Geeking out about Google’s PAC-MAN logo

Yesterday, in honor of PAC-MAN’s 30th anniversary, Google’s unveiled their latest Google Doodle on the main search page — a playable version of PAC-MAN.

This news has been all over the Internet, and people have gone completely gaga over it (for good reason). So fun. It’s more proof to me of how deeply play resonates with us — that it’s a hardwired and essential component of our human experience.

UPDATE (May 23, 2010): The PAC-MAN Google Doodle has been such a hit that today it was announced to have now been made permanently available. So the first Google Doodle to be “curated” for the public is one you can play. Huh. Imagine that.