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These poses, with Croft generally holding large, phallic-like handguns, have nothing to do with the actual gaming experience of Tomb Raider. Lara is never shown using her wits to think her way out of a deadly ancient trap, or her physical strength and dexterity to navigate difficult terrain, attributes which domnate Tomb Raider gameplay. Appearances by swimsuit models (dressed in Croft's tight-fitting, revealing attire) depicting Lara Croft at gaming conventions and trade shows further serve to illustrate how potentially strong Feminist characters like Croft are undermined by patriarchal rhetoric. Tomb Raider's phenomenal success did create space in E-gaming rhetoric for other interactive narratives that center around female characters, however. |