Lara Croft gets UK blue plaque |
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The uber-popular Tomb Raider heroine Lara Croft will join the ranks of Mozart, Sherlock Holmes and Jimi Hendrix in the elite list of people, real or fictional, who have been awarded UK's blue plaque.The administration awards the plaque to sites as a permanent sign indicating that a person of great importance has done a share of his work there. In this case, the building to be commemorated is the former office of Core Designs, developer of the Tomb Raider series.
"We were aware of the history of the building, but it was actually a local resident who wrote to the local paper and suggested it," said Rudleigh homes manager Paul Walters. "We're really keen on the idea to mark Lara's 'birthplace."
Eidos hooked up with Core Designs in 1996 and brought the Tomb Raider franchise to its golden age. The game became popular because of its nice blend of puzzles, action and of course, the charming Ms. Croft. The series is still alive and still kicks hard as it performs well in the current generation of gaming.
Via Gamespot
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F1R57 P057!!!!!
It's kind of embarrassing the way the press focuses so intently on this one video game character. I mean, the original Tomb Raider games were some of my favorites ever, and they still are, but for God's sake... she's not a sex symbol. She's just a video game character. A mostly has-been video game character at that. Maybe it says something about how few strong female leads there have been in video games in the past ten years.
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