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History Lesson: Namco

CVG - Namco likes to break barriers. When Toru Iwatani designed Pac-Man in 1980, the primary aim of the yellow scoffer was to gobble up the hearts of female gamers with his cheeky om-nom-nom-nom-ing ways.

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How the Yakuza Helped Inspire Pac-Man

From Nintendo to Namco, the Japanese mob had its fingers in the video game industry from the very start.

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How well do you know gaming? - Video Game Trivia Roundup (Part 2)

"It's been a little over a month but I finally managed to put together another 10 video game trivia quizzes. Considering I already introduced our trivia system in my first trivia roundup, let's get straight to the quizzes!" - A.J.

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Namco Museum Review — Insert Change

Namco Museum is a franchise that has been around since back in 1995. At the time, it was a novel idea. Instead of trying to sell a sequel or remake of a classic game like Galaga or Pac-Man, Namco took some of their classics and put them together as one package. The series has since had a number of releases on multiple platforms, but the series has kind of stagnated with multiple games feeling too similar to their predecessors. So how does the Nintendo Switch version hold up versus the older titles?

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