Squid of Man

Oh, this is awesome. A Pac-Man "joke" book from 1982.

I...don't get it. I don't get it at all. The Pacson five are...what? What are they doing? And why is Michael black? And "Pac-Man and Robin"? What, has Pac-Man eaten Robin? What the fuck? Is that some gay sex joke? "Oh, haha, Pac-Man ate Robin, and there are feathers everywhere".

And this? Taxes and income? Did Pac-Man have an accountant? Who was he paying taxes to? Were he and the ghosts citizens of some pixellated, neon-lit state? Was it a state crippled by rapidly-rising tax rates, aimed at offsetting the cost of a burgeoning welfare system?

Should you feel the need to test your intellectual mettle against more of these puzzling "jokes", you can get them over at Bits & Bytes & Pixels & Sprites (an "adult" gaming site with a decidedly crap name)