Vic's Basement

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"