My guess is that any downvotes are because of the sarcastic tone. Sarcasm has (mercifully) never been a part of HN culture in my recollection.

Ok, fair enough. But I stand by the point that a Pac-Man game still isn't hacker news.

Agreed, it's as non-HN news as a link to about:blank because I would put money on the fact that everyone using HN in a non-chrome browser has google set as their default homepage.

That bet would fail. (I, at least, use about:mozilla .)

Then I owe you at least a penny, would you like it couriered or hand delivered? And would you prefer it in British, Canadian, American or Euro? I have all four.