Family Affair

Akina Adderley adds her name to the family ledger

"...an incredible performer, and an avid lover of Ms. Pac-Man! He used to bring a big video-game console on..."

June 10, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Player's Guide

Will Wynn represents for the Austin gaming industry (kind of), and Richard Garriott gets the hall-of-fame treatment

"...at a party where a love song to Ms. Pac-Man was sung...."

Jan. 27, 2006 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Buzzkill House of Bad Touch (Alternative Tentacles)

SXSW Records

"...rock that harkens back to the days of Ms. Pac-Man and "Where's the beef?" is more compelling and more..."

March 10, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Dancing About Architecture

Crossing the Final Path

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

J.C. Herz's Multi-track Mind

Have We Become a Joystick Nation?

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

Queer Indie Video Game Showcase Is a Gaymer's Delight

Local video game showcase Fantastic Arcade supports indie queer games

"...Games have come a long way since Pac-Man, as the saying goes, and queer games have come..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: The Unknown Country

Reality proves more compelling in this mixt of journalism and fiction

"...at the altar, procures her phone and loudly plays Pac-Man, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux takes the phone with a disapproving,..."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Dina Barrish

The Parlor Believes in Community, Artists, and Pizza

A daughter's plea

"...Parking lot coffins, vegan meat, Ms. Pac-Man, and a jukebox filled with punk classics are but..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Faster Than Sound: Eimaral Sol’s Journey to RAS Day

Local neo-soul singer Eimaral Sol puts her spiritual spin on the all-women-led RAS Day lineup, City Council approves Red River improvements, Blakchyl leads her East Austin tour, and cult song funny man Dick Price passes

Aug. 16, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Luv Doc: Pause the Game

The Luv Doc loves a good metaphor

"...bet my initials are still up on the Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga machine at JuiceLand on 45th – even though they..."

June 21, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Ernest Cline: Kings of the Nerds

Austin author adapts his Spielberg homage Ready Player One with Spielberg himself

"...... For example, having a character stand at a Pac-Man machine and play a perfect game for three or..."

March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Moisés Chiullán

All Your Plate Are Belong to Us

Chris-Rachael Oseland seeks world domination, one geeky recipe at a time

"...sews for herself, such as the frock with a Pac-Man and Space Invad­ers motif she wears on the day..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

The AggreGAYtor: July 25

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

July 25, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

And All the Country Wept With a Loud Voice

Second-place winner

"...just continue hanging the fuck out, drinking beer, playing Pac-Man, and listening to Webb Pierce real loud. You wanna..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

A Butterfly's Life, From the Inside

Beautiful 'Farfalle' allows kids to step into a bug's world

"...zipping after the humans like hungry ghosts in a Pac-Man game. When the the bugs move on to the..."

Feb. 23, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Music News: The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking

C3 Presents acquires Emo's

"...this notoriously DIY burg will doubtlessly tilt toward corporate Pac-Manship in C3 acquiring Emo's, but the issues underlying the..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Apocalypse Now, Then MoMA

Game developer Adam Saltsman pairs Mayan panic with Dikembe Mutombo

"...or so titles, but already announced works include Tetris, Pac-Man, and Myst. Saltsman describes keeping such illustrious company, not..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Community Arcade

How the Texatron will bring us together

"...Country Returns for the Wii – donated an old Pac-Man cabinet that currently sits in Saltsman's garage. With the..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

This Week's Waste of Time

Free games for racing cars and eating meat

"...buffet on the suburban streets. It's a touch of Pac-Man, a bit of Rock Band (although with ice cream),..."

Jan. 6, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Built by Snow

Texas Platters

"...and "All the Weird Kids Know" even unloads a Pac-Man simile in Devo-esque fashion. The band members' heads may..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Move Back to L.A.

"...able to find was a cigarette promotion with free Pac-Man and a pool table. What the fuck? New voice..."

Oct. 27, 2008 Postmarks

Band of Brothers

In a brotherhood like Los Lonely Boys, all is 'Forgiven'

"...phones go off almost simultaneously; one uses the Ms. Pac-Man theme as a ringtone. Ringo locks his fingers and..."

July 4, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Nerd in King Vidiot's Court (or in Uncle Rico's Van)

Jon Gries will not pull a "Tiffany-mall-tour-type thing" and act above the crowd at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown; he will enjoy Napoleon Dynamite and Joysticks along with you

"...star stud of the arcade. His obsession for Ms. Pac-Man, his gang of video-game groupies, his attraction to cross-dressers,..."

May 4, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Lil' Flip Does the Hokie Pokey

Lil' Flip's got your back

"..."The Leprechaun" (he's from H-town's Cloverleaf neighborhood) and sampling Pac-Man on his 2004 hit "Game Over," has gone all..."

April 20, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

NFL Analysis 101: 100 Years of Epicurean, Hedonistic Hound Dogs

Timothy Braun brings you, dear reader, up to date on the AFC North

"...free-agent snatchery, and the big if of le Titans' Pac-Man "Make It Rain" Jones playing this season. Thus, I'm..."

April 4, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

The Game of Life

An early look at Will Wright's Spore

"...game will pick up abstract references to everything from Pac-Man, in the way you play through the cellular level..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Saltzman

One-Carr Accident, Carr Runs Out of Gas, etc.

Oct. 30, 2006 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Short Cuts

"...me on a platter of sorrow by both Ms. Pac-Man and those winged badasses from Joust. What, no Spy..."

June 6, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

I Am the World Trade Center, Emo's Jr, Wednesday 14

March 16, 2001 Music Review by David Lynch

The Hightower Lowdown

Creative Destruction; Poor People Don't Vote

"...town: "He passed the boarded Roxy Theater, the closed-down Pac-Man lounge, and the falling-down wooden houses," the Times reported,..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

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