 33.6 million daily manhours of attention that Google Search gets in a given day. The numbers should give some employers pause to wonder what their worker bees are doing in the hive

http://http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-...ollars-187587/

And we wonder why companies block everything

2010-05-21, 11:07 AM	#1
CrazyInSane Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Prince Edward Island — Shaw Direct (HD) Posts: 320	Google goes "Pacman" with animated, interactive logo and sound! http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20005528-52.html Google has introduced a Pacman-styled animated logo today in celebration of the 30th birthday of Pacman! It includes sound! And you can play Pacman!! Also, an "Insert Coin" button has replaced the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button For any who may have missed it here's a screenshot:

2010-05-21, 11:15 AM	#3
Tezster Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mississauga Posts: 1,984	FYI it's not only animated - you can actually play the game! __________________ My Living Room HT setup

2010-05-21, 11:29 AM	#4
magnet Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 3,987	Insert Coin twice and you get Pac-man & Ms. Pac-man on the same board. __________________ When it comes to humility, I am the greatest!

2010-05-21, 02:12 PM	#9
eljay Premium Supporter Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ottawa (Orleans), ON Posts: 8,336	Very cool! __________________ MY HT SET-UP (PICS & GEAR LIST)

2010-05-21, 05:15 PM	#10
LONSat Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 486	Firefox pacman sound Not so cool on some firefox installs. I and many others are having the pacman siren play no matter what page they are on. Apparently one of my firefox plugins has some sort of hook into google which means that when I open firefox even on a blank page I get the sound. Which begs the question is this plugin reporting back to google more than I want. You just have to search (I was going to say google) firefox pacman sound to see that it is fairly common. Doesn't really give me warm fuzzies that firefox or one of its extensions is in constant contact with google. Seems to me to a bit a potential privacy issue here. Makes me wonder about both firefox and google. __________________ Living in the land of the mayor that won't do the right thing.

2010-05-21, 11:15 AM	#2
sleemo Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The Scarb Posts: 2,781	Heh...you beat me to it. I was just about to post this!

2010-05-21, 11:39 AM	#5
Larry Veteran Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ottawa, Ontario (Rogers) Posts: 1,521	Sure brings back the memories. But even after all this time, its still a great game. High score so far, 19820.

2010-05-21, 11:57 AM	#6
notsure Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ottawa, ON; OTA, XBMC, ATV Posts: 1,594	Those crazy google people!

2010-05-21, 01:30 PM	#7
CastleRockDays Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Vancouver Posts: 496	this is EPIC!

2010-05-21, 02:00 PM	#8
cambo Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Whitby, Ontario Posts: 355	Absolutely brilliant marketing from the Google machine...been addicted to it all day....must get work done...

2010-05-25, 09:18 AM	#11
CrazyInSane Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Prince Edward Island — Shaw Direct (HD) Posts: 320	UPDATE: Now that Google has restored their original logo, the Pacman game logo is archived (seemingly permanently) here: http://www.google.com/pacman/

2010-05-25, 05:45 PM	#12
99semaj Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: /dev/null Posts: 2,662	...and it even plays on an iPad using touch gestures

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