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519: Three Red Lights: The Wild Story of IGN’s Xbox 360 Podcast - The Retro Hour EP519

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast) · February 20, 2026

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01:06:50 - 01:07:24

You know, it didn't affect games as much even back then games were insulated. So you would go and back then, too, like there was there was no humility in the games industry. So they just spent money like crazy. So the first thing I ever went to was a Tomb Raider party. And they never showed the game. They had one standout cutie of Laura cut out of Lara Croft. They just had a bunch of booze. They had people, women dressed scannily like twirling fire sticks. And that was the first thing I ever went to the industry. And I was like, what this is insane. There's no coverage.

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... Which is another interesting time because like, as you arrived in California, it's the dot com crash as well. All these huge parties and companies and they're all just, You know, it didn't affect games as much even back then games were insulated. So you would go and back then, too, like there was there was no humility in the games industry. So they just spent money like crazy. So the first thing I ever went to was a Tomb Raider party. And they never showed the game. They had one standout cutie of Laura cut out of Lara Croft. They just had a bunch of booze. They had people, women dressed scannily like twirling fire sticks. And that was the first thing I ever went to the industry. And I was like, what this is insane. There's no coverage. and, you know, Tomb Raider. You're like, OK. And that's how it was for the first four or five years. But I will say it was interesting time because 9/11 had a big effect on some games and ...

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