Episode 165, Vic’s Basement – November 20, 2015

Winter is almost upon us and the weather is growing frigid, so allow our amiable hosts Scott Jones and Marissa Roberto to warm the cockles of your heart with their glowing charms. Today, these two fearless sages unleash their captivating wisdom upon the following topics:

-Marissa’s bus nightmare
-American Thanksgiving
-Filming at EB Games
-The Night Before
-The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
-Jessica Jones
-Fallout 4
-Star Wars Battlefront
-Bloodborne: The Old Hunters
-Rise of the Tomb Raider
-Scott’s TED Talk
-Backward Compatibility
-What are we watching and playing this weekend?

Episode 164, Vic’s Basement – November 13, 2015

If you think a redesigned coffee cup is controversial, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The latest episode of Vic’s Basement delves into some of the most taboo psychoanalytical subjects in modern society, including:

Relationships and gaming
Yoshi keeps couples together
Star Wars Battlefront
The New Xbox One Experience
Blake is mad at Fallout 4
Xenoblade Chronicles X unboxing
Canadian Videogame Awards 2015 and FanFest 2015
Starbucks red cups
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Ratings in movies and games
Marissa walked out of Spectre
The new James Bond
Doug Liman directing X-Men Gambit movie
Will superhero movies go away?
The new James Bond again
Nintendo 3DS microtransctions
The new James Bond yet again
What are we watching and playing this weekend?

Episode 163, Vic’s Basement – November 6, 2015

The biological lifeforms on the third planet in the Sol System have used their sub-par cranial capacity to create an auditory and visual presentation that they, in their primitive form of lingual communication, have called Vic’s Basement. In the most recent of these presentations, they discuss some of the latest entertainment topics from their insignificant planet, including, but not limited to:

Vic’s Fallout 4 Pip-Boy
Hair care for men
Free video games
The death of physical media
Childhood toys
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
Blake is awesome
The Canadian Videogame Awards and the new CVA FanFest!
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Star Wars prequels still suck
Activision buys Candy Crush maker King Games
Deadpool’s sexuality
Fallout 4 and silly review embargoes
New Star Trek TV show
New James Bond movie Spectre
Extra Life Charity
What are we watching and playing this weekend?

Episode 162, Vic’s Basement – October 30, 2015

Gather round, if you dare, for we’re about to unmask one of the most sinister and diabolical creations in the annals of history, the latest episode of Vic’s Basement! In a very macabre Halloween-themed episode, our ghoulish hosts Vic, Marissa, and Scott carve up the following topics:

Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition unboxing!
Scott doesn’t understand collectors editions
Scott doesn’t like periscope
Marissa baked stuff
Scott’s Spooky Stories
Marissa’s Fallout Shelter addiction
Nintendo’s first mobile game miitomo
Sony’s Paris Games Week announcements
Detroit: Become Human, Quantic Dream, and David Cage
Virtual Reality
The PlayStation Vita is dead
Paranormal Activity is dead
Halo 5 is not dead
Bob Ross is dead
Alien 5 is dead
Questions from the chat!
Daylight Saving Time is stupid
What are we watching and playing this weekend?

Episode 161, Vic’s Basement – October 23, 2015

In the latest episode of Vic’s Basement, aka Underground Bunker, Marissa and Scott take over as Vic is off on a spirit quest seeking transcendental enlightenment. They discuss:

-Marissa and Scott ponder 2015 on Earth
-Marvel’s magnificent Jessica Jones
-Star Wars trailers
-video game/movie industry (current state of)
-wax poetic over Animal Crossing
-Scott gives Marissa box of goodies from Nintendo, she opens it
-Marissa gives Scott cake, he eats it. Arguments ensue (Obvs.)

