07.30.07
Earl’s Video Game Closeup-Ratchet and Clank
 
 
 
 
As you probably know, I love the Ratchet and Clank series, and I think it’s only fair I 
devote a post to it. This series has been known for years with fun and unique weapons, impeccable level design, and tons of extras to keep oldvts like myself coming back for more. The series started all the way back in 2002 with their first adventure where they were destined to stop the evil Chairman Drek from destroying the universe in his real estate project. In the second installment, Going Commando, Ratchet and Clank were hired 
to retrieve a dangerous science project before it fell in the wrong hands. My favorite, Up Your Arsenal, had the heroes once gain saving the universe from the nefarious……Dr. Nefarious in his plan to rid the world of all organic lifeforms. They then returned in Ratchet’s solo adventure, Deadlocked, in which he was forced to take part in an illegal gladiator tournament and take it down. They went on to the PSP in 2007 with Size Matters, where they had to stop an evil mastermind leader of a long-used robot society trying to turn the 
tables. This fall they are heading back to the consoles in Ratchet and Clank Future:Tools of Destruction, where Ratchet’s species is being threatened by a man who wants them dead. The series has always been a Sony exclusive, each game appearing on the PS2/Future:PS3, leading myself to force B.K. to buy the game and allow me and him to beat it in one day. The game is also known for its hillarious humor, with such great lines from the Galactic rangers, Al, and even Captain Quark-”Hope you like Custard!”. Overall, if you have never checked out this series, I strongly recommend that you do.