My Sammy Lawrence cosplay for Infogamer 2018. Croatia. My friend Reiiluni has been cropped out since I haven't asked her if I could post her picture on tumblr.

Dalam permainan digital modern, RTP (Return to Player) menunjukkan persentase kemenangan rata-rata dalam jangka panjang.

Semakin tinggi nilainya, semakin besar peluang pemain untuk mendapatkan hasil yang lebih baik.

Other than this shitty screenshot, I have no pics of this day!

InfoGamer was a bit disappointing this year. The indie section was ok, but there weren’t any games that got me hooked (ok, 2 games got me hooked, but that’s a very small number!). I spent most of my time literally walking around and playing Tekken with Flare. The other 10% I spent either posing in my Zatanna cosplay or with the guys from CroTeam.

I just realized that even though I praised the HELL out of Talos and SS3, I never really talked about how much I love the people behind these games.

It’s not just that they’re basically my neighbors, that they signed my companion cube, that they’re really sweet and like to joke around, that they literally gave me Christmas presents both for Flare and myself and they they make awesome games, but they love cosplayers!

See, as a part of an idea for a video we did for college, I was Serious Sammy. At least, I got everything that makes her her and talked around with a gun and sunglasses indoors... A part of that video was coming up to one of the guys from CroTeam and them pretending to recognize me as Sammy, only to sit down and play something. Not only did they really like the idea, they also actually let me play I hate running backwards as well as use one of the songs from the SS3 soundtrack for the video (thanks Danny!).

I started Tomb of Ash as a small personal blog in 2012, but at the end of 2013 I decided to completely re-brand my website with a new layout and in fact turn it from a general Tumblr blog into a video game focused website.  In 2014 I received Official Tomb Raider Fansite status.

2015 was a very fruitful year for my website and this report will highlight the content that I’ve produced and the changes that were made to the website as a whole.

Articles:

I’ve published a number of investigative articles and reviews this year, including:

Sit Back, Relax, and Enjoy Your Rise [Rise of the Tomb Raider Review]

Core Design Team

Exploring Aldwych - the Real Location from Tomb Raider III

Split – A VERY Tomb Raider Place

Tomb Raider IV – Core Design Team Information (1998-1999)

Tomb Raider IV - the official press release (unpublished before)

Tomb Raider IV - Q&A with the Team

Tomb Raider IV - the official storyline

Official Tomb Raider IV memo

Kurtis Trent’s Biography

My E3 Experience

The Role of Tomb Raider in My Life

Rise of the Tomb Raider Demo impressions.

Lara Croft Relic Run Review

Lara’s Musical Career

History of Eidos

 A number of interviews were conducted with people who were involved in the making of both the classic and contemporary Tomb Raider games.

Shelley Blond - behind the voice of Lara Croft

An Exclusive Interview with Brandon Fernandez, Animation Director for the Rise of the Tomb Raider

Interview with John Stafford, lead narrative designer

Interview with Brian Horton, Game Director of the Rise of the Tomb Raider

Interview with Noah Hughes, Creative Director of the Rise of the Tomb Raider

Interview with Jill de Jong

We’ve finally got a dedicated Facebook page so give it a like! The page is run by my friend Terenete 

 We’ve visited a number of gaming expos and conventions in Europe and North America and produced detailed recaps of each one of them: 

E3, Los Angeles

Reboot Infogamer, Zagreb

Eurogamer Expo, Birmingham

A number of videos were produced, including: 

E3 2015 Recap video (featuring Shelley Blond):

A visit to Aldwych Station (the real location from Tomb Raider 3):

A Let’s Play Video of the Rise of the Tomb Raider:

We’ve started a couple of creative projects that will still be ongoing in 2016

Lara’s JournalLED ArtTomb Raider 20th Anniversary Project

We received many wonderful emails, tweets and Facebook messages with your feedback for which we are very grateful!

 We hosted a couple of competitions and gave away a number of items with a combined worth over £200 

What’s next? Well, in 2016 we plan to finally start working on the 20th anniversary project (in which YOU need to get involved ASAP). We’ve already received a couple of videos for it including one with Jill de Jong, the official model for Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. 

We also will continue our mission to bring you more interviews and media on classic Tomb Raider, and even though we do plan to have a number of projects focused on the contemporary series there will be links with the original series as usual. Also look out for more competitions and give-aways at some point; make sure you follow our Facebook page and check our website regularly. As usual – we’d love to hear your feedback, so don’t hesitate to send us your thoughts via email, Facebook, Twitter or just send a message via Tumblr’s messaging. Thank you for being with us this year.

 We wish you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. 

 Ash and Terenete.