Life is Like PacMan
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PacMan is a cultural icon whose popularity has crossed the globe for 35 years.
In PacMan, each ghost has its own chasing algorithm:
Blinky –> Chases. Will usually take the shortest route to you, and trends to follow.
Pinky -> Ambushes. Tends to take a more roundabout way to PacMan.
Inky -> Freak. Inky moves about the board fairly randomly, but if Blinky is in close pursuit, he generally will be as well.
Clyde -> Idiot. Moves randomly. Not much of a threat.
The ghosts also have an interesting pattern programmed into their movements: occasionally, they will simultaneously cease and desist their pursuit of PacMan and return to their respective corners of the maze, entering "scatter mode".
The ghosts also have an interesting pattern programmed into their movements: occasionally, they will simultaneously cease and desist their pursuit of PacMan and return to their respective corners of the maze, entering "scatter mode".
Understanding the logic behind PacMan’s ghost movement is probably greatly improve your abilities. Even small things make a huge difference, such as recognizing a switch to Scatter Mode and knowing that you have a few seconds where the ghosts won’t (deliberately) try to kill you.
Life is like PacMan. Sometimes you get cherries, sometimes you get pretzels. You live through the mazes of life, trying to accomplish something, and often times, through it all, you have ghosts chasing you... but as long as you've got control of where you're going and three steps ahead of the opponent, you can get through it.
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