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diagorus
09/16/09

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This model is terrible for everyone but his company. I sincerely hope it fails.
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AncientUnknown1
09/16/09

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Is there enough competent freelance talent out there willing to work on single-job-contracts to make a video game? Probably, but surely not as much of a talent pool that Hollywood has when it comes to looking to contract competent movie-making talent.

Considering that most of the top game-making talent is already salaried at development studios, you'd have to offer some pretty big contracts to lure them away. Even then, the top talent would have to be confident there would be more contract work elsewhere once they completed the job. It would make no sense to leave a salaried job for a one-off contract if there wasn't a reasonable possibility of finding new contract work afterwards.
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searanox
09/16/09

@AncientUnknown1: The human being is a frightfully determined thing. Deprive it of its means of survival and it will go to incredible lengths to regain them. Capitalism knows that it can treat workers like garbage and get away with it, because the people under it don't have much choice beyond "live or die".
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Koztah
09/16/09

@searanox: "Live or die". Or "work in another industry". Or better, get treated like garbage by an employer but still produce top notch work in record time, until they give you more and more responsibilities and you become ridiculously expensive to replace. Then it's your turn to fuck with them. You'd be surprised what lengths a company will go to in order to hold on to you if losing you means eating a few hundred thousand dollars in losses.
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Paradox me
09/16/09

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You know, people always seem to want video games to be on equal ground as every other major media, but the more we head in that direction the more it feels like the industry is changing for the worst.

I'm probably just paranoid, with my opinions slightly skewed by nostalgia and a lack of knowledge of how things truly worked in the past, but its definitely been a negative vibe so far this generation.
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WhatTheFrag
09/16/09

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But wasn't he in charge of the next Tombraider since January. Hmm sounds to me (from what he said) like he was either getting removed from that post to a lesser one or he was just tired of tombraider or a combination of the two.
Also he mentions in the article that he wants projects to be more expansive. So I guess the whole open-world and other bits that were out were just his design concepts and hmm those are out probably due to budgetary constraints.
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Mancomb Seepgood
08/03/09

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And why not? Other forms of entertainment and fictional characters have been honoured in such a way.
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ThursdayNext
08/03/09

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"As opposed to the United States, where it seems most bridges, overpasses and stretches of highway are named for some transportation commissioner, retired general or state senator no one's ever heard of."

There was a "Senator Golden-Gate"?
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deanbmmv
08/02/09

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"Only in Britain would a book titled 'Crap Towns' get a sequel because people complained their town wasn't in the first one" - Andy Parsons
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-Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!
08/02/09

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Jeez, took me 5 minutes to load this page. Going to fix up your servers Gawker?

And i like the idea of Video Game Streets...

Covenant Drive anyone?
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silasthemariner
08/02/09

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England has the best street names. I live on Butt Road and i'm about 5 miles away from Queer Street which is in the village of Fingeringhoe.
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Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods!
08/02/09

In reply to UK City May Name Road After Lara Croft
Huh... must be a curvy road.
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hot_heart
08/02/09

@Michael Dukakis - Mets fan: Interesting story actually. It's got a couple of speed bumps in the road but when they first put them in they were quite angular. People didn't really complain though. They were just happy to see some speed bumps. Fortunately, over time they've improved them and smoothed them out, though they're still a little big for the road.
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Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods!
08/02/09

@hot_heart: Well done.
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zimmi88
07/13/09

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*sigh* When will PR teams learn... when you send the lawyer drones after the bloggers, you basically confirm the truth behind the rumor.

Now, as for another Lara Croft reboot game... I'm hesitant. The gameplay and concept behind Lara Croft can be fun and engaging (when the devs don't screw up the controls), but I'm beginning to question just how long this franchise will keep going and how many reboots it will go through.

I'm reserving judgment until they release more info.
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stranger
07/13/09

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How about instead of continually trying to reboot a decade old franchise (that should probably be left in the past anyway), why not let the clearly talented team at Crystal Dynamics try an original IP for once?

I'm getting sick of every Tomb Raider 'reboot' boiling down to a reskinned rehash with a couple of gameplay tweaks.

Let Lara die. Please.
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starscar.exe
07/13/09

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Will FFVIII ever receive its own compilation series like FFVII did? Will Kotaku ever take down the aforementioned image? Will Batman ever escape the clutches of the Joker's new maniacal scheme? Stay tuned next week! Same bat-time, same bat-channel!
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Tom Clancy's Samuraidino
07/13/09

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this is about the only way I could become interested in another Tomb Raider game....

Thats the kind of terrifying reboot I wanna see
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NewYork214
07/13/09

@Tom Clancy's Samuraidino:

lol. his tit size to head size is very fucked up lol.
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Tom Clancy's Samuraidino
07/13/09

@NewYork214: SO no real difference to the non rebooted Tomb Raiders then :P
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xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx
07/13/09

@Tom Clancy's Samuraidino: How can you like uncharted but not tomb raider? Other than Lara not being as comedic a character the games are almost the same.
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Tom Clancy's Samuraidino
07/13/09

@xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx: Pretty easily actually....Tomb Raider has refused to evolve.Lara Still controls like a shopping cart,the camera is still awful,the combat is incredibly outdated and the stories have been nothing special.

Character is also a pretty big thing for me too though,Lara is just not likeable.And If I cant connect with my avatar in a game world I tend to lose interest in the game.

The only thing I enjoyed in the latest Tomb Raider over Uncharted,were the puzzles.
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stranger
07/13/09

@xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx: I disagree. The actual gameplay in Uncharted is totally different than Tomb Raider. Uncharted is like a Gears of War-style shooter with a focus on environmental exploration. Not once as Nathan Drake did I ever somersault over a couple of tigers whilst shooting them with an M16.

So far as presentation goes, Uncharted blows Tomb Raider away...
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Takamofo
07/13/09

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Huh... She isn't hiding watermelons anymore.
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wild homes loves you but chooses darkness!
07/13/09

@Takamofo: Correct, but the suddenly non-pneumatic nature of her reboot breasts (reboobs?) makes me wonder just how well this well perform in the marketplace. I expect my Lara Croft to not only perform gravity-defying stunts, but to be a prurient, gravity-defying stunt.
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