Name: Mazda Amiryar aka Mazda
Age: 19
Location: Ontario, Canada (born and raised in Finland)
Team Responsibility: I manage the Fan Art and Croft TV sections and take care of moderating duties across the forums. I'm also keen on designing banners and other graphics for the site when requested.

Q: What makes you so involved with Lara Croft/Tomb Raider? How did your story begin?

A: I joined back in June 2007 to post some of my then-awful artwork on the forums. Over the months I became good friends with Kurtie and in March 2008 he asked me to join the team, which came across as a complete surprise albeit a happy one. I've been around ever since knowing that what we have here is truly special. We are the ultimate Tomb Raider fan site and a network of friendly rebels. I'm also proud to say that this site really helped me practice and improve my artwork. I've always wanted to be referred to as one of the many top artists on this site and still work on achieving this.

Q: What do you think is the best game out of the Tomb Raider series? Why?

A: Hmm, I'd have to cheat a little and go for a tie between Tomb Raider Anniversary and The Last Revelation, with Underworld and Legend coming in close behind. It all really began around 1996 when I was watching a friend play Tomb Raider on his Playstation. All those gorillas and crocodiles were out there to get her and I instantly fell in love with it.
Tomb Raider III on PC was actually the first Tomb Raider game I bought and ever since I've been a huge fanatic, furiously collecting the rest. The Last Revelation was truly an amazing experience due to its length and difficulty. Anniversary on the other hand was remarkable in how it combined the awesome story and locales of TR1 with the Legend engine's graphical and gameplay capabilities. Of course, Legend is a great game that resurrected the franchise and Underworld is just a beautiful work of art. Today, I'm proud to say I own all of the games on PC and look forward to even more down the road.