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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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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

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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

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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

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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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Top Down Perspective 11/09/25

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2025/09/12

Claire is back and we chat for hours about all the games, including Donkey Kong Bananza, Pokemon Friends, "Mosaic" games, Zexion, Robocop 3, Shinobi and Bubsy 4D. Oh, she also has been playing Hollow Knight: Silksong so Paul jumps in and we discuss that game pretty thoroughly for no spoilers. Big Nate, as he prefers to be called, revisits Day of the Tentacle, plays through Bluey: The Video Game and jumps into the hot 360 title Too Human. Paul also has been playing the new Bloober Team Dead

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Top Down Perspective 04/09/25

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2025/09/05

It's Silksong day so we're chatting about the first couple hours of that. Sean also finishes up The Rogue Prince of Persia and plays some Mario Paint. Nathan is here to talk Costume Quest 2, Dungeons of Hinterberg, and Wheel World.During news we discuss Rayman possibly coming back, the PS5 getting a storage decrease, and GTA6 is the first AAAAA game! 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 28/08/25

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2025/08/29

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is out and Sean's spent some time with that. He also finished Hollow Knight and tried out Kill the Brickman. Paul continues to play random Metroid games. Claire is away at PAX West.During news we discuss several indie titles getting out of the way of Silksong, Atari buying some odd Ubisoft IP, and Skate gets an early access launch date. 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 21/08/25

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2025/08/22

We're just about at September's crazy release schedule but for now Sean is playing The Rogue Prince of Persia and Paul revisits Metroid Fusion.Lots of news this week including Gamescom's Opening Night Live stream (as well as two others), the Xbox Ally gets a release date and possible price point, and Sony is raising the price of PS5s in the US. 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 14/08/25

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2025/08/15

Let's catch up with Sean post-New York. He's been playing Time Flies, Is This Seat Taken?, and Drag X Drive. Paul is playing a ton of the Battlefield 6 beta.During news we discuss Bithell Games reporting layoffs, Nintendo raises the original Switch price in the US, and BioShock 4 isn't doing well. 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

01:51:37

Top Down Perspective 07/08/25

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2025/08/08

The regular crew is out so Paul holds it down with Nathan, who at the last minute asked if we could do a show. Little did we know, it would be almost 2 hours long!Nathan has been revisiting Brutal Legend, checking in with his Waifu Shop, getting lost in Dune: Awakening and finding the perfect run in Resident Evil 3(2020) while Paul plays an survival horror throwback game Heartworm and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. In news, Nintendo Indies are shown, the new game Contraband by Avalanche Games is

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