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Mar 17, 2022
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“I’d argue that there has never been a better videogame character than Pac-Man”
I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this before, but I’m slightly obsessed with Pac-Man. Not in a stalker-y sort of way, you understand. I’m not lurking in the bushes outside his Pac-Land mansion, binoculars in hand, or posting my own hair anonymously through his letterbox.
It’s more – arguably the zenith of the evolutionary scale – our ancestors were all chattering monkey idiots who were only good for climbing trees and sitting around on rocks. However, the evolutionary trajectory of games characters saw them evolve into forms undeniably more complex, but far less perfect for it.
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