Vic's Basement

Victor Lucas sits down with the studio head of Meta's Camouflaj studio, Ryan Payton, to discuss the making of the incredible Batman: Arkham Shadow and so much more. Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv EP on Facebook (for contests): Facebook.com/ElectricPlayground EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN EPN Shorts: tiktok.com/@theelectricplayground Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch If you'd like to support the EPN team … Continue reading "Episode 323 – RYAN PAYTON INTERVIEW – The Making of Batman: Arkham Shadow – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas is joined by Lee Skwarek from PNP Games to discuss great gift ideas + some massive savings on videogames for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox and PC! Find deals on almost every game mentioned in this show at https://pnpgamesonline.com! Thank you for supporting the partners that support The Electric Playground! TIME CODES: PLAYSTATION (plus … Continue reading "EP's 2024 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE! – Featuring PNP Games' Lee Skwarek – 50+ Awesome Games and Great Deals – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas welcomes SEGA video game veteran, Erik Wahlberg to the Basement to discuss his long and winding career in games. From his earliest days testing SEGA Genesis games, to joining the production teams of games like Garfield Caught In The Act and Eternal Champions, to launching the SEGA Saturn, to pivoting to EA and … Continue reading "Episode 321 – SEGA vet ERIK WAHLBERG talks about making ETERNAL CHAMPIONS and other Genesis hits! – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas reviews Inside Out 2 and speaks with ‪Pixar's John Hoffman and Rebecca McVeigh about making the new Disney movie. Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv The Electric Playground on Facebook (for contests): Facebook.com/ElectricPlayground EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN EPN Shorts: tiktok.com/@theelectricplayground Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thanks for LISTENING / SUBSCRIBING / SHARING / REVIEWING Vic's Basement!

Victor Lucas is joined by Brittney Brombacher, Jake Baldino and Kevin Kenson to discuss the hits and misses of Summer Game Fest. Ubisoft Forward and the Xbox Showcase! Follow: @KevinKenson @JakeBaldino @WhatsGoodGames Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv The Electric Playground on Facebook (for contests): Facebook.com/ElectricPlayground EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN EPN Shorts: tiktok.com/@theelectricplayground Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thank you … Continue reading "Episode 319 – BEST OF SUMMER GAME FEST with Brittney Brombacher, Jake Baldino and Kevin Kenson!"

Victor Lucas is joined by his pals at ‪@EasyAllies‬, Daniel Bloodworth and Michael Huber, and the trio breaks through the hype and noise to get into what to expect from PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and their partners at Summer Game Fest 2024! Will we be seeing and playing new Batman, Metroid, Wolverine, Death Stranding, Resident Evil … Continue reading "Episode 318 – EASY ALLIES' BLOODWORTH & HUBER chat about SUMMER GAME FEST and PLAYSTATION STATE OF PLAY!"

Victor Lucas interviews Naughty Dog co-founder, Andy Gavin about his years building a game studio that has become recognized as one of the world's best. From the early days working with Jason Rubin, to launching the Crash Bandicoot and Jack & Dexter franchises, to watching his game dev baby grow up with Uncharted and The … Continue reading "Episode 317 – NAUGHTY DOG'S ANDY GAVIN – Building The Legendary Studio!"

Victor Lucas welcomes Naomi Kyle from This Week In Gaming to chat about her path into the game industry and the many twists and turns her career has taken her. From modelling in Montreal, to hosting early online gaming shows, to her long run at IGN, to going out on her own and becoming a … Continue reading "Episode 316 – NAOMI KYLE from This Week In Gaming! – From Montreal to iHeartRadio – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas is joined by Danny Peña and Paris Lilly to discuss the recent studio closure Xbox has made, what it means for the Xbox brand, the state of the AAA gaming industry and how Xbox and its competition will operate and pivot in the face of these dramatic changes. These three veterans of game … Continue reading "Episode 315 – WHAT NOW XBOX? – With Danny Peña and Parris Lilly! – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas connects with Alan Belardinelli, a recurring presence in The Electric Playground's early years , representing Nintendo for many of the latest games of 1997-1998, like Goldeneye 007, Pokémon, 1080º Snowboarding, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Pilot Wings 64 and many more! Alan was part of some of the biggest moments in … Continue reading "Episode 314 – ALAN BELARDINELLI'S Wild Ride! – From Nintendo to Norway – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas is joined by game industry legend, David Doak to chat about his years with Rare working on Donkey Kong Country 3, Goldeneye 007 and starting and leaving Perfect Dark; then his years at Free Radical and inventing the incredible, TimeSplitters franchise; and we also hear about his time spent working on Star Wars: … Continue reading "Episode 313 – DR. DAVID DOAK SPEAKS! Making GOLDENEYE, PERFECT DARK, TIMESPLITTERS and More! – Vic's Basement"

