Insomniac Games and EA Explore the Vast Reaches of Facebook With Outernauts
Have you ever dreamed of a career in cosmic exploration? Today Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and independent video game studio Insomniac Games announced the first details of Outernauts™, a completely new intellectual property and the indie developer’s first game tailored for Facebook. Combining Insomniac’s immersive storytelling with a unique art style and sense of wit, Outernauts is an adventure role-playing game that casts players as members of United Earth’s elite Outernaut force. More
Insomniac supports Extra-Life! Play with us!
Fans! Have you ever wanted to play games with the Insomniacs? Today’s your lucky day! We’re supporting Extra-Life, (http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?) meaning we’ll be playing games to raise the well deserved cash for children in need. By supporting our team through a donation, you will get to play games online with the Insomniac Games team. If we’re playing R3, you can come and play with us. If we’re playing Ratchet & Clank beta, you can come play with us too…if you have it installed. More
Lunar Lessons #7: Lessons from the Lunar
Four months. That’s how long I’ve exercised my ignorance inside the walls of Insomniac Games. Fortunately, during my time here much of that ignorance has been exorcised. Thanks to the fantastic people here who are vastly more knowledgeable than me, I’ve learned more about the games industry than I ever would have while endlessly browsing the litter of popular game sites. I’m here – in the thick of game development. I could skip five feet and annoy a designer about the level he or she is working on for Overstrike. This has been an unparalleled first hand look at what goes on inside a top developer as they create AAA titles. I’ve been a fly on the wall – A fly with the uncanny ability to put halfway amusing words together in Microsoft Word. More
Lunar Lessons #6: Comunicacion es Importante
Sometimes, I like to categorize myself in the “not-so-intelligent” column. My most recent foray into stupidity was deciding that taking a Spanish 2 class – at 8 A.M. – 4 days a week – was remotely a good idea. Since I haven’t taken Spanish in four years and mirror the sleeping pattern of a Northern Hawk Owl, every morning is a little slice of tortura. More
Resistance 3 Abilities and Attributes: The List
When I was six years of age, I had a life changing moment. I watched Spiderman: The Animated Series for the first time. I was mesmerized. A simple spider bite completely changed Peter Parker for life – it made him faster, stronger, swingier. I wanted to be changed too. So, for the next few weeks I did nothing but poach spiders. When one was within my grasp I would force it to bite my hand – hoping, praying that it would be the one to initiate me into the Swingers Club (don’t read into that). Unfortunately, the only thing I reaped from my arachnid hunt was a highly infected wound and a medical bill. Dejectedly, I abandoned my super-human dreams. Maybe, I’m just going to be a “normie” forever. More
Can You Beat Resistance 2 Fifty Times?
Show of hands – how many of you have seen Cool Hand Luke? Wow, okay – two of you? Come on, people! It’s a classic! The reason I ask is because at a critical point in the film, Luke … Read More
The Art of Choice in Resistance 3 Multiplayer
As kids we really don’t have a say in a lot of situations. My youth was filled with phrases like, “Brandon, go to bed now!” and “Brandon, you can’t eat 15 Twinkies in a row!” I was limited by the bonds of parental care. However, those chains have shattered. Now I stay up till 3 A.M. watching George Lopez try to be funny as I warm myself with a blanket of Twinkie wrappers. Why? Because I can. It’s what I choose to do. More
Lunar Lessons 5: Game Making – 100% Organic and Gluten Free
I don’t think I’m built for a normal 9 to 5 job. I came to this realization during the summer of my sophomore year in high-school when I landed a small job at a local newspaper doing data entry. Now, if you know anything about me – you know that “data entry” is the exact opposite of what I should be doing. I’m far too – uh – eclectic (read: scatterbrained) to be anywhere near efficient at the task. More
Expanding the Resistance Universe to Multiplayer
Insomniac Games welcomes its summer community intern Brandon Winfrey, more commonly known on the internet as Mucudadada, or as “that guy who baked the Ratchet cake for Insomniac’s Community Day.” Brandon will be spending his summer away from the University … Read More
Lunar Lessons #4: Can Read My Poker Face
Insomniac Games welcomes its summer community intern Brandon Winfrey, more commonly known on the internet as Mucudadada, or as “that guy who baked the Ratchet cake for Insomniac’s Community Day.” Brandon will be spending his summer away from the University … Read More







