• culpritus [any]
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    9 months ago

    cmon

    • tank top
    • shorts
    • akimbo semi-auto guns
    • outdoorsy climbing skills

    that's pretty dang obv

  • underisk [none/use name]
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    9 months ago

    Being invested in Tomb Raider lore is as incomprehensible to me as being into Frogger lore. How many people could possibly care about this?

    • Sasuke [comrade/them]
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      9 months ago

      frogger actually has a very rich and compelling lore. in one game, for instance, he can jump very high. and in another he extend his tongue very far. there's also a game where you get to see his feet

      • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        9 months ago

        Sometimes stories are like food. I can enjoy a finely crafted meal and it is very delicious. Sometimes though... junk food and unhealthy stuff just calls to you. You enjoy it for a bit but afterwards you admire it wasn't that great.

        Some games, some manga, and some manhua especially fall under junk food for me, but I of course like reading full novels and the like too.

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      9 months ago

      I-was-saying I like the old games and the stories around them. Granted I've never dabbled in the games post 2013-reboot or the comic books.

      • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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        9 months ago

        Old Lara was really simple. She just wanted cool things to decorate her giant British manor with and was willing to kill anyone and anything to get them

        • neo [he/him]
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          9 months ago

          When I was younger I didn't think much of it in games like this, but when you go back and play something like Far Cry 3 or Tomb Raider (2013) and you realize how many people you kill along the way... goddamn.

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    9 months ago

    If you were a true fan of the series and not a reactionary nerd clout chasing you'd know Lara has always been a lesbian. Core tried to shoehorn her in a male love interest and it fell flat on it's face and failed. So it's the most unsurprising news ever.

    • HiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]
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      9 months ago

      Tomb Raider in 1996: Lara is Lesbian!

      G*mers in 1996: Cool! (For awooga reasons)

      Tomb Raider in 2023: Lara is Lesbian!

      G*mers in 2023: Honestly, this feels forced. Why would they change it all these years later?

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          9 months ago

          Their problem is that the le sexy lesbian sex is supposed to be presented like a porn writing prompt, where the le sexy waifus are making out to get senpai excited so he can le sexy sex the both of them.

          Just the concept of two lesbians having a committed relationship deflates their weeb peens because that leaves no potential opportunity for them to show up and make the performative lesbians go nyaaah. wojak-nooo

  • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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    9 months ago

    The only thing I remember about the story of the 2013 game is that they get shipwrecked and Lara calls out Saaaaaam! a lot. Definitely seemed like they were a couple to me

  • regularassbitch [she/her]M
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    9 months ago

    she looks like she goes to hot topic and buys clothes to steal valor from gay people. that's all i got here

  • LeylaLove [she/her, love/loves]
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    9 months ago

    I mean me and all the other lesbians were the ones excited for the 2013 reboot in middle school. Not a single boy I knew played that game. We went to game stop in droves for Tomh Raider.

  • Goblinmancer [any]
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    9 months ago

    Didnt gamers felt its gay if their female playable character dates a guy lmao.

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    9 months ago

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    9 months ago

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    • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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      9 months ago

      I don't think they were cannibals, just religious nutters. Evidentially I didn't remember the game that well because I thought Lara and Sam were sisters

    • juliebean@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      i think the subtext was written bigger than the actual text on that one. if lara were a dude, i don't think anyone would be doubting the romance, but some straight people are incapable of seeing gay love no matter how blatant it is.

  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    9 months ago

    Melonie Mac took such a sharp turn. I remember watching her let's play of a game and she was this sweet bubbly gamer type like Pokimane. Then I think she got married to a marine dude and quickly turned into an anti-SJW poster.

    • RedCat@lemmygrad.ml
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      9 months ago

      I don't think you would end up marrying a marine if you aren't cringe already but maybe I am wrong.

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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        9 months ago

        most likely. Every US marine I've ever met told me their name and that they were a marine every single time when first meeting them. It's always funny when I find out they were a cook, engineer, or a reserve that's never seen combat.