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May 21st '10, 01:10 PM
<p><a href="http://www.google.com"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/05/google.doodle.pacman.052110-580px.png" /> <br /></a></p> <p>A playable ... <em>logo</em>? That's exactly what web giant Google has today, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/pac-man"><em>Pac-Man</em></a>'s Japanese release. The doodle (Google's term for its <a href="http://www.google.com/logos/">event and holiday-specific logos</a>) is accessible <a href="http://www.google.com">on its main page</a> and is a full 255-level game complete with a 256th level "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_screen">kill screen</a>," just like the original coin-op. <br /> <br />The interactive doodle -- a first for Google -- is the brainchild of senior user experience designer Marcin Wichary, whose earliest exposure to <em>Pac-Man </em>came at age five while traveling across his native Poland with his father, a game technician, to repair arcade machines. Wichary worked with Google doodler (yes, it's a real job) Ryan Germick to create the finished design. <br /> <br />So, for today at least, you can tell your boss: "I may be browsing the web and playing a game, but I'm also <em>being part of something historic</em>."</p> <p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/21/google-celebrates-pac-mans-30th-with-playable-logo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Fjoystiq+%28Joyst iq%29">Google celebrates Pac-Man's 30th anniversary with playable logo -- Joystiq</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6214430959664794120-3078605072764731862?l=ooedbone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><br />