‘Giving Lara Croft pistols meant we could show off her acrobatics. And when she goes to Peru, we threw in a T rex! ’ I joined Core Design in the summer of 1994 and met Toby Gard, who showed me his concept sketches for Tomb Raider.
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/nov/02/tomb-raider-creators-lara-croft)