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"Eidos con Tomb Raider fans"

from ign.com


In a move that has been denounced by industry insiders, Eidos, the publisher of the lucrative Tomb Raider series has announced that it is to buy the small, independant Glasgow based start-up developer Wee Weeji Scallies. This in itself is no shock news (Eidos is known for it's aggressive acquisition strategies), but it is the reasons for the purchase that came to light from a leaked memo from Eidos HQ that caused a furore through the videogaming industry.

Wee Weeji Scallies first project is a farm'em'up, loosely inspired by the Japanese series Harvest Moon. The devco seeks to bring the genre to a whole new audience by basing the action in the world of 'crofting', that is, the running of small, isolated, self sufficient farms in the Scottish Highlands. The hero is to be an 82 year old great grandmother who runs the farm on her own. While struggling through bitter winters and windy summers, players will also have to cope with problems such as arthritis and forgetting where they put their glasses.

Eidos are reputed to be changing the name of the character to Ms. L. Chest, and the name of the game to Lara Chest's Croft, in an attempt woo the ill-informed purchaser by hinting at the cybernetic breasts of their main cash cow, Lara Croft.

It remains to be seen whether the game, while a novel concept, will be a success among Tomb Raider fans.

Grix Thraves wrote:
> I called my dog Cow. It made me laugh because it's not a cow, it's a
> dog.

Excellent.

My horse, on the Gameboy version, was called Tony, which was short for Tony Saddlebags.

Harvest Moon rules. Can't wait for the Gamecube version.

Did you ever bath with a yeti in the cool winter night?

(Wasn't that line in Batman?)

Probably.

I love the way you can have different themes for the animals names. The chickens were all named after styles of chicken food (Nugget, Goujon, Au-Vin, etc), the cows were all named after comedy types of clothing (Pants, Bowtie, Beanie etc), and the sheep were all called Mike (no particular reason for picking Mike, but they're sheep, so as soon as one was called Mike, they all followed suit).

:0D

Why does Mike seem such a great name for a sheep...

ummmm... tomb raider fans have been getting conned for years. or didn't they notice that?

Double *whhooosssshhh*

Grix Thraves wrote:
> :0D
>
> Why does Mike seem such a great name for a sheep...

It was either Mike or Sue.

tis is myfirst post for months and ry ifsome of my words kina look weird but im on aol and it skips leters and i cant b bothered to corec mistakes

oh yeh and tomb raider fans av definitley been conned

andis sheep doing grix

No, sheep aren't doing me, and I'm not doing sheep either... Hmmm.