Full History of Ratchet & Clank - The Original game // Game Nerd Legacy Documentary
Watch the dramatic creation of Ratchet & Clank! As we take a deep dive in history of everything that went into the making the iconic duo. From Spyro the Dragon, a failed game project, harsh deadlines, design philosophies, and troubles with the PS2 all the way to Ratchet & Clank's infamous release. Enjoy the Nostalgia or learn the origins of an Icon!
Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:07 Ch 1 Setting the Wrong Course
6:59 Ch 2 Failing Upwards
13:47 Ch 3 The Dynamic Duo
18:05 Ch 4 The New Galaxy
28:19 Ch 5 Jak and Daxter
30:19 Ch 6 Going Prototype
34:50 Ch 7 All 4 One Voice
38:25 Ch 8 Pain in the Arsenal
42:47 Ch 9 Full Frontal Exposure
44:18 Ch10 Finishing Matters
50:00 Credits
Written, Narrated and Edited by Kev
Voice Cast
Camra Godwin - Definition Voice
Eric Keitel - John Fiorito
Daniel Krause - Brian Hastings
Eric Mark - Ted Price
Danny Miller - Brian Allgeier
Music
- 13ounce | OKAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkrpM...
References:
Books
The Art of Ratchet and Clank. Dark Horse Books, 2018 Digital.
Ramsey, Morgan Gamers at work: stories behind the games people play. Apress, 2012. Digital.
Kent, Steven L. The Ultimate History of Video Games: from Pong to Pokemon and beyond...the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world: From Pong ... Touched Our Lives and Changed the World. Three Rivers Press, 2002 Digital
News Articles:
Moriarty, Colin. 2012 ‘The Insomniac Game That Never Was: Monster Knight’ IGN Magazine
Moriarty, Colin. 2012 ‘Always Independent: The Story of Insomniac Games’ IGN Magazine
Big Gaz. 2002 ‘Ratchet and Clank Interview’ Gamesplanet
Benjamin Turner. 2004 ‘Insomniac’s Brian Allgeier and Brian Hastings’ Gamespy
Kyle Hillard 2016. ‘Ratchet & Clank’s voice Actors Discuss Road From Playstation 2 to Film’ Gameinformer
Ted Price 2003. ‘Postmortem: Insomniac Games’ Ratchet & Clank’ Gamasutra \
John Fiorito 2012. ‘The Ratchet & Clank You’ve never Seen: 10 years of Concept Art’ Playstation.Blog
John Fiorito 2008. ‘Postmortem Ratchet & Clank Tools of Destruction’ Game Developer Magazine
Videos
Electric Playground Season 4 Episode 13
G4 Icons Season 2 Episode 5
GDC 2018, 15 Years of Ratchet & Clank: A Lombax Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdB96vdDToQ&t=739s
GDC 2002, Ratchet & Clank: Level Designing by Brian Allgeier 2002
https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1022644/Designing-a-Ratchet-Clank
Doublefineprod YouTube Channel Devs Play S2E02 – “Ratchet & Clank” with Ted Price and Tim Schafer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxUfaZuGQKs&t=928s
Insomniac Live – Ratchet & Clank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br8o8PkxVSg&t=3488s
The Stories Behind Spider-Man, Ratchet & Clank Plus More with Ted Price – Unfiltered 35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dtM1JiGdUY
Wikis
https://ratchetandclank.fandom.com/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank_Wiki:Main_Page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank
Reddit AMA
https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/4rkm0z/hi_im_brian_hastings_author_of_song_of_the_deep/
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