Kyle Kirkpatrick

Kyle Kirkpatrick is an American YouTuber best known for his Tomb Raider modding and parody videos, and his videos of him and friends playing Tomb Raider Level Editor (TRLE) Games using the Tomb Raider Multiplayer Mod. He ran a short-lived unofficial YouTube series called Kyle's Tomb Raider from 2014-2015. He also ran a Tomb Raider fan-website from 2013-2016, which showcased his love for the Tomb Raider franchise and his YouTube content.

Early Days & Kyle's Tomb Raider (2013-2015)
Kyle created his Google Account on November 30th, 2013, while in Middle School. Although he didn't post his first video until May 11th, 2014, when he released a now-deleted video describing his YouTube series, which would mainly consist of modding, parody, and cheat videos revolving around the classic Core Design-era Tomb Raider games, and TRLE Games. He would later name this video-series Kyle's Tomb Raider. The series would run for slightly over a year, consisting of 2 seasons and 20 total episodes produced. The last episode was released May 30th, 2015. Kyle abruptly ended the series after releasing a now-deleted video on YouTube on August 24th, 2015 announcing the series had been cancelled. On April 1st, 2017, Kyle marked about half of the episodes Private and on January 31st, 2022, Kyle marked a few more episodes as Unlisted. As of January 31st, 2022, 9 of the 20 episodes can still be publicly viewed on YouTube.

TRMP Videos & The Everyday Life of Lara Croft (2016-2017)
After the cancellation of Kyle's Tomb Raider, Kyle would continue to post occasional modding & story-based videos, similar to content that was seen in Kyle's Tomb Raider, just without the series branding (most of those videos were marked Unlisted on January 31st, 2022.) Starting in December 2014, Kyle would be introduced to the Tomb Raider Multiplayer Mod (aka TRMP) community. Kyle would continue to post videos of these online matches he had with friends into 2015 and 2016. On March 26th, 2017, Kyle released a now-deleted YouTube video announcing a new unofficial Tomb Raider series, which would be called The Everyday Life of Lara Croft, which was to be a series revolving around Lara Croft and friends on their daily lives and adventures outside of the Tomb Raider franchise. Only one episode was produced for the series, which was uploaded to YouTube on March 31st, 2017. The series was quietly cancelled a short-time later, as Kyle later revealed that he was having issues with some of the TRLE Games playing on his, at the time, new Gaming Laptop. On a now Unlisted update video released by Kyle on February 28th, 2018, Kyle said that he had plans on resuming The Everyday Life of Lara Croft series, however he cancelled those plans later on in the year due to "time constraints" as a result of the High School work-load, and his part-time job at Wendy's.

Winston's Revenge, Mental Health Struggles, & Additional Content Removal (2018-Present)
Kyle released a now Unlisted teaser trailer for an upcoming unofficial Tomb Raider mini-series called Winston's Revenge on June 8th, 2018, which was slated to be the final conclusion to Kyle's Tomb Raider. The video stated that a full video reveal would follow on June 12th. This video reveal never occurred, and instead, some time later, Kyle posted more about the series on his Twitter & Facebook pages, revealing that 10 episodes would be produced for the series, the first of which would premiere on October 31st, 2018. The series premiere showed up two-days after the promised date, on November 2nd, 2018, and once again, would be the only video produced for the series before being quietly cancelled. On a now unlisted update video released on January 2nd, 2020, Kyle revealed that he had cancelled the series due to a shift in creative direction, and not liking where the series was going. Kyle also mentioned in this update video that he would still like to do a final conclusion to Kyle's Tomb Raider, and that someday, he will get around to producing it. Kyle created a Carrd in 2021, although was quiet most of the year. He revealed in December 2021 through a post on Social Media and a message on his Carrd that he had been battling Mental Health issues through most of the year which is why he wasn't very active. He said he was working on getting better and hoped to become more active again within the Tomb Raider community soon. Shortly after on an update video released January 3rd, 2022, Kyle announced that he was going to be removing additional YouTube videos on January 31st, 2022 that he stated, "don't reflect my current quality standards for new videos (and in some cases my beliefs and views. I have progressed since I was 14 years old...)." Kyle also announced in this video that he would be removing his Facebook page on the same day as well, and that he would be uploading and re-uploading older content, some of which has never before been seen, within the following months. Although he did not mention any plans for any new video-projects in the near future.

