Lara Croft May Get Her Own Street

[Logan Westbrook]

Lara Croft May Get Her Own Street

In deepest darkest Derbyshire, town planners are considering naming a new road after everyone's favourite lady archaeologist.

There's a new road going up in the Derbyshire town of Derby that needs a name and one of the names on the table is that of Lara Croft.

Other names being passed around are Florence Nightingale Way, after the famous nurse who helped design the town's hospital, and Rolls-Royce Way, a major employer in the town.

"But why Lara Croft?" I hear you ask, well it's quite simple; the original developers of Tomb Raider, Core Design, are based in the town.

John Forkin, director of Marketing Derby favors the pneumatic heroine: "We have waited a long time for this road and we need to give it a name and the right name. Personally I would be in favor of something that projects something new and modern about the city so I quite like the Lara Croft idea."

Residents have until the 28th August to submit their ideas for names, so we'll have to come back in September to see what they decide.

Source: Kotaku [http://kotaku.com/5328275/uk-city-may-name-road-after-lara-croft]



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[Aac18]

Sigh, Tomb Raider was never even that good, why not name the street after someone who actually deserves it rather than a fictitious character who's main role involves stealing price-less artifacts for no real reason other than shit and giggles.

 

[Curtmiester]

Really? Really? Why? Why her? Cause her developers are there?

 

[blipblop]

If this happens, will this be the first time a street is named after a game??

 

[Woem]

Lara Croft May Get Own Street *pauze* In Detroit!

 

[Trivun]

Wait, Tomb Raider was done by a British company? Bloody hell, I didn't know that. Big up the UK! Woowoowoo!

(P.S. Sorry for the frat boy bit there. I was at a 21st birthday last night.)

Anyway, I can think of plenty more deserving candidates, real and fictional, for their names to be immortalised as a street. Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and the fictional Richard Hammond, mainly.

 

[Flap Jack452]

Sigh, Tomb Raider was never even that good, why not name the street after someone who actually deserves it rather than a fictitious character who's main role involves stealing price-less artifacts for no real reason other than shit and giggles.

But she has big... assets and those sell.

 

[walls of cetepedes]

If it does happen, "Hey where do you live?" "In Lara Croft."

 

[Aac18]

But she has big... assets and those sell.

They may sell games to over-zealous 13 year old's but how many of those are buying houses?

 

[A random person]

But she has big... assets and those sell.

They may sell games to over-zealous 13 year old's but how many of those are buying houses?

You're forgetting the plenty of over-zealous adults out there. How else do you explain strip clubs?

And since someone had to say it, it looks like she's getting a street for her large tracts of land.

 

[Halfbreed13]

Sigh, Tomb Raider was never even that good, why not name the street after someone who actually deserves it rather than a fictitious character who's main role involves stealing price-less artifacts for no real reason other than shit and giggles.

Do you doubt the power of teh BEWBS?
Blasphemy!

But seriously, I fucking hate her >.<

 

[Aac18]

You're forgetting the plenty of over-zealous adults out there. How else do you explain strip clubs?

Sigh, I guess your right, I really need to learn not to give humanity as much credit as I do.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Wait, Tomb Raider was done by a British company? Bloody hell, I didn't know that. Big up the UK! Woowoowoo!

That's probably the reason she's British.

I think they should go for all 3 street names, as well as Mary Seacole Lane. Everyone forgets her and she was far more important in the revolution of nursing than Florence Gloryhogging Nightingale.

Now I think about it, I think everyone who knows that it's a game character will have a slight smile on thier face when they write out "Lara Croft Lane" on an envelope to send someone a letter.

 

[Blackadder51]

I guess it they want to name it after her then im all for it, however i think a non-fictional character would take preference in my books

 

[Trivun]

Wait, Tomb Raider was done by a British company? Bloody hell, I didn't know that. Big up the UK! Woowoowoo!

That's probably the reason she's British.

I think they should go for all 3 street names, as well as Mary Seacole Lane. Everyone forgets her and she was far more important in the revolution of nursing than Florence Gloryhogging Nightingale.

Well, fair enough. I never played the games though and didn't see the films, so although I knew she was British I never gave much thought to it. Never mind though, I guess.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

If they're naming streets after game characters then I want Aran Avenue.

 

[Aiden Rebirth]

"Hey Bill what street do you live on?"
"Boobie Avenue"

 

[Seydaman]

Sigh, Tomb Raider was never even that good, why not name the street after someone who actually deserves it rather than a fictitious character who's main role involves stealing price-less artifacts for no real reason other than shit and giggles.

i assume you mean garrett?

 

[Aac18]

i assume you mean garrett?

They're pretty much one and the same, except one has a decent series to back it (hint: its not Lara).

 

[DazZ.]

The house prices on that street have potential to skyrocket. Rich nerds do buy alot of stupid crap, wouldn't put it past someone moving their home/family to live on such a street.