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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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97:44

Top Down Perspective 05/03/26

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2026/03/06

There are too many games coming out! Sean wraps up Cairn and High on Life 2 and starts into Minishoot Adventures and Pokemon Pokopia. Paul plays through Resident Evil Requiem and Scott Pilgrim EX.We have an official codename for the next Xbox. We also discuss PlayStation deciding to no longer make PC ports, the next Pokemon gen is announced, and Highguard is shutting down for good. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over

81:22

Top Down Perspective 26/02/26

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2026/02/27

We're talking about hard AF platformers this week since Sean and Paul are working through Love Eternal. Paul also checks out the Eternal Life of Goldman demo and Marathon's Server Slam. Claire love Romeo is a Dead Man.News starts off with a bang as Phil Spencer is leaving Xbox. We also discuss Eurogamer layoffs, the story behind Highguard's failure, and New Radical Games. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over

55:25

Top Down Perspective 19/02/26

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2026/02/20

We're back with another week of games. Sean is playing through Cairn, Drop Shot, and goes to the SF Nintendo Store to see what's up with My Mario. Paul continues with Diablo 2 and every Mega Man game. Claire tries out Knights of the Round and King of Dragons.News is bleak this week as the RAM shortage impacts PlayStation and Valve. We also discuss layoffs at Ubisoft and Bluepoints Games being shut down. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes

78:57

Top Down Perspective 12/02/26

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2026/02/13

It's almost Valentine's Day and everyone is eating steak! Claire continues with some Castlevania while Paul tries out a bunch of the GameBoy Mega Mans as well as Romeo is a Dead Man. Sean has started up High on Life 2 and Relooted.We start news off with a really great PlayStation State of Play recap followed by some depressing lay off news for Highguard and 2XKO. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over

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Top Down Perspective 05/02/26

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2026/02/06

Sean is back from Asia and is finally not sweating nonstop. He's been playing Highguard, Black Myth: Wukong, and Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles. Paul is playing through a bunch of the NES MegaMans. Claire continues with Melvor Idle.Sony is back with another wild patent, Valve is delaying the Steam Machine and, apparently, raising its price point, and Overwatch drops the "2." TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over

65:44

Top Down Perspective 22/01/26

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2026/01/23

Claire is back and we take some time to talk about where she's been and how MAGfest was. Claire has been playing a bunch of idle games, especially Melvor Idle which is essentially an MMO in idle form. While that runs, she also has been playing SoulBlazer on the SNES. Paul plays fangame called Mega Man Rock 'N Roll and loves it.Not a lot of news, Ubisoft is "restructuring" and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake is officially cancelled as one of 7 sacrifices to the corpo-Gods. Also, we finally

61:36

Top Down Perspective 8/1/26

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2026/01/09

It's a new year and the releases haven't started yet so it's free time! Sean is playing through the first Hades and Little Nightmares. Paul continues, seemingly forever, with Tainted Grail.We catch up on news by discussing a possible Wolfenstein 3 in the works, Ubisoft closes a recently unionized studio, and the Switch 2 gets its first new joycon colors. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over

185:25

Top Down Perspective Game of the Year 2025 Edition!

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2026/01/02

Another year has passed and that means we've come together (including Nathan) to share our Game of the Year lists. Once again we've swapped some categories to make room for new lists and, of course, the community voted on everything as well. Lastly, we check back on the predictions we made one year ago and make new one for 2026.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

73:26

Top Down Perspective 17/12/25

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2025/12/18

Reminder to fill out the TDP Community GotY survey!Sean is travelling back home for the holidays and is playing Absolum and Öoo while Paul finished off Shinobi: Art of Vengeance and jumped into the demos for Super Meat Boy 3D and Pragmata. For news, a bunch of stuff was announced at the Game Awards so we go over the ones we resonated with, Marathon gets a release date and price and Circana gives some bitter news on the financial reality of hardware sales. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear

74:56

Top Down Perspective 04/12/25

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2025/12/05

We're quickly approaching Game of the Year time so make sure to fill out our annual TDP Community GotY survey!Paul is playing Horses and Marvel Cosmic Invasion. Sean's back to talk Sektori, Banishers, and Pipstrello and the Cursed Yoyo. During news we chat about a possible new Dead Rising game, Far Cry is getting a TV series, and the Prince of Persia remake gets mentioned. TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear? Want to support the show and get ad-free episodes? Head over

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Top Down Perspective 27/11/25

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2025/11/28

Sean is away this week so Paul and Claire hold down the fort. Claire has been playing some newer releases such as Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons, Identifile: Desktop Dungeon and a Geometry Wars-style game called Sektori.Paul plays through all the Splatterhouse game and plays Constance, a game very much like Silksong in nature but with it's own little story and quirks. No real important news this week so we catch up on all the questions missed previously! TDP is listener funded. Like what you hear

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Top Down Perspective 20/11/25

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2025/11/21

Sean is neck deep into Moonlighter 2's early access, he also plays Call of Duty Black Ops 7 and Goodnight Universe. Claire is going through Everhood.The Game Award nominees are out so we run through the categories and predict who we think will win each. We also discuss Xbox's Partner Preview and GameStop's insane promotion. 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

66:57

TDP Spoilin' Games - Dispatch

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2025/11/17

Paul's played it, Sean is almost done his second run, time to discuss Dispatch. We go way into spoilers and compare all the decisions we made. Do not listen to this if you don't want the story spoiled for you.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

76:00

Top Down Perspective 13/11/25

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2025/11/14

Claire returns to talk Hal-Con. She's been playing Ball x Pit, Pac-Man World 2: Re-Pac, and Once Upon a Katamari. Sean plays through ElecHead and Before Your Eyes. Paul is enjoying Dispatch.We start news off with discussing Valve's 3 hardware announcements. We also talk about Sony's State of Play Japan and the Horizon MMO. 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

95:22

Top Down Perspective 06/11/25

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2025/11/07

We've got a lot to talk about which includes Arc Raiders, Dispatch, Pokemon Legends Z-A, and Lego Voyagers.As for news: GTA6 got delayed again and Rockstar might be union busting, Halo Campaign Evolved is announced, and there's going to be an Overcooked show? 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

81:25

Top Down Perspective 23/10/25

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2025/10/24

This week Paul is trying out Keeper and Power Wash Simulator 2. Sean jumps into The Outer Worlds 2 and Pokemon Legends Z-A.As for news, we discuss a wild report regarding Xbox needing a 30% profit margin, they've also raised the price of their dev kits, and Krafton is now an AI-first company. 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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Top Down Perspective 16/10/25

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2025/10/17

We're in Vegas for episode 777...right?Sean has been using the ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X for the last week. Claire tries out Absolum, Unfair Flips, and Gauntlet Dark Legacy. Paul is playing Ball x Pit. News is short but we discuss Quantic Dream making a multiplayer game, Summer Game Fest getting a date, and Itagaki passes away. 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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Top Down Perspective 09/10/25

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2025/10/10

Paul continues to work through Silent Hill f while Sean plays some Battlefield 6 and gets real into Ghost of Yotei.In news we discuss Heart Machine having layoffs, the second Minecraft movie is announced, and a very intriguing Assassin's Creed game was cancelled. 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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Top Down Perspective 02/10/25

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2025/10/03

We are drowning in games now. Paul is playing Hotel Barcelona, Silent Hill f, and Megabonk. Sean returns and talks about Ghost of Yotei, Baby Steps, and Hades 2.We catch up on all the news including Xbox raising console and Game Pass prices, the Ally gets a North American price, EA is going private, and Kojima wants to scan a ghost. 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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Top Down Perspective 18/09/25

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2025/09/19

Claire and Paul discuss the crazy amount of TV shows out right now and how they have issues always sitting down watching things before going into some physical collecting woes for movies and games (including Limited Run Games taking FOREVER to send stuff). Claire plays through Transistor and really enjoys it, getting ready for Hades II soon. Paul finishes Cronos and sees credits for the first time in Silksong.Nintendo had a direct! We talk at length about that, including the finer points of..

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