Vic's Basement

In this episode of Vic’s Basement, the team discuss the 25th season of EP, talk about the new 3DS, their Oscar predictions, and loads of other thrilling topics.

TODAY ON THE BASEMENT: Marissa recounts her trip to the UK to interview the cast from Game Of Thrones, including her story about HOW SHE LEFT VANCOUVER WITHOUT A WARM JACKET. (Don’t worry—it has a happy ending. Which involves buying a NEW JACKET. SHEESH. These TV people.) Also, Marissa tells the story of the time she rode in the elevator with Alfie Allen, A.K.A. THEON GREYJOY. Scott confesses his love for the Wii U., including his ongoing fascination with Super Punch-Out!! WHY SCOTT? WHYYYY? There’s also Batman: Arkham Knight talk, Majora’s Mask talk, New 3DS talk, and MORE MORE MORE! What are you waiting for? Start listening NOW!

Join Marissa, Scott and Vic as they pour one out for Sega and discuss Kingsman, Scott’s chest, Marissa’s exciting travel plans. Friends vs Seinfeld (not really), Dying Light, The New 3DS and a whole lot more.

And we’re back! Join Vic, Scott and Marissa in the basement as they discuss where the heck they’ve been this month, the movies, games and shows they’ve been diggin’– Zelda, The Book of Life, American Sniper, Agent Carter, Dying Light and more. Also: What they’re excited for in 2015 and some weekend recommendations. Bonus: hair talk, Diego Luna, toy break, “Who’s your favorite Friend?” and lumbersexuals!

Listen to the Rocket and Rayguns Award Show as the Reviews on the Run Team knockout contenders for the Game of the Year until they determine the single winner for the Rocket and Rayguns Game of the Year! Also available to watch as a video on epn.tv, this is the audio-only version of the awards show.

The whole Reviews on the Run team get together after filming the Rocket and Raygun Awards to talk about 2014. We talk about our surprises, franchises that need to be killed, and where games need to go in the coming year. Broken games must come to an end, Nintendo is still delivering high quality games, and Marissa even has some Rocket and Raygun cookies to share.

Vic and Scott look at and critique the Star Wars Trailer. Who’s who in the trailer? What does this trailer promise? and are we excited!?!

Vic, Marissa and Scott talk about investing time in games and media. What’s worth it and how much time do you get back when expected content falls short of expectations? We go on to discuss the viability of Oculus Rift as our saviour for the games industry. Dumb and Dumber Too was the movie we saw this week. Is it worth the full movie price?

This week Vic and Marissa unbox Assassin’s Creed for Xbox One. They show off the cool figurine, the artbook, and the contents inside this cool set. They go on to talk about Chris Nolan as a director and the Big Hero 6 movie – which you should just go and watch right now. Lucky you, they do a double Toy break this episode and more! Click the play button and enjoy!

Scott and Marissa talk about Bayonetta, gaming experiences online, and argue about depth in games. We answer your questions, Scott fixes his PS4, and they argue about how game experiences should be.

Online in chat today we had Steve Tilley. Last week we had Jose, before that Shaun. If you join us for the live show on Fridays at 3pm PST you can chat with hosts from Reviews on the Run and EP Daily.