由来自美国林肯市的作家兼博客达里尔·巴克斯特（Daryl Baxter）撰写的《古墓丽影的诞生（The Making of Tomb Raider）》即将在2021年12月30日发售。
作者通过对古墓丽影第一代和第二代制作团队的采访，用144页文字80幅彩色插图详细介绍了古墓丽影游戏和劳拉是如何诞生的，还有劳拉之父托比·加德和保罗·道格拉斯在续集上市前离开的原因等非常难得的幕后揭秘内容。
《古墓丽影的诞生》非来官方产品，但书中内容对老古墓丽影粉丝来说仍然充满吸引力，目前该书正在亚马逊网站接受预订，精装版实体书定价34.95美元，电子书定价12.99美元。
以下是亚马逊页面介绍原文：
The Making of Tomb Raider Hardcover – December 30, 2021
by Daryl Baxter (Author)
Kindle $12.99
Hardcover $34.95
Back in 1994 at the game company ‘CORE Design’ in Derby, Lara Croft was born. Through eighteen months of pure hard work from the team, Tomb Raider was released in 1996 and became the success that we see today; taking part in the mid-nineties celebrations of Brit-Pop and Girl Power.
This is the story of the team who were involved in creating the first two games, then leaving the series to a new team in 1998.
Lara Croft brought class, comedy, and a James Bondian role to the game, dreamt up by Toby Gard and helped to become a pitch with Paul Douglas. The game was a gamble, but because everyone at the company believed in it, it led to huge success for everyone, except for Toby and Paul.
The Making of Tomb Raider goes into detail of how Lara and the games were born, alongside why Toby Gard and Paul Douglas left before the sequel was released.
Throughout eleven chapters of countless interviews, this book will tell you who was responsible for creating the first two games; from its levels, its music, the many voices of Lara Croft, and much more. The team also reveals all about the star of the second game; Winston the Butler, and how he came to be by Joss Charmet.
Over twenty people were interviewed for this story; from the pitch for what would be Tomb Raider, alongside the challenges along the way, up until the release of Tomb Raider 2 in 1997.
Daryl Baxter is a writer and podcaster from Lincoln, where his work has featured in sites such as WIRED, TechRadar, SUPERJUMP, Den of Geek and many more. Alongside Sonic and Metal Gear, Tomb Raider was a series he grew up with, wanting to create a writing career born out of games.
He’s interviewed people in the industry such as David Hayter; the voice of Solid Snake, Ed McMillen who co-created Super Meat Boy, and plenty more throughout his career so far.
Product details
Publisher : White Owl (December 30, 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 144 pages
ISBN-10 : 1399002058
ISBN-13 : 978-1399002059
Item Weight : 1.74 pounds
