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The article has quotes from Toby Gard, who did nothing of the sort and resented the publisher turning her into a sex appeal thing.
by acheron 3y ago
The article has quotes from Toby Gard, who did nothing of the sort and resented the publisher turning her into a sex appeal thing.
- CharlesW 3y agoI believe that's regret speaking. He created Lara Croft as a sexual caricature then got upset when she was also marketed that way. > In a 1997 interview with culture and fashion magazine The Face, [Toby Gard] was audaciously asked about Lara’s 'unfeasibly large knockers'. […] "Slip of the mouse. I wanted to expand them fifty percent and then — whoops, one-hundred and fifty percent. Darn." https://www.thegamer.com/tomb-raider-lara-croft-design-bug-myth-2/ https://www.thegamer.com/tomb-raider-lara-croft-design-bug-m... > The Face: "Is Lara a feminist icon or a sexist fantasy?" Toby Gard: "Neither and a bit of both. Lara was designed to be a tough, self-reliant, intelligent woman. She confounds all the sexist cliches apart from the fact that she’s got an unbelievable figure." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254239896_Gender_and_Videogames_The_political_valency_of_Lara_Croft https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254239896_Gender_an...
- cubefox 3y agoThose are some nice sources!