8 Video Game Easter Eggs That Smashed The Fourth Wall
3. Lara Croft Calling You Out As A Pervert
Every male gamer in the late 90s fancied Lara Croft. We all deny it now - with our fancy girlfriends, wives, or at least a better selection of properly rendered gaming beauties to ogle - and so today we may laugh at the end-scene of Tomb Raider 2, where Lara is in her dressing gown and about to take a well-deserved shower. But back then, this was the most teasing, titillating moment in the history of gaming. The lecherous gamer gets a big, explosive surprise though, when Lara - on the verge of stripping down - turns to the camera, tells you you've seen enough, and then ushers you away. Despite being on the receiving end of the ultimate rejection, this was the first near-sexual experience of any sort for the adolescent male gamer in the 90s, inspiring us to get out and seek out love and passion in the real world... or download one of the hundreds of Tomb Raider nude patches when they finally came out.
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