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Phil here with a * spoiler warning. *

At 49:11 through 01:21:56, we discuss the antagonist and broad story beats of Tomb Raider 1 (1996) and discuss the themes of the Survivor Trilogy, with broad discussion of Tomb Raider (2013) and Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) endings. I tried to keep the discussion away from discrete big story beats, so you should be relatively spoiler-free, but hey, just know what you're getting into.

Today's episode is about Lara Croft, Tomb Raider in all of her incarnations: treasure hunter, mercenary, fledgling archaeologist, and, yes, crush for late-90s gamers. We do our best to have a deft discussion about Lara as a cultural icon, sex symbol, and dig into her origins and evolution throughout the past decades.

Discussed

Lara Croft Tomb Raider, Runescape, Metal, Runescape & Metal, Outdoor Furniture, Culture, Core Design, Lara Croft as culture, Lara Croft as sex symbol, psychology of Gamers(TM), split timelines, modeling, whoopsies, Tomb Raider: Endgame, PTSD, the entire Crystal Dynamics Survivor Timeline.

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*We are not time experts.

This month’s episode is a little bit about Y2K and a lot bit about your thermostat getting caught in a boot loop in 2038, a year not nearly as catchy as Y2K.

Discussed

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Y2K, Swatch Internet Time, Pizza Hut, Thermostats, Runescape, 4-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit timekeeping, heat death of the universe, general collapse and e-waste-ification of Amazon garbage.

Links

Tom Scott The Problem with Time and Time Zones

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God Wars, the Ages of the Land, and what's this? Six brothers with wheelbarrows? No no, this isn't a knockoff Snow White, nor are those wheelbarrows! It is the Barrows Brothers, the citizen knights of a holy revolution enshrouded in their purple-tier armor! Hark, it's Guthan and his five other brothers who also have names.

Discussed

(Not) Zulrah, storm tracking, pixel art, GB Studio, frock coats, Guthix, Gielinor, Barrow Brothers, wights, purple gear, anachronistic capes, betrayal, complexities of the D&D alignment chart, set bonuses, threats of future episodes, life steal.

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Gather 'round children as Logan tells another tale of the Market. This one has giant snakes, rare vodka, and wood. Lots and lots of wood. Should Runescape bots unionize? How are bots increasing shareholder value? We dig into this and more on this week's episode of (OSRS) Stock Advice with Logan!

Discussed

Mornings at the beach, market speculation, OSRS elemental combat, Zulrah and their teleportation spell, vodka, conspiracies, labor practices, odd incentives, more market speculation, GP/hr., oak logs, OSRS.

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009 Money Snake

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Do you remember Chuck E. Cheese? What if, and go along with me on this one, what if Chuck E. Cheese was possessed by a kid and instead of playing a godawful song, they were out for vengeance? Sounds pretty messed up, huh? Welcome to our discussion of Five Nights at Freddy's, a game series that neither of us have engaged with at all...until now.

Discussed

Anbernic RG35XXSP, Squirrels, Rabbits, Birds, Five Nights at Freddy's, Animatronics, Murder, Puppets, Mr. Mime, Fortnite, More Murder, Horror Games, Point and Click Games, Hubris, AR/VR, 2035, Foxy the Pirate Fox.

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008 A Ghost in the Bones

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We were chatting through some of the Summer Game Fest season trailers and were luckily recording before our next Codex episode. We figured we'd toss them up unedited in case you haven't got enough reactions from your favorite sites about all the cool stuff that was announced or shown last week. We hope you enjoy!

Oh, and if you want to let us know why you like Gears of War (non-accusatory), reach out to us!

Discussed

Doom, Heavy Metal, Avowed, Skyrim, Gears of War, Shotgun rolls, Perfect Dark, Scottish Carrington, Titanfall, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, South of Midnight, Flintlock: Siege of Dawn, 19th Century Military Uniforms, Star Wars, Ubisoft games, Starfield, Snake Cults, Shattered Space, Mods, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Bioware ass Bioware games, Layoffs, Pandemic, Why is Gears good?

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Offline 2024 SGF

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Time to Runescape: 00:00. Today is Part One of our discussion of Runescape’s Great Exchange and the economics of an MMO. Is it mostly a seminar on how the stock market works? I mean, yeah. It’s wild that it’s just in the text of the game though, huh?

Discussed

Intros, outros, panicking, MMOs, Runescape, Runescape 2, Runescape 3, Old School Runescape, farmers markets, MMO revolts, alchemy, price manipulation, market dynamics, stock tickers, economics, social engineering, taxes, Iron Man Mode, bartering, trading in MMOs.

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Remember how we all played a cute little pocket monster capturing game and ran into this guy who really liked electricity and wore military fatigues? What's his deal do you think? Let's take a trip into the Danger Zone and talk about Lt. Surge!

Discussed

Old lamps, patio furniture, Lt. Surge, thunder stones, heartbreak, Great Pokemon War Theory, Pokemon Red, Blue, Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Pikachu, Electric Shock Showdown!, S.S. Anne, Zapdos, Thu-Fi-Zer, Playground Rumors, Top Gun: Surge, Raichu, Americans.

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007 Lt Surge

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Have you ever thought how cool it would be to jump into the shoes of a past ancestor and really live it up? You know, learn how to climb trees, leap into hay bails, and do some real John Wick stuff before John Wick existed? That's right, today's episode is about the Animus, a cool VR device from Assassin's Creed that only really makes sense if you don't think about it too much.

Discussed

Cannons, Assassin's Creed game series, simulation theory, Carl Jung, Animus, animus and anima, 1948, existentialism, cave man times, provincial France, Pythagoras, Leonardo Da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Great Man Theory, more cannons.

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Introducing our first bonus show: Infodumping! This month’s episode is about bartering and, specifically, the Pepsi Navy, a Real and True thing that happened.

Discussed

HP Touchpad, PalmOS, Metro: 2033, Money, Currency, Trade, Bartering, Pepsi, Harrier Jets, Hunt for Red October, Stoli Vodka, Diesel Submarines.

Links

Lions Led by Donkeys Episode 62

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