In 1998, the then science minister, Lord David Sainsbury, appointed Lara Croft, tomb raider, as an ambassador of British scientific excellence. “I use her as an example of one of the great success stories in this country,” he said. It is difficult to imagine this happening today, not only because it is very strange, but because there is nothing especially British about Lara Croft in the 21st century.
Tomb Raider was released in 1996 by Core Design, a video games developer based in Derby….
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