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Bud Light's Super Bowl ad makes us wish we were Pac-Man

Watch as a human Pac-Man runs in a blue neon maze to prove he's "up for whatever" in Bud Light's commercial called "Coin."

Bonnie Burton
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Playing Pac-Man never looked so terrifying! Video screenshot by Bonnie Burton/CNET

Remember that life-size blue neon Pac-Man maze spotted last week in Los Angeles? Now you can finally see humans run through it while being chased by gigantic versions of Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde in the new Super Bowl commercial from Bud Light.

The advert, called "Coin," shows an unsuspecting guy named Riley walking into a bar. The bartender asks, "If I give you a Bud Light, are you up for whatever happens next?"

Before the guy has time to reconsider his answer of "yes," he's whisked away with his friends to a human-size version of the famous enormous blue-lit maze Pac-Man calls home.

As Riley runs around the maze stepping on lit fruit and trying to avoid a ghostly encounter, a mob of fashionable beer drinkers cheer him on while DJ White Shadow, DJ Michael Mayeda and beatboxer krNfx provide music including the game's theme song.

Watch the video below to find out if this human Pac-Man gets his beer in the end. Here's hoping next year Bud Light does the same thing with Donkey Kong!