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Last night Mark Cerny was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ hall of fame. The man is greatly respected by his peers and a few gaming writers know how incredibly important he is to the industry, but not enough gamers appreciate his contributions. My friend Sam from 1Up and I were talking about this at 3:30AM today (what happens when nerds are in Vegas). Mark Cerny is completely awesome and you, as a gamer, should know how awesome he is.
If you’ve owned a Sony console, chances are you’ve played and enjoyed a Mark Cerny game. He has contributed to great titles in the Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Resistance, and Uncharted series. If you’re old school, then you’ve probably enjoyed his work on Marble Madness, Sonic 2, and Kid Chameleon. He has helped numerous creators harness the power of the PlayStation 3 with various tools created by Sony’s Ice Team. He’s a big reason why two of the best PlayStation developers — Insomniac and Naughty Dog — are where they are today.
If you have some time, do a little bit of research on Mark Cerny. There’s an extremely high chance you’ve enjoyed several of the games he’s worked on, but you probably didn’t know he was involved in making them. It’s fantastic the he has been recognized by organizations like the AIAS and IGDA, but for writers like Sam and me, it’s important that gamers recognize his awesomess too.
With that in mind, let me know what Mark Cerny games you’ve enjoyed over the years.
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i've played Marble Madness, Sonic 2, Resistance, Uncharted and MLB 08.
I was addicted to MM as a kid, I played it for countless hours. The levels never seemed to end.
I haven't liked any of his games that I have played. I haven't played any of his PS3 games though.
I haven't played any of his earlier games.
I must be getting old if people I talk with have never played Sonic 2.
I totally remember Kid Chameleon. That game was odd.
I still have like 3 copies of Sonic 2 on various platforms.
@Smartguy
Sonic 2 was one of two games that never left my Gamegear. Roadrash was the other.
Roadrash was always a great game. So funny and a bit risque for the times.
@Sandrock323 Which ones did you play?
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I respect your work Mr. Kennedy. Welcome to our community.
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Sam Kennedy is a baller
PSN RANT
So today I wanted to play Uncharted 2…I have some spare time, though just a little bit of spare time. I put the disc in, and it tells me it has to perform an update. I immediately grimaced because I knew this would take at least 45 minutes to do before I could do what I WANTED to do initially. Low and behold, it did indeed take every bit of 30 minutes to get the damn updates. This is fuggin ridiculous. I think I have bought my last PS3 game until this is resolved. I can't stand putting in a damn disc only to have to pull down an update that will eat up my free time window. Why can't Sony provide more bandwidth? Place their servers in more than one area? Employ a background downloader? This doesn't make me want to buy anything from PSN. I don't even want to rent a movie from them.
This is bullshit. I buy their expensive crap only to have to watch a damn download bar trickle along. My 360 will get the love from now on. I think I'm going to disable the internet on my PS3 so I can actually use it.
@R-Pad
Crash, Spyro, and Ratchet. (I'm excluding Sonic 2 as it is like the first one) I hate the first two games and would never spend money on the third.
@smartguy
im a ps3 fanboy, but yeah i see what you mean…mw2 updated last time i played it, and i swear to you the whole update took 45 seconds for me
@Thundercracker
I was gifted MAG on Saturday evening. I didn't hold my grudge too long. Not too mention that the updates for MAG went relatively fast. Zipper must be footing the bandwidth. Anyway, that game improved a lot on the beta. Worth the money in my opinion if you are tired of MW2.
LoL I used to play Spyro and Crash all the time. Matter of fact I still have Spyro 1 and 2, my mom plays them O_o;.
@Sandrock323 I love the Insomniac-developed Spyros. I also think the Ratchet series is great. Your view surprises me.