"Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music." -Gareth Owen

In true NSS fashion, the members of the nothing specific society took to the green green pastures of the presidents lawn on a surprisingly dry and mediumly temperatured Thursday afternoon. The goal was simple; to create a human version of the classic arcade game Pac-man.

If you build it... they will come. If you build a maze of bamboo and fill it with ghosts and retro sound effects.... they will play human pac-man. Members were treated to a game of skill, athleticism and silliness as nearly 30 different pac men and women tried to top our leaderboard and win one of our many fabulous prizes!

In the end it was down to sheer will and determination as shocked onlookers and well-wishers witnessed diving shoulder blocks, gravity defying spin move type maneuvers and maze busting tackles set to a familiar wakawakawaka background noise. In true NSS fashion a special commemorative NSS duck was given to the individual with the most dramatic death. This jarring moment came when after dozens of cries of FATHER!, swoons and faints were topped by a plucky man who managed to cough up an uneaten biscuit before being bested by no less than 4 colour coded ghouls.

So all in all a big thanks to the many people who showed up and helped the NSS continue it's mission of non-specificness for another academic year!

Photos of the event can be found on our whimsical facebook page....

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galway-City/The-Nothing-Specific-Society/117126704768