Vic's Basement

Victor Lucas is visited by David Jaffe, the fiery and hyper-intelligent creator of the God of War and Twisted Metal franchises! Enjoy this great sit down conversation that is years in the making! Thanks for Listening, your Review and Subscribing! Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv Check out EPN Merch at EPN.tv/Merch #PlayForever​

Victor Lucas brings back Bill Roper for a deeper dive into his history of great game making at Blizzard, Disney, Cryptic, Flagship and more! Thanks for Listening, Reviewing Vic’s Basement and for Subscribing! Watch Vic’s Basement at YouTube.com/EPNtv Check out EPN Merch at EPN.tv/Merch #PlayForever​

Victor Lucas welcomes Bill Roper, a long time game maker with a great history at companies like Blizzard, Disney and many more. He’s worked on epic games and he’s got some epic stories to tell! Thanks for Listening, your Review and for Subscribing! Watch: YouTube.com/EPNtv Check out EPN Merch at EPN.tv/Merch #PlayForever​

Victor Lucas welcomes Sean Velasco, Designer, and Celia Schilling, Marketing Manager, from Yacht Club Games to celebrate the launch of Cyber-Shadow! The conversation will also dig into the company’s history with development and the creation of Shovel Knight, now working as a partner and publisher for other devs and to get a peek into what’s … Continue reading "Episode 261 – Yacht Club Games talks Cyber-Shadow, 3D Shovel Knight and its awesome 2D history!"

Nintendo will probably have news on a new Switch any day now so Victor Lucas invited three friends to chat about the possibilities and what everybody wants from a new Switch! Switch Pro? Super Switch?! The New Switch? What’s it going to be called!? Here is The Next Nintendo Switch with guests, EP’s Jose Sanchez … Continue reading "Episode 260 – The Next Nintendo Switch with Guests- Jose Sanchez, Shaun Hatton and Sam Machkovech!"

Victor Lucas welcomes Mike Williams from PCMag, Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica’s and Behr Safi to the Basement to discuss 21 games that the guys hope come out this year! Watch Vic’s Basement at YouTube.com/EPNtv EPN Merch is available at EPN.tv/Merch

Victor Lucas invites two incredible talents into the Basement, Digital Foundry’s John Linneman and Game Sack’s Joe Redifer! Enjoy a great conversation about the launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X, the shared love and fascination with retro gaming, some great tips for collectors and hobbyists and the secret origins of two of … Continue reading "Episode 258 – Digital Foundry’s John Linneman and Game Sack’s Joe Redifer"

Victor Lucas chats with Mark Turmell (creator of NBA Jam and NFL Blitz!), Tim Kitzrow, (the voice of NBA Jam!), John Tobias (ko-kreator of Mortal Kombat!) and Josh Tsui, game maker and filmmaker behind the new documentary about the history of Midway! Watch EPN: YouTube.com/EPNtv Official EPN Merch is available at EPN.tv/Merch

Another audio-only exclusive episode of Vic’s Basement recorded at XDS20 Adapt (xdsummit.com)! Victor Lucas chats with legendary game maker, Amy Hennig, about her roots in the game industry; working at Naughty Dog on massive games like Uncharted and Jak & Daxter; working on Star Wars at Electronic Arts and now heading up the new media … Continue reading "Episode 256 – The Legendary Amy Hennig Charts New Territory at Skydance!"

From XDS20 Adapt (xdsummit.com), Victor Lucas sits down with Craig Duncan, the studio head of Rare, to discuss his background in gaming, his leadership at Rare, the games that inspired him, the future for the storied game development company, his partners around the world and the way he and his company brings in new employees … Continue reading "Episode 255 – Craig Duncan, Studio Head of Rare – Audio Exclusive Interview!"

Ars Technica’s Sam Machkovech drops in to the Basement to chat with Victor Lucas about the early impressions of the PlayStation 5! Thanks for Watching, your Thumbs Up and Subscribing! Watch EPN, including LIVE Vic’s Basement episodes at YouTube.com/EPNtv Check out EPN Merch at EPN.tv/Merch #PlayForever

Victor Lucas is joined by his old pal Tommy Tallarico for a catch up conversation about all things Intellivision, Reviews on the Run and much more! (Apologies on the echo on Vic’s mic for part of the episode! We figured it out and that won’t happen again!) Thanks for Listening, your Review and for Subscribing! … Continue reading "Episode 253 – Tommy Tallarico Returns to the Basement! (Intellivision Update and Reviews on the Run!)"

Vic and tech journalist, Brian Tong, have an extraordinary conversation in the Basement about the new Apple iPhones but also carving out a respected identity and a satisfying business in this complicated media landscape. TIME STAMPS 00:00 – Introductions 02:53 – How Vic noticed Brian – C|Net days 04:52 – The Era of the Independent … Continue reading "Episode 252 – iPhones & iNdependence with tech journalist Brian Tong!"

Victor Lucas invites Toys For Bob’s creative director, Daniel Neil, and art director, Josh Nadelberg, into the Basement for a chat about the creation of the wonderful Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time! Watch Vic’s Basement episodes, including our LIVE shows at YouTube.com/EPNtv Official EPN Merch is available at EPN.tv/Merch

Behr Safi joins Vic in the Basement this week as the pair look at some of the biggest stories going on in games! And then they check out some multiplayer Star Wars Squadrons! Thanks for Listening, your Review and Subscribing! Watch EPN at YouTube.com/EPNtv Check out EPN Merch at EPN.tv/Merch #PlayForever

Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica has been playing games on Xbox Series X for a week! Let’s chat with him! To join us for LIVE Vic’s Basement streams subscribe to YouTube.com/EPNtv! For Official EPN Merch check out our site: EPN.tv/Merch Thanks for watching/listening! #PlayForever

Join Victor Lucas and Jose “Foobs” Sanchez as they chat about the news of the week including Xbox buying Bethesda, reveals from the Tokyo Game Show, Amazon’s Luna Game Streaming, The Nick Fury show on Diseny+ and much more!

Let’s talk about the huge news today! Microsoft is buying ZeniMax Media (parent company of Bethesda Softworks) for $7.5 Billion!

The creative director of Supergiant Games, Greg Kasavin stops by Vic’s Basement! We find out about Greg’s years in the game industry, first as a long time executive editor at Gamespot and then conversation rolls into the 13 years and four games Greg has made at Supergiant, including his latest, Hades! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Introductions … Continue reading "Episode 246 – To Hades from Bastion with Supergiant’s Greg Kasavin!"

One of the busiest actors in Games, TV, Movies and Commercials visit’s Vic’s Basement to chat about Immortals: Fenyx Rising, Deus Ex and Acting in 2020! TIME STAMPS 00:00 – Introduction / Pandemic / Wildfires 03:01 – Immortals: Fenyx Rising Discussion (Playing Prometheus) 12:33 – Canadian Actor Moved to LA 18:01 – Your Voice Is … Continue reading "Episode 245 – Immortals: Fenyx Rising, Deus Ex, Acting Advice & Much More with Elias Toufexis!"