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Insomniac details canceled 'Girl With a Stick' project
There are still many questions surrounding Insomniac's mysterious new multiplatform game with EA Partners. Perhaps that's why Insomniac Games released a new episode of the Full Moon Show podcast all about its canceled game, code-named I:5, or Girl With a Stick. (Embedded after the break.) Comparisons can be drawn between the company then and now. Company head Ted Price explained that after "several years of just making sequels" the opportunity to work on something new was quite exciting. "I think we were all looking for something different, because we've been working on Spyro for years, and we were thinking 'we got to branch out,'" he explained in the show. Making "a brand new IP on a new platform was a big challenge, especially since we made the decision to try and avoid platformers." Insomniac clearly had some ambitious ideas for Girl With a Stick, described most succinctly as "Tomb Raider meets Zelda." Even now, the concept sounds very different from any game Insomniac has released. "I think we had a very conscious line we drew where they couldn't have technology," John Fiorito explained. "Very different from Ratchet and away from Spyro, which had castles and other fantastic things. This was much more primitive." But why didn't it end up seeing the light of day? "It wasn't fun." [Thanks, djpenny]
PAX East: Podcasting (f)or PR
If you're interested at all in starting up a podcast or want to know more about what goes into creating one, the PAX East panel hosted by Gamers With Jobs' Julian Murdoch and attended by podcasting professionals Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, Insomniac Games' James Stevenson, Irrational Games' Ken Levine and Shawn Elliott, and EA's Jeff Green is a pretty enlightening listen We were anxious to hear what the group had to say on the subject of using podcasts for promotion -- and we recorded it because, well, you might be interested too! For the full, unedited (and very NSFW) audio, click on the play button below. Highlights include outlining the value in podcasting, being on the front lines of PR when something bad goes down and answering questions on how to get a podcast off the ground and cultivating an audience. Feel free to give a listen below.
Full Moon shines again for Insomniac's podcast
If you're reading this site then it's safe to assume several things; you either love Resistance or you love Ratchet & Clank. If you don't fall into one of those categories, then you might be a bit weird. You know, in the head. If you do, however, then we have some good news for you. We've already reported on Resistance 2's announcement via Game Informer and, now that Insomniac are back in the office and busy working, there's also a new episode of the Full Moon Show which went live yesterday.Be sure to take a listen for some Resistance 2 discussion as well as some clearing up of a few common mistakes regarding the game (nothing we've reported was revealed as being false, we're pleased to say). Keep in mind that Resistance 2 is an M-rated game, so the podcast now features a smattering of bad language as a result. The show retains the same format as before, with an "I Want Your Job" segment, an interview segment and, possibly the best part, the "Cynical Englishman" segment.
