Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary Video

She’s tough – adventurous – daring – and (dare I say?) sexy to boot. Hard to believe she’s only ten years old…

Tomb RaiderLara Croft came into the world a decade ago this month. Since then, she has appeared in numerous incarnations, upgrades, consoles, fan art, a feature film, and not a few adolescent boys’ nighttime fantasies. (Well, the girls had Indiana Jones, after all.)

Game developer Core Design, Ltd. and publisher Eidos originally released this video as part of Lara’s tenth anniversary celebration. Although its been out there a few days, the foreboding musical score, amazing sets and unbelievable cinematography make this clip is a fine representative of machinema film making. (In case you didn’t know, “machinema” is a new art form in which game figures and animations are used to create visual stories – often as good or better than what Hollywood puts out, and produced at a mere fraction of the cost). I personally found this as entertaining as Indy Jones’ finer moments (not to mention she’s much more interesting to look at).

But, as always, you should not take my word for it. Check out this video gem for yourself:

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She’s tough – adventurous – daring – and (dare I say?) sexy to boot. Hard to believe she’s only ten years old…

Tomb RaiderLara Croft came into the world a decade ago this month. Since then, she has appeared in numerous incarnations, upgrades, consoles, fan art, a feature film, and not a few adolescent boys’ nighttime fantasies. (Well, the girls had Indiana Jones, after all.)

Game developer Core Design, Ltd. and publisher Eidos originally released this video as part of Lara’s tenth anniversary celebration. Although its been out there a few days, the foreboding musical score, amazing sets and unbelievable cinematography make this clip is a fine representative of machinema film making. (In case you didn’t know, “machinema” is a new art form in which game figures and animations are used to create visual stories – often as good or better than what Hollywood puts out, and produced at a mere fraction of the cost). I personally found this as entertaining as Indy Jones’ finer moments (not to mention she’s much more interesting to look at).

But, as always, you should not take my word for it. Check out this video gem for yourself:

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