This ‘Tomb Raider III’ Promo Short Hasn’t Been Seen Since 1998, Needs to be Seen Right Now

  There aren’t a lot of things we can look fondly back at the ‘90s for. Spice Girls, cloned sheep, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the birth of effing Bieber, the start of Internet social media dumbassery… depending on how you look at it, the whole decade can be dumped onto one great shit list.  

Not Fresh Prince, natch. I’m not sure how that got in that last paragraph, to be honest. But I’m a stubborn ol’ bastard, and once typed, never un-typed. Anywho, you’ve got to take the positives where you can, and be grateful for what the nineties did bring to the table. For all its sins, it was a damn kick ass time for video games.

The likes of Resident Evil, Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid and Ocarina of Time all hit betwixt 1995 and 1998. You won’t see many Best Video Games of All Time™ lists without all four of those bad boys on, and that’s just a sample of the quality titles this era produced. For another, how about Tomb Raider III?

It wasn’t just about the games. It was about promoting them in the most awesome, crazy-ass and awesomely crazy-ass way possible. At PAX last week, the Tomb Raider team showcased ‘Trilogy,’ a promo video for the third game from 1998. For almost two decades, this one’s only been seen by industry types, and it’s far too freaking good to have been kept from us for so long.

It’s more of a short film than a commercial, as a detective duo question a man found climbing Big Ben about his ‘girlfriend’ Lara. This is good stuff, right here, and you’ll want to check it out.

Via GameSpot.