Doesn't that look like two game characters fighting with swords - the left one holding a shield as well.
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It does indeed and if you concentrate to "not see a cat" you can actually see the rest as a langscape.

Hmmmm, any 8 Bit games that remind you of that?
Wonderboy comes to my mind......

Monkey Island, but the swordfighting scene has another background

Hmmmm, maybe the "face" is a skull from the game or a map?
A pirate map?