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Electric Playground

Season 6 2001
TV-PG

  • 2001-03-21T05:00:00Z on Razer
  • 30m
  • 6h 30m (13 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • News, Comedy, Documentary
While you may play the games, do you know the people behind the games? The Electric Playground highlights those "invisible people" who are the true stars of the games: The developers, writers, concept artists, directors, producers, and anyone involved in creating games. Hosted by Victor Lucas and Tommy Tallarico, they go on location with Co-hosts Julie Stoffer, Geoff Keighley and Jade Raymond to interview those in the gaming industry to let you know the creative and always exciting minds behind those games you love to play. Plus get a preview of upcoming games, news from the gaming industry and get gaming info on some of your favorite stars. Created and executive produced by host Victor Lucas, Electric Playground has been a staple on airwaves since its debut in September 1997. In August 2008, EP Daily was launched and by July 2012 the two shows had merged under the EP Daily moniker.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

2001-03-21T05:00:00Z

6x01 Original Xbox Unveiled, NBA Live 2001!

Season Premiere

6x01 Original Xbox Unveiled, NBA Live 2001!

  • 2001-03-21T05:00:00Z30m

Microsoft is entering the console business, Sega still has a console, and Vancouver has an NBA team!

In this classic episode of Electric Playground, we speak with Microsoft engineers about the creation and launch of the original Xbox! We also speak with Bungie about their upcoming games Halo and Oni, talk to comedian D. L. Hughley about the games he's playing on the PS2, have a look at the making of NBA Live 2001 at EA Canada, hear from legendary game maker David Perry about the future of the industry, and review games for the N64 and Sega Dreamcast.

6x02 Conker, Toy Fair, Clive Barker!

  • 2001-03-28T05:00:00Z30m

In this episode of Electric Playground, we speak with horror auteur Clive Barker about his terrifying game Undying, have an early look at the new action-RPG Dungeon Siege with Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games, head to the New York Toy Fair speak with Todd McFarlane and the makers of other cool toys, travel to Nintendo to find out what's coming in their new N64 game Conker's Bad Fur Day, and talk with comedian Thomas Calabro about what games he's playing!

In this episode of Electric Playground, we invade Westwood Studios for a look at their new game Command & Conquer: Renegade! We also hear from the cast of the new Fox series Malcolm in the Middle about what games they're playing, take a look at the cutting edge cyber scanning technology used to creating the boxing game Knockout Kings, speak with the makers of the early game streaming platform from Yummy Interactive, sit down with Acclaim Entertainment founder Greg Fischbach, and talk Paper Mario in Reviews on the Run!

In this episode of Electric Playground, we speak with legendary animators Don Bluth and Gary Goldman about their classic game Dragon's Lair! We also head to Mars with the makers of the original Red Faction, talk to Ubisoft's Yannis Mallat about Rayman on the Game Boy Advance, and Tommy jumps into a motion capture suit at House of Moves!

In this episode of Electric Playground, we set our sights on Dead to Rights and other new shooting games from Namco, speak with legendary animators Don Bluth and Gary Goldman about Dragon's Lair 3D, sit in a tree with the developers of Interplay's Run Like Hell, and toy with Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and some of his latest collectibles!

In this episode of Electric Playground, we get heroic with Ken Levine and Freedom Force, head to Crash Bandicoot developer Naughty Dog to speak with founders Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin, speak with the people behind the new ESRB ratings system, and race to the Sonoma Raceway to check out Gran Turismo 3!

6x07 Oddworld, Alone in the Dark!

  • 2001-05-01T04:00:00Z30m

In this episode of Electric Playground, we sit down with Lorne Lanning to talk about the latest Oddworld game Munch's Oddysee, which is coming to Microsoft's new console the Xbox! We also get scary with Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, and jam out with the developers of the music game Modern Groove!

2001-05-10T04:00:00Z

6x08 GDC 2001 Extravaganza!

6x08 GDC 2001 Extravaganza!

  • 2001-05-10T04:00:00Z30m

In this episode of Electric Playground, we head down to the 2001 Game Developers Conference to talk with the biggest developers and look at the latest game making technology! We also speak with game show host Louie Anderson about the videos games he's playing, and review Hideo Kojima's latest project Zone of the Enders!

2001-05-16T04:00:00Z

6x09 What is Halo?

6x09 What is Halo?

  • 2001-05-16T04:00:00Z30m

In this episode of Electric Playground, we head to developer Bungie for a look at their new game Halo for Microsoft's first console the Xbox! We also get puzzled with the developers of Myst 3, speak with comedian Andrew Dice Clay about the games he's playing, sit down with Lorne Lanning for a look at Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, and hear from Konami about their newest franchise Zone of the Enders!

In this episode of Electric Playground, we speak with the one and only Stan Lee and Marvel president Bill Jemas about the creation of Spider-Man! We also call the Police to speak with Stewart Copeland about his work composing Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare! Victor hears from UFC fighters Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell about the new game UFC: Tapout, Julie Stoffer heads to Infinite Group for a look at their legendary new game New Legends, and we speak with the makers of the new action adventure game Floigan Bros.

In this episode of Electric Playground, we have an early look at Nintendo's latest handheld device the Game Boy Advance! We also have more from Stan Lee about the creation of Spider-Man, talk to Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe about the new Spider-Man movie, jump over to Konami with Frogger: The Great Quest, and speak with the developers behind Monolith Productions' LithTech Engine.

2001-06-07T04:00:00Z

6x12 What's in the Xbox?

6x12 What's in the Xbox?

  • 2001-06-07T04:00:00Z30m

In this episode of Electric Playground, we have a preview of the cutting edge DVD technology used in Microsoft's new console the Xbox! We also have a look at the history of Electronic Arts with founder Trip Hawkins and on of the first EA employees Bing Gordon, speak with actor Brad Dourif about his role in the new game Myst III: Exile, hit the gas with Mario Kart: Super Circuit for the Game Boy Advance, and chat with Alex Garden from Relic Entertainment about Sigma: The Adventures of Rex Chance, an RTS that was eventually renamed Impossible Creatures.

Season Finale

6x13 Electronic Entertainment Expo 2001 Spectacular!

  • 2001-06-13T04:00:00Z30m

In this episode of Electric Playground we head to E3 2001 and hear from Peter Molyneux about Fable, Shigeru Miyamoto about Pikmin, and Rockstar's Dan Houser about GTA 3! We also force our way into LucasArts to speak with the makers of Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, cook up a look at The Scorpion King with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, and go to Eidos for an early look at the first Tomb Raider movie with Angelina Jolie!

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