She was perfectly civil with me during our Twitter chat, but there's no getting away from the fact that quite a lot of the publicity around Tomb Raider and Rise of the Tomb Raider converged on her involvement. I've met Rhianna Pratchett (and she's very nice). It might feel hecka strange to Jill, but she did numerous interviews to promote the game, and her name was all over the marketing, so. I'm flattered ppl know who I am but only tagging or crediting or criticizing me is hecka strange.' We have narrative directors, cinematics directors, creative directors, brand, editorial. A game's Lead Writer is not its only writer or the person most in charge of story. Over the weekend, Rhianna doubled down, sharing this tweet by Jill Murray: 'Y'all.

Regardless of how you feel about the tone of the games/Lara that is an unfair and inaccurate call out.' You know all this. Yet throughout the TR games, you seem to aim blame squarely at the writer(s). The story by committee that often happens. The relatively low power that writers wield. The tumultuous nature of AAA development.

Here's what she had to say to me: 'Paul - You know how games are made. I mean, aside from getting a bit of grief from TR fans over my 'tired schtick', I also get tweeted at by no less a luminary than Rhianna Pratchett - the writer of the first two Tomb Raider reboot games - having mentioned her and Jill Murray (lead writer of Shadow of the Tomb Raider) in the piece. I've been thinking a lot about Lara Croft over the past week, ever since I wrote an article criticising the character's ongoing development, or lack of.

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