Welcome back friends to another waypoint article read.

I'm Rob Zachman, today we've got D.L.A.Sena's review of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, a game

which attempts to both rehabilitate the idea of Lara Croft as a character, redefine her mission

as a hero, and transform Tomb Raider into a franchise that can coexist with more progressive

anti-colonial attitudes.

It's a tall order, and here's D.L.A.Sena how it turned out in her review, Shadow of the Tomb Raider

tries, but fails to tackle its own colonialism.

Anyway stick around for a long conversation after the article with plenty of spoilers about

the pot of Shadow of the Tomb Raider once D.L.A.S wraps up a read here.

Every day it encroaches, Petiti will not survive its invasion, everything we are will be taken

or destroyed.

It's not a line of dialogue I expected from a Tomb Raider game, but deep into the narrative

of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, it's a position passionately argued by one of the main characters.

They're talking about the outside world, about colonialism, and though this character

never says it directly, they are talking about Lara Croft.

This Friday, when Shadow of the Tomb Raider launches on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One,

players will once again take up the mantle of an tribute British-Ares and archaeologist.

It's hopefully the final act in the rebooted origin story of Lara Croft, played by Camilla

Washington, this time developed by Ida S. Montreal in conjunction with Crystal Dynamics.

The basic setup is this, Lara is chasing down Trinity, a Dan Brown-like organization

hell-bent on controlling the world through the acquisition of mystical artifacts to the

confabulation of what a town on the Mexican island of Cosmelle should look like.

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