Uncharted Territory

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Lindstrom: Every time. We've just never been happy with the ideas we've come up with, and we've never wanted to spend the resources on it when we could spend them on some other aspect of the game.

Crispy Gamer: What about a multiplayer mode where one person plays as Lara, and everyone else plays as a bad guy, or as a gigantic octopus, and they have to try and kill her?

Lindstrom: We have talked about scenarios similar to that, but it just really doesn't work out as well as we'd hope. This issue comes up every time.

Crispy Gamer: The game is being developed for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC. First off, why no PSP?

Lindstrom: Man, I have no idea. I couldn't tell you.

Crispy Gamer: While we're on the subject, where's the love for the Commodore 64? The Atari 2600? The Virtual Boy?

Lindstrom: Probably not the same answer.

Crispy Gamer: This is the third Tomb Raider game Crystal Dynamics has done after Eidos nixed Core off the series. Have any of the Core guys ever said anything to you about the games when you've run into them at the Eidos Christmas party?

Lindstrom: No, I've never met any of the Core guys, though there are people on the forums who are very devoted to Core and are unhappy by the way they feel we mainstreamed Lara.

Crispy Gamer: Lastly, Eidos always hire a model to be Lara at events and stuff. Do you guys have any say in who they get to do it?

Lindstrom: I don't.

Crispy Gamer: Do you ever tell people that you have a say in who they get to do it?

Lindstrom: No, I'm married, I got kids.