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)
#E32001 #NintendoGameCube #xboxone Welcome back to E3 2001 courtesy of your friends at The Electric Playground! In this episode we highlight upcoming releases and announcements for Xbox, PlayStation 2, PC and the GameCube! For Xbox we hear from: Robbie Bach - Senior VP Games Division, Microsoft Peter Molynuex - Managing Director, Project Ego (Fable) - Lionhead Studios Julio Torres - Assistant Producer, Obi-Wan Kenobi - LucasArts Ken Fox - Producer, Shrek - TDK Eric Dueliring - Product Manager, Azurik: Rise of Perathia - Microsoft Canada Brenner Adams - Product Planner/Co-Designer - Microsoft For Nintendo we hear from: Peter Main - VP Sales/Marketing, Nintendo Shigeru Miyamoto - Nintendo Legend and GM Entertainment Analysis, Pikmin Tyson Walker - Team Nintendo, Wave Race: Blue Storm For PlayStation we hear from: Kazuo Hirai - President/COO, Sony Computer Entertainment Reid Scheider - Producer, Batman: Vengeance - Ubisoft Dan Houser - Creative Director, Grand Theft Auto III - Rockstar Games Jamie King - Director of Development, State of Emergency - Rockstar Games Phil Marineau - Product Manager, NHL Hitz - Midway Kyoko Yamashita - Marketing Communications Manager, Final Fantasy X - SquareSoft For PC we hear from: Matias Myllrinne, Business and Finance Director, Max Payne - Remedy Entertainment Ed Del Castillo - President/Co-Founder, Battle Realms - Liquid Entertainment Kevin McCann - Producer, PlanetSide - Sony Online Entertainment Bill Roper - Senior Director PR, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos - Blizzard Entertainment Scott McDaniel - Senior Artist, Everquest: The Shadows of Luclin - Sony Online Entertainment EP also heads to LucasArts headquarters in San Rafael, California to chat with Gary Gaber, the director of Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. We also hear from Greg Knight, the lead conceptual artists for the game, Chris Williams, the lead artists and Chame Hollander, the lead QA tester. Tom Russo from Next Gen Magazine answers, "What Is The Best Selling Videogame Of All Time?" in EP's Question of the Week. In GameFace, we hit the carpet for the 2001 MTV Movie Awards and hear from The Rock, Dwayne Johnson. We also hit the set of the Tomb Raider movie starring Angelina Jolie and hear from the star and the films' director, Simon West, as well as Eidos' director of creative affairs, Sutton Trout. What's in EP's Pocket? Tommy reviews Toy Story racer for the Game Boy Color. In Reviews on the Run it's: Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing for PlayStation 2 Rumble Racing for PlayStation 2 Fate of the Dragon for PC Spider-Man for Dreamcast Mario Party 3 for Nintendo 64 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!