Fair game for girls
Games are top heavy with male characters, so is the fairer sex getting a bum deal?
Lara has clawed back some dignity, having received a boob reduction for Tomb Raider: Legend. “In Anniversary they tried to make concessions to her original fan base,” adds Boinodiris. Croft is tough, resourceful and bows to no man, so she should be cut some slack. There are other games that feature believable, often sexy, female characters that contrast to those mindless bimbos wobbling their beach balls. Most appear in adventure games.
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