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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 the Knockout Kings franch…

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 f…

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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…

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 and Dragon Age ga…

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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 Last of Us, this is an illu…

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 prolific producer, Naomi has a very unique voice in the media…

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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 coverage have a lot to discuss. Enjoy! Watch: YouT…

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 Nintendo h…

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: Battlefront 3, Haze and …

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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 …

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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 EP…

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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 Facebook (for cont…

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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 Sto…

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 Run chat! Rest in Peace Akira Toriyama. Thank you…

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 the beginning of an epic partnership! …

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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…

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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 in this podcast.* *we di…

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/REV…

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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 Their Game of The Year, Buried…

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 is there hope for …

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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 of Persia featur…

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 to predict the futur…

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! Watch EPN: …

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!…

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Welcome to the FPS Podcast. This week we're joined by Nick Calandra and Yahtzee Croshaw, formerly of The Escapist but now going independent. Their new venture is called Second Wind, and we really encourage everyone to check it out and support it if you can: Second Wind Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SecondWindGroup/posts Second Wind YouTube: http…

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