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 (133 videos)
#BillyHatcher #QueenLatifah #CityCrisis This classic episode of The Electric Playground kicks off in Electronic Arts' headquarters in Redwood Shores, California, where Geoff Keighley interviews Dave Warfield about NHL 2004. Then Victor Lucas is in San Francisco to chat with Lenmart Sas from Triumph Studios about Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic. After the break, Victor's at E3 2003 where he meets up with Jason Fitzgerald from PlayStation to find out about Eye Toy. Then at an E3 party in Los Angeles, Victor gets the details on a new Game Boy Advance game called Ozzy & Drixby speaking with Midway's Nathan Rose. After that Victor and Tommy Tallarico are at San Diego Comic 2003 and they discover the Art Asylum Marvel Mini Mates for GameBreak. Then Julie Stoffer's on the MTV Music Awards carpet and asks Queen Latifah about her favourite games. When we return from break, Julie's at E3 2003 in the SEGA booth where she chats with Sonic Team president, Yuji Naka about Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg for GameCube. Also at SDCC, Victor meets up with Johan Egervirans and Stefan Ljungquist from Idol FX, to chat about the comic book & videogame hybrid, Drake. Following that at Ubisoft's booth in E3 2003, Julie speaks with Red Storm's Heather Maxwell, the associate producer of Ghost Recon: Island Thunder for XBOX LiveWire. For PS2 Gems, Victor has City Crisis. Then Tommy's at the XBOX booth at E3 2003 where he discovers XBOX Music Mixer and chats with program manager, Eric Arthur about the title. This is also the first appearance of Jose "Fubar" Sanchez on The Electric Playground. 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! 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!