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Lara Croft in the Guinness Book

WEDNESDAY APRIL 12 2006 10:00 AM

Submitted by Seanbaby. Edited By WilWheaton.

According to Guinness, the organization responsible for counting how many bees people put in their mouths, Tomb Raider's Lara Croft is now a world record holder. She's officially the "Most Successful Human Videogame Heroine."

The Tomb Raider star won the prize for "transcending the boundaries of video games and becoming a recognisable figure in mainstream society".

Other human video game heroines considered for the newly contrived award included Street Fighter's Chun Li, Donkey Kong's Pauline, Dragon's Lair's Daphne, and Resident Evil starlets Jill Valentine and Claire Redfield. A nonhuman version of the same award has been claimed by Ms. Pac-Man.

While this would be fantastic news for the fictional character, it was immediately overshadowed by Sandra Trail, a Little Rock woman who grew the "Female Moustache Most Filled With Soup."

In other World Record news, until this sentence, this post was setting the record for "Longest Mention of Tomb Raider Without Bringing Up Her Tits."

45 Comments

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Wannie

Kingston, ON

March 2004

APR 12, 2006 10:33 AM

I really don't think those other heroines even deserve mentioning really. I would not have known their names if asked, and I'm an avid gamer. I'm sure some resident evil fans will complain, but that's a pretty limited audience considering you had to have a psx (for the most part) to be able to play them.

FrankMask

Saint Paul, MN

June 2003

APR 12, 2006 10:36 AM

Samus Aran must be fuming.

Wannie

Kingston, ON

March 2004

APR 12, 2006 10:39 AM

Frank said:
Samus Aran must be fuming.

Good call. Now there's a name I would have recognized. I can still remember my brother and I beating Metroid, and then watching as Samus removed 'his' helmet to reveal his lustrous hair! Oh my god! Samus is a chick! Cool!

StarBelliedBoy

Philadelphia, PA

December 2003

APR 12, 2006 10:39 AM

Ok, who the fuck is Donkey Kong's Pauline, and since when have there been human characters in DK???

WilWheaton

Los Angeles, CA

June 2005

APR 12, 2006 10:46 AM

StarBelliedBoy said:
Ok, who the fuck is Donkey Kong's Pauline, and since when have there been human characters in DK???

Congratulaitons. You've managed to be the first person in my life to make me feel like I'm actually 33 years old.

StarBelliedBoy

Philadelphia, PA

December 2003

APR 12, 2006 10:50 AM

WilWheaton said:

StarBelliedBoy said:
Ok, who the fuck is Donkey Kong's Pauline, and since when have there been human characters in DK???

Congratulaitons. You've managed to be the first person in my life to make me feel like I'm actually 33 years old.

Oh god. I just realized.

Girthy

Los Angeles, CA

July 2005

APR 12, 2006 10:53 AM

Frank said:
Samus Aran must be fuming.

+ Fucking 1, man.

MC_Dove

Cincinnati, OH

November 2004

APR 12, 2006 10:54 AM

what about zelda, goddammit?

papawheelie

Fisty, KY

February 2003

APR 12, 2006 10:55 AM

seanbaby lives!

i missed you man

Deunan

I'm lost

April 2005

APR 12, 2006 01:51 PM

Samus Aran is a most definate. Lara Croft is no match for her *dramatic music* WAVE BEAM.

adjunct

Philadelphia, PA

July 2002

APR 12, 2006 01:57 PM

NEWS: Guinness Book Wins Award for Most Ambiguous Measurement of Achievement in History.

PointBlank

New York, NY

November 2004

APR 12, 2006 02:12 PM

How the fuck is Mario not a person? Is it because he's Italian?? That would be racist.

joker_

Windsor, CA

October 2005

APR 12, 2006 03:01 PM

Is Pikachu female?

fountainofdreams

Mokena, IL

January 2005

APR 12, 2006 03:28 PM

PointBlank said:
How the fuck is Mario not a person? Is it because he's Italian?? That would be racist.

obviously it's because he's a plumber.

CLASS WARFARE!

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN

July 2003

APR 12, 2006 07:49 PM

Wannie said:
I really don't think those other heroines even deserve mentioning really. I would not have known their names if asked, and I'm an avid gamer. I'm sure some resident evil fans will complain, but that's a pretty limited audience considering you had to have a psx (for the most part) to be able to play them.

I have no idea who some of the others were, but, um, Resident Evil has been on way more than just the PSX. Versions of 2 and 3 (containing Claire Redfield and Jill Valentine, respectively, though Jill's in 1 also) have been on: PSX, Dreamcast, N64, PC, and Gamecube. 1 has been on at least the PSX, Gamecube (in remake form), and DS, and I'm fairly sure there was a PC version also. Code Veronica was on both DC and PS2. There's also a variety of single console entries including a Gameboy Resident Evil, and I think even a Tiger .com one.

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