Top Down Perspective

Happy New Year! It's the first episode of the decade and you know what that means.....or you'll have to listen through to find out!
Jon is away at MAGfest. Paul has been playing Rage 2, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, and finishes Death Stranding. Sean plays through Gris and Kuukiyomi: Consider It.
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Merry Christmas everyone! Sean is back in Calgary this week, live from the basement and we all discuss how our Christmas' went. Paul has been visiting family and only got to continue on some Death Stranding while Jon was bed-ridden from illness but finished up Picross S3. Sean picks up Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order on his Xbox and puts some time into Lonely Mountain Downhill.
 
Not much in the way of news, but some articles detail stats about PS+ and Games With Gold for 2019 while Steam puts out their own game rankings.
 
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Jon is sick this week so he didn't get to hear Sean and Paul talk about how much they're trying to get through Death Stranding for the holidays and their thoughts on the King of Cards DLC that released for Shovel Knight. Sean has also been playing A Short Hike and finishing off A Plague Tale: Innocence while Paul checks out the Risk of Rain 2 update.
In news, a bunch of great deals on games are going on for the holidays and we run some down. Also, more Wolf Among Us 2 info comes out, the PS4 controller gets back paddles and Mark Hamill plays Fortnite with Ninja.
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Oh boy there's a lot of news this week, but first let's tell you what we've been playing. Jon is starting up Yoku's Island Express. Paul continues with Death Stranding, and checks out Demon's Tilt and Darksiders Genesis. Sean finishes Pokemon and Outer Worlds, and plays through the Life is Strange 2 finale.
In the fore-mentioned news part we discuss Sony's State of Play live stream, Nintendo Indie Showcase livestream and finish up by running through the Game Awards.
Before this episode Paul and Sean streamed overtop of the Game Awards and you can find an archived version of that right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmMDT_2iS7w
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Jon runs us through his Thanksgiving this week and how he played a ton of weird Roadblocks mods with his family. Paul starts into Sekiro and Death Stranding. Sean tries out Need for Speed Heat and Takeshi & Hiroshi.
In news we talk about Control possibly coming to Game Pass, the big Mario Maker 2 update, and Riot settling its lawsuit.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Jon is away this week with the in-laws but Sean takes some time away from dinner to do a show with Paul (who is Canadian so doesn't celebrate anything). Sean has been getting deep in with Death Stranding and Destiny 2 Shadowkeep while Paul takes it easy on his trip with some more picross.
In news, Steam gets rid of a bunch of stuff, Battleborn is finally dead, and Stadia reimburses people who bought a game they're offering for free.
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Jon and Sean are both going through Pokemon this week. Sean is also trying out Google Stadia and playing Death Stranding. Paul starts up Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
In news we discuss everything revealed about Half-Life: Alyx, a Resident Evil 3 remake possibly happening, and run through The Game Award nominees.
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We got a huge episode for you this week! Jon comes back to share some stories from his streaming trip. He's also been playing Killer Queen Black and The Lion King & Aladdin Collection. Sean is continuing with Luigi's Mansion 3 and starts into Death Stranding. Paul finishes The Outer Worlds and starts up Hearthstone Battlegrounds and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair.
News kicks off with some Shovel Knight release date news, then we go through the impressive announcements from X019, and end with some Stadia bummers.
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We take stock of all the games still needing to be played in the next few weeks and tremble at thought of all the free time we won't have. We do this because we must. We do this because we love it. Paul and Sean continue their way through The Outer Worlds. Sean also plays Luigi's Mansion 3 and Tangle Tower.
News starts off with the announcements out of BlizzCon and we also discuss Sony's head of World Wide Studios stepping down.
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Happy Halloween!
This week Paul checks out Destiny 2's holiday event. Sean is playing Lonely Mountain Downhill and Inmost. They're both neck deep into The Outer Worlds.
In news we discuss the upcoming BlizzCon, Xbox All Access adding an upgrade program for Scarlet, and EA coming back to Steam.
