Here are classic seasons of The Electric Playground starting with our series premiere in 1997. Enjoy this deep dive into the history of the videogame industry!
Curated by: Electric Playground Network - EPN (120 videos)
#PlayStation2 #PerfectDark #hideokojima Original Airdate: Spring 2000 A fully packed episode of The Electric Playground begins! Hope you're ready. Zoe Flower travels to San Francisco to meet up with SEGA’s Heather Hawkins for a skate and chat about Jet Grind Radio for Dreamcast. Tommy Tallarico in Las Vegas for NATPE 2000, where he has a convoluted conversation with Don King (rest in peace). EP heads to E3 2000 in Los Angeles California to cover the PlayStation 2 games in development. Victor Lucas speaks with David Siliviera from AgeTec about From Software’s Armored Core 2. Tommy talks with Namco’s Paul Guirao, associate producer of Tekken Tag Tournament. Victor catches up with Konami’s Hideo Kojima to get some intel on Metal Gear Solid 2. Oni’s project leader, Michael Evans tells us about his game. Tommy checks in with PlayStation’s Ryan Bowling to talk about Gran Turismo 2000, FantaVision and the PS2’s DVD playback. Mark Polcyn from Lucas Learning tells about Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing. Victor checks in with EA’s Albert Pinello to James Bond: The World Is Not Enough. Tommy connects with Konami’s Craig Howe to discuss Track and Field. Daryl Potts, the producer of Kengo talks about his game. Lucasrts’ Tom Byron gives us the details on Star Wars: Starfighter. EA Sports’ Munir Hadad hits us with info on Madden NFL 2001. Ubisoft game designer, Marc-André De Blois gives us the scoop on Batman: Vengeance. E. Boutin, head of development from Darkworks talks about Alone in the Dark. For the Nintendo 64 games at E3 2000 Victor checks in with Nintendo’s Bryan Hartmann to check out Mickey’s Speedway USA, Mario Tennis, Dinosaur Planet (later Star Fox Adventures), Banjo-Tooie and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. Nintendo’s Ken Lobb fills Tommy in on Conker’s Bad Fur Day. Rick Mehler from Acclaim talks to us about All-Star Baseball 2001. Then Victor and Tommy head to the MPlayer booth to chat with Jeremy Raymer, John Villarreal from Silicon Valley Launch Pad and Jonathon Wendell (Fatal1ty), we also hear from MPlayer VP, Chris Early. After the break, Victor is in San Jose, California for GDC and he checks out an effort to bring scents to PC gaming, with a chat with Digiscents CEO, Joel Lloyd Bellenson about iSmell. Then also at GDC in San Jose, Zoe talks with producer, Scott Herrington about Asheron’s Call. What’s in EP’s Pocket? Rampart for Game Boy Color In Reviews On The Run it’s Perfect Dark for Nintendo 64 Soldier of Fortune for PC Rayman 2 for Dreamcast JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure for PlayStation and Dreamcast The Electric Playground episodes are digitized and upscaled by the University of Toronto Mississauga Library. The wider EP Media Ltd. archive is located at the Library where it is preserved and digitized for long term access. Inquiries regarding the archive and the wider digitization process can be sent to utml.cds@utoronto.ca. Classic Episodes of The Electric Playground are brought to you by @PNPGamesOfficial Support EP Classic by shopping at: https://pnpgamesonline.com! EP on Facebook (for contests): Facebook.com/ElectricPlayground EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN EPN Shorts: tiktok.com/@theelectricplayground Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch If you'd like to support the EPN team by becoming a member and sponsoring our content, click the JOIN button! Thanks so much for your support!