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I went on the BBC to talk about how Lara Croft has been voted the most iconic game character of all time

I went on the BBC to talk about how Lara Croft has been voted the most iconic game character of all time

As you may have heard, Lara Croft has been voted the most iconic video game character of all time, ahead of the 20th Bafta Game Awards. Mario came in second, followed by Agent 47 from the Hitman games in third, Sonic in fourth, and Sackboy from the LittleBigPlanet games in fifth.

I was asked to talk to Trish Adudu on BBC CWR about Lara’s win, and you can listen to a clip from the show below. To be honest, I was quite surprised to see Lara top the poll, seeing as there hasn’t been a mainline Tomb Raider game since 2018. But it was a pleasant surprise, since I remain a huge fan of the character and the games, and clearly Lara is held dear in the popular consciousness. Long live Lara!

You can listen to the full clip on BBC Sounds at the 3 hours 23 minute mark: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hhwlbm

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2 responses to “I went on the BBC to talk about how Lara Croft has been voted the most iconic game character of all time”

  1. Graeme Currie Avatar
    Graeme Currie

    That was an interesting one, yes Lara Croft is number one, I loved the tomb raider games and still have many of the newer ones to complete. That was a good listen as well Lewis on the BBC. I was talking to my dad and my dad was saying that makes total sense for Lara to get the number one spot as he loved Tomb Raider as well back in the day.

    I managed to get an interview with someone from the early days and has a lot of early core design games he was involved with, he might of worked with Simon Phips being the original creator of Rick Dangerous.

    Hoping to get it put up on the Atari legends website if all goes well.

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    1. Lewis Packwood Avatar
      Lewis Packwood

      That’s great, I look forward to reading the interview! Send a link when you can 🙂

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