AfterThoughts: Ratchet & Clank.(Insomniac President Ted Price)(Interview)

Gaming's had a lot of dynamic duos--Banjo and Kazooie, Mario and Yoshi, ToeJam and Earl, Jak and Daxter.... Add to that growing list the team of Ratchet and Clank, who star in Sony and Insomniac's latest PS2 platformer, Ratchet & Clank (what did you think it was going to be called?). We sat down with Insomniac President Ted Price, who tells us about weapons left in Gadgetron R&D, why there isn't more Clank and how the Morph-O-Ray got its name. Read on.

EGM: This game's mostly all about Ratchet, which leaves Clank seeming a bit neglected. Why isn't Clank used more?

Ted Price: We spent a lot of time debating Clank's gameplay sections, and we were pretty excited …