• culpritus [any]
    ·
    1 year ago

    cmon

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

    that's pretty dang obv

  • underisk [none/use name]
    ·
    1 year 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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      1 year 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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        1 year 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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      1 year 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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        1 year 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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          1 year 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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    1 year 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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      1 year 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?

  • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year 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]
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    1 year 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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    1 year 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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    1 year ago

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

  • uralsolo
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    edit-2
    1 year ago

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    • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
      ·
      1 year 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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      1 year 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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    1 year 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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      1 year 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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        1 year 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.