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It's the week before Halloweeeeeen. Spooky stuff. Sean is playing Oceanhorn 2, Manifold Garden, and the most recent Overcooked 2 DLC. Jon continues with Dragon Crown Pro and Resident Evil 1.
In news we discuss everything that happened recently with Fallout 76, more disappointing Stadia news, and a bunch of game delays.
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We return to find Paul hooked on Destiny 2, he also starts into Code Vein. Sean is still playing Killer Queen Black and tries out Stela, Cat Quest 2, and Card of Darkness. Jon is still going through Yooka-Laylee & The Impossible Lair.
In news we discuss Fortnite exploding, Stadia's release date, and all the new games Riot announced.
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Jon returns to talk about Yooka-Layle and the Impossible Lair as well as his disappointment with Contra: Rogue Corps. Paul continues to enjoy Destiny 2's Shadowkeep expansion, as well as John Wick Hex and Valfaris. Sean plays through Neo Cab and starts into Killer Queen Black.
In news we start of with the latest PlayStation 5 info dump, we also discuss Stadia's "negative-latency," and Steam's new online/split-screen multiplayer mode.
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This week Sean wraps up Gears 5 (while Paul wraps up Gears of War 4) and starts into Borderlands 3, Bad North, and Grindstone. Paul checks out Destiny 2's New Light and Shadowkeep versions. Jon is away doing husband stuff.
In news we discuss a weird loot box update for CS:GO, Minecraft Earth's release date, and Bungie's plans for a non-Destiny IP in the future.
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This week Sean is playing through Mini Motorways, What The Golf, and Untitled Goose Game. Paul finishes Ashen, and starts into Creature In The Well and I Love Your Colonel Sanders. Jon finishes Ori and the Blind Forest and plays some Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX. They all play Mario Kart Tour.
In news we talk about the Oculus Link, The Last of Us Part 2's release date, more info on Project xCloud, and some sales info on Dead Cells.
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The games are getting crazy this week. Paul is playing Green Hell, Blasphemous, Super Kirby Clash, and Kind Words. Sean gets way into Apple Arcade, Creature in the Well, and starts Gears 5. Jon finishes River City Girls.
For news we talk about John Wick Hex's release date, the Steam library's new look, and Discord no longer offering games to their nitro subscribers.
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The boys are back in town! Sean returns from Europe to tell us about how he beat Fire Emblem and played through Her Story. Jon is enjoying River City Girls and Fist of the North Star: Legends ReVIVE. Paul tries out the Ghost Recon Breakpoint beta, Green Hell, and Blasphemous.
In news we discuss Nintendo's weird new fitness peripheral, details about Apple Arcade, and that KFC dating sim thing.
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Jon is back from PAX! Unfortunately, we had to trade Sean to the Europeans for his release. Perhaps something will be worked out for us all next week. Jon played a WHOLE BUNCH of stuff at PAX this year with some highlights being Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX, Streets of Rage 4 and the new Yooka-Laylee. Oh, and a little thing called Final Fantasy VII Remake. Paul, on the other-hand, plays (and finishes) a bunch of games like Darksiders III, Prey and wraps up on Control.
In news, Nintendo drops a few hits in the recent Direct, GhostWire: Tokyo loses it's best spokesperson and Gears of War 5 is impressively progressive.
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Apologies for the technical difficulties this week. Unfortunately we had to stop and restart he stream after the intro banter. The audio version of the show has almost every in a decently listenable state. You can skip past the issues by jumping to around the 13 minute mark.
Jon is away at PAX West this week but Paul returns to talk games. He's been playing WoW Classic and PictoQuest. Sean played through Life is Strange's latest episode and Pokemon Masters. They both checked out Control and Gears Pop.
In news we discuss Telltale coming back in some weird form, another Mega Man collection being announced, and maybe a Big Rigs Remaster?
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This week Jon starts up PictoQuest and updates us on his game clearing progress. Sean finishes all of Full Metal Furies, Borderlands 2's recent DLC, and starts up Doom 2016 again.
We start off news by talking about Gamescom and its various live streams, we also discuss Korn performing a concert inside Adventure Quest 3D.
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