Food and videogames 3 or Pac Man

Pacman, the 1980´s popular videogame translated to spanish as "comecocos" is one of the most iconic characters in popular game culture.

A very little known fact related to this character is that his origin, is deeply related to food. As his creator stated in an interview, the character´s shape was inspired by a pizza missing a slice that he found at home once he arrived late to eat.



The game, was originally named in Japan "Puck Man". This is because the sound that pacman makes when he eats is "pacu pacu". Once the game was imported to The United states, the character had to change its name to "Pac man" because people used to scracth the P in the arcade machine so the name ended up being "Fuck Man" instead of "Puck Man". And this is hoy he got its american name.