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Marcus Brigstocke.

Right, thanks for clearing that up.

The actual source.

http://www.marcusbrigstocke.com/pacman.asp

(Radio 4 FTW)

Marcus thanks you.

Hey, don't forget all the children of the 80s who are running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music.

Wow. You're right.
Funny how google can fail us sometimes.
Score Board:
Marcus Brigstocke: 813
Kristian Wilson: 140,000

I wonder if Kristian Wilson even exists.

"If Pacman had affected us as kids we'd be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music."

Well, if we believe what the police in Utah say, that's what a rave is... Especially the munching pills part

Wasn't that the point of the joke?

Of course the OP also deserves a whooping for using that quote without saying where it came from.

It was a good joke when Marcus Brigstocke first cracked it. Since then it has travelled the internets and been attributed to people like Bill Gates and Nintendo's Kristian Wilson, and like with many good jokes many years later lots of people still miss the point.

urban legend...that joke's actually by a little know British comedian.
http://www.marcusbrigstocke.com/pacman.asp

The Pacman Joke

"If Pacman had affected us as kids we'd be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music."

For the skinny on this joke check out Marcus Brigstocke's Pac Man page. It definately does not predate the rave scene.

"If Pacman had affected us as kids we'd be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music."

...nobody can ever cite a real original source for the quote.

That gag actually came from British comedian called Marcus Brigstocke.

See this page on his website for details.

Wrong attribution, internet-rumor-boy.

Marcus Brigstocke, a Brit comedian, wrote that, and he is not pleased that you don't know that.

Wrong attribution, internet-rumor-boy.

Marcus Brigstocke, a Brit comedian, wrote that, and he is not pleased that you don't know that.

Oh, and here's an informative link about the whole thing here.

and the origin of that joke is...

The original quote was said by comedian Marcus Brigstocke.

http://www.marcusbrigstocke.com/pacman.asp

Some brief googling reveals this comedian, who says it's his joke he did about 6 years ago, and it keeps attributed to various people.

Funny, yes. Ironically prophetic? No.

- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian

It is my Joke. I wrote it, then I took the rest of the day off as I was so chuffed with it. I am gutted that it has been claimed and passed around by so many people. Intelectual property law will not save me, the false claims will continue until I am man enough to give it all up. All I can say is - it seems that it is very unlikely that it was written by a Nintendo employee in 1989, being as Pac Man was still around and not much of a childhood memory, there were very few claims that gaming influenced childrens behaviour, and that the wording of it is identical to how it has been deliverd in my stand up routine for 6 years

(the Pac Man quote is also apocryphally attributed to Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989, and Karen Price, Nintendo Representative)