"gamespot" listed "tomb raider" on their "15 most influential games of all time", saying it served as a template for many 3d action-adventure games that would follow and helped drive the market for 3d accelerator cards for pcs. the game's use of a hard-edged, female heroine has been both hailed as revolutionary (breaking away from the male perspective of game playing) and undergone multi-factorial critiques that either consider lara's portrayal to be a positive visual metaphor of sexual empowerment or objectifying and sexist. aside from game appearances, lara was featured on covers of magazines, in comic books and movies. the amount of media coverage lara received at the time was previously unheard of, with many magazines also outside the video game industry printing articles on her. several large corporations, such as timberland, and lucozade wanted to use her as their spokesperson. the image of lara croft was used by u2 in their popmart tour.