This episode of The Electric Playground begins at E3 2003, where Victor Lucas talks with Nintendo’s James Shaksaug about Wario World for GameCube. Tommy Tallarico then meets Naughty Dog creative director Daniel Arey to discuss Jak II, while Julie Stoffer checks out Top Spin with Matthew Seymour at the Xbox booth. Hiroshi Matsuyama of CyberConnect2 discusses the ambitious .hack series, and Microsoft’s Ryan Mugford talks sports gaming for Xbox Live Wire. Victor also catches up with actor and gaming fan Kurtwood Smith, then visits Toy Fair 2003 to preview Toy Biz’s X2 figures with Jesse Falcon. Later, Warren Spector talks with Tommy about Deus Ex: Invisible War. Other segments feature Escape from Monkey Island in PS2 Gems, Spawn in Meet the Fighters of Soulcalibur II, and Masters of Doom in GameBreak.