Tools of the Trade
Currently Uses:


 * Adobe Premiere Elements 15
 * PAINT.NET
 * NaturalReaders
 * Bandicam
 * AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable 2 (Capture Card)
 * Microsoft Word
 * Microsoft PowerPoint
 * Source Filmmaker (SFM)

Formerly Used:


 * Adobe Premiere Pro 2020-2021
 * Adobe Photoshop Pro 2020-2021
 * Adobe Photoshop Elements 15
 * FRAPS
 * Windows Movie Maker (2012)

Personal Life
General Kyle graduated High School in 2019. He attended college for 2 semesters, and then took a temporary leave due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. He planned on returning, but decided to take more time off of school to decide what he wanted to do with his future. His favorite color is red. Some of Kyle's favorite music artists include Katy Perry, Poppy, Taylor Swift, Carpenters, Indigo Girls, Neru, & Steampianist. Aside from the Tomb Raider franchise, some of Kyle's other favorite video-game franchises include Sonic The Hedgehog, Spyro The Dragon, Ape Escape, The Last of Us, Life is Strange, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, among others. Kyle also enjoys listening to VOCALOID Songs and watching Anime. Kyle is also a furry, and has a boyfriend who is also a furry. Kyle usually spends most of his free-time watching YouTube, Listening to Music, or playing Video-Games.

Video-Game Collection

Kyle's main video-game systems growing up were a PlayStation 2 (which is where he found his love for the Tomb Raider franchise), the Gameboy Advance SP, and the Nintendo Wii. Kyle would also regularly play TRLE Games on his family's computer as a kid, as well as Hidden Object & other Casual games. Kyle started getting into PC Gaming while in Middle School, and received a Gaming Laptop as a Christmas gift while in High School. Kyle started building up a video-game collection in 2017, and currently has a physical collection of over 500+ video-games (plus 250+ digital,) and owns over 12 video-game systems spanning 30 years. Kyle has currently halted adding anymore games to his collection (with the exception of a few select new releases,) citing time constraints to actually play them, and financial constraints.

Lifestyle & Politics

Kyle is openly bisexual, although has recently started referring to himself as homoflexible. He used to identify as a Christian, but now says he's Non-Religious, and does believe in an afterlife, but doesn't worship within any organized religion or to a specific God. Kyle grew up in a Conservative household. He supported Ben Carson in the 2016 US Presidential Race, then Ted Cruz once he was eliminated, and finally "settled" for Donald Trump. In 2018, Kyle started endorsing the Log Cabin Republican Party. In 2020, shortly after the death of George Floyd, Kyle publicly announced on Twitter that he had left the Republican Party, and would no longer be supporting Donald Trump in his re-election. He immediately started showing his support towards the Libertarian Party, and their 2020 Presidential Candidate, Jo Jorgensen. Kyle has commonly advocated for equal rights for the LGBTQ+ Community. Kyle is a supporter of Gun Ownership, and has stated that he believes more minorities need to arm themselves in order to help protect themselves from hate-crimes and extremist political & religious groups. Kyle used to be against the Black Lives Matter movement, but after the death of George Floyd, he has changed his tune and now fully supports their mission. Kyle is Pro-Life with the exception of overarching circumstances, however Kyle does believe that proper Sexual Education needs to be taught in schools. Kyle strongly believes in the Separation of Church and State, and has stated that religion has no place in government and vise versa. Kyle has also publicly apologized via a tweet he posted on Twitter in January 2021, and again in his update video uploaded on January 3rd, 2022, for hurtful and degrading things he said to some people within the Tomb Raider community who were politically different than him when he was a teen. Most of the tweets containing such content have since been deleted.