Naughty Dog published several more titles before ultimately linking up with the new video game division at Universal Studios, Universal Interactive, in 1994. Later, they changed the business’s name to something a little more catchy: Naughty Dog. Rubin was the artist, Gavin was the programmer, and together they created a classic: Math Jam, an educational game that they published in 1985. Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin had met as children and bonded over their love of video games and later turned their shared passion into a real-life business: JAM Software. It all started with two 24-year-old dudes and a dream. Let’s take an informative trip together to the Wumpa Islands–but first, we need to make a stop in Los Angeles. With a new entry in the Crash Bandicoot series just debuting, you might want to brush up on the weird, wonderful backstory of Sony’s marsupial mascot. And Sony? Sony’s got a weird orange triangle in jean shorts, aka Crash Bandicoot.Ĭrash spun his way onto PlayStation in 1996–since then, his debut game, Crash Bandicoot, has become the eighth best-selling PlayStation game of all time, with over 6 million units sold. However, there are few characters that can also be considered mascots, representative of both their own games and the platform they live on. Characters of all kinds–grizzled war heroes, boomerang-slinging elves, whatever the Fall Guys are supposed to be, and more. Let’s say something obvious: there are a lot of video game characters out there. This article was originally published October 2, 2020.
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