Iowa’s Lieutenant Governor attended a celebration in the “videogame capital of the world,” better known as Ottumwa, Iowa, in order to assist in the renaming of a local park from Central Park to Pac-Man Park.
Lt. Governor Patty Judge, noting that Pac-Man would be officially enshrined into the International Video Game Hall of Fame the next day, stated, “As the state’s highest-ranking woman in elected office, I must say I’m hopeful Ms. Pac-Man will get her due here in Ottumwa one day as well, and I look forward to that celebration.”
The embedded video shows the actual moment Pac-Man was officially inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Other 2010 inductees included pro gamers Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel and Ferrari-owner Dennis “Thresh” Fong, arcade champions Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe, Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto and industry types Kevin Bachus and Seamus Blackley. A full list can be viewed here.
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IA Pol Joins in Ottumwa Videogame Festivities, Decries Gender Gap
August 9, 2010
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DorthLous: Anybody tried Hiversaire? Thoughts?05/22/2013 - 5:48pm
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E. Zachary Knight: New Humble Bundle Weekly Sale. Alan Wake: https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly No Linux or Mac support. :(05/22/2013 - 1:46pm
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E. Zachary Knight: Microsoft talks about the lack of backward compatability. You're backwards. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192801/If_youre_backwards_compatible_youre_really_backwards.php05/22/2013 - 1:39pm
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E. Zachary Knight: That is absolutely nuts there. As bad an experience XBox Indie Games was, the problems weren't with the self published side of things. Forcing a publisher onto independent studios is not going to help.05/22/2013 - 10:43am
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MaskedPixelante: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-22-microsoft-wont-let-indies-self-publish-on-xbox-one And the hits just keep on coming.05/22/2013 - 9:20am
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E. Zachary Knight: AE: You beat me to it. That's what I get for taking the night off.05/22/2013 - 7:40am
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E. Zachary Knight: To continue the confused and convoluted messaging system present in EA, They are making Wii U games: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192753/EA_is_working_on_Wii_U_games_after_all.php05/22/2013 - 7:33am
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Imautobot: I gotta admit, I seriously believed Microsoft was going to "Bring It" with this new console. But they failed, and I think that failure might be Epic.05/22/2013 - 7:27am
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Andrew Eisen: Well, the Xbox One reveal certainly had an interesting affect on the big 3's stock prices. https://twitter.com/AndrewEisen/status/33705126448977100805/21/2013 - 10:45pm
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PHX Corp: http://kotaku.com/so-the-xbox-one-reveal-screwed-up-a-lot-of-peoples-kin-509179256 So The Xbox One Reveal Screwed With Some People's Kinects05/21/2013 - 10:36pm
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Zen: On a funny side note...both of my boys have already voted NOT to get the Xbox One as soon as they found out Minecraft won't transfer lol. Some people have priorities damnit! ;)05/21/2013 - 9:27pm
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Andrew Eisen: Here's the full quote on EA making Wii U games according to Neogaf: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56112105/21/2013 - 8:19pm
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Andrew Eisen: Xbox One may not be always on but that doesn't mean you can use it without an internet connection. http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-50916410905/21/2013 - 7:39pm
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Andrew Eisen: Polygon says EA's CFO says it is developing games for Wii U but doesn't provide that quote. http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/21/4351844/ea-developing-wii-u-games05/21/2013 - 7:11pm
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Andrew Eisen: Well, I was right. Both Sony and Microsoft's consoles will be out by the year's end and both will be significantly more powerful than the current gen.05/21/2013 - 5:06pm
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james_fudge: thnx05/21/2013 - 4:47pm
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Zen: Just to let ya know...you called it the "Xbox 260" in the backwards compatibility article lol.05/21/2013 - 4:26pm
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Zen: @PHX Awesome, I will hit those up after class tonight. Going back to college finally! :) My kids have had a blast telling ME to do my homework now lol.05/21/2013 - 4:19pm
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PHX Corp: @Zen I sent you a friend request on both PSN and XBL, just a heads up05/21/2013 - 4:16pm
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Zen: I noticed it with the football players when EA showed off Madden as well.05/21/2013 - 4:11pm
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Re: IA Pol Joins in Ottumwa Videogame Festivities, Decries ...
I wish I could congratulate Pacman but... damn. As Craig R. so accurately put it, Ottumwa is a hole. I had to go to a wedding there a couple of years back and I swear to God it was like some sort of parody of what people think of when they think of small towns in the midwest.
Re: IA Pol Joins in Ottumwa Videogame Festivities, Decries ...
This says it all... (NSFW)
Re: IA Pol Joins in Ottumwa Videogame Festivities, Decries ...
Ottumwa is a hole.
Patty Judge is from 'the next town over' - Albia, about 20 miles west of Ottumwa. I get the feeling she's just trying to buy local votes, seeing that she's up for re-election this year.
Re: IA Pol Joins in Ottumwa Videogame Festivities, Decries ...
Ms. Pac Man > Pac Man
Plz Believe