Monday Oct 01, 2018
Top Down Perspective 29/09/18
Top Down Perspective
The video game ramblings of Claire Wheeler, Sean Booker, and Paul Fleck.
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Episodes
Episodes
Monday Sep 24, 2018
Monday Sep 24, 2018
Sean is out this week so Paul and Jon hold down the fort!
Paul has been enjoying his time with Dying Light: Bad Blood (you know, that battle royale thing?) and rekindles his love with Risk of Rain since it came out on the Switch. Jon has been tirelessly working on Picross S2, continuing in Yakuza Kiwami 2 and, oh yeah, started Spider-Man on the PS4. Also, they talk about the NES Online stuff.
In news, Sony kills the Vita, adds downloading for their PSNOW service, announces a PS Mini, a Diablo series is coming to Netflix and Capcom Vancouver shuts down along with Telltale Games.
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Monday Sep 17, 2018
Monday Sep 17, 2018
It's a Spidey-cast this week since Sean and Paul are way deep into it and Jon is just about to start. Jon is primarily playing Yakuza Kiwami 2. Sean also checks out Pogocat.
For news we talk about the delayed Nintendo Direct, Project Judge, and Alan Wake possibly getting a TV series.
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Monday Sep 10, 2018
Monday Sep 10, 2018
PAX West talk this week as Jon returns with tales us unreleased games. He's been playing Devil May Cry 5, No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again, Killer Queen Black, and What the Golf? Paul is continuing along with The Messenger, and checks out Binding of Isaac: Four Souls and the Mega Man XI demo. Sean tried to play Death's Gambit, and starts up Thumper and Thumbleseed.
For news we discuss the postponed Nintendo Direct (and the corresponding leaks from there), Civ 6 coming to Switch, and THQ Nordic buying the Kingdoms of Amalur IP.
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Monday Sep 03, 2018
Monday Sep 03, 2018
This week there's only two of us since Jon heads off to PAX West. Sean plays through Donut County and Paul continues with the new World of Warcraft update.
In news we talk about Amazon's preorder discount leaving and new games coincidentally becoming available, the two Nintendo Directs from the last week, and Battlefield V fleeing its release date.
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Monday Aug 27, 2018
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Kingdom Hearts, maybe you've heard of it. Jon is still working his way through that thing. He and Paul also continue with Death's Gambit. Sean tries out Campfire Cooking and Flipping Death.
News brings about a ton of release date reveals, Amazon totally ruining it's game discount program, and Saints Row the Third coming to Switch for some reason.
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Monday Aug 20, 2018
Monday Aug 20, 2018
We are back talking some more about Dead Cells, Sean is also trying out Graveyard Keeper and finishes The Division. Paul and Jon get deep into Death's Gambit and also discuss more Kingdom Hearts.
For news we chat about Diablo 3 on Switch becoming a real thing, the Spyro Trilogy getting delayed a couple of months, and some more information on The Quiet Man.
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Monday Aug 13, 2018
Monday Aug 13, 2018
We start things off by discussing last weekend's EVO finals (mostly DBFZ). Paul is checking out the 1.0 launch of We Happy Few as well as getting real into Monster Hunter World's PC port. Sean finishes up Overcooked 2 and checks out Ruiner and the newly updated Dead Cells. Jon continues with Kingdom Hearts and Picross S2.
In news we chat about new Hearthstone updates, QuakeCon 2019, Nintendo's Smash Direct, and Discord launching a storefront.
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Monday Aug 06, 2018
Monday Aug 06, 2018
We start things off with Jon's return from ConBravo, he's been playing Kingdom Hearts, the Megaman X Legacy Collection, and Chasm while away. Paul is also playing through Chasm as well as Flat Heroes. Sean finishes Mario Tennis Aces and Florence, and starts up Overcooked 2.
For news we talk Labo Cardboard Spray, Apple removing it's affliate link program, and release dates for Donut County and Castlevania season 2.
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Monday Jul 30, 2018
Monday Jul 30, 2018
It's ConBravo so we are Jonless. Paul is playing Airheart. Sean checks back in with No Man's Sky and its Next update, tries out Rainbow Six Seige as well as Paladins.
For news we have August's Games with Gold, a new Labo set coming, disappointing Onrush sales, and a bunch of game announcements.
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Monday Jul 23, 2018
Monday Jul 23, 2018
This week Sean is deep into Onrush and checks out Vermintide 2. Paul checks out Mothergunship and Magic: the Gathering Arena. Jon gets sent a demo of Death's Gambit.
In the news section we discuss the mess that is The Culling 2, Stardew Valley's multiplayer release date, and some more info about the Spyro Trilogy remaster.
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Monday Jul 16, 2018
Monday Jul 16, 2018
Paul talks about our time together playing Dropmix in person (we also streamed this and an archive is on our YouTube channel!). He's also playing To Hell with Hell and Kingdom Death. Sean continues with the DK DLC for Mario+Rabbids and starts the Crash Trilogy. Jon plays some Kid Dracula, Castlevania: The Adventure, and Tail 'Gator.
For news we have Warframe's Switch announcement, a release date for Darksiders 3, the PC date and specs reveal for Monster Hunter World, and Epic Games' decision to back pay Unreal asset creators.