Timed impeccably for Rise of the Tomb Raider, a new interview between ResearchGate and “Sexist Games = Sexist Gamers” authors Rachel Kowert and Johannes Breuer says that Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix are making “progress” with heroine Lara Croft.
“The attributes of Lara Croft have certainly changed over the course of the Tomb Raider series,” the authors began. “Especially in the successful reboot of the franchise, Lara Croft no longer seems to be the stereotypical sexy action heroine that she was in the first games of the series.
“Today, she has much more depth and, consequently, offers more potential for identification with different players. Because of this, we would argue that the character of Lara Croft has evolved along with the technology of the games and, in both cases, this can be thought of as progress.”
You can read the full interview here.
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