#poor ignorants

[positivelyamazonian]

Let's go again over an issue that made Core Design angry: Nude Raider (...) the least delicate gamers could handle a naked adventurer, which was never Core Design's wish. The developers' answer to this "provocation" is at the last (TRII) level: Home Sweet Home (...) After getting rid of her enemies, the beauty moves to her bathroom and before undressing (...) she turns to the camera saying: "Don't you think you've seen enough?", takes her shotgun and shoots the voyeur (...) Here, the subliminal message is that Lara belongs to Core. The British developer will never accept to strip her totally. And as Lara is a strong woman, she can perfectly defend herself...

from L’Histoire de Tomb Raider by Alexandre Serel

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How Tomb Raider II was supposed to see the light of day without its creator? Fortunately, apart from the individual contribution, Tomb Raider is, over all, a team work (...) While it's true that Toby Gard created Lara Croft and Tomb Raider, all the members in the team were essential: Gavin and his level editor, Heather and Neal who probed their great talent when building them, Jason who programmed the Saturn version, Vicky who gave birth to the storyline...if it was necessary, from now on, Tomb Raider could make it without Toby Gard and Paul Douglas.

from L’Histoire de Tomb Raider by Alexandre Serel

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On his part, Toby received a new offense from Eidos, who asked him to include in the game a code for... strip Lara! This time all the team stuck together and cathegorically refused Miss Croft to be exposed with her simplest equipment. The woman in the team, Heather, confirmed: "Yes, we were asked to do that, but we never did. There is NO nude Lara! After all, she's just a wire underneath. (laughs)

from L’Histoire de Tomb Raider by Alexandre Serel