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Lara Croft Way is Now a Real Street in England

4:20 AM - July 30, 2010 - By Marcus Yam - Source : Tom's Guide US

The first road to be named after a video game character.

It all started last year, when the UK city of Derby took a vote on what to name one of its new streets.

More than 27,000 people took part in the vote to name the new £36.2m Derby road. Lara Croft Way captured 89 percent of the votes, which was up against names after footballer Steve Bloomer, the astronomer John Flamsteed and the engineer George Sorocold.

The connection between Derby and Lara Croft lies in now defunct game development studio Core Design, which created the Tomb Raider series.

"The vote really captured the imagination of people from across the world and, despite my lack of gaming knowledge, I accept that a majority of 89% for Lara Croft is too overwhelming to ignore," said Councillor Lucy Care, cabinet member for planning and transportation. "She was created in Derby and deserves to stand alongside some of the more traditional icons of the city."

Now the road is officially open, and there was a Lara Croft/Angelina Jolie lookalike on hand to pose for some photos.

Check out the BBC for the full gallery.

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gmarsack 07/30/2010 4:11 AM
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tee hee she's pretty...

Anonymous 07/30/2010 4:17 AM
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bebangs 07/30/2010 4:52 AM
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Definitely going to be a tourist site.

crossbow82 07/30/2010 5:12 AM
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Tourist site... Her or the street? I'm going for the former.

eddieroolz 07/30/2010 5:41 AM
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Probably will become a minor tourist site now.

Dkz 07/30/2010 5:51 AM
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crossbow82 07/30/2010 6:28 AM
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Dkz :
Omg is you crazy? that face is scary! You is UGLY!



I isn't paid attentions to's that's regionz.

marraco 07/30/2010 7:16 AM
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But the real attraction it lacks is the mysterious Lara Croft house.

shizen 07/30/2010 8:07 AM
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sexy lara croft..

okibrian 07/30/2010 8:57 AM
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I will ride on that street any day. :D

shaun_shaun 07/30/2010 10:24 AM
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there will b lots of accidents on this road !!! :D

Hatecrime69 07/30/2010 1:31 PM
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hardcore_gamer 07/30/2010 1:36 PM
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its missing a Lara Croft statue..

regulas 07/30/2010 2:08 PM
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Isn't this the same country that now has an official cult, uh, I mean religion based on the Force from Star Wars.

flaminggerbil 07/30/2010 3:17 PM
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regulas :
Isn't this the same country that now has an official cult, uh, I mean religion based on the Force from Star Wars.


Beats scientology.

irh_1974 07/30/2010 3:33 PM
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I drive down this road on the way to work.
The only good thing about it is now it is finished I dont have to fight through a hour of roadworks each day, all for the sake of a strip of tarmac that is 300 meters long, through a really crappy part of town.

It will be better when they finish the rest of the ringroad and I can bypass the City Centre to go to work and back.

zak_mckraken 07/30/2010 4:05 PM
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Quote :The first road to be named after a video game character.


What about Kirby Road in Bethesda, MD?

fayzaan 07/30/2010 4:20 PM
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Sneaky Jedi 07/30/2010 4:20 PM
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seriously. can Tom's do something about this air jordan spam?

irh_1974 07/30/2010 4:53 PM
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fayzaan :
First off the chic in that pic iS UGLY! (stop acting like something you're not) and 2ndly why the hell would you name a street after some stupid game character when it would be far better to be put under someone who has contributed something to society (like the engineer or astronomer examples in the article).This is so lame...glad im not from that country


I'm glad too
By the way, only a mile awy from this street is Brian Clough Way, the road that runs from Derby to Nottingham.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Clough
OK, maybe he didn't free the slaves or paint the Cistine Chaple, but who are you to dictate wether or not someone has done something worthwhile for society?
Lara Croft has contributed to a whole generation of young people learning to fap on the computer before flash porn sites even existed.

Roten67 07/30/2010 6:29 PM
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This chick in not ugly, Hilary rogerme Clintons ugly, any way Angelina jolie aint all that any more with her boney A#@s Face and big lips, she could probably suck a golf ball thru a garden hose with them..LOL

jimmysmitty 07/30/2010 6:36 PM
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Next up: NYC Duke Nukem Ave.

Roten67 07/30/2010 7:14 PM
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Spammers are dumb, they annoy us with spam and expect us to by something hahahaha

regulas 07/30/2010 7:42 PM
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flaminggerbil :
Beats scientology.


Agreed

Anonymous 07/31/2010 12:02 PM
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who is she? Sexy, I would do...

Anonymous 07/31/2010 12:32 PM
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Hello, thank you for the comments.
Sienna Taylor

killerclick 07/31/2010 2:09 AM
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flaminggerbil :
Beats scientology.



And Islam and Christianity while we're at it.


Now if they only made a game about a proper archeologist...

ryan156 07/31/2010 3:31 AM
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It's not like anyone goes to Derby anyways...

doive1231 07/31/2010 1:29 PM
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Wow, a message from the lady herself. Hi Sienna.

regulas 07/31/2010 3:12 PM
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killerclick :
And Islam and Christianity while we're at it.Now if they only made a game about a proper archeologist...


Always a fool at every site

kingnoobe 07/31/2010 5:01 PM
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I agree killer. It's funny people always bitch about scientology, but really it holds just as much water as every other non sense relegion.

And ya, she's diffently doable.


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