The furore that erupted post-E3 from Tomb Raider saw a lot of misinformed blogging and blaming being thrown around, specifically regarding what was commonly referred to as the "attempted rape" scene, and quite specifically from a lot of female or feminist bloggers/writers up in arms over the sequence.

"Lazy", "misogynistic" and "male" were part of the problem, you see. At least in the assumption that Lara's origin tale was being written by a man, or men, and that males have no idea how to run a female protagonist through her paces, or how to offer her real challenges, and thus simply threw her into a scenario we all assume is tough to deal with, but lazy to explore.

Today all of that can be put to rest though, as Square Enix has revealed that Lara's origin scribe is in fact a woman, and one heck of an established writer at that. Rhianna Pratchett, whose credits include Mirror's Edge and Heavenly Sword, among others, has been working on the game from the beginning.

"I grew up playing Tomb Raider," Pratchett revealed via press release. "Uncovering the world’s secrets and unearthing its treasures; I have lived and died as Lara Croft, but nothing comes close to the challenge of re-writing her.

"Seldom do we get the opportunity to reimagine and reinvent a legend, so getting my narrative hands on Miss Croft was a once-in-a-life-time opportunity. It was going back to the genesis of videogame action heroines and exploring how to make such an iconic character meaningful and relatable for gamers today.”

We recently explored the infamous Tomb Raider scene, as well as more from Ms Pratchett's pen in Lara's world, alongside other mature games like Far Cry 3 and The Last of Us while delving into the burgeoning world of mature game design. Click here to read our thoughts on the topic and subject.

Tomb Raider is currently slated for release in early 2013 on PS3, PC and Xbox 360.