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[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 9 months ago

Man, 90s video game ads were wild lmao

[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Media today might be less sexist but I think part of it is also that it became drastically more sex averse. Mortal Kombat is gorier than ever for anyone to see, but god forbid anything shows a nipple.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago

Since she's a a Tomb Raider, a dungeon crawler, a spelunker, does that mean he wants her to peg him? Color me interested.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

It took me a couple seconds to understand that it wasn't a before/ after set of pictures. It was a little confusing.

[–] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I recommend this Mastodon account for more retro ads: https://botsin.space/@gamemagprintads

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[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 8 points 9 months ago

Pretty amusing to see what they were up to with ads.

I guess it really was a different time back then where people were able to laugh about things instead of being uptight and serious.

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 7 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Fun fact Tomb Raider was the first game with a nude mod.

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[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Rayman one was great, "small man, huge features" iirc :d

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[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Why does she looks like Aphex Twin?

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I remember TR3 was a huge disappointment after 1 and 2. The new mechanics weren't very good and the level design was more confusing. I remember they added the Desert Eagle pistol and it was a giant brick (seriously the model consisted of probably 3-4 polygons total).

It really felt like they were just milking the franchise at that point.

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