Unsurprisingly, Mr. Pacman isn't easy to corner. Goonies.com kingpin and original FLICKster Noahbk has been searching for Mr. Mitchell for a few days. Yesterday, upon realizing that he had inadvertently referred to Billy as Ricky in his original e-mail, Nbk feared that B-Mitch had eluded him just as he's skirted so many pursuing ghosts over the years. Thankfully, Noa the Boa Konstrictor (a FLICKname coined by Lady FLICK, dp's better half) received an e-mail this morning from B-Mitch promising an interaction soon.
dp looks forward to hearing Mr. Pacman's story behind the story of winning the Holy Grail of the '80s arcade by FLICKing a perfect game through all 256 levels of Pacman. Be sure to tune into Goonies.com for his answers to Noahbk's insightful questions. Also, you can play all the classic games like Pacman, Frogger, Burger Time, Space Invaders, etc. right from goonies.com. Check it out!
NBK, from one FLICKster to another, I wish you luck. Tread carefully, big cat. Check that: tread nimbly. B-Mitch might just pull the old pop-off-the-screen-on-one-side-and-come-out-the-other trick.
Then again, I wouldn't worry. A guy who gets up and answers fanmail at 6:22 a.m. isn't likely to flake on his word. I mean, the dude signs his e-mails, "Never surrender, never." Only a true champion won't surrender in the second never.
In any case, Ms. Pacman is no doubt the greatest video game ever and continues to thrive today, having morphed from the arcade to video to computer to cellphone. It's definitely still the best in its original arcade format, though. From the Sunset Pizza Hut in Waukesha, WI to Tommy's Pizza in Cambridge, MA to Miss T's Barcade in Los Angeles, dp has literally FLICKed a Ms. Pacman joystick his whole life.
Seriously, if you're ever in LA check out the Barcade. It's an awesome dive with $2 beers, great greasy food, plus all kinds of old-school arcade games and pinball machines. It's even got the old arcade RBI Baseball with the all-time greatest teams like the 1927 Yankees with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzari, Bill Dickey, and the rest. Unless you believe B-Mitch's groupie stories of the '80s arcade gaming scene, the Barcade is also about the only place in the world that you can find supermodels elbow-to-elbow with supernerds, in a sort of Napoleon Dynamite meets Charlie's Angels way. You gotta love L.A. sometimes.
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That shiz is flicking funny. Way to go B-Mitch. HipHopopotomus is simultaneously squashing and resesitating hip hop all at once. Holla DP
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