The Electric Playground

by **Victor Lucas** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:43 pm

Hello friends of Electric Playground!

After 12 years as a weekly TV series, The Electric Playground is expanding and starting August 18, 2008, becoming a daily entertainment news magazine that profiles all of the latest developments in the videogame universe as well as all of the cool stuff that gamers are interested in and obsessed with. That means in addition to all of the on location game developer and publisher visits and the game previews that EP has built its reputation on, we'll also be profiling filmmakers, animators, comic book creators, musicians, novelists, visual effects professionals, websites, gadgets, television programs, toy and collectible makers, athletes, and we'll be at the conventions and events that gamers care about.

Greedy Productions has signed a multi-year agreement with our broadcast partner in Canada, Rogers Communications, and their networks, G4TechTV Canada and CityTV, to provide the expanded content in The Electric Playground. Under The Electric Playground umbrella, we'll now be creating 5 daily episodes per week, which we're calling "EP Daily", a weekly wrap up show that will remain, "The Electric Playground," and in the fall we'll also be launching another wrap up show dedicated to profiling the talented Canadians working in the gaming, tech and entertainment industries, which we're calling "EP Canada."

Our Electric Playground programming will be airing in Canada on G4TechTV Canada and CityTV and will also be available on g4tv.com and through G4's video on demand service in the US. We are planning on substantially more broadcast and web distribution throughout the world and will be providing a lot more details soon...this is just the beginning of the new EP!

The Electric Playground's content is expanding but our on location and behind the scenes production focus isn't changing. Like it has for the last 12 years, EP will travel the world covering the hottest stuff going on in the game, tech and entertainment worlds and we'll be on location anywhere that this stuff is being made. Starting this fall, EP will have full time crews in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Montreal, Toronto and our home base in Vancouver. We also have a part time crew already situated in Sydney, Australia. Crews in more cities are planned as our production footprint increases over the next several months.

We will continue to cover everything to do with games and the people that make them but now we also feature a lot more on location coverage of:

-movies (theatrical and home video)
-television programming (i.e. Sarah Connor Chronicles, Lost, Heroes, etc.)
-comic books (i.e. Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, and the small press)
-toys and collectibles (i.e. Hasbro's Mighty Muggs, Diamond's Battlestar line)
-animation (i.e. Batman and the Brave and the Bold, Spectacular Spider-Man, Pixar's Up, TR2N)
-gadgets (i.e. iPhone accessories, graphics cards, etc.)
-music (i.e. anybody that's ever had a song in a game, movie or TV show)
-sports (i.e. any athlete that's been featured in or played a videogame)
-web programming (i.e. Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Dr. Tiki, Penny Arcade, etc.)
-conventions, events, junkets (i.e. E3, Comic Con, PAX, Sundance, EA Studio Showcase, Toronto Film Festival, etc.)

We want to give videogame, tech and entertainment enthusiasts a brand new behind the scenes perspective on all of their favorite things. For us, it always starts with games but as we all know, gamers are smart and they love all sorts of cool stuff.

Thanks for watching and thanks for your continued support!!!

by **MetastableChaos** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:19 pm

Good stuff as always Vic.

by **Commodore64** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:26 am

That's a lot of EPTV :shock:

Good stuff Vic.

by **TurboChickenMan** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:35 am

What about Reviews On The Run :?:

by **might** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:41 am

So has the new air times been decided yet? I searched citytv site but couldn't find anything

by **Snow_Storm** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:20 pm

Aww, no American relelase, Vic? Oh well! That's good news!

So, it'll be like a news show in the same matter G4.com was years back?

by **newf** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:07 pm

Just read the news on Twitter, I am pumped.

by **Maxo** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:14 pm

Sweet deal, i can't wait to see more and more EP, it'll be nice that they are not repeats from episodes from last year

Btw, did anyone know you can watch EP on airplanes now? When i went down to Houston, Air Canada offers many TV shows, including EP, with they in flight media center service. It was pretty cool to watch EP on my flight.

by **OzzelsCousinFred** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:31 pm

Hits:
-New daily news on gaming
-GOOD television
-More EP!!
-More of the EP crew!
-Behind the scenes interviews with artists/creators awesome!
-With this much coverage, people are going to finally have to admit gaming is mainstream

Misses:
-EP staff will never sleep again

-our collective wallets will be decimated by constantly buying new games/stuff featured on the show

9.5 out of 10! (would be higher but people need sleep, and not being broke!)

Fantastic news, can't wait to catch the new episodes (I guess this means there will be less on the cutting room floor too, which means more blooper reels too).

by **Commodore64** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:46 pm

Snow_Storm wrote:So, it'll be like a news show in the same matter G4.com was years back?

Man I miss that show.

by **newf** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:15 pm

Imissthecommodore64 wrote:
Snow_Storm wrote:So, it'll be like a news show in the same matter G4.com was years back?

Man I miss that show.

That show was excellent, but it had nothing on EP.

by **Commodore64** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:19 am

newf wrote:
Imissthecommodore64 wrote:
Snow_Storm wrote:So, it'll be like a news show in the same matter G4.com was years back?

Man I miss that show.

That show was excellent, but it had nothing on EP.

I can't deny it. EP is awesome.

by **kadosho** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:24 am

PAX, aha that rings a bell. I will be going this year, maybe I run into some of the EP crew?
Best wishes with the new format, and coverage.

by **Snow_Storm** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:02 pm

newf wrote:
Imissthecommodore64 wrote:
Snow_Storm wrote:So, it'll be like a news show in the same matter G4.com was years back?

Man I miss that show.

That show was excellent, but it had nothing on EP.

Dude, I think NOTHING had anything on EP or JD! I'm happy that I saw EP and G4.com before the fall of G4TechTV.

So, it'll be a print magazine? Damn, I need some money!

by **The Gooch** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:11 pm

TurboChickenMan wrote:What about Reviews On The Run

Cancelled. lol.

A Magazine for the show? Where can i subscribe?

by **OzzelsCousinFred** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:58 pm

Nono - it's a newsmagazine format show, like uhhhm E-talk daily, except not

by **The Gooch** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:13 am

OzzelsCousinFred wrote:Nono - it's a newsmagazine format show, like uhhhm E-talk daily, except not

except not gay.

Check Out My Games · by **Fubar CopyCatt** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:18 am

Its like Access Hollywood but AWESOME!

And Canadian!

And about cool stuff

TDHS

by **OzzelsCousinFred** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 4:16 am

Wait, you mean its not about which VG character just got out of rehab and the shocking arrest photos of Sly Cooper ??? Or Crash Bandicoots DUI footage?!? or Laura Croft's nude beach photos taken with a telephoto lens??? *gasp*

by **Clement** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:58 am

OzzelsCousinFred wrote::P Wait, you mean its not about which VG character just got out of rehab and the shocking arrest photos of Sly Cooper ??? Or Crash Bandicoots DUI footage?!? or Laura Croft's nude beach photos taken with a telephoto lens??? *gasp*

You forgot that Sonic had to give custody of his kids to Tails. Poor hedgehog. What happened to the speedy blue blur we once knew and loved?!

Anyhoo, this should be interesting to say the least. The forums gonna change along with the show?

by **newf** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:28 pm

Fubar CopyCatt wrote:Its like Access Hollywood but AWESOME!

And Canadian!

And about cool stuff

TDHS

Welcome to the dark side of the border!!! :lol:

by **might** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:21 pm

OzzelsCousinFred wrote::P Wait, you mean its not about which VG character just got out of rehab and the shocking arrest photos of Sly Cooper ??? Or Crash Bandicoots DUI footage?!? or Laura Croft's nude beach photos taken with a telephoto lens??? *gasp*

that would make a great april fools episode

by **The Gooch** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:42 pm

OzzelsCousinFred wrote::P Wait, you mean its not about which VG character just got out of rehab and the shocking arrest photos of Sly Cooper ??? Or Crash Bandicoots DUI footage?!? or Laura Croft's nude beach photos taken with a telephoto lens??? *gasp*

Or Solid Snake being a homersexual?

by **ProGamer023** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:02 pm

I just want something clarified real quick. EP is not turning into Attack Of The Show ..... right?? Not that AOTS isn't good, but I've always appreciated how unique & different EP is compared to all other game and tech shows.

I'm just not fond of huge changes and don't want EP to be like all of those other shows out there right now. Either way, I have faith in the Greedy team. I know you'll deliver some awesome entertainment

by **OzzelsCousinFred** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:00 am

Our beloved EP is just expanding, they're keeping the EP we know and love as the weekend wrap up (dunno about ROTR but I'd hope so) - the daily is like I dunno, a new entity which covers more than just games but features most of the same folks (and probably a few new faces)

The Electric Playground

EP Daily is HERE!!! On G4TechTV Canada and CityTV!

EP Daily is HERE!!! On G4TechTV Canada and CityTV!

So this is the Huge news, ahhhh

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