N-Gage Opts To Give Away Lara, Not Bury Her

Thanks to Yahoo for reprinting a press release announcing Nokia has teamed up with Eidos to give away over 70,000 copies of the N-Gage version of Tomb Raider at this year's Sugar Bowl college football game. An Eidos spokesperson oddly opines: "Lara [Croft] has always been the number one video game heroine, and it's appropriate for her to be present at this year's Sugar Bowl where the national champion will be crowned", and insider suggestions that Nokia are pulling an Atari of sorts, in the face of allegedly limited demand for the N-Gage 'game deck' are, of course, fatuous. Meanwhile, GameSpy weighs in with some reasons to like the N-Gage, still suggesting: "Nokia's game deck has a lot going for it, and is in many ways superior to the system that has dominated the portable gaming market for over a decade: Nintendo's Game Boy (now Game Boy Advance)." Update: 01/02 16:46 GMT by S : According to a L.A Times/TribNet article, Tomb Raider on N-Gage sold around 3,000 copies in October, the last stats available to the reporter.

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Re:Number one video game heroine? I think not!

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Lara Croft is the #1 video game whore slut. She appears on every single new game platform, mainly because Eidos find it hard to sell a Tomb Raider game these days with any competition around.

Lara, the sluttiest video game character around, now willing to spread for free.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, go away Eidos, no one cares what you think or do anymore. Maybe if you came up with something original once in a while people would be willing to give you a little respect.