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)
#PlayStation #SSX #alleniverson To kick off this episode, The Electric Playground jets to Tokyo for The PlayStation 2 Festival where Zoe Flower catches up with Gran Turismo creator, Kazunori Yamauchi to talk about Gran Turismo 2000! Zoe also connects with Steve Rechtshaffner, the executive producer of SSX who spills the beans on this fantastic looking snowboard game. Zoe also talks with Taksuya Nishimura, the assistant sound manager of Stepping Selection, Koei's Yasuda San about Kessen, Keiko Kobayashi from Arika about Capcom's Street Fighter EX3 and the father of the PlayStation and the president of Sony Computer Entertainment, Ken Kutaragi. Then Tommy Tallarico visits Black Box Games in Vancouver, BC to dig into details about NHL 2K for the SEGA Dreamcast. Tommy speaks with Kimberly Taylor, the office manager and then scales the heights of BBHQ to chat with Douglas Tronsgard, the producer of the game. Next up Zoe's in San Jose, California to get a tour of the MPlayer offices by Jeremy Raymer. We discover that everybody takes the company branding very seriously at MPlayer. Nathan Farenthold, Carter Lipscomb and Marcus Hopkins. After that Victor Lucas and Zoe chat with NBA legends and videogame cover athletes, Kobe Bryant (rest in peace), Shaquille O'Neil, Glen Rice, Allen Iverson and Jason Kidd! After the break, Tommy's at the Codemasters party in San Jose, CA to check out MTV Music Generator. Tommy discusses this innovative audio project with Codemasters' Patrick O'Luanaigh. Then in our GameFace segment Tommy is in New Orleans at the NATPE television conference and he sits down with Austin Powers' Verne Troyer (rest in peace) to talk about Verne's passion for games. Immediately afterwards Tommy's in Seattle Washington at Nintendo of America's headquarters to speak with Nintendo super agent, Brian Hartmann about Pokémon Stadium for the Nintendo 64. In Reviews on the Run it's: Fear Effect for PlayStation Chu Chu Rocket for Dreamcast South Park Rally for Nintendo 64 Nox for PC 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!