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Jose “DonFubar” Sanchez Drops by the Basement to chat with Victor Lucas about the Best from Gamescom, The Nintendo Mario 35 Highlights, and the big news that Nvidia and Intel dropped this week plus a whole lot more!

TIME STAMPS
00:00 – Introductions & Congratulations!
02:53 – Top 10 From Gamescom
38:14 – Nintendo’s Mario 35th Anniversary Direct
47:28 – Nvidia RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards and 8K Gaming
52:09 – Intel 11th Gen Processors and Thin & Light Laptops for Gaming
53:54 – PlayStation on PC and the strength of PC Gaming
59:00 – Wrap Up

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Victor Lucas’ visitor to the Basement is Beyond The Trailer’s Grace Randolph! We find out about Grace’s history, her thoughts on DC FanDome, Zack Snyder, Comic Books, Videogames and much more!

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TIME STAMPS
00:00 – Introductions
00:35 – Video Games and Movies!
01:12 – Welcome to the Show! Zombieland Double Tap!
2:25 – Do You Have Acting Background? Your history!
5:35 – How important it is to humanize how movies/games get made.
10:40 – Background of working with teams but now you’re solo how has has that been for you?
14:30 – Reevaluating things/Opinions can change/Batman V Superman/Snyder Cut/Zack Snyder Interview!
18:02 – Your Other Passion is Comic Books…
19:44 – How Do You Keep Up With Everything? Focusing on other media like games? Work Ethic?
23:09 – DC FanDome discussion and DC movies The Batman/The Flash/Ezra Miller/Johnny Depp
34:00 – Keeping Up With All the Comic Book Shows / Obscure Comic Character/ James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad
38:17 – DC’s Kevin Feige? / Jim Lee?
41:20 – The Multiverse idea may be a good challenge to the MCU
42:21 – Evolution of Comics – Digital / Games focus / Comic Quality/Relevance
44:31 – Recent Favourite Comic Storylines
47:40 – New Non-Superhero Entertainment That Have You Psyched?
48:44 – Are You Having The Freedom and the Fun That You Were Hoping For With Beyond The Trailer?
53:32 – Really Hope Games Don’t Follow Comics With Regards to Hollywood
54:30 – Disney+ Getting Into Microtransactions and Wrap Up

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Brandon Jones joins Victor Lucas in the Basement to talk about the Most Exciting Games Coming Out Before The End of 2020! There’s also a good chat about Brandon’s history with Easy Allies and GameTrailers and a whole lot more…

TIME STAMPS
00:00 – Introduction
00:59 – The History of Brandon Jones!
01:45 – Thoughts on G4 and GameTrailers
04:30 – Were You Always a Video Guy?
06:27 – Do You Still Work With Some of any OG GT People?
07:10 – Are you still part of GameTrailers now?
07:40 GameTrailers to Easy Allies and thoughts on Geoff Keighley
09:40 – Tell me about launching Easy Allies
12:18 – Creating Content With The Community and Live vs Edited Content
17:20 – Brandon’s A New Dad!
22:39 – How Do You Prioritize Delivering New Content With Patreon Responsibilities?
28:32 – How Much Time Do You Spend Talking Business With Your Allies?
31:09 – I’m Envious of the Easy Allies Team! The Discoverability Problem With Games!
34:04 – Splintered E3 Summer and Nintendo Indie World
36:17 – How Has 2020 Been for Easy Allies?
41:08 – Two Huge Disney Fans!
42:34 – 2020 Great Year For Games! Animal Crossing, Fall Guys, Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of US Part II, etc!
56:40 – Something About Reviewing Games…
57:32 – Top 5 Games We’re Excited About for Rest of 2020!
01:33:00 – Switch Pro Chat!
01:42:32 – Wrap Up

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The mega talented, actor/writer/director/producer, David Hayter, stops by for a nice long chat in Vic’s Basement!

TIME STAMPS

00:00 – Introduction
01:45 – Crappiest Apocalypse
02:19 – What Games Is David Playing?
03:58 – Japanese Culture and Ghost of Tsushima
06:17 – Thrill to Be a Fan of a Game
07:04 – “Never Go Back And Watch X-Men Without Pulling It Apart”
07:46 – Ready Player One & Spielberg
9:10 – X-Men in the News – What Are Your Feelings About Those Movies?
11:53 – Do You keep In Touch With X-Men?
13:12 – Warrior Nun Discussion
28:04 – Becoming a Show Runner?
30:54 – Movies/Games/TV is development Similar/Different?
35:41 – Metal Gear Solid 3 Chat – Like Playing Through A TV Series!
36:50 – Viewer Question 1: JKB Asks: “Got A New MARVELous Project You Want To Talk About?”
38:03 – Viewer Question 2: Nintyfan1991 Asks: “You’re A Fan of Black Widow – Excited For The Movie?”
39:11 – Did You Predict This With the MCU? (Great Robert Downey Jr. Casting Story)
41:49 – Have You Talked With Zack Snyder about The Snyder Cut?
42:57 – Association With Snake – Empathy for Superhero Actors?
45:57 – Starting To Go Crazy Missing Snake?
47:25 – Metal Gear Animation with Jordan Vogt Roberts!?
48:32 – Viewer Question 3: Favorite Metal Gear Solid game? Which Deserves More Attention?
50:04 – What Does David Want Out of Next-Gen Consoles?
52:45 – Standing Out With Your Creative Work?
54:02 – How Do You Go From Discipline to Discipline? Advice?
58:56 – Tom Cruise
1:00:11 – Your Hollywood Heroes?
1:03:12 – Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron
1:06:19 – What Are You Looking Forward To?
01:08:24 – Ari Aster And Hereditary and Midsommar
01:09:34 – Is There A Filmmaker You Want To Work With?
01:11:29 – Tom Cruise
01:12:49 – Wrap Up (Almost)
01:14:21 – Outlander
01:15:00 – Wrap Up For Real

