Brian Allgeier

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Brian Allgeier (b. 1971) is a video game designer who is best known for his work as the lead designer on the Ratchet & Clank series developed by Insomniac Games for the Playstation 2. He is the creative director on the Playstation 3 title, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction.

He started working in videogames in 1991 as an artist and animator on the CD-i title, Hanna Barbera’s Cartoon Carnival for Philips Media. He worked as part of the internal production group, *FunHouse*, led by game designer Cliff Johnson.

In 1999, he joined Insomniac Games as a level designer on the Spyro the Dragon series for the PlayStation and later became design director on the Ratchet & Clank series for the PlayStation 2.

He is was on the first season of Insomniac’s bi-monthly podcast, Full Moon Show, with fellow co-hosts Ryan Schneider and James Stevenson.

He currently lives with his wife in Los Angeles, California

[edit] Works

• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (2007) (PS3)
• Resistance: Fall of Man (2006) (PS3)
• Ratchet: Deadlocked (2005) (PS2)
• Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (2004) (PS2)
• Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (2003) (PS2)
• Ratchet & Clank (2002) (PS2)
• Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon (2000) (PSone)
• Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999) (PSone)
• Running Wild (1998) (PSone)
• Labyrinth of Crete (1995) (CD-i)
• Merlin’s Apprentice (1994) (CD-i)
• Hanna Barbera’s Cartoon Carnival (1993) (CD-i)

[edit] External links

• The Insomniac Games official website
• The Insomniac Games "Full Moon Show” podcast
• PlayStation Inside the Developer's Studio blog post