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Where did you go, Ms. Pac-Man?

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1. AdmiralAsshat ◴[] No.40710844[source]
I never noticed that none of the official art for Ms. Pac-Man includes her beauty mark, which is kinda key to the sprite. It's the only thing that distinguishes her from regular Pac-Man other than the bow.
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2. happyopossum ◴[] No.40710975[source]
> It's the only thing that distinguishes her from regular Pac-Man other than the bow.

And the lips, and the eyes. Literally everything except the yellow partial circle is differentiated.

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3. toast0 ◴[] No.40711017[source]
She's got one in the marquee. But not the side art. But it's a lot better than the original Pac Man art.
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4. Tao3300 ◴[] No.40711053[source]
Love the side and base art. It's got such a cabaret vibe. Like the ghosts were supposed to be carrying her but at the last minute they decided to switch the arms to be neutral.
5. blueflow ◴[] No.40717332[source]
They took a character without gender characteristics, slapped lipstick and a ribbon on it and called it a woman.

What does this tell us about society.

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6. Kerb_ ◴[] No.40718869{3}[source]
That gender is a social construct with abstractions used to simplify expression when creating fictional characters?
7. DowagerDave ◴[] No.40719430{3}[source]
Isn't that more a comment on 8-bit graphics resolution? If you want to question society's relationship with gender I'd examine Lara Croft.
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8. blueflow ◴[] No.40719470{4}[source]
Hm, is the "ribbon & lipstick = woman" part not bothersome to you?
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9. Kerb_ ◴[] No.40719554{5}[source]
Nah, Ms. Pac Man absolutely slays. Lara Croft is unnecessarily sexualized. I'm definitely going to be unbothered by the first one if we're gonna ignore the second.
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10. blueflow ◴[] No.40719714{6}[source]
I never played Lara Croft so i wouldn't know. I think you would consider the Avengers Ensemble funny with gender roles swapped: https://i1.wp.com/www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011...