They're only original ideas because there was no time to have thought of them prior. Pac-Man was the first popular video game with a named character in it. It couldn't have been done on a game prior to it and before Namco even worried about a sequel, they were beat to the punch bowl of common sense. Namco's hasty decision was one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in GCC's rambling, incoherent presentation were they even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in that room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award GCC no points, and may God have mercy on their soul.