Grand Thieves & Tomb Raiders
Gaming: it’s the greatest British invasion of them all. Lara Croft is an international icon and the British-born Grand Theft Auto and its spin-offs have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. The UK’s games industry is now bigger than either its cinema or its music.
Yet the medium’s birth in Thatcher’s Britain was almost accidental. While politicians championed computers like the BBC Micro an...
Gaming: it’s the greatest British invasion of them all. Lara Croft is an international icon and the British-born Grand Theft Auto and its spin-offs have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. The UK’s games industry is now bigger than either its cinema or its music.
Yet the medium’s birth in Thatcher’s Britain was almost accidental. While politicians championed computers like the BBC Micro an...
