Lara Croft Assignment

  • Hi everyone..
    I'm in the final year of school, and i am doing a Popular Culture assignment on Lara Croft.... we have to show how she has caused social change, has been commercialised, there's all these aspects i have to look at.... her origins etc.. so if anyone could help me with any information whatsoever, it would be greatly appreciated!.. it's a huge assignment and i can't seem to find any specific information anywhere!! :) thanks

  • Huh... you don't speak german by coinidence? :-D


    Someone has written a book in german, and it's aiming in the same direction, I guess reading it would give you an idea.


    However I think together we might be able to help you. I am still not exactly sure what you need, so a few questions would be good.


    Let me start with a list of a few facts about the game, the developers and the platforms, I hope they are all correct, I used different sources to confirm them.


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    1988 Core Design was established in Derby. They programmed the games.


    Eidos is responsible for publishing the game.


    (1993 Corse Design did a game for the Sega Mega CD, but the console didn't sell well.)


    1994 the PlayStation was released in Japan and later around the world. They made it to the top of the console marked right away.


    Around the same time 3D-Graphics Cards had their breakthrough.


    These two facts enabled Core to make the game Tomb Raider which was a brand new concept. This was one reason for the popularity of Tomb Raider, better graphics than ever before and another important fact was that Lara was female.


    She attrackted men and women alike. Men were "attrackted" by her good looks and women liked her as a role model.

  • thanks for that guys... but does anyone know where i can find the origins of her character, not her games?.. or does that come into it, i'm really not sure.. i'll get back to you with some specific questions..
    and.. i'm half german, but don't read it!! hehe

  • look any most good websites. they should have a [age dedicated to lara's bio. you can find some info there or go to http://www.tombraider.com it has the website in 7 different languages. when there click just click "lara's world" then "lara croft" here it will tell you everything. there is also her past games. pictures and lots more. bear in mind that this in the
    OFFICIAL WEBSITE
    hope this helps :P

    It's not the men that have the hard lives, it's the women who look after the artifacts!