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Judging by the catchy tune of the aptly titled Ballz video, one might get the impression that the boys and girls of Insomniac are catering to our Rock Star aspirations as part of some recruitment drive -- they sure seem to know how to pamper their employees.

Be that as it may, we all know the real reason behind the propaganda: Resistance 2. But there's no shame in Insomniac's game, and thankfully for us, they make no attempts to hide it. I'm not exactly the Matlocking type, but did you happen to catch the monitor with the numbers 0708 on it? Not sure exactly what that means, but our faces just got rocked.

[Thanks, Adam!] 


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BlackSheep's Avatar
BlackSheep at 02/21/2008 11:30
and all i do at work is browse destructoid.

i feel cheated.
Beaudman's Avatar
Beaudman at 02/21/2008 11:31
That was awesome.
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Gameboi at 02/21/2008 11:32
I wish my day job offered all those cool perks, too.
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Samit Sarkar at 02/21/2008 11:33
Hahaha...“happy endings only happen in our games”, lol.

0708...July 2008 release date for Resistance 2? That’s gotta be way too soon for something that we recently saw the first screens of, right?
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urbanyeti at 02/21/2008 11:34
All I learned from that video was that no one at Insomniac can sing. But they all love air guitar.
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NightDehumidifier at 02/21/2008 11:38
They killed Spyro, they have every reason to leap into a vat of sulfuric acid.
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nademagnet at 02/21/2008 11:40
Good stuff.
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mrberns at 02/21/2008 11:42
Glad I got my application in before the wave of them that will surelly follow this.
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Samit Sarkar at 02/21/2008 11:42
@NightDehumidifier: Um, Insomniac didn’t kill Spyro — they just sold off the IP to Universal after Spyro: Year of the Dragon, which some would argue was the last awesome Spyro game. Then again, I haven’t played any of the games in the series since then.
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ceark at 02/21/2008 11:43
my job is about the same. alot of entertainment jobs are awesome like that. its usually to make up for long hours, which I wouldn't be surprised if insomniac has long hours cause every place does.
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Samit Sarkar at 02/21/2008 11:43
I should clarify: that’s Universal Studios.
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skullivan at 02/21/2008 11:46
@NightDehumidifier: Insomniac didn't kill Spyro. All three of their Spyro games were great. Universal killed Spyro.

@BrOnXbOmBr21 - July isn't too soon for a public beta test...especially considering that's the month of E3. Sony has already said that Killzone 2 would have a public beta and past Ratchet and Clank online titles have had private betas (I was in the Up Your Arsenal beta) so it's pretty likely Resistance 2 will have some kind of beta.
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sevendash at 02/21/2008 11:49
I love Insomniac. I truly did want to work for them for quite some time, but that ended when I realized at Cal State Long Beach that I did not want to program. I still love them, they're an awesome company.
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BlindsideDork at 02/21/2008 11:56
Thier Jack Black has made us all smile and we all feared for the worst! Huzzah!
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BlindsideDork at 02/21/2008 11:56
Their* cause I can't type!
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Holyetheline at 02/21/2008 12:12
i saw this dude on xplay yesterday
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wardrox at 02/21/2008 12:16
ok, new career path chosen.
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mix at 02/21/2008 12:19
That is awesome, they totally rock.
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Nubc4kes at 02/21/2008 12:31
Insomniac would be a really cool place to work. It's one of the places I'd like to get an internship.
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Kinsella at 02/21/2008 12:37
Thank God for Insomniac Games, thats all I have to say.
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Trowble at 02/21/2008 12:49
That video doesn't need more cowbell. It had enough to rock!
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 02/21/2008 12:58
@skullivan: Yeah, a beta makes more sense. I’d be very surprised if Resistance 2 came out before November.
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Sharpless at 02/21/2008 13:01
I think Insomniac is a pretty cool guy. He makes games and doesn't afraid of anything.
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liam2015 at 02/21/2008 13:13
Woah. Insomniac fucking wins. Now I have an urge to go buy Resistance, among ten other games I should already have.
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NightDehumidifier at 02/21/2008 13:40
They left Spyro out to die. They are murderers. They'll do the same to Ratchet, you'll see in five years.
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Cheeburga at 02/21/2008 13:50
I wish I had the job skills.
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Necros at 02/21/2008 13:57
Definitely one of the best ways I've seen to hire new employees.
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deiga-the-semivaliant at 02/21/2008 14:16
The happy ending line cracked me up.
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HarassmentPanda at 02/22/2008 03:11
Rock is the universal language.
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