PlayStation Official Magazine UK Interview
We ♥ Kurtis!
Meet PlayStation’s most unlikely fan club
Sidenote: Alison says the heart of the KTEB for its 197 members is friendship.
Alison Haynes, aka ‘Jordy’, is a dedicated member of the KTEB, or Kurtis Trent Estrogen Brigade. For the uninitiated, Kurtis is the (we thought universally despised) male sidekick from Tomb Raider: Angel Of Darkness. The Brigade began life after a flame war in the pro-Kurtis thread on tombraiderforums.com. Alison told us, “There was a bit of scrapping between pro and anti-Kurtis people. Some of it was good natured, some not so much!
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The new forum evolved into kteb.net, “With different members taking on admin and moderating roles, helping with technical aspects, or contributing stories, art and articles.
” Ask the fans why they love him and you get a barrage of answers. It’s his back story, his cocky attitude, his relationship with Lara, the fact that he’s “eye candy”…
There are regular meet-ups held in Manchester, with fans coming from as far away as Finland, Canada and Australia. It’s also given the KTEB the chance to meet the game’s lead writer, Murti Schofield, and Kurtis’ voiceactor, Eric Loren. The future for the KTEB? “An international mega-meet planned for this summer in the USA.
” Check your glaives at the door, boys.
