Jason Gares, Author at Old School Gamer Magazine https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/author/jasongares/ Dedicated to you...the old school/retro gamer from the arcades to your home! Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:15:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://i0.wp.com/www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-PacMan-Navicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jason Gares, Author at Old School Gamer Magazine https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/author/jasongares/ 32 32 133814826 Pac-Man – by By Jason C. Gares https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/pac-man-by-by-jason-c-gares/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:43:31 +0000 https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/?p=101829 ..swimming against a 1980 tide of space shooters and war games. “Around the time that we launched Pac-Man, video arcades were filled with games where you shoot aliens… it was for men,” he recalled, speaking to WIRED magazine.. “If women and couples were going to come to game centers, they had Toshio Kai crafted that […]

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