ProbablyMonsters' Mark Subotnick joins Victor Lucas in Vic's Basement to discuss his long career in video games. Fresh from Mark's appearance in S1E3 of #EPClassic, Mark details his years at SEGA working on Genesis, SEGA CD, Saturn and Dreamcast projects, then his transition to Xbox and launching the original platform and Xbox 360. Afterwards Mark … Continue reading "Episode 312 – SEGA & XBOX vet MARK SUBOTNICK – Launching Dreamcast, Saturn & Xbox!"

Victor Lucas sits down with Kelly Benson to celebrate the launch of #EPClassic and to catch up on all of Kelly's adventures over the years in television, video games, new media and beyond! Enjoy this long overdue catch up convo with the wonderful Kelly Benson! EP on Facebook (for contests): Facebook.com/ElectricPlayground EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN EPN … Continue reading "Episode 311 – KELLY BENSON Returns To EP! – A Catch Up With Kelly! – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas is joined by game industry legend, Chris Taylor, who helped create Total Annihilation, Dungeon Siege, Hardball II, Test Drive, Triple Play Baseball, 4D Boxing and many more games in hi long and prolific career in games! Plus he's got a prominent feature in The Electric Playground's very first episode from 1997! EP on … Continue reading "Episode 310 – CHRIS TAYLOR, creator of Total Annihilation and Dungeon Siege in Vic's Basement!"

Victor Lucas is joined by Jeff Minter, the creator of games like Tempest 2000, Llamatron 2112, Akka Arrh, Space Invaders Extreme, Attack of the Mutant Camels, Polybius, Gridrunner, TxK and dozens more! As well as Digital Eclipse's Editorial Director, Chris Kohler, to discuss their brand new game & documentary project: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story … Continue reading "Episode 309 – JEFF MINTER & CHRIS KOHLER – The Legendary Llamasoft! – Electric Playground"

Victor Lucas is joined by Jose Sanchez and Behr Safi to talk about the unquestioned hit live service game of the moment: Helldivers 2! Does it deliver? Does it have legs? Does it stack up to other live service games like Destiny and Left 4 Dead? Find out in this in-depth Vic's Basement/Review on the … Continue reading "Episode 308 – The HELLDIVERS 2 Episode – This Game Changes Everything w/ JOSE SANCHEZ & BEHR SAFI! – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas sits down with Lee Skwarek from EP Classic sponsor, PNP Games, to discuss the massive EP project and what bringing the episodes to YouTube will entail; why PNP is the perfect fit for EP; what the shows will look like; why the archive has endured and much more! Enjoy this lengthy conversation about … Continue reading "Episode 307 – Classic Electric Playground is Coming Soon! PNP Games' Lee Skwarek On Why They're Partnering!"

Victor Lucas is joined by Jose Sanchez to discuss all of this week's consequential developments in the video game industry. 2024 has just begun but there are HUGE changes and big events already happening! Thank you for LISTENING / REVIEWING / SUBSCRIBING / SHARING! #PlayForever Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN EPN Shorts: tiktok.com/@theelectricplayground Official … Continue reading "Episode 306 – SWITCH 2 / PSVR 2 / HELLDIVERS 2 / ELDEN RING DLC – What A Week w/ Jose Sanchez! – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas is joined by EP's Jose Sanchez and Behr Safi to discuss the recent business decisions that Xbox announced and what that means for the game industry, along with a deep dive discussion on Nintendo's and PlayStation's plans and much more! Essentially the game business is tricky and our goal was to solve everything … Continue reading "Episode 305 – Jose Sanchez and Behr Safi join Victor Lucas to Solve All the Problems in the Game Industry!"

