PS3 Fanboy presents: Insomniac music video, director's commentary

by Andrew Yoon { Feb 25th 2008 at 9:15PM }

Did you watch the Insomniac recruitment video? Of course you did. (Download a higher-res version here.) Here's an exclusive for PS3 Fanboy readers. Ryan Schneider from Insomniac joins us to give a few behind-the-scenes commentary for the video. Find out a few new tidbits about the development team and get a few more hints about this Resistance 2 game they have going on.

What was the inspiration for creating a recruitment music video?
Well, when you go to things like GDC, everybody has their typical video. In general, everyone has their recruitment video – it's very "been there, done that." We just wanted to do something different. We wanted to create a video that captures who we really are and this video does. It shows that we take our games very seriously but not ourselves.

Gallery: Resistance 2

How did the idea come together? Who said "let's make it a music video? Let's make it a pop-up music video?"
To be honest, it's a very collaborative effort like everything else. We watched a lot of Flight of the Concords, Tenacious D, Drew Carey Show (you know, the opening scene). I just realized one day that a music video would do a better job of telling the Insomniac story. It took a little bit of convincing but we got a great group of folks that wanted to take part. This song would've been nothing if it weren't for our office coordinator, Chris. He's just a stud that's fantastic.

There are numerous Resistance 2 easter eggs hidden throughout the video.
That's right.

For example, there's this screen that seemingly says there's twelve new Chimera enemies.
It appears that way. There are some secrets in there, but I guess it seems that twelve new Chimera enemies is confirmed. I don't recall how many were in the original, but that doesn't include any returning favorites.

Is there an explanation as to why there's a whole new slew of enemies?
Sure. We pay very close attention to our fiction and our universe. If you've read the Game Informer article, there's a moment of time that's passed since the first game. The Chimera have learned from their setbacks. You're going to see truly bigger and badder enemies in the next one. They're going to be a lot more detailed too, since this is our third-generation PS3 game.

Also, there's a computer screen that says "0708." What does that mean?
I heard about that, yeah. The Insomniacs are pretty wacky about putting interesting information there. "0708" can mean a lot of things. It could just be a series of numbers, or it could have meaning. Stay tuned.

Tags: gdc08fanboy, insomniac, insomniac-games, joystiqfeatures, music-video, resistance, resistance-2, ryan-schneider

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Schoolimangooli @ Feb 25th 2008 9:24PM

I said this once Ill say it again, THE BEST DEVELOPERS EVA!

sean @ Feb 25th 2008 9:50PM

lol that video is still funny. cant wait for resistance 2. tied with MGS4 for most wanted game of 08. so far anyway

Dahk @ Feb 25th 2008 10:42PM

Add in littlebigplanet and you got yourselves a trio of PS3 madness =).

Iain @ Feb 25th 2008 10:00PM

I downloaded it days ago! Love it! Makes me want to be a game designer haha.

For me it might be MORE wanted. And all in two years time!! :0
The recent BBC info was great to hear.

hey_big_dck @ Feb 25th 2008 10:05PM

the 0708 number is the date resistance 2 comes out month 07 year 2008! yep me smart.

sean @ Feb 25th 2008 10:35PM

no it isnt. its probably a trailer or something being shown off at E3. no way they would release it in July

Kabapu @ Feb 25th 2008 10:38PM

At first I was gonna say .. no way. But then again, there was that recent article stating the game was more or less done and that they were just fixing up the details. So we'll see. I need to get a copy of the first game and finish it though. Garh.

Maximilian Lockwood @ Feb 25th 2008 11:48PM

I think they said they're more or less done with the single player campaign. That means they have the 8-person co-op campaign to work on and the godly 60 person multiplayer.

No bloody way this is out before the fall.

PHF @ Feb 27th 2008 12:48AM

Sorry to dissapoint, but it has been confirmed in this and several other websites and articles that Resistance 2 will come out at the end of the year (November) to go head to head against Gears of War 2. The 0708 number most likely means a trailer, a demo, or an open beta of the online component.