Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | 08:20 BST
Derby could get road named after Lara Croft
UK town Derby is considering naming a new ring road after local heroine Lara Croft.
According to a ThisIsDerby story, suggested names have included Florence Nightingale Way and Lara Croft Way.
Florence Nightingale was a noted humanitarian attributed with saving the lives of many thousands of injured soldiers during the Crimean War. Lara Croft is a overly-mammarized videogame character attributed with making a bunch of money by jumping around and shooting a bit.
“Personally I would be in favour of something that projects something new and modern about the city,” said John Forkin, director of Marketing Derby.
“I quite like the Lara Croft idea.”
Pathetic. Just call it Lara’s Ring and have done with it.
Thanks, TombRaiderChronicles.
7 comments
#1
BraveArse
03/08/09, 8:51 am
Lol. I was a student at Derby Uni when Core were at their peak,doing the first few TR games. You could spot the offices a mile away because of all the shiny cars they had. Maybe they should call it The Way of Broken Dreams.
#2
Patrick Garratt
03/08/09, 9:01 am
I went there in 1998. It was the first ever games interview I sat in on. We bumped into Nell McAndrew in the hall.
#3
Bojanglez
03/08/09, 9:03 am
“UK town Derby” – It is a city not a town!
#4
Captain Fruitloop
03/08/09, 9:27 am
Maybe they could also have a Shellshock Avenue, in honour of Core Design’s (now Rebellion Derby) most recent work.
#5
dirigiblebill
03/08/09, 10:52 am
“Florence Nightingale was a noted humanitarian attributed with saving the lives of many thousands of injured soldiers during the Crimean War. Lara Croft is a overly-mammarized videogame character attributed with making a bunch of money by jumping around and shooting a bit.”
Sterling work, sir
Edit – although now I think about it, you’re missing an “n”
#6
ecu
03/08/09, 5:11 pm
I’m still at Derby uni.
And yes, it’s a city, not a town. A very small city, but a city nontheless.
#7
BraveArse
03/08/09, 10:00 pm
Ecu – are the Blessington Carriage and The Dolphin still there or have they become shinified genero-bars?
Pat – that was the year I left for Edinburgh. /old, very old