The game and its premise is simple and that’s one of the biggest selling points. The premise is that you broke into a chocolate factory and you’re trying to eat as much candy as possible without getting caught by the guards.

With seven levels and 30 different candies raining from the sky, all you need to do is catch enough candy to equal the point goal of the level while making sure not to touch the security guards or grabbing any of the items that also make you lose time.

It appears GPS just isn’t as exciting as it used to be. A standard robotic voice used to be enough, but now we need Darth Vader to tell us where Dairy Queen is. Navigation on a plain map was acceptable, but now we have Pac-Man eating pac-dots along our route. It’s a potentially dangerous idea, but it’s very cool.

It seems that as much as gamers love game characters, game companies love to make giant statues of their game characters. And, of course, people love to pose with them (when allowed to get close enough, of course).

E3 2010, as happens each year, included its own army of game character statues adorning many of the big-name game companies’ booths.

Check out the E3 Game Character Statues Photo Gallery for a super-sized Pac-Man, the new Tron light cycle, a whole squad of Halo characters, the Toy Story gang, Mario, Sonic, little LEGO guys and more.

Have you ever secretly wondered what it’s like inside Pac-Man’s maze? Well, our old 2D friend goes for a walk in a garden hedge maze with the new green tee from Threadless.

This shirt shows just the tops of Pac-Man and the ghosts’ heads as they are reimagined from the original bird’s-eye view.

Pac-Man only turns 30 once, and Google wasn’t about to let that momentous occasion pass by unnoticed. So, to celebrate, the site decided to make it’s logo into a Pac-Man homage. But, it isn’t just a cute image with a Pac-Man maze that just happens to spell out the word Google – it’s an actual, playable browser game.

There are two buttons below the search window, one that says “Google Search” and another that says “Insert Coin”. If you click “Insert Coin.” the familiar Pac-Man music queues up and the game begins in your browser…

Sure, they aren’t nearly as fancy as $100+ statues but kids meal toys they are certainly more affordable.

While most are given through those wee servings known as a Happy Meal, Children’s Meal, Kids Meal or a similar moniker, some are purchasable as individual items at specific chains (assuming the owner or manager is nice enough to let you buy them a la carte).

Here’s a look at some of the most notable fast food premiums offered throughout the years…

If creasing paper seems like a dull pastime, then you obviously haven’t been exposed to the wondrous world of papercraft.

These artists take colored paper or printed patterns, add a few well-placed folds and creases and turn them into 3D masterpieces.

Case in point is Matthew Hawkin’s Pac-Man papercraft sculpture.

As with anything these days, there are fans in abundance and many of them gather at Paperkraft.net to share designs, several of which involve classic and modern video game characters.

Assuming you have 3 bills to drop, that is.

Signed by artist-creator Matthew Hawkins, this all-paper Pac-Man 3D creation features the infamous yellow munching head with arms and legs, swallowing ghost Pinky and grabbing an unhappy blue-ish Inky.

It measures 14 in. wide and 10 in. tall and is available for purchase through RivetArt for $300.

Here’s a brief review of all the Android-based games (and apps) I downloaded from the Android Market and tried while reviewing the T-Mobile G1 phone.

They are presented in alphabetical order to help make it easier to find in the Android Market. While a few are demos with fuller versions you can purchase, all of these are free to download and try with most being free to keep. The applications are at the bottom of this post and I’ve taken screen shots of almost every game and app listed.

Click through for a list of 39 games and 10 applications for the T-Mobile G1 phone…

Product: T-Mobile G1Price: $179.99 ($399.99 minus $220 instant rebate)Rating: One thumb up, one sideways; 81/100; B-; * * * out of five.Pros: A great phone with lot of groovy uses. Mini trackball works wonderfully for games, decent graphics for a phone and nice sound. Also has motion-sensitive controls, touchscreen, mini keypad and GPS that can be incorporated into games. A lot of free games in the Android Market.Cons: Touchscreen requires full finger pad contact and sometimes slow to respond. Accelerometer is touchy and mini keypad is hard to see. Battery can be exhausted fairly quickly.Overall: Do not get this to use it as a game device. G1 owners will, however, enjoy many good and inexpensive games that make use of the mini trackball and proper use of the touchscreen, making it better than the average phone for mobile gaming.

The T-Mobile G1 is a mixed bag when it comes to mobile gaming. It’ll play all of the regular games but also promises so much more with the touchscreen, accelerometer motion controls, built-in mini QWERTY keypad and mini track ball. While it’s certainly better than your average cell phone when it comes to gaming, it still has a few annoyances that keep it from being truly amazing.

Click through for the full review…