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    For over 20 years, video games have been a popular form of entertainment for all people. From “Call of Duty” to “Madden” to “Pokemon” or “Mario”, there are games to suit many different interests and people. Young people play video games and older people might too. People of all different races and ethnicities also play video games. In the early days of video games, most players were male, but as time has gone on, more and more females have started to play games. However, even though people of…

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    young age, I only saw Lara Croft as having a “woman’s body” and even as I grew up, developed my own woman’s body, saw friends grow into women’s bodies that image of being strong and capable like Lara was still associated with her physique. For instance, she possessed long legs, a round shapely bottom, a tiny waist, and large breast; she was the brand new digital Barbie that could not possibly exist outside the animation studio. Some still believe that nothing is wrong with how Lara is depicted,…

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    Tomb Raider Analysis

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    Problems of Tomb Raider 1 The film Tomb Raider opens with the main character Lara Croft fights with a large robot inside of an ancient tomb. She defeats the robot with fantastic skill and it reveals that the scene takes place in a practice arena in her home. The opening introduces the setting of Lara as a tomb raider. Later, Lara finds a mystery clock in a secret room in her house, it discovers there is a strange device hidden inside the clock. Actually the clock is the key to retrieve two…

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    or sought a significant piece of artefact or a precious stone. When thinking of archaeologists in films, characters like the amazing Indiana Jones and the attractive Lara Croft come to mind. In films such as Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Croft in the Tomb Rider (2001), both characters were depicted as archaeologists hunting for a…

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    Cave Raiders Slot Review About Cave Raiders Cave Raiders is one of Nektan’s cheeky little video slots. This mobile treat has elements of both Lara Croft (Tomb Raider), and Indiana Jones about it, as you can probably tell from the two main characters. Brushing that aside, the slot is played over 5 reels and 25 lines. There is an unconventional design to this game, which sees the wagering options located to the sides of the screen. Minimum and maximum stakes vary from 0.01 up to 1.00 per line,…

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    take it out in the game's code. He created characters dressed in speedos that would walk around and kiss each other. Number Seven: Tomb Raider. Some code in Tomb Raider allowed players to turn the game into Nude Raider, which let them maneuver Lara Croft around in the nude. This game hack flies in the face of Croft's persona, which is of a strong, independent woman. Number Six: The Sims 2.…

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    on plastic surgery are she does not favor plastic surgery. She believes your body should stay how it was made. Paglia says as individuals we see “woman as ingénue”, meaning innocent or unsophisticated. She used examples as Lana Turner, Barbie, Lara Croft to support the idea behind plastic surgery. These examples have the ideal body type a woman would like to have. Camille compare and contrast people from earlier time to current people. How back then people would stretch their bodies to get a…

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    The international video gaming industry generated an estimated $52.5 Billion (US Dollars) in 2009 according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) (Jenkins, 2010). PWC has estimated that this booming industry would have increased by a whopping 10.6 percent in four years and this would set the estimated generated revenue of this industry at $86.8 Billion. From the above statistics it is evident that the video game industry is an industry that is growing exponentially. Clearly this is a vast industry, I…

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    Slot Games Research Paper

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    play on the iPhone. Just like the online version the iPhone game has five reels that you can spin at home or when out traveling. All you need is a connection to cellular data or WiFi to place a bet. The Tomb Raider symbol is the wild symbol and Lara Croft acts as the scatter. Get the right combination and you will see multiplying wins or free spins. Mermaids Millions Are you looking for a game to play for practice before placing a bet? This game is the best choice for a player to get…

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    “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf most of all. However, I would like to know why did you decide to go straight to the part where the wolf eats the grandmother? I feel that we need to know more of about “LRRH” and how she becomes an epitome of Lara Croft. In the original version “LRRH” is perceived as a naïve young girl who takes baked goods to her sick grandmother and is eaten up by the wolf because she did not heed her mother’s advice. Yet, your version doesn’t mention the reason behind her…

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