Laura Croft: Virtual Vixen
Long before raiding Jennifer Aniston‘s happy home, Angelina Jolie captured the heart of geeks across the country when she took on the role of Lara Croft in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Even before Jolie gave the wildly popular action-adventure game’s female protagonist an official face on the big screen, Lara Croft was already highly revered as arguably the world’s most famous and socially acceptable virtual sex symbol. Croft’s official back story describes her as a born aristocrat of London origin, having attended Scottish boarding school followed by a foray into Switzerland for higher education. A life changing plane crash in the Himalayas, in which Croft was separated from her family, she shunned her traditional upbringing. An experienced mercenary, big game hunter and master thief, Croft combines academic aptitude with a taste for adventure to create a powerful lead. Though she was originally concepted to be sexy on a purely persona driven level, Croft’s virtually voluptuous captured the attention of gamers, taking video game crushes out of the dark and into mainstream lighting. Read more…