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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Pac-Man to chomp on Big Apple

"New York University students plan to stage a "live" Pac-Man game on Saturday in the streets of Greenwich Village, as part of a project exploring how computer games work when transplanted into real-world settings," says Reuters.

"This weekend a man in a yellow costume will weave through the streets collecting dots while being pursued by people dressed in ghost outfits whose aim is to stop him before he gathers all the dots. The characters' movements will be controlled by five telecommunications students, who will instruct them via cell phones from a room with a game map. They will use the map to update the latest position of the players and to see where to send them next."

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