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The huge news in the tech world these days in the big fight that Apple and Epic (and Google) are in! Our guest Rene Ritchie visits Vic’s Basement to discuss!

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Mike Williams from US Gamer joins Vic in the Basement for a discussion on the Best Games of 2020 (So Far)! It’s been a crazy year but an excellent one for new games to play!

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Victor Lucas welcomes one of his game development heroes, the legendary Eugene Jarvis to the Basement! The duo discuss every aspect of Eugene’s 40-year+ career making some of the best games of all time, including Vic’s favorite arcade game: Robotron 2084!!

TIME STAMPS

00:00 – Intro Eugene and Raw Thrills!
01:57 – Did You Always Know You Wanted to Make Videogames?
03:15 – Making Pinball and Videogames Explode on the Scene!
04:51 – Insert Coin Documentary and Midway Thoughts
07:40 – When Did You Realize Games Are Limitless?
09:05 – Let’s Talk Robotron
13:15 – Back to Dual-Stick With Smash TV
14:03 – What Was It Like Pitching Smash TV to Midway?
15:19 – Heart Always in the Arcade?
18:05 – What’s it like to make Arcade Games now?
22:29 – Do you Feel Like Flynn From TRON?
25:41 – Does Designing a Game Feel Like Mental Chess With A Player?
28:38 – What Do You Look For With New Talent?
30:52 – Making Space Invaders Frenzy
33:47 – Eugene’s Workshop – Designing With Hardware!
35:24 – Make a New Robotron? Defender? Narc?
37:02 – Killer Queen and Multiplayer Robotron!?
38:26 – Do You Go To Barcades?
39:48 – Still A Big Fan of Playing Games?
42:27 – Vic Wants a Portable Robotron and Eugene’s Fave Clones!
44:50 – Smash TV on SNES!
45:30 – When Did You Know You Wanted To Make Games Forever?
46:34 – What is Raw Thrills Working On? King Kong VR!
50:40 – Arcade1up Machines From Eugene Jarvis!!
53:13 – What a Journey Eugene’s Been On!
54:14 – A License You Want To Make Into an Arcade Game? Surprising Answer!
56:47 – Wrap Up With Eugene
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Actor-Writer-Director, Jay Baruchel joins Victor Lucas in the latest episode of Vic’s Basement to talk about Jay’s new movie: Random Acts of Violence, his love of comic books and the responsibilities that creators have. Plus you know these two Canadians gotta talk about Canada! Enjoy!

TIME STAMPS
00:00 – Introduction & the idea of Random Acts of Violence
01:47 – Does Jay love comics? Inspirations
03:55 – Avoiding the MCU and DCEU?
04:54 – The Ethical Responsibility of Creators
07:31 – Creating Dark Content During Dystopia
11:47 – What Is Jay Fired Up For Next?
15:10 – Pitching Canadian Ideas?
19:10 – Wrapping Up

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Vic is joined by guests Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica and Mike Williams from US Gamer to talk about Sucker Punch’s excellent Ghost of Tsushima, wrapping up the PS4 and what Microsoft has to show us at the Xbox Games Showcase!

TIME STAMPS
00:00 – Introductions & Ghost of Tsushima Discussion
21:21 – Why Was PlayStation 4 So Successful?
25:43 – Xbox Needs Japan Support & Where Are Games From Acquisitions?
27:28 – Xbox Games Showcase Discussion
30:11 – Halo on PlayStation?
36:10 – GoT & TLOU2 Hype for PS5! PlayStation vs Xbox Philosophy.
36:45 – What Does Microsoft Have to Show Us?
1:01:00 – Wrap Up

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Neil Druckmann, Naughty Dog’s VP and the co-writer and director of The Last of Us Part II, drops by the Basement for a SPOILER=-filled chat
with Victor Lucas about the creation, reception and the uproar surrounding one of the best games of the PS4 generation!

TIME STAMPS

00:00 – Introduction
01:41 – The Inspiration for The Last of US Part II
03:31 – Convincing Collaborators About the Death of XXXXXX
05:28 – The Controversies Surrounding the Game
10:26 – Would Neil Want to Create Something So Difficult Again?
15:43 – Negativity Around the Game Starting To Change?
17:55 – Turn Off the Bleakness and Being a Parent?
21:00 – The Way Ellie Winds Up & the Guitar
24:17 – The Future of the Medium of Videogames?
28:21 – How Can the HBO Show Compare to the Games?
32:03 – Wrapping Up

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