Ted Price, the retiring CEO of Insomniac Games, received the honor of being inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences at The Dice Awards this week.
Price started Insomniac Games in 1994 and brought us games such as Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance: Fall of Man, and the blockbuster Marvel’s Spider-Man series. Along the way, he developed a knack for leadership and taking brave stands.
Price’s departure is a rare happy event in the game industry where it’s still not often we get to see someone spend three decades in the game industry and retire of their own free will. I interviewed Price at the Dice Summit this week and peppered him with questions about his memories. After also interviewing Shu Yoshida and Don James, I felt like…