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Take Lara Croft To Work Day
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a Spong.com article discussing publisher Eidos naming this Friday, 4th July, as 'Take Lara Croft To Work Day' in the UK. According to the official site, "The 'Take Lara To Work Day' initiative was devised following a recent report from the London School of Economics on how creating a happy working environment stimulates the workforce", and the publicity stunt even has an 'Email Your Boss' link so you can beg him to let you play Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Angel Of Darkness in work hours. Unfortunately, any companies that do this may not actually be making their employees happy.
I wish I was at work. And not a teen. Not that I find Laura attractive, its just a first step The next is Bring Mario to work day
Do you ever find yourself humming the MacGuyver theme song? Then you my friend, are a true nerd.
And I really, really wanted to like this one.
Jouni
Jouni Mannonen | Game Designer, Consultant
Just another blah blah games.slashdot.org story about another stupid advertising trick for another stupid game...but including that gametabs.com link was classic. Finally an editorial comment I can agree with.
I don't have to work on July 4th.
You'll have that sometimes...
But fortunately, we know better than to play it anywhere.
I think I'd make myself much happier taking Lara Croft home, thanks all the same. I'd need a bit of privacy for what I have in mind.
ok, i don't know WHO the marketting wizards at Eidos are but they REALLY REALLY SUCK ASS.
:-)
They can make up for the delayed game WITHOUT resorting to BS marketting tricks like this. Re-name the game to fit with the upcoming Tomb Raider Movie, The Cradle of Life and release it WITH the movie... save cash on marketting the game as the movie will have FAR FAR better marketting (i.e. real boobies) than we can currently generate on any system... everyone will be so tied up with either: [1] Tomb Raider movie [2] Tomb Raider movie, original soundtrack [3] Tomb Raider game [4] Angelina Jolie's chest. [5] all of the above. this will just be a HUGE take for Eidos... everyone will be forgiven...
they totally missed out on the first Tomb Raider movie... although it sucked ass, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to put 2 and 2 2gether... at least this time, they're within the same month...
*sigh* Eidos, just think...
better yet, just copy what Spider-Man did last year...
Tomb Raider, the original, was brilliant.
Tomb Raider 2 was pretty ok, but I was a bit confused to find Lara swimming around Venice shooting thugs.
Tomb Raider 3 had Lara gunning down aboriginals in their own village. It also had a hideous savegame bug that required a complete game restart to fix.
I don't understand what happened at Core, but it looks like they didn't really comprehend what was good about the first one and fell into the trap of pumping out subpar material annually, just in time for the Xmas season. So, we end up with Lara the Murderer and (just recently) a a boring GBA game.
I'm getting ready to play TR: Angel of Darkness, but I have to admit I'm not expecting much, given Core's record. When I heard they were including Kurtis (or whatever the new guy's name is) I immediately thought of Poochie's appearance on Itchy & Scratchy (or Roy's appearance at the Simpsons' dinnertable)...a lame addition to a show that's run out of ideas.
Curmudgeon Gamer: Not happy
But don't the English already have off for Independence day????
Good Idea, but:
1) How many wpm?
2) Can she write VB Excel macros?
3) Does she put the water or milk in first when making a cup of tea?
Brocklesby Park Cricket Club
But I might have to skip this one.
As far as game-play goes, I basically want more of the same, which is what Eidos is giving, with better graphics and better scenery.
But, having read about the slow-downs and what-not, I don't think it's for me until I get a better graphics card. And I'm not going to spend $250 to get the latest GeForce 5 or Radeon 9600 Pro just to play Tomb Raider. Once I can get the upgrade needed to play it for around $50, I'll probably do it (at that point, the game will probably be around $10).
It sounds like Eidos has released another unfinished game. Even as a real fan of the series, I have to question them releasing buggy unfinished products. This one seems like it should have been kept in the oven a bit longer. Bug-fixes for what I've heard is horrendous controls will probably come out, but they still shouldn't released an unfinished product.
I think it's about time they stopped hyping release dates, being unable to meet their own time-frames, having to push back the release dates, and then releasing crappy products due to the pressure to release, which they themselves created by hyping the release date unrealistically too soon. Whatever they estimate to be the release date, they ought to add 18 months to that in any press releases.
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This may go over well in the UK, but I'm afraid that here in the States it won't be supported by people going to work on Friday.
Prevent Windows piracy. Use Linux instead.
My boss says i can take lara croft to the unemployment office then sell my copy to feed the kids
Your my only chance
"The 'Take Lara To Work Day' initiative was devised following a recent report from the London School of Economics on how creating a happy working environment stimulates the workforce"
:)
So what does a happy envrionment have to do with Tomb Raider again?
And is it just coincidence when this idea is on the same date that commemorates another spectacular British failure?
Sounds like Acclaim is behind this.
Too many zeros, not enough ones