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9 Responses to “ADA Lovelace Day: Ms. Pacman”

1. 1 Ed Webb Mar 24th, 2009 at 9:50 am

   Ms Pacman was a hero of the revolution, no doubt. But no love for Nichelle Nichols? Or Majel Barrett, come to that, who did so much to make computers sexy by being one?
2. 2 Reverend Mar 24th, 2009 at 10:10 am

   Much love for Uhura and Rodenberry, but that’s 60s shit. The bava is all about the 80s.
3. 3 Joseph Mar 24th, 2009 at 11:01 am

   In your version, Sue’s AI has been raised to an unauthentically high level. The ghosts don’t behave right.

   Just sayin’

   Joe
4. 4 Laura Mar 24th, 2009 at 11:53 am

   Heh. One of my students wrote a very nice paper about Ms. Pac-Man for our Gender and Technology class: http://gandt.blogs.brynmawr.edu/web-papers/web-papers-2/pac-man-and-the-gender-question/

   Ms. Pac-Man and her hubby were a huge influence on me in my pre-teen and teen years. I loved playing video games–in the arcade, crammed in with other slightly off-smelling teens. And all those quarters! Ahhh. Good times.
5. 5 Martha Mar 24th, 2009 at 12:07 pm

   Brilliant choice. Although, it’s unfortunate that Ann Coulter ended up being the image for the video. For a moment, I thought you were going in a different direction, entirely.
6. 6 Reverend Mar 24th, 2009 at 6:58 pm

   Laura,

   Is that paper online? I would love to check it out, I was thinking that folks may actually not take this serious or imagine it as irreverent, but when I think of women and technology, I think of the iconic image of MS. Pacman, and her insane allure. This is all so much more true because my understanding of the magic of technology was filtered through video games.

   @Martha,
   Agreed, I would like to change that image, but it ain’t my video. And the only direction I could go after Ann Coulter is up I imagine
7. 7 Laura Mar 24th, 2009 at 7:34 pm

   Jim–I linked to it in my comment! Check it out!

   It’s pretty awesome. And of course, it’s in a WPMU site.
8. 8 Reverend Mar 25th, 2009 at 7:27 am

   Thanks Laura,

   My bad, I don’t know how I missed the link. I guess my scanning is very, very weak
9. 9 Sakshi2982 Sep 23rd, 2009 at 10:03 pm

   Ms Pacman was one of my most played games from childhood. I used to play this game without this much insight, Going through this blog has given me kinda new interest in the game. Ms Pacman Rules……..

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