The new Dark Alliance D&D game is getting some harsh criticism. Hoss has played some of it so we'll see if those critiques are legit. But this week we wanted to talk about the original Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and the Baldur's Gate series in general as the D&D realm is a hot topic for video games right now.

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We both checked out Zack Snyder's Justice League on HBO Max and we talk about all the differences in the theatrical cut. Hoss never having seen the theatrical version relies entirely on Brandon's account for how baffling the theatrical release really is when comparing it to the HBO version. Enjoy our interim episode of the VD Podcast!

E3 has come and went for 2021 and it was... Pretty underwhelming for a lot of people it seems. There were a lot of no-shows, the third party presentations were TENTATIVE to announce much, and Gearbox dropped a massive turd. But enough of all the problems. Let's talk about all the GREAT THINGS that were announced. Let's go!

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Movie licensed games are notoriously bad. Big cash in properties for companies to turn around in quick fashion. Ridiculously tight deadlines from movie studios. And any number things that are contrary to making a good game play a factor in these types of games. However, these 10 games have beaten all the odds and turned out to be some really cool, original and just plain fun experiences for players. Let's check out 10 Movie Licensed Games that DON'T SUCK!

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Resident Evil 8 is out and there might be a few parallels with the highly maligned Resident Evil 6 from 2012. A swan song of the old Action Adventure and corny action movie departure the Survival Horror franchise dips into Resident Evil 6 dove head first into a bunch of different types of game play and came out a bad Frankenstein's monster that satisfied no long term fans of the past games. Does Resident Evil 8 The Village do a better job with this balancing act? Let's have a look.

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VideoDestruct is back this week and we're celebrating the release of the new Mortal Kombat movie by talking about Mortal Kombat 4 and how it was a landmark shift in direction in the franchise. Including all those great cinematic endings! Also Quan Chi sucks. Let's go!

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There was a small conversation Hoss and Brandon had about Knack and weird/bad launch titles so now it's down to our two hosts to come up with 10 of the worst (or at least most infamous) launch titles in the history of the industry. Have any big ones you can think of? Let us know by emailing us at: [email protected]

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The PSP has been a long standing piece of hardware for SONY and the rumor is that the stores for the PS3 the PS Vita and the PSP are shutting down in the near future. Hoss and Brandon discuss this, the history of the PSP and implications of virtual game libraries in the the future.

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Hoss and I played a little CyberShadow and it got us thinking about Contra. The original classic NES Contra. But were there any other good Contra games in the franchise? Let's give it a talk and see if Contra, as a franchise, is any good and worth coming back since Konami is coming back into the market.

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STADIA lasted from launch to end of service a total of 15 months. The hype for Google's cloud based gaming service was pretty big for a year or two prior. Was it a good idea that failed to live up to expectations or was it a business model that just didn't have legs to start with? Let's talk about it this week!

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