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00:01Crash Bandicoot.

00:04Is there a problem?

00:06No. No, just, uh...

00:09How do you, uh...

00:10How do you make it go?

00:12Push the start button.

00:14I knew that. All right, I got it.

00:21One of the greatest accomplishments of Naughty Dog

00:23is just the games that we make,

00:25and having done it for 40 years...

00:28Yeah, that's a long story, right?

00:31I mean, it's impossible to talk about 40 years of Naughty Dog

00:35without talking about where it all started.

00:40Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin, these high school kids,

00:43decided to just make their own games.

00:46They saw something was missing in the game industry,

00:49and they wanted to leave their mark.

00:51I was in Hebrew school at the time,

00:53and there was this guy, Andy Gavin,

00:55he was in my Hebrew school,

00:57and he was a much better programmer than I was,

00:59so I'd ask him questions when I had issues.

01:02I mean, computers were so new then,

01:03and most of the games were in arcades and stuff,

01:05and we were 12-year-old guys

01:07who the stuff was all new and cool,

01:10and we were just like,

01:11well, let's make some.

01:13And that turned into a drive cross country to California,

01:16during which we created, I guess,

01:18or at least came up with the concept

01:20of making a character action game

01:22that ended up being Crash Bandicoot.

01:24So Crash, the idea of the game,

01:26we definitely knew we wanted to make it

01:27like a cartoon character.

01:28We had this idea that we could, like,

01:30take some kind of animal that was, like,

01:32cute and kind of a little cool

01:34and sort of obscure with, like,

01:36maybe like a cool name or something,

01:37that if we made this character based on it,

01:39we could sort of, like, own the animal.

01:41I remember when they were pitching to Sony,

01:45and it was a really big deal.

01:47You know, I remember Jason saying, you know,

01:49they're treating us like rock stars.

01:54So after Crash, we had this tremendous pressure

01:58to follow up and make our next groundbreaking title.

02:02I remember we were brainstorming and pitching ideas,

02:06and one of our animators sketched out this elf-looking character,

02:13and another one sketched out this Otzel character.

02:17And there you go.

02:18We put those guys together,

02:20and that was Jak and Daxter.

02:22When Jak and Daxter came out,

02:35there was a lot of excitement

02:36because it was PlayStation owners' chance

02:39to play a game that is more traditionally associated

02:42with, like, a Nintendo release.

02:44I want information.

02:46Where the hell am I?

02:47Eh, sorry.

02:48He's new to the whole conversation thing.

02:51We wanted to tell a much more detailed story.

02:54We wanted a sort of, like, immersive,

02:56like, completely creative world

02:58that wasn't nearly as grounded.

03:00It was driven tremendously by our sort of gameplay goals

03:03of having this sort of, like, seamless, immersive,

03:05very beautiful world that you could explore.

03:08We'd love to stay and chat quickly,

03:10but we're, uh, itching to get on with our adventures.

03:15In the end, we learned a lot,

03:17and all of this development was just preparing us

03:20for our next big title.

03:22This project was going to be so ambitious

03:24that we even code-named it Big.

03:26Here's the thing, kid.

03:28We don't get to choose how we start in this life.

03:31Real greatness is what you do with the hand you dealt.

03:35One of the things I remember as we looked into

03:37what the next game is was there was this list of, like,

03:40what are the things we didn't accomplish

03:42that we want to maybe then take a short list

03:44and put into our next game.

03:46And I think that just speaks to,

03:47hey, we're always looking towards the future.

03:49We're always trying to evolve.

03:52If you wanted to do something cool

03:53that wasn't, like, 100% core gameplay,

03:55it was just a cutscene.

03:56And the goal in Uncharted 2 was, like,

03:58take all those things that would have been cutscenes

04:00and make them playable.

04:02And the ambition from there, from, like, subsequent games,

04:04just got bigger and bigger and bigger.

04:06Everyone trying to game always pushes some new technology,

04:09some new thing that we want to do.

04:11We're trying to create moments

04:13that we've never seen in games before.

04:15And while the tech has evolved over time,

04:17I think there are some core elements

04:20that are key to Naughty Dog and our success.

04:23I mean, you know, as I look at the next future decades,

04:26what I would really like the studio to continue to be doing

04:29is to, like, build on that legacy

04:31and continue to push boundaries and push the envelope

04:34in the games and the stories that we try to make.

04:38Oh, The Last of Us is about love.

04:40The Last of Us is about the duality of love,

04:42how it is the best and worst parts of us.

04:45I think The Last of Us really proved

04:47that you can tell a great story within a genre,

04:50that there's some perception is overplayed or overused.

04:53I think people really fell in love with Joel and with Ellie

04:57and going on that journey with them

04:59was just such an incredible experience.

05:01It means a lot to be able to do that,

05:04and part of that is the ability to be able to bring

05:07such a talented team together

05:09with the singular goal of making amazing experiences.

05:12After all we've been through.

05:16Everything that I've done.

05:18Sweet Jesus.

05:19Doctor!

05:20What are you doing?

05:21It can't be for nothing.

05:22If you look back at the history of Naughty Dog,

05:24like, everything that we've done,

05:25everything that was done before I even joined Naughty Dog,

05:27like Crash Bandicoot, Jack and Daxter, Uncharted,

05:31has all given us the knowledge and the tools

05:33and the know-how of how to work together

05:36to make something like The Last of Us.

05:38Naughty Dog's been around for 40 years.

05:40No small feat, especially in an industry

05:42as so tumultuous as ours.

05:4440 years is a really long history,

05:46it's something to be proud of.

05:48There aren't a lot of game studios

05:49that have been around that long.

05:51It's really about embodying these characters

05:54that are very specific and strong-willed characters,

05:57even though they're flawed,

05:58and then making you connect with them

06:01and their journey in a way that hopefully

06:03by the time you're finished with that experience,

06:06you view reality a little bit differently.

06:08With Intergalactic, we're gonna move into a world

06:20with new characters and new capabilities.

06:23I hope the future holds more

06:25of what Naughty Dog has always done,

06:26being at the forefront of making entertainment

06:30that is of the highest possible quality,

06:32telling the stories it wants to tell

06:34with depth and meaning.

06:37That is the core of our craft, is authenticity.

06:41I know our studio will continue to create

06:46amazing story-driven, character-based games

06:50that touch upon the human experience.

06:53Again, the stuff that we build here

06:55is bigger than any one person can make.

06:57That's one of the things that makes it special.

06:59But at the core of it is just to strive for excellence,

07:03of loving what we do and looking back

07:05and being proud of the thing that we made.

07:09Like are you that you're gonna do?

07:10Do you think you like I am the thing?

07:11The world is correct.

07:12Do you think you are true,

07:13you are true?

07:14You are the one who can do that.

07:15Do you think?

07:16I feel like I do not know our craft

07:17is a good thing,

07:19you are the one who can do it.

07:21You are the one who can do that single one.

07:22For these things to make it,

07:23I realize everything is clear.

07:24I realize everything is clear.

07:25And you are doing it.

07:26And I see that there is not clear.

07:27I understand everything.

07:28The world is better than any other things.

07:29I know you can do it,

07:30I understand everything.

07:31And I understand everything.

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