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 the Knockout Kings franchise and evening working on the ill-fated (but still awesome) Marvel Heroes, we go over it all with Erik! Enjoy the journey.

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Victor Lucas reviews Inside Out 2 and speaks with ‪Pixar’s John Hoffman and Rebecca McVeigh about making the new Disney movie.

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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!

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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 games? What will SNK, Capcom, EA, WB Games, Annapurna and other publishers be showing off at SGF this year? Also: What is Nintendo planning with Switch 2!? Let’s get into it!

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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 illuminating discussion with one of the brightest minds from games.

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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 sphere and it’s a treat to find out more about her in The Basement!

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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!

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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 history but what he does these days is even more extraordinary!

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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 his thoughts on the cancellation of TimeSplitters 4 at the hands of Embracer Group. Sit back and enjoy this definitive conversation with a game maker that has seen and done it all!

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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 details his time working with Intel and catches us up with a tease of the cool new projects on the way from Probably Monsters. Enjoy this deep dive conversation about one of the most storied, intriguing and prolific developers in the game industry.

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