Episode 293 – Redfall, Suicide Squad, FFXVI and Zelda with Jose Sanchez!

Join Victor Lucas and Jose Sachnez as they discuss the biggest news in video games:

– The release of the final trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
– The PlayStation State of Play focused on Final Fantasy XVI
– The move to launch Redial at 30fps Quality Mode and what it means for the game and Arkane
– The delay of Sucide Squad: Kill The Justice League and what that means for the game, Rocksteady and the industry in general.
-All that and so much more in this long overdue catch up conversation!

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Episode 292 – The Rocket & Raygun Awards – Celebrating The Best and The Buried Treasures of 2022!

Victor Lucas and Behr Safi host The Rocket & Raygun Awards celebrating the best games of 2022 including, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, God of War: Ragnarok, Elden Ring, NFS Unbound, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and so many more!

Plus members of EPN’s Community and friends from Gamespot, Game Sack, Digital Foundry, Happy Console Gamer, MegaDads, Rerez, Level857, Caboose, Brett Weiss, Spawn On Me, KindaFunny Games, David Jaffe and many more give us their Buried Treasures from 2022!
TIME STAMPS:

00:33 Best Indie Game
03:05 Best Sports Game
04:12 Best Racing Game
06:02 Buried Treasures
14:10 Best Remaster/ Remake / Collection
16:33 Best Roleplaying Game
19:39 Buried Treasures
27:19 Best Nintendo Switch Game
30:12 Best Action Game
33:09 Buried Treasures
42:49 Best PC/ Steam Deck Game
45:15 Best Strategy Game
48:57 Buried Treasures
57:35 Best Playstation 5 Game
59:42 Best XBOX Series X|S Game
1:01:49 Buried Treasures
1:13:40 Game of The Year

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Episode 291 – Working with Marvel to Make “Iron Man VR” for the Quest 2 with Ryan Payton from Camouflaj and the future of VR!

Victor Lucas sits down with Ryan Payton, the founder of Camouflaj and a game industry veteran from the Metal Gear Solid and Halo franchises to discuss the making of Iron Man VR for Meta Oculus Quest 2 and the future of virtual reality and much more!

TIME STAMPS
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00:00 – Intro and Making Iron Man for Quest 2
03:45 – Comparing Iron Man VR on Quest 2 to PSVR
05:45 – Inflection Point for VR Quest Pro and PSVR2
08:30 – Working with License Holders (Marvel/Star Wars)
12:30 – Console War / PlayStation working with Meta (Thanks Marvel)
15:15 – Tethered or Untethered? (PSVR2 vs Quest)
17:10 – @Thrillseeker’s Comments on VR – PC VR is Dead?
20:40 – Steam Deck – Games Published Everywhere
22:40 – Camouflaj’s Path (Studio is now owned by Meta)
27:30 – Working/Living in Japan
34:28 – Relationship With Marvel and the MGU (Marvel Gaming Universe)
37:35 – Iron Man VR Backwards compatible on PSVR2?
38:55 – What The Future Holds? Working With Meta
41:40 – Video Games Matter to Meta!
44:00 – The Future of the Metaverse
46:00 – More Licensed Games for Camouflaj and The Origin Story of Iron Man VR
49:45 – Recommendations of Great VR Games
51:05 – Extro

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Episode 290 – The Making of TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection! Featuring Chris Kohler from Digital Eclipse and Charles Murakami from Konami!

Victor Lucas chats with Charles Murakami from Konami and Chris Kohler from Digital Eclipse about creating Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection!

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Episode 289 – What Now Nintendo? – What Comes After The Massive Success of Nintendo’s Switch Console?

Victor Lucas breaks down what moves he’d like Nintendo to make with the successor to the Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite. Also a dissection of what has worked and hasn’t worked with portable and hybrid gaming.

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Episode 288 – How TT Games Made The Best LEGO Star Wars Game! w/ Level Designer Mike Consalvey – Vic’s Basement

Victor Lucas welcomes TT Games Level Designer, Mike Consalvey to the Basement to talk about the creation of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga!

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Episode 287 – MAKING MOON KNIGHT with Directors, Mohamed Diab, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead and Exec Producer Grant Curtis

Victor Lucas speaks with Moon Knight directors, Mohamed Diab, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead and executive producer Grant Curtis about the groundbreaking Marvel series on Disney+!

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Episode 286 – STAR WARS Hits and Misses & The HALO Show Ain’t Great with YouTube’s EckhartsLadder – Vic’s Basement

Justin aka @EckhartsLadder joins Victor Lucas for a chat about the best and worst of Star Wars across movies, TV and games and how the Halo TV show isn’t living up to expectations!

TIME STAMPS:
00:00 – INTRODUCTIONS
02:32 – WHAT DOES ECKHARTSLADDER MEAN?
04:06 – WAS IT STAR WARS ALL THE TIME?
05:45 – CONNECTED WITH STAR WARS AUTHORS?
08:15 – THE WAIT BETWEEN STAR WARS PROJECTS
09:50 – LEGO STAR WARS: THE SKYWALKER SAGA
13:15 – WHAT”S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF STAR WARS?
15:57 – THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT DISCUSSION
25:24 – OBI-WAN KENOBI SHOW DISCUSSION
28:07 – THE CHARACTERS AND POTENTIAL OF THE SEQUEL TRILOGY
31:48 – THE HALO SHOW DISCUSSION
44:26 – THE ORIGINS OF CORUSCANT iN STAR WARS
46:51 – TURNING YOUR HOBBY INTO YOUR CAREER
52:32 – STAR WARS GAMES & MISSED OPPORTUNITIES WITH SQUADRONS
1:00:21 – WRAP UP

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Episode 285 – Marvel Phase 4 Report Card with Screen Rant’s Rob Keyes

Victor Lucas is joined by Screen Rant’s Executive Editor, Rob Keyes and the two Marvel fans go over everything from the MCU’s Phase so far!

00:05 – Introduction
3:11 – WandaVision
12:49 – The Falcon And The Winter Solider
21:33 – Loki
29:33 – Black Widow
35:20 – What If…?
43:47 – Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings
51:50 – Eternals
1:03:15 – Hawkeye & Disney+ TV Series
1:17:00 – Spider-Man: No Way Home
1:34:20 – What’s Next in the MCU!

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Episode 284 – Marvel’s Hawkeye with Jeremy Renner & Hailee Steinfeld and director, Rhys Thomas & exec-producer Trinh Tran!

Victor Lucas has thoughts about the new Marvel show and chats with Hawkeye director and executive producer, Rhys Thomas and executive producer, Trinh Tran. Plus we hear from stars Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld.

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