Lara Croft- The Ongoing Discussion

Wow, the lengthy analysis of Lara Croft in the artcle called "Lara Croft: Feminist Icon or Cyberbimbo?
On the Limits of Textual Analysis" was quite insightful. It is definitely relevant to my topic, so I may use it as a source. However, some of Kennedy's ideas were quite out there. The whole transgender bit involving a male playing Lara was a bit hard to envision. I definitely wouldn't have "consider[ed] the fusion of player and game character as a kind of queer embodiment." Perhaps I am biased though in thinking that Lara Croft is more towards the "cyberbimbo" side because of something I read somewhere. I don't remember where I read it, unfortunately, but it said that Lara Croft's chest "bounces". Ummm...is that not a male oriented detail or what?

I think it would probably help me form my own opinion of Lara had I played the game myself. I actually should try to play it in Green sometime. Reading this article and another one I obtained for my research "What Women Want" brings two opposing views into play, but I can't give my own insight without having played the game before. When the game came out, I didn't find myself wanting to play it because a strong, pretty girl lead would empower girls. Actually, I don't think I had a playstation when that game came out, so I wasn't even able to consider getting it. Anyway, before I digress too far, I'd have to say that while Lara Croft could be a potential feminist heroine, the whole protrayal of her as a sex object does limit that view. I do agree with Kennedy that many readings can formed of Lara, but as to which is the most probable, that remains to be seen. I'll have to get back to you when I play the game...hehe.