It has come to our attention that creatively bankrupt Hollywood has decided to make another Tomb Raider movie. All of us here at CrunchGear—we stay crunchy, even in milk—think this is just another example of Hollywood admitting that, not only has it run out of ideas, but that it has no problem tarnishing the image of its forebears. (See the upcoming Pink Panther 2 the most revolting example.) So, Hollywood, if you’re reading—why wouldn’t it be?—please, pretty please, reconsider. → Read More
This is this week‘s episode of Zero Punctuation. He reviews Tomb Raider: Underworld. He doesn’t like it. → Read More
Name: Alison Carroll Mission: To Become Lara Croft Let’s all watch, shall we? Eidos might as well just make a full-length movie while they’re at it with all this video stuff they’re doing. New game in late November. [via CVG] → Read More
If only Lara Croft were real then I’d marry her. Oh wait, she is real! → Read More
http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?umid=251271 You know, the new Lara Croft that we told you about yesterday. Enjoy… → Read More
Aye-chee-wah-wah. Here’s the new Lara Croft; former gymnast Alison Carroll of Croydon, a borough of London. I can’t stand Angelina Jolie – can’t stand her – so it brings me great joy to see that she can retire and I can finally like Tomb Raider again. Granted, Miss Carroll won’t really be playing the role of Lara Croft in a movie anytime soon, but “she will appear at promotions and conferences in character, performing stunts such as back flips, and will play the part in TV commercials. Miss Carroll will even answer questions on chat shows as Lara, after taking a crash course in archaeology,” according to the Daily Mail. More photos after the jump. → Read More
It’s easy with games to complain that there are few original ideas; everything just seems to be a rehash of the same old titles we’ve been playing for years. But then sometimes an old game re-envisioned for a new platform is more original than anything else out there. And sometimes a retelling of an old classic seems more innovative than everything else we’re seeing. While we can’t explain why, we can say that we’re thrilled to see a few old friends again. This spring has seen the release of a few long time favorites, including our beloved treasure hunter Lara Croft, plus the premier fighting franchise has made the jump to the Wii. Say what you want about old school games, but these are like old friends finally coming home. Of course not lived up to our fond memories. But isn’t that what reunions are always like? → Read More
Next Gen, the online magazine that used to be a dead tress magazine I used to read because it didn’t use hyperbolic language to describe video games, reports that Tomb Raider: Anniversary, a remake of the original game, may well be on its way to Xbox Live as a downloadable game. It cites a recent ESRB listing on the organization’s Web site that shows the game was rated (and will presumably be released for) five systems, one of which is the Xbox 360. Why, exactly, Next-Gen automatically jumps to the conclusion that it’ll be released onto Xbox Live as a downloadable game is unknown. The game’s been getting good reviews, with the flawed but still useful GameRankings score currently at 81 percent. Though, I suppose, good or bad, XBL users are always thirsty for new content. Downloadable Lara Heading to Xbox 360? [Next Gen] → Read More
