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Top Down Perspective

Claire Wheeler, Paul Fleck, Sean Booker

The video game ramblings of Claire Wheeler, Sean Booker, and Paul Fleck.

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#542
Yesterday · 55 min
Top Down Perspective 05/11/26
This week we're dissecting the difference between one and two-handed games. In order to do this properly, Nathan joins us. He's trying out Vampire Crawlers and continues with 13 Sentinels. Paul is deep in World of Warcraft Forever and Sean attends the midnight launch of Ocarina of Time in SF. We start news off with some continued news about Arkane Lyon, then we talk about Nagoshi Studios, and a bizarre new Xbox sweepstakes. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#541
October 30 · 55 min
Top Down Perspective 29/10/26
Sean is back from some travels to talk about Gears of War E-Day, Forever Ago, and continues through Control Resonant. Paul tries out Azeroth Survivors. In news we discuss more fallout from the BioWare closure, the continued saga of Arkane Lyon, and Wendy's is putting out an RPG. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#540
October 23 · 1 hr 17 min
Top Down Perspective 22/10/26
Nathan is back this week while Sean still is abroad somewhere with spotty internet. That's OK though because he wrote down what he was playing so Paul guesses what he will say about those games. Tune in next week to see if we're right! Nathan has been doing some racing games like Nitro battle Racing and Synthwave Dream '85 while still going through 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim and being taken by the demo for Beat, Heart, Beat. Claire is loving Star Wars: Galactic Racing and Ace Combat 8 so far, gets some time with Final Fantasy Resonance and plays a cool incremental platformer game called IGTAP: Incremental Game That's Also A Platformer. She's also started Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and talks with Paul about it, who has already 100% completed it. The big news this week is that beloved Albertan studio, and favorite of the cast, Bioware is being shut-down. Also, XBOX is going to be way too expensive possibly in the future? TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#539
October 16 · 1 hr 17 min
Top Down Perspective 15/10/26
Sean is abroad again so Nathan comes back to fill his shoes! And boy, does he ever! Lots of weird tech issues in this one, but when we DO get to talk, Nathan has been attempting to enjoy more of Control Resonant, still stuck in his Waifu Shop and has started 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim as his night time game. Claire has playing a bunch of old style games compiled in CorgiSpace, cleaning leaves in Leaf It Alone and working her way through Resident Evil CODE: Veronica. Paul is trying to finish End of Abyss and checking out Star Wars: Galactic Racer on the side. In news, Tim Schaefer is trying to get achievements, RedLynx (the studio behind the Trials games) is shut down and Epic Games wants to make Disney game with AI primarily. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#538
October 9 · 1 hr 14 min
Top Down Perspective 08/10/26
David Lumb is back to talk to us about Ace Combat 8 and Control Resonant. Paul is playing End of Abyss and the At Fate's End demo. Sean finishes Big Walk and starts into Star Wars Galactic Racer. Speaking of Star Wars, over half the devs furloughed at Bit Reactor have been brought back to work, Xbox's new controller leaks again, and PlayStation sells off a bunch of the VR patents to Meta. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#537
October 2 · 1 hr 5 min
Top Down Perspective 01/10/26
Everyone is playing Control Resonant this week. Sean also chills out with Woodo while Paul starts Minecraft Dungeons 2. A bit of a sporadic news section this week as we discuss the new Xbox mythic achievements, PlayStation's QSSR, and their new patent for a controller with a credit card reader. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#536
September 25 · 1 hr 20 min
Top Down Perspective 24/09/26
Paul is talking about Silent Hill Townfall this week as well as the WoW Forever beta. Sean continues with Onimusha and Fire Emblem. News is rough this week as we rundown everything that Xbox announced, we finish with some Bungie-related news. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#535
September 18 · 56 min
Top Down Perspective 17/09/26
Claire is here and talking about Wolverine while Sean dips his toe into the ocean that is Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave. In news we discuss a Rockstar mole in the union discord server, more insight into what just happened with Physint, and BlizzCon happened. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#534
September 11 · 58 min
Top Down Perspective 10/09/26
This week Sean and Paul are discussing Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Paul also tries out Orbitals and Halloween: The Game. We start news off with Nintendo's Customer Appreciation Sale as well as their two Nintendo Directs. We also discuss PlayStation dropping Kojima's Physint and Xbox picking it up. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#533
September 4 · 52 min
Top Down Perspective 03/09/26
We swap Claire for Sean this week so he can talk about playing through all of Hades 2 and most of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. Paul finishes Mortal Shell 2. News starts off with a rundown of the recent State of Play, we then talk about Xbox limiting time on Xbox Cloud, and Double Fine says they'll make Brutal Legend 2 if they get enough crowd funding. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#532
August 28 · 1 hr 17 min
Top Down Perspective 27/08/26
Sean is away again on assignment so the rest of us get together to talk some gaming. Claire has been playing retro Arnold Schwarzenegger games, particularly Total Recall, Predator and various versions of Termination 2: Judgement Day. Paul played through The Sinking City 2 and is working through Mortal Shell II. Gamescom is happening and has some game announcements there. Double Fine own all their own IPs again, Xbox's disc-to-digital initiative is testing soon, Konami wants a yearly Silent Hill and GTA VI is a thing, I guess? TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#531
August 21 · 47 min
Top Down Perspective 20/08/26
Sean had to call out last minute but Claire is back from the Colosseum and spends some time talking about how that went. While she wasn't playing much for free time, some Marvel Tokon happened and the finer points of finishing Plok! on the SNES are discussed. Paul played through MOUSE: P.I. For Hire this week and talks a bit about that. In news, Twitch forces AI training as a default for all users, the legendary Warren Spector is retiring, Complusion Games kept it together in their buyout from Microsoft's clutch and Riot is cancelling further development on 2XKO. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#530
August 14 · 58 min
Top Down Perspective 13/08/26
We start off with Paul's non-spoiler thoughts of Spider-Man Brand New Day. Sean has been playing Big Walk. Paul is playing Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls and Mistfall Hunter. During news we discuss Devolver Digital attempting to go private, Half Mermaid announces their next game, and Netflix closes down two studios. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#529
August 7 · 1 hr 7 min
Top Down Perspective 06/08/26
CNET's David Lumb joins us this week to talk Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Marathon. Paul is playing Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations and Beast of Reincarnation. Sean plays through Halo Campaign Evolved. During news we discuss the possible recastings for the God of War TV series, EA is now a private company, and you can watch an extended look at GTA6 on Netflix soon. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#528
July 31 · 1 hr 30 min
Top Down Perspective 30/07/26
Claire is back to talk about her last couple of conventions and the various games she bought. Paul is playing Dino Blade and torturing himself with Mega Man and Bass. Sean plays through Life is Strange Reunion and tries out Splatoon Raiders and Dosa Divas. During news we discuss Xbox starting an ad-supported way to stream games, God of War Laufey gets a release date, and Fallout 5 is coming one day. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#527
July 17 · 56 min
Top Down Perspective 16/07/26
The main game the boys have been playing this week is Denshattack. Paul is also enjoying a bunch of multiplayer stuff while Sean goes through Deer & Boy. During news we discuss some of the fallout from the Xbox cuts, including what's up with Obsidian and Compulsion. There's also a rumor of a Switch 2 OLED model. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#526
July 10 · 1 hr 15 min
Top Down Perspective 09/07/26
Paul and Sean are both enjoying Rhythm Heaven Groove this week. Paul also checks out Unhinged while Sean can talk about his last Summer Game Fest embargo: Orbitals. News is once again real bleak. PlayStation announces it will stop putting games on discs in 2028 and Xbox lays off 1600+ people and removes a few studios from under them. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#525
June 26 · 1 hr 3 min
Top Down Perspective 25/06/26
Sean gets to talk about his favorite game from SGF: Star Wars Galactic Racer as well as starting up Star Fox. Paul is going through some Dave the Diver DLC. We begin news by figuring out if the Steam Machine price is a Video Game Crime. Then we get really happy about the recent Xbox price increase, the major layoffs at Bungie, and the Epic Games Store is getting updated. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#524
June 17 · 53 min
Top Down Perspective 16/06/26
More embargos have past from SGF so Sean can talk about Erosion. Paul is playing a ton of Marvel Rivals again. News is a huge bummer (again) this week as we discuss Xbox's decision to (probably) cut ties with a number of the studios they acquired and Don't Nod is running out of money, but Nintendo made the Switch 1's eShop a lot faster. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
#523
June 12 · 1 hr 27 min
Top Down Perspective - Summer Game Fest '26 Edition
Once again we're here to celebrate Gamer Christmas. Sean spent the weekend at Summer Game Fest's Play Days event playing upcoming games. Claire is playing Mina the Hollower. News is jam packed as we run through the SGF, Xbox, and Nintendo livestreams. We also discuss some rocky Xbox and Ubisoft waters. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

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