Ricardo Sanchez (video games)
Encyclopedia
Ricardo Sanchez is a writer, producer and game industry executive.
Sanchez is currently writing the Resident Evil comic book series for Wildstorm
and wrote a promotional comic book for NCSoft
's Aion
MMO.
service. He oversaw all of the original game and video development, game licensing, and content strategy for the service. While there he became known for promoting the development of episodic games
. He has written articles for Gamasutra
and GameDaily
and presented at the D.I.C.E. Summit
on the subject of episodic games, establishing what he called the "Three Laws of Episodics" that are a guide for GameTap's development of episodic games.
In addition to working on episodic game development, Ricardo was the creator and executive producer of the Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series, based on the Tomb Raider
franchise featuring the voice of Minnie Driver
and the creative talents of Brian Pulido
, Warren Ellis
, Ivan Reis
, Cully Hamner
, and Peter Chung
among others.
Before launching Gametap in 2005, Ricardo was a founder of IGN Entertainment and served as the Vice-President of Publishing, managing IGN
, GameSpy
, Rotten Tomatoes
, Team Xbox and the Planet Network and Vault Network.
While at Imagine Media Ricardo was the disc editor for Next Generation
and Ultra Game Players magazines.
He was also a video and interactive producer for the Freedom Forum
's Newseum
before it launched.
D.I.C.E. Summit Speaker
Why Bother with Episodic? - Gamasutra, January 2007
What is Episodic? - GameDaily, October 2006
Sanchez is currently writing the Resident Evil comic book series for Wildstorm
Wildstorm
WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, published American comic books. Originally an independent company established by Jim Lee and further expanded upon in subsequent years by other creators, WildStorm became a publishing imprint of DC Comics in 1999...
and wrote a promotional comic book for NCSoft
NCsoft
NCsoft is a South Korea-based online video game company, which has published massively multiplayer online role-playing games including Lineage, City of Heroes, Wildstar, Exteel, Guild Wars and Aion.-History:...
's Aion
Aion
Aion may refer to:In music:*Aion , a Japanese metal band**Aion , their 1992 album*Aion , a Polish gothic metal band*Aion , a 2003 album...
MMO.
Career
From 2005 until 2009, Sanchez was the Vice-President of Content for Turner Broadcasting's GameTapGameTap
GameTap is an American online video game service established by Turner Broadcasting System . Dubbed by TBS as a "first of its kind broadband gaming network", the service provides users with classic arcade video games and game-related video content...
service. He oversaw all of the original game and video development, game licensing, and content strategy for the service. While there he became known for promoting the development of episodic games
Episodic games
An episodic video game is a video game of a shorter length that is commercially released as an installment to a continuous and larger series. Episodic games differ from conventional video games in that they often contain less content but are developed on a more frequent basis.Such a series may or...
. He has written articles for Gamasutra
Gamasutra
Gamasutra is a website founded in 1997 for video game developers. It is owned and operated by UBM TechWeb , a division of United Business Media, and acts as the online sister publication to the print magazine Game Developer...
and GameDaily
GameDaily
GameDaily was a video game journalism website based in the United States. Launched in 1995 by entrepreneur Mark Friedler under the name Gigex and focused on free game demo downloads, The site changed its business model from a flat fee per download CDN distributed service network to an...
and presented at the D.I.C.E. Summit
D.I.C.E. Summit
D.I.C.E. Summit is an annual multi-day gathering of video game executives held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Established in 2002 by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the conference is host to the annual Entertainment Software Association's Interactive Achievement Awards...
on the subject of episodic games, establishing what he called the "Three Laws of Episodics" that are a guide for GameTap's development of episodic games.
In addition to working on episodic game development, Ricardo was the creator and executive producer of the Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series, based on the Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, with MS-DOS and PlayStation versions following shortly thereafter...
franchise featuring the voice of Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, as well as for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for her work in the television series The Riches.- Early life...
and the creative talents of Brian Pulido
Brian Pulido
Brian Pulido is a creator, writer and producer of comic books and films.-Early life:Growing up in Long Branch, New Jersey, Pulido first developed an interest in the horror genre after the release of Night of the Living Dead when he was a child.-Comic book career:Pulido has created, written or...
, Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis
Warren Girard Ellis is an English author of comics, novels, and television, who is well-known for sociocultural commentary, both through his online presence and through his writing, which covers transhumanist themes...
, Ivan Reis
Ivan Reis
Ivan Reis , born 1976 in São Paulo, is a Brazilian comic book artist. He is known for his work on books such as Marvel Comics' Captain Marvel, and DC Comics' Green Lantern books...
, Cully Hamner
Cully Hamner
Cully Hamner is an American comic book artist and writer.-Career:Since his 1992 debut on Green Lantern: Mosaic, Hamner has worked for nearly every major American comic book publisher, and is chiefly known for such titles as the aforementioned Green Lantern: Mosaic, Blue Beetle, and Red...
, and Peter Chung
Peter Chung
Peter Kunshik Chung Peter Kunshik Chung Peter Kunshik Chung (born April 19, 1961 in Seoul, South Korea, as 정건식 (Chung Geun-sik, or alternative spelling Jeong Geun-Sik) is a Korean American animator...
among others.
Before launching Gametap in 2005, Ricardo was a founder of IGN Entertainment and served as the Vice-President of Publishing, managing IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
, GameSpy
GameSpy
GameSpy Industries, Inc., known simply as GameSpy, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software. GameSpy dates back to the 1996 release of an internet Quake server search program named QSpy. The current...
, Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
, Team Xbox and the Planet Network and Vault Network.
While at Imagine Media Ricardo was the disc editor for Next Generation
Next Generation
Next Generation or Next-Generation may refer to:- Publications and literature :* Next Generation Magazine, video game magazine that was made by the now defunct Imagine Media publishing company...
and Ultra Game Players magazines.
He was also a video and interactive producer for the Freedom Forum
Freedom Forum
The Freedom Forum was created in 1991 under the direction of Al Neuharth, former publisher of USA Today newspaper. Funding was provided by a foundation started by publisher Frank E. Gannett in 1935, called the Gannett Foundation...
's Newseum
Newseum
The Newseum is an interactive museum of news and journalism located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. The seven-level, museum features 15 theaters and 14 galleries. The Newseum's Berlin Wall Gallery includes the largest display of sections of the Berlin Wall outside of Germany...
before it launched.
Ricardo Sanchez on Episodic Games
Stand by for episodic casual gaming - by Paul Hyman for the Hollywood Reporter, May 2007D.I.C.E. Summit Speaker
Why Bother with Episodic? - Gamasutra, January 2007
What is Episodic? - GameDaily, October 2006