Time for a Beat-Em-Up! One of Brandon's all time favorite games from his childhood Streets of Rage 2 and arguably the best Beat-Em-Up games of all time right up there with Final Fight and Turtles in Time. Let's hit the streets and talk about Streets of Rage 2

Hoss and Brandon head back into the Xbox 360 era and talk about the big "kill a bunch of zombies" craze that started with Inafune's Dead Rising. Joining Frank West (he's covered wars ya know?) and a bunch of wacky weaponry in a mall, we talk about the strange window into Americana from a Japanese writing staff. Also Brandon isn't paying very good attention today!

We cap off an accidental trilogy of Racing Games this week with the Micro Machines series of games. Not the most popular racing game but certainly a unique take and a staple in the genre since the near start of the industry boom. Sadly the fast talking guy never showed up in the games like in the commercials.

After a technical issue we are BACK with a new episode about the Wipeout series. A fast and furious racing series that has been on the periphery of racing mainstays for a while. Well today we celebrate the history of this series and it's standing in the racing game world.

Burnout Paradise is one of Hoss’ favorite games of all time. An open world racing game? How does that even work. Sure there have been attempts but how to you make a game feel like an open world and keep racing from being pinned into a track? Here’s the game that figured it out!
We Also Discuss:
* Shadow of the Tomb Raider
* Geralt of Rivia Soul Cal 6 Trailer
* Fortnite Mobile
* PUBG Small Map
* Clean Prince Gaming

Our first Old Game from the Gameboy is covered today on the VD Podcast as we talk about a precursor to the Trials Fusion series. Motocross Maniacs! A wonderful, basic, and simple stunt bike platformer. Let's talk about it!

We talk about Hoss' giant collection of Super Famicom games can finally be dusted off now that he's gotten his hands on a Retron 5! This lovely machine can play 5 base systems from Nintendo and Sega and can even be modded for TurboGrafx-16. Listen to us talk about it's technical specs and some of the cool features that help break the language barrier for you foreign games!

This week we talk about Soul Calibur, one of the best looking games on the Sega Dreamcast and the real franchise starter for the Soul Games. Why did the console version look better than the arcade> We got the answer!
We also discuss:
* Twin Galaxies, Billy Mitchel Controversy
* Ryu in Mon Hu
* Remake of System Shock Hiatus
* Rainbow Six Seige $120 Game Pack
* Darks 3 DLC
* The Long Dark

This week Hoss and Brandon talk about about Castlevania: Rondo of Blood or Dracula X OR Vampire’s Kiss! That’s a lot of names for a late run SNES game that barely anyone played during it’s release time. But it’s an interesting game in the library of the SNES and the Turbografx 16. Let’s talk about it’s history.
We also discuss:
* Soul Caliber Trailer
* Microsoft Game Pass
* Dragon Ball Fighter Z
* Sea of Thieves Beta
* Monster Hunter: World

This week we talk about a classic NES Platformer Adventure Island. Or is it Wonder Boy? It’s NOT! But you might confuse it for that. There’s a weird connection there that we talk about. A fast paced platformer before sonic was ever a thing. Let’s talk about it. And a bunch of other stuff!
We also discuss:
* Fortnite Battle Royale
* Nintendo Labo
* Getting Over It: With Bennett Foddy
* Mario Odyssey

This week on VideoDestruct we talk about the titular online gaming experience Quake 2! This game revolutionized the online gaming community and is the grandfather for all the LAN Parties of the late 90’s. ID once again makes a ground breaking classic.
We also discuss:
* Black Mirror
* Yakuza
* PS4 Pro

We are BACK ladies and gentlemen for season 4 of the VideoDestruct Podcast and we’ll be talking about the BEST GAMES of 2017. That’s right Hoss AND McCLain have their top ten games of the year and the old awards categories are back as well. Then we elect to pick THREE GAMES that we package together for a consumer if you were going to TIME CAPSULE the year of 2017. Enjoy!

This week Hoss and Brandon talk about the EA Lord of the Rings Games The Two Towers and Return of the King and how they were the first real jaunt into the cinematic gaming experience in the tone of Uncharted, Last of Us and Tomb Raider format as well as the run from Visceral Studios after their closure from EA earlier this week.
We also dicsuss:
* BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle
* Evil Within 2
* Shadow of War
* Grand Torizmo Sport
* Forza Motorsport 7

This week Hoss and Brandon talk about a real classic that is available on the SNES Classic, Super Mario Kart, the BEST cart racing franchise out there. Fight me.
We Also Discuss:
* Blue Hole and Epic Games
* Cup Head
* Wonder Boy
* Computer Story
* Project Cars 2
* SNES Classic

This week we talk about the SEGA Game Gear, the only portable console that had a shot at de-throwning the Nintendo Game Boy. But it still came far from that like all others. Was this step one in all the bad steps that sent SEGA out of the console wars? Have a listen.
We also discuss:
* Metroid: Samus Returns
* Breath of the Wild
* Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
* Destiny 2