30th anniversary

Tomb Raider: why does Lara Croft always have to restart her story?

Survivor of an accident, an adventurer tracing her mother, or a shipwrecked young woman: Lara Croft has multiple origin stories. These rewritings tell of the difficulty in evolving a famous heroine without losing what makes her recognizable.

Tomb Raider: Have we lost the joy of getting lost in video games?

Seeking an exit, circling back to a closed door, finally unlocking the mechanism: the early Tomb Raider games made hesitation a core part of the adventure. Their rediscovery invites us to rethink the role of clues and aids in video games.

Tomb Raider: how Lara Croft became a sex symbol, and later adopted a new look

Exaggerated silhouette, swaggering confidence, a wounded body or an adventurer’s get-up: Lara Croft’s look has tracked the evolution of Tomb Raider. It also reveals the sometimes conflicting expectations that video games place on their heroines. A look back at one of the most iconic figures in video games!

Tomb Raider: why the 1996 T-Rex still lingers in our memory

It bursts onto the scene in a valley and brutally rewrites the rules of the adventure. The Tyrannosaurus from the original Tomb Raider remains one of Lara Croft’s most famous encounters. A scene whose impact comes as much from its setup as from the sheer size of the monster.