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The Pac-Man Who Sold the World

When evolution becomes revolution.

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May 24, 2023
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This week marks a major anniversary! Not a wedding, not a birthday, not a national founding. No, something far more important: the debut of Pac-Man! 

There are many lessons to be learned from Pac-Man. The creator of Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri, calls it “a textbook for game designers.” In the tech world it is common to categorize progress in terms of “evolut…

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