Lara Croft Go: media language and representation — AQA GCSE Media Studies 8572
AQA GCSE Media Studies · 8572
Lara Croft Go: media language and representation
Video games
What you need to know
Lara Croft Go (2015): a turn-based puzzle game for mobile devices, a spin-off from the Tomb Raider series, made by Square Enix Montréal and published by Square Enix.
Media language: its stylised visuals, colour, sound, interface and puzzles, and how it uses and varies the conventions of action-adventure games.
Representation: Lara Croft as a female hero, how her representation has changed since the 1990s, and how far gender representation in games is balanced.
Describe the game's screens, characters and play in your own words.
