#NeedForSpeedHotPursuit #HalfLife #MaddenBowl1998
This classic episode of The Electric Playground is incredible! First Tommy Tallarico takes us to EA Sports' Madden Bowl '98 in San Diego, California, where we catch up with Coolio (Rest in Peace), Morris Chestnut ("Boyz n the Hood", Ronnie DeVoe (Bell Biv Devoe), Gilbert Brown (Green Bay Packers), Santana Dotson (Green Bay Packers), Simeon Rice (Arizona Cardinals), and Derrick Alexander (Baltimore Ravens).
Then Victor Lucas heads to Player 1 in Santa Monica, California to talk about Robotron 64. Marcus Goody, lead programmer and George Weising, creative director on the Nintendo 64 update to one of Vic's favorite games of all time.
After the break, Victor heads to Heat's headquarters in Redwood Shores, California to chat with executive producer, Larry Pacey about his game, Vigilance.
Then Kelly Benson is out talking with passersby about CGDC.
Then The Electric Playground's Tommy, Victor and Zoe Flower head to the Computer Games Developers' Conference in Long Beah, California. We connect with Jennifer Pahlka, director of CGDC; Nigel Sanderson, tech support and Erwin Rosales, marketing manager, both from ACT Labs;Tom Hall from Ion Storm; Ken Lobb from Nintendo who teases Perfect Dark; James Maxwell from Left Field Productions who chats about Kobe Bryant's NBA Courtside; Donald C. Worley from Sony Interactive talking about Cyberstrike and a new MMORPG called, Everquest.
Then when we return from break, Victor heads to a Sierra Release Party in San Francisco and chats with Valve's Gabe Newell and art director, Ted Bachman, about a new game they're making called Half-Life.
Tyrone Rodriguez from Tips & Tricks Magazine is up next to talk about Marvel Vs Capcom.
The Tekken 3 Move of the Week is next...pay attention!
Herb Elwood, an artist on Age of Empires, answers "How do they make those cool tiny models in strategy games?" in our Question of the Week.
In Reviews on the Rock it's:
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit for PlayStation
Quake 64 for Nintendo 64
Duke Nukem 3D for Saturn
Die By The Sword for PC
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24 авг 2024