
“I didn’t steal it, I didn’t ask for it, I didn’t buy it,” he told listeners in a follow-up video about the DMCA takedown. On Monday afternoon, Patreon sent along the DMCA notice, and after spending $1,000 to consult with his own lawyer and time with Patreon’s legal team, Moriarty says he decided to remove that one specific segment of the podcast - even though he thinks it was probably an act of journalism. “I was acting in the notion that this is fair use, this is of huge general interest.” (I hope I’m spelling that correctly.) Lastly, Moriarty reads a note that the female actor they’re looking for may have “romantic scenes with another female character” but that “there is no nudity or simulated sex.”Īll of that was apparently enough to push Square Enix’s Crystal Dynamics to send the DMCA takedown notice the very same day - though not to Moriarty but, rather, the Patreon page where subscribers support his podcast, directly threatening his source of income.

So, in this situation, she’s a fish out of water.Īfter that, his co-hosts Chris and Dustin acted out the two casting scenes, featuring Lara, a woman named Tanvi, and a man named Devindra. Lara will encounter a challenge she can only overcome with a team at her side.

The beginning of this next chapter presents Lara with the quintessentially adult problem facing something too big to handle alone on this new adventure. But as the years have passed, Lara has become lonely at the top. And with this new phase of her life, Lara fully accepted her place among the ruins.įor many years, Lara plumbed the depths of forgotten places, played cat in mouse with many nefarious opponents, and worked to uncover, preserve and protect the lost secrets of the world lest they fall into the wrong hands. Her legendary career has been lauded in print and tabloids, tall tales of adventure that have inspired a new generation of Tomb Raiders to seek their fortunes in the world. Gone are the days of the young inexperienced woman dealing with matters of legacy and familial reckoning, Lara has let go of her childhood and fully embraced a life of adventure and purpose. Lara Croft is now at the top of her game. Then he went on to read a large passage describing a possible new tone for the new game: “They’re looking for a female in their mid-30s, who’s white, five-foot-six, athletic, and a prototype of Emily Blunt, Rosamund Pike, etc,” Moriarty read.

On Friday, Colin Moriarty’s Sacred Symbols podcast contained an unusual segment featuring part of an alleged casting script for British actors reading for the part of Lara Croft herself. That’s exactly what happened over the last few days ( via VGC). Crystal Dynamics announces the next Tomb Raider, built in Unreal Engine 5