Victor Lucas welcomes Go Mecha Ball creator, Jakob Wahlberg and arcade legend and creator of games like Defender, Robotron 2084 and Smash TV, Eugene Jarvis, to the Basement! Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN EPN Shorts: tiktok.com/@theelectricplayground Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thanks for LISTENING/SUBSCRIBING/SHARING/REVIEWING Vic's Basement! #PlayForever

Victor Lucas hosts EP's Rocket & Raygun Awards and determines The Best Indie Game, The Best Sports Game, The Best RPG, The Best Action Game, The Game of the Year and so much more in this special presentation. Joining Victor are game players and fans of The Electric Playground, who offer their compelling insights about … Continue reading "Episode 303 – EP's Rocket & Raygun Awards! – The Best Games of 2023 featuring insights from Victor Lucas, Video Game fans and EP viewers!"

Victor Lucas interviews Cinematics Director, Joseph Antoine Clavet about his work on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and his perspective on working at Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Montpellier. Vic and JA also dig into the future and past of Prince of Persia, the tumultuous times the video game industry has been going through and … Continue reading "Episode 302 – Making Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown with Ubisoft's Joseph Antoine Clavet – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas is joined by the creator of Prince of Persia, Jordan Mechner and editorial director at Digital Eclipse, Chris Kohler, to discuss the complex and fascinating history of Prince of Persia! Enjoy this detailed conversation about the creation of the original Prince of Persia, The Sands of Time, The Lost Crown and the Prince … Continue reading "Episode 301 – Prince of Perisa's Fascinating History w/ Jordan Mechner & Chris Kohler – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas is joined by Denny Unger, founder and CEO of Cloudhead Games and the duo discuss the ups and downs of the VR industry, Apple's foray into the sector, PlayStation's awesome but closed tech, VR studio closures, massive successes and Meta's ongoing commitment to VR/AR hardware and software. Play the pair do their best … Continue reading "Episode 300 – Apple, Meta, PlayStation and the Future of VR & AR with Pistol Whip's Denny Unger!"

Victor Lucas sits down with Blizzard's Rod Fergusson to discuss his work on Diablo IV, Diablo II: Resurrected and Diablo Immortal! Plus Vic explores Rod's work on Gears of War, BioShock Infinite and his thoughts on the current state of Live Service game development. This interview was recorded at the world famous, Vancouver Film School! … Continue reading "Episode 299 – DIABLO IV's ROD FERGUSSON on GEARS, BIOSHOCK, LIVE SERVICE GAMES & MORE! – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas sits down with Audi Sorlie from Limited Run Games and Digital Foundry and Seth Fulkerson from Seedy Eye Games to discuss the making of Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore! Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thanks for Listening, Subscribing and Reviewing!

Victor Lucas is joined by YouTube's @BrianTong and Accenture's Metaverse Strategy Lead, Nick Rosa, for a deep frank discussion about the Apple Vision Pro. Is this new headset the future of computing and entertainment or will it be another footnote in VR/AR's long history of interesting products that just don't break through? Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv … Continue reading "Episode 297 – APPLE VISION PRO w/ Nick Rosa & Brian Tong – The Future or A Flop? – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas is joined by Danny Peña and Parris Lily from Gamertag Radio. You've seen them all over the game industry on everything from G4 to Kinda Funny Games and even on stage at Xbox events and now they join Vic in the “Basement” to discuss the Summer Game Fest, the Xbox Showcase and much … Continue reading "Episode 296 – Gamertag Radio x Electric Playground with Danny Pēna and Parris Lily!"

