Vic's Basement

This week, Scott and Vic once again welcome a celebrity guest into their dank bunker. Yes, it’s none other than Dr. Greg Zeschuk, who represents 50-percent of the legendary “BioWare Doctors.” Greg, along with his partner Ray Muzyka, made some of the greatest games this industry has ever known including the Baldur’s Gate series, the … Continue reading "Episode 22: Butt-kickin’ for Goodness!"

Welcome to one of the greatest episodes of Vic’s Basement, ever. We realize that this is hard to believe, but “The World’s Greatest Podcast” (that what Scott calls it anyway) just leveled up. We have an exclusive interview with one of the gaming world’s most vaunted developers: Warren Spector. This is the man who worked … Continue reading "Episode 21: Warren Spector’s Epic Interview"

This week on The Basement: Vic and Scott take a break from the annual November gamevalanche to have in-depth discussions about two of the biggest ones: Halo 4 and Assassin’s Creed III. Scott reveals that he is, in fact, human when he confesses that the score he hung on one of these games might have … Continue reading "Episode 20: Assassin’s Creed vs. Halo"

Today in The Basement: Scott eats leftover Halloween candy until his stomach hurts. Then Vic brings up the whole Disney-taking-over-Star Wars thing, which only makes Scott’s stomach hurt even worse. Is this the new hope that Star Wars fans have been waiting for? Or has the empire struck back one more time? Then Vic and … Continue reading "Episode 19: Star Struck With The Halo 4 Creative Director"

Vic and Scott discuss the pros, cons, and everything in between regarding the iPad Mini. But wait, there’s more: Brian Provinciano is in “da house.” Brian, in case you don’t know, is the man who made the superb videogame RetroCity Rampage. Gaming’s ironman—he built Retro all by himself—gives Vic and Scott a candid behind-the-scenes look … Continue reading "Episode 18: Retrocity Rampage Creator Interview"

This week, Vic and Scott do terrible impressions (Bill Cosby, Christopher Walken). They offer three ways to fix New York Comic-Con. (You’re welcome, New York Comic-Con.) They discuss Retro City Rampage, a new downloadable game for the PlayStation 3 and Vita that has been blowing Vic and Scott’s minds. Dream Come True Alert: Vic and … Continue reading "Episode 17: Toothpaste Crush of NY Comic-Con"

Today on The Basement, Vic and Scott leave the smelly confines of the basement—fly free, little birds!—and travel 3,000 miles to New York City where they interview Insomniac’s Brian Allgeier. Three things you need to know about Brian: 1. he worked on seven Ratchet & Clank games; 2. he’s working on a new game called … Continue reading "Episode 16: The Basement, New York"

Today down in Le Basement (which is French for “The Basement”): Vic and Scott argue over the need for cases for electronic devices. Scott says no; but Vic says yes. After that, they both rave about Arkane Studio’s new game, Dishonored. This incredible experience is, well, incredible, with one extremely minor exception: Scott does not … Continue reading "Episode 15: Dishonored Delights"

Vic and Scott are still talking about Looper, so they decided to share their most intimate thoughts with you, dear listener, in a spoiler-packed bonus episode of Vic’s Basement. Yes, we said “spoiler-packed.” Because we reveal everything in this episode. So, if you haven’t seen Looper, and you’re planning to, wait until after you’ve seen … Continue reading "Episode 14: Deconstructing Looper"

Today on Vic’s Basement: Vic talks about all the things he loves; Scott rants about all the things he hates. In other words, IT’S PRETTY MUCH BUSINESS AS USUAL DOWN IN THE BASEMENT. A couple of love/hate topics: annual “iterations” of sports videogames, and the iPhone 5. Vic sees all of this as progress; Scott … Continue reading "Episode 13: Half Empty/Half-Full Episode"