Today, Namco announced the release of Ms. Pac Man for the Apple iPod. In a stunning turn of events, three of the four ghosts that chase Ms. Pac Man through the game have formed a union and are refusing to work. Blinky, head of the newly formed Dead Video Game Characters Union, Local 1981, told reporters that they are on strike until better working conditions can be met. “We will not stand for this anymore. I have been doing this for over 25 years and there is no sign of any retirement package, or health benefits. Unless you call that box that our eyeballs go to in order for us to have bodies again, health benefits,” shouted Blinky into a megaphone outside of the Namco building.

Pinky, the only ghost of the four featured in Ms. Pac Man that didn’t form the union, told us, “I don’t see what the big deal is. We have jobs. Who else is going to hire different colored ghosts that only know how to kill a yellow circle that eats smaller circles? Try looking that one up on Monster.com.”

Ms. Pac Man released a statement saying that she hopes that the strike can be resolved soon. She needs the money to take care of Pac Man Jr. ever since Pac Man left her and ran off with Lara Croft. Lara and Pac Man just adopted their second child from Africa.

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