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Most people go their whole lives without having to fight an evil version of themselves. Lara Croft of Tomb Raider fame has done it twice. This week on Outside Xbox we harked back to the pre-reboot years, when the Croftster was always fighting bizarre flesh monsters and actual dinosaurs.Although it is demonstrably cool to fight trained mercenaries and angry bears, as in the new Tomb Raider games, we can't help but remember fondly the days when Lara faced off with less explicable enemies. Evil Lara, for instance, which was Lara with eyeliner - or a teenage boy on a skateboard.
Speaking of peculiar enemies, spare a thought for Batman, who must deal with verdant idiot The Riddler, who is one of the most enduring members of Batman's rogues' gallery despite being completely useless.
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