Victor Lucas speaks with Capcom's Head Localization Director, Andrew Alfonso, about making the most ambitious fighting game in the company's history, Street Fighter 6! Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thanks so much for listening to, subscribing to, reviewing and sharing Vic's Basement!

Victor Lucas is joined by Sam Witwer (Starkiller, Darth Maul) and David W. Collins (The Mandalorian, Star Wars Visions, The Bad Batch) to talk about the state of Star Wars! Thank you for listening Listening To, Subscribing and Reviewing Vic's Basement! EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch

Join Victor Lucas and Jose Sachnez as they discuss the biggest news in video games: – The release of the final trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – The PlayStation State of Play focused on Final Fantasy XVI – The move to launch Redial at 30fps Quality Mode and what it … Continue reading "Episode 293 – Redfall, Suicide Squad, FFXVI and Zelda with Jose Sanchez!"

Victor Lucas and Behr Safi host The Rocket & Raygun Awards celebrating the best games of 2022 including, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, God of War: Ragnarok, Elden Ring, NFS Unbound, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and so many more! Plus members of EPN's Community and friends from Gamespot, Game Sack, Digital Foundry, … Continue reading "Episode 292 – The Rocket & Raygun Awards – Celebrating The Best and The Buried Treasures of 2022!"

Victor Lucas sits down with Ryan Payton, the founder of Camouflaj and a game industry veteran from the Metal Gear Solid and Halo franchises to discuss the making of Iron Man VR for Meta Oculus Quest 2 and the future of virtual reality and much more! TIME STAMPS ———————- 00:00 – Intro and Making Iron … Continue reading "Episode 291 – Working with Marvel to Make “Iron Man VR” for the Quest 2 with Ryan Payton from Camouflaj and the future of VR!"

Victor Lucas chats with Charles Murakami from Konami and Chris Kohler from Digital Eclipse about creating Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection! Thanks for listening and SUBSCRIBING to Vic's Basement! Don't forget to REVIEW the podcast! #PlayForever

Victor Lucas breaks down what moves he'd like Nintendo to make with the successor to the Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite. Also a dissection of what has worked and hasn't worked with portable and hybrid gaming. Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thanks for Listening, Sharing and Reviewing Vic's Basement!

Victor Lucas welcomes TT Games Level Designer, Mike Consalvey to the Basement to talk about the creation of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga! Watch: YouTube.com/EPNtv Live: Twitch.tv/EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thank you for LISTENING, SUBSCRIBING and REVIEWING Vic's Basement! #PlayForever

Victor Lucas speaks with Moon Knight directors, Mohamed Diab, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead and executive producer Grant Curtis about the groundbreaking Marvel series on Disney+! Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thanks for Subscribing and Reviewing the show! Feel free to share! #PlayForever

Justin aka @EckhartsLadder joins Victor Lucas for a chat about the best and worst of Star Wars across movies, TV and games and how the Halo TV show isn't living up to expectations! TIME STAMPS: 00:00 – INTRODUCTIONS 02:32 – WHAT DOES ECKHARTSLADDER MEAN? 04:06 – WAS IT STAR WARS ALL THE TIME? 05:45 – … Continue reading "Episode 286 – STAR WARS Hits and Misses & The HALO Show Ain't Great with YouTube's EckhartsLadder – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas is joined by Screen Rant's Executive Editor, Rob Keyes and the two Marvel fans go over everything from the MCU's Phase so far! 00:05 – Introduction 3:11 – WandaVision 12:49 – The Falcon And The Winter Solider 21:33 – Loki 29:33 – Black Widow 35:20 – What If…? 43:47 – Shang-Chi and The … Continue reading "Episode 285 – Marvel Phase 4 Report Card with Screen Rant's Rob Keyes"

Victor Lucas has thoughts about the new Marvel show and chats with Hawkeye director and executive producer, Rhys Thomas and executive producer, Trinh Tran. Plus we hear from stars Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld. Watch: YouTube.com/EPNtv Live: Twitch.tv/EPN Merch: EPN.tv/merch Thank you for Listening To, Subscribing To and Reviewing Vic's Basement! #PlayForever

Victor Lucas sits down with Robbie Amell to discuss the new Resident Evil movie: Welcome to Raccoon City, his life long love of the games and the other killer projects that he's working on… Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv Watch EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thanks for Listening to, Subscribing to and Reviewing Vic's Basement!

Victor Lucas gets a visit from Marvel's Shang-Chi himself, Simu Liu and the director of the box office smash, Destin Daniel Cretton. Plus Victor has his Review on the Run of the movie! Thanks for Listening to Vic's Basement! Please Review, Share and Subscribe. It helps a ton! Watch: YouTube.com/EPNtv Live: Twitch.tv/EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch #PlayForever

Victor Lucas has David W Collins and Sam Witwer in the Basement to talk about all things Star Wars, including The Bad Batch, Republic Commando, The Force Unleashed, The Clone Wars, the original trilogy, The Mandalorian, Dave Filoni, George Lucas and so much more! Come with us to a Galaxy Far, Far Away for a … Continue reading "An Epic Star Wars Chat with Sam Witwer and David W. Collins – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas has Jeffrey Wright, Brad Winderbaum, AC Bradley & Bryan Andrews in the Basement to discuss “Marvel's What If…?”! Watch: YouTube.com/EPNtv Live: Twitch.tv/EPN Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thanks for Listening, Reviewing and Subscribing to Vic's Basement! #PlayForever

Vic has Pixar's Art Director, Paul Abadilla, Character Art Director, Deanne Marsigliese and Story Supervisor, John Hoffman in the Basement to discuss the making of Luca! Watch: YouTube.com/EPNtv Live: Twitch.tv/EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thank you for Listening, Reviewing and for Subscribing to Vic's Basement! #PlayForever

Victor Lucas is joined by Ars Technica's Sam Machkovech to talk about recent news! Going hands on with The Playdate, the Valve Steam Deck, the announcements at EA Play, the lawsuit at Activision Blizzard and much more. Let's Go! Thanks for Listening, your Review and for Subscribing! Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv Watch EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN Check … Continue reading "Episode 278 – Playdate, Steam Deck, EA Play & ActiviBlizz Lawsuit with Ars Technica's Sam Mackovech – Vic's Basement"

Victor Lucas chats with Joe Nickolls, Zoe Curnoe and Geoff Coates about the launch of Timbre Games! Let's Go! Thanks for Listening, your Review and Subscribing! Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch #PlayForever

It's Marvel Madness in The Electric Playground! Victor Lucas chats with Sophia Di Martino from Loki and Olga Kurylenko from Black Widow plus has reviews of the two latest MCU properties in this special episode of Vic's Basement! Watch: YouTube.com/EPNtv Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thanks for Listening, Subscribing and Reviewing Vic's Basement! #PlayForever

Victor Lucas digs into Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy with Eidos Montreals' Jean-Francois Dugas and Patrick Fortier! Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch Thanks for Listening, Sharing, Subscribing and Reviewing Vic's Basement! Find out more about our great sponsor, The Gaming Stadium! TGS.GG #PlayForever

Victor Lucas has an exclusive hour long interview with Billy Campbell, the star of The Rocketeer, Cardinal, Helix, The 4400, Once and Again, Crime Story and many other film and television projects. The conversation is wide ranging and insightful, especially if you are fan of Disney's The Rocketeer, which celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year! … Continue reading "Episode 274 – Billy Campbell on The Rocketeer, Dracula, Zelda & Costner – Vic's Basement – Electric Playground"

Victor Lucas is joined by his long time pal and EP/ROTR colleague, Jose Sanchez, to get caught up on the TONS OF THINGS GOING ON in games and entertainment! The guys will hit… – PS5 Shortage and Redesign news – Upgraded Switch reports – SteamPal rumors – Biomutant's release and response – Mass Effect Legendary … Continue reading "Episode 273 – EP's Jose Sanchez joins Vic to talk Mass Effect, Far Cry 6, the Super Switch, E3 and more!"