VideoDestruct Podcast

This week Brandon Hoss and McClain break down the best year in gaming from our selected years from our last few episodes. Will it be the turn of the century quality smash 1998, or the extremely dense production run of hit titles 2007! Find out NOW!

We’re back with our BEST YEAR IN GAMING episode and this week we’re talking about the year 2007! It’s not just quantity coming out this year it’s also a bunch of heavy hitters in the last bit of the 4th Quarter releases so let’s dig in and see if the year 2007 is the best year in gaming!

 

 

 

The next three weeks on Videodestruct Podcast are a special group. We ask the question… what is the best year in gaming history? We boiled it down to 2 years 1998 and 2007. This week we cover everything that came out in 1998 and next week we cover all the things out in 2007 leading up to week 3, where we argue, debate, and finally DECIDE which of these two years is the best year in gaming! Here’s the your 1998 in Gaming History!

 

 

This week Hoss and Brandon talk about the 1998 Blizzard Real Time Strategy classic Starcraft! Turns out this was the first PC game Brandon ever bought. The Battle Chest baby!

 

We also discuss:

* AMD Vega

* Haus of Pain

* Mario Kart 8: Deluxe

* Puyo Puyo Tetris

This week we go way WAY back to the before time of 2009 when Batman ruled the world. Dark Knight had destroyed the box office the previous year and Batman Arkham Asylum was the best game in the business. We talk about Batman Arkham Asylum and it’s place as the pillar stone of a huge gaming franchise running nearly 10 years strong.

 

We also Discuss:

* Shovel Knight Specter of Torment

* Youtube Dying?

* Nintendo 2DX

* NES Classic and SNES Classic Rumors

 

Metal Gear for the NES and MSX2 was the first ever stealth game ever conceived. The idea of limited hardware breaking down what was going to be an action shooter and into one of the most iconic video game franchises is one of the more surprising stories in the industry.

Far Cry 2 is an interesting, hard, and serious game that in all intents and purposes started the Far Cry series down the path it's gone and away from the Crysis series of games it all started from.

This week Hoss talks about his experience with the original Blaster Master and the new remastered version on the Nintendo Switch Blaster Master Zero. We really talk a lot about how Sunsoft is awesome in the NES era.

 

 

We also discuss:

* Destiny 2

* Call of Duty WW2 Leak

* Fast RMX

* Has-Been Heroes

This week Hoss and Brandon discuss the importance of the the Sega Naomi arcade system boards and how they were integral to SEGA positioning itself as a power house of the 90's.