She's also very, very much fan service for sighted gamers. *smirk.* That's why most people like the Tomb Raider games from my experience. In fact, before you sent this message I wasn't aware there was much to the games other than showing Lara off. I knew she went looking for things but I didn't know she had all those acrobatics and the like. Though I guess that's one way to show her off... *wink.* Anyway, I'm done being a pervert now. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] tomb rader and scw question
> Hi Nicol, > > Quote > I've heard on television in south Africa people talking about the tomb > raider > films where the most popular character is a person by the name of Angela, > is > there also an Angela character in the classic tomb raider game or is lara > the only character? > End quote > > There is no Angela character in Tomb Raider. The main character for the > movies and games is a female British archaeologist named Lara Croft. > She is very similar to George Lucas's ever popular Indiana Jones character > Though, I kind of think of Lara as a cross between Indiana Jones and > Wonder Woman. She has the brilliant scientist half about her, but she is > like a Wonder Woman like super hero with all kinds of cool acrobatic > moves such as: back flips, safety drops, forward rolls, side flips, > forward jumps, duck, crawl, etc... Basically, very maneuverable. > If her acrobatics were not enough she is a master of weapons including: > pistils, grenade launchers, bows and arrows, shotguns, Magnums, Uzis, > and so on. > In a nutshell Lara Croft is an archaeologist, a treasure hunter, that > searches the world for lost and unusual artifacts. In the first game > Lara Croft is searching for the lost Scian of Atlantice. In the second I > believe she is looking for a magic dagger. In the third game she is > searching for a lost medior with special powers called the Infada Stone. > In the fourth game she is searching for the Armour of Horris to defeat > the Egyptian god Set who she accidentally releases from his tomb in the > game.That is just a few of her popular adventures. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