Episode 160, Vic’s Basement – October 16, 2015

Not since mankind learned to walk upright has there been such an achievement as this, the latest episode of Vic’s Basement! Today, our erudite hosts Victor Lucas and Scott Jones discuss:

Herpes
We love fall
Halloween costumes
Lego Dimensions
Lego in general
Fantastic Four happenings
X-Men happenings
Marvel cinematic universe happenings
Batman happenings
Star Wars happenings
Blake is always right
Scott just wants to play Bloodborne
Star Trek happenings
Jupiter’s red eye
Steve Jobs movie
Alien megastructures?
Tesla self-driving cars
The future!
The ravages of age
Nintendo rumours
Vic looks at his phone and ignores scott (phubbing)
Scott’s upcoming TED talk
eSports
Steam machines
What are we watching and playing this weekend?

Episode 159, Vic’s Basement – October 9, 2015

Today on Vic’s Basement, our intrepid hosts Vic and Marissa brave feared, primal territory to claim the most prized discussion points this side of the orient! Topics include:

Marissa went to Europe AGAIN
Marissa is watching the Blue Jays game
Vic’s blow dryer story
MIPCOM
Blake brings down the banhammer and likes it
Turkish un-delight
Marissa ate a lot of bread
Blake doesn’t like KISS
More MIPCOM
Disney security
Delightful Turkish scarves
Lego Dimensions
Blue Jays and Lego anecdote
Vic streamed Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Pan movie
Blake doesn’t know how to pronounce Anna Karenina
Blake brings down the banhammer and likes it again
iPhone 6S and 6S Plus
The Flash and Arrow
Blue Jays again
United Front Games
Phubbing
What are we doing for Thanksgiving?
Far Cry Primal
Video game voice actors strike
Chat Question Lightning Round
Go Vote!
What are we watching and playing this weekend?

Episode 158, Vic’s Basement – October 2, 2015

NASA just discovered liquid water on Mars, but that pales in comparison to the levels of human achievement obtained in what you’re about to witness, the latest episode of Vic’s Basement! In this episode, Marissa and Scott discuss:

Marissa brought treats
Marissa brought the sickness
Scott has been licking floors
Marissa is going to France next week
A wild Blake appears
Ridley Scott’s The Martian
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
A wild Blake appears again
iPhone 6S quick review
MLB baseball playoffs
Rumble controllers are stupid
Nathan Drake is sexy
Scott is not really a boob man
Virtual reality porn
You’re a perv. Yes, you.
Halloween plans
Scott is still playing Bloodborne
What are we watching and playing this weekend?

Episode 157, Vic’s Basement – September 25, 2015

All of human history has been leading up to this moment. Our collective accomplishments, discoveries, moral and ethical achievements, all pale in comparison to this, the latest episode of Vic’s Basement. This week, we discuss:

Scott got a lecture about proper microphone use
Marissa’s European work trip
Gifts from Europe and chocolate!
Marissa stole an egg
Scott’s penis
Scott’s solo movie reviews
Downton Abbey
Marissa and Scott review a candy bar
Scott is still playing The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Using FAQs in gaming and the sweet taste of victory
Bloodborne: The Old Hunters DLC
Comfort food
People who stink at the gym
Virtual Reality headsets
iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus
Ghostbusters reboot
Melissa McCarthy
Star Fox Zero
Batman: Arkham Knight Catwoman’s Revenge DLC
Super Mario Maker
Metal Gear Solid V and Metal Gear Online
Netflix reviving Black Mirror
Marissa is still mad about the Everest movie review
What are we watching and playing this weekend?

Episode 156, Vic’s Basement – September 11, 2015

You nervously delve into the waiting abyss to discover something more terrifying than you could possibly imagine, the most macabre of abominations, the latest episode of Vic’s Basement! This week, we discuss:

-Audio problems
-Star Wars BB-8 toy from Sphero
-All the new Apple gadgets
-Gaming on the new Apple TV
-Tom Cruise and Doug Liman making a new movie together
-Streaming problems
-The Overnight and real-life sex parties
-Batfleck and superhero fatigue
-M. Night Shyamalan’s The Visit
-911
-Scott actually likes something! (The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds)
-What are we watching and playing this weekend?