I’ve had my Surface Pro for a little over nine months. Tonight, I realized I can install Steam on it.

I’m presented with a major dilemma here. I have missed the presence of games. Without help from an AV Club member, my home computer is primarily a television.

I might invest some time in my entertainment leading up to PAX.  For now, I’m gonna play the shit outta Tomb Raider.

Lara is a heroine I’ve admired since high school.  She’s the first playable female character I remember identifying with.  She is smart, sexy, not afraid to throw her back into a project, and, just like me in high school, over-sexualized.

I’ll never forget fighting wolves as a brave woman adventuring in dangerous places.  A badass, independent woman.  The early Tomb Raider games are mostly a blur.  I only played bits and pieces after the first one.  I signed on for the reboot in 2013 because of the opening scene trailer where she escapes from the cave.  The steady progression of writing, game mechanics and graphics promised good things.

Alas, I was raised in an NES household and couldn’t afford any game systems after age 17 anyway.  I dated a PS1 just long enough to discover Silent Hill partway through college.  It was epic.   That guy had a great dog too.

I’m excited to get my PC back for some RPG gaming.  Maybe catch up with Ms. Croft if I can find some dough.  There’s also the Wii I haven’t let go of.  Did I just unknowingly find a solution?  Ooo!  N64 games!