Friday Games: Tomb Raider 1996 vs 2013
With the recent reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise by Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics, it’s a good opportunity to take a look at where the series began. We’ll play the original 1996 Tomb Raider from Eidos and Core Design and take a look at how the gameplay, expectations, and heroine have changed.
As usual, we’ll start at 4pm in MIT room 26-153. Join us in person or on Twitch!
Philip Tan is the creative director for the MIT Game Lab. He teaches CMS.608 Game Design and CMS.611J/6.073J Creating Video Games at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For the past 6 years, he was the executive director for the US operations of the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, a game research initiative. He complements a Master's degree in Comparative Media Studies with work in Boston's School of Museum of Fine Arts, the MIT Media Lab, WMBR 88.1FM and the MIT Assassins' Guild, the latter awarding him the title of "Master Assassin" for his live-action roleplaying game designs. He also founded a DJ crew at MIT.