wow. what? what's all this stuff about alligators and pac-men? Isn't the side with two lines just bigger than the pointy side? how do these new entities help? I

wow. what? what's all this stuff about alligators and pac-men? Isn't the side with two lines just bigger than the pointy side? how do these new entities help? I'm really confused by the small side being the alligator that wants to eat the big side (or did i get that wrong?), let alone the stuff about 4s and 7s!