Ive created a mod that makes Lara built like a fridge. This was made for proof of concept but I'm finding myself getting attached. Some features so far are that the doors have full hinge physics, food falls off the shelves and respawns, her voice lines are replaced with fridge slamming noises, the freezer door opens and closes when she talks. And my favorite part: you can slap people with the freezer door.

I was at work this week and i overheard a group of people talking about “vintage” video games they’d played recently.

I’d actually just watched the second Lara Croft film, The Cradle of Life the night before (Why? You’re asking, it’s 2026! Why? I reply. Because it’s a fricking great film and will always be one my faves)

I wandered over joined in and made a reference to Tomb Raider and locking the butler in the freezer. AND NO ONE UNDERSTOOD. I asked what “vintage” games they were talking about. They were talking about games on the original DS… Specifically one of them mention Nintendogs and called it retro.

I asked if anyone had played any Sega or PlayStation One from the 90s. What was the response?

“Omg there’s a PlayStation ONE?” And “You had video games in the 90s?”

I learnt that I’m old.

I learnt that although I’m 33 and I feel like I’m 25, when you talk to a 25 year old they make you feel 50.

I also learnt the younger generation are a little stupid. Sorry bout it. But obviously. They knew there was a PlayStation three, four and five but didn’t realise there was a PlayStation one and two.

Side note: we found a floppy disk when clearing out the office and the intern asked if we’d “3D printed the Save icon”. 😂🤦‍♀️

I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT TOOK GREAT JOY IN LOCKING THE BUTLER IN THE FREEZER.

Make yourself known. We may not be super young anymore. Yes we may have back problems and knee problems and hip problems and breathing problems and have a general f*ck you I’m over it attitude to the world.

But what we do have my friends. Is locking that helpful little bitch in the freezer. For no other reason that pure malice. It was a special time. And kids these days can’t take that away from us.

source: fanbrix.world / Instagram

After like a year of waiting she finally arrived!

I was also planning on getting the Iron Studios statue of Lara, preordered it, but Iron Studios fucked me over.

EDIT: the photos look a bit bleached.

So these are just from a bunch of practice I was doing in class today, I have a plan

I wanna recreate album covers with models of Lara, but.. that's gonna have to wait until after I'm done with my exams (maybe)

This has to be the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while. I’ve been belly laughing from the “we made it, dad” after she starts shooting the TRex. Or when she’s riding in the kayak and says “..I could’ve had a family” 😭😂

Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary Edition - Tomb of Ash

here's a link where you can find more info and images

Face could have used work maybe though

I'm wondering if they gave TRC to juniors instead of the OG game developers would there much difference in quality. If the OG team got to work on AOD straight away it would probably be a much better game.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/an-oral-history-of-the-tomb-raider-game-no-one-wanted-to-make

“Wow, a gang of men rendered immortal by failed experiments, living in the shadows of London. I wonder how they will tie into the rest of the plot”

It's been almost 6 years since source code, along with dev stuff of "Tomb Raider 10th anniversary edition" got published, but i haven't seen any modding projects for this game or any interest of fans for years. I wanted to ask if anyone is working on any Level Editor or maybe an open source project for this?

Ok this is funny I haven’t restarted it to see if it fixes itself. Is this a common bug from the Xbox one version of tomb raider?

I loved the different gun upgrades, the scenery, the small secret tomb puzzles and the map. I think it was pretty good.

However, I had quite a lot of gripes with everything else.

The combat: it was okay, but it felt really underdeveloped. I wish there were more kinds of enemies that you could fight, instead of simple gunmen. There could have been more ways to silently take out enemies. If they leaned into it a bit more, then I think less people would have a problem with the combat in this game.

The writing: maybe its just me, but I hardly cared about most of these characters. Hell, even the main villain felt like just a random guy. And omg the constant handholding via monologues and dialogues.. can I solve ONE puzzle myself??

The pacing: the game felt very repetitive a lot of times. Running while everything explodes, sliding down something, enemies ambushing you over and over again... if all these things only happened in the first 1/3 of the game, it would have been fine. Also, a lot of times it felt like the game is going to end. But nooo, you have to collect something else from far away! I dont mind that the game is long, its just that almost every part of it seemed like its going to end in 30 minutes. In the last 2 hours, I stopped caring and speedran it.

The useless mechanics: did i miss something, or was killing animals completely useless after the first 2 hours of the game? Whats the point of being able to kill rats for example? Its not like you will ever run out of bullets, especially if you know how to do headshots.

So overall it was a fine game, and I expect a lot more from the next two. If they polished it and made it less repetitive, it could have been great.

With Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis on the horizon, how plausible do you think it is that we’ll get a new Lara Croft skin in Fortnite based on her unified design?

I’ve seen some speculation circulating on X, with some fans convinced that a new Lara Croft skin is practically guaranteed and that it’s only a matter of time before it’s officially announced. A lot of that confidence seems to come from the popularity of the original Lara Croft skin in Fortnite.

Personally, I’d love to see her updated look make it into the game, especially around the release of Legacy of Atlantis.

But realistically, do you think there’s a strong possibility of another collaboration, or is this just wishful thinking from the fanbase?