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Where did you go, Ms. Pac-Man?

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137 points glhaynes | 7 comments | 17 Jun 24 20:02 UTC | HN request time: 1.252s | source | bottom
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AdmiralAsshat ◴[17 Jun 24 20:44 UTC] 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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1. happyopossum ◴[17 Jun 24 20:57 UTC] 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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2. blueflow ◴[18 Jun 24 13:01 UTC] 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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3. Kerb_ ◴[18 Jun 24 15:23 UTC] No.40718869[source]▶
That gender is a social construct with abstractions used to simplify expression when creating fictional characters?
4. DowagerDave ◴[18 Jun 24 16:08 UTC] No.40719430[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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5. blueflow ◴[18 Jun 24 16:13 UTC] No.40719470{3}[source]▶
Hm, is the "ribbon & lipstick = woman" part not bothersome to you?
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6. Kerb_ ◴[18 Jun 24 16:21 UTC] No.40719554{4}[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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7. blueflow ◴[18 Jun 24 16:38 UTC] No.40719714{5}[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...