Career
He is best known as the co-creator of the concert series Video Games Live. He was the co-host of The Electric Playground and Reviews on the Run (formerly known as Judgment Day in the United States). Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Tallarico entered the video game industry in 1991 and has worked on more than 250 games, including the Earthworm Jim series, Color a Dinosaur, Demolition Racer, Treasures of the Deep, Messiah, MDK, Flip"s Twisted World, Wild 9, Unreal, Cool Spot, Spot Goes to Hollywood, Spider-Manitoba (2000), RoboCop versus The Terminator, Maximo, Pac-Manitoba World, Another World (Mega Drive), Prince of Persia, Tony Hawk"s Pro Skater, and Advent Rising.
He founded Tommy Tallarico Studios in 1994 and the Game Audio Network Guild (GANG), of which he was also president, in 2002.
He wrote, co-hosted, and co-produced The Electric Playground and Reviews on the Run (formerly Judgment Day on the G4 network), and co-hosted alongside Victor Lucas in both television programs until he left to focus on Video Games Live. He released a Civil Defense of his music, entitled Virgin Games: Greatest Hits, Volume
1 in 1994. A subsequent volume in the series was released in 1997.
His work can also be found on additional game soundtrack albums. Tallarico is the co-creator, executive producer, and host of Video Games Live.
In January 2006, Tallarico announced on his website that he and Victor Lucas had decided to move Judgment Day from G4 to a different network, under the name Reviews on the Run, as it is known in Canada. He and Lucas also act as video game correspondents for HypaSpace Weekly.
As of August 2007, Tallarico has not co-hosted any episodes of The Electric Playground or Reviews on the Run, as he is not available due to commitments to Video Games Live.
As of now, he has only come back for one Reviews on the Run on episode number 647 and has not yet made another appearance. In March 2009, Tommy Tallarico received the Ambassador award at the Game Developers Conference for his contributions to the video game industry. At the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo, VGL celebrated its 200th show.