Magic Colonizer Fingers

The upcoming 30th anniversary of the Tomb Raider video game series is the perfect time to analyze Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018), the most recent game in the series, while simultaneously reflecting on the series as a whole. This analysis takes the form of a Critical Let’s Play (CLP) video that brings together gameplay footage, critical analysis, and critical design elements in order to look at Lara Croft’s colonized adventuring practices narratively, but to also look at how colonization has seeped into (or more appropriately has been steeped into) the very mechanics of the latest installment in the Tomb Raider series. This is the mechanic that I call Magic Colonizer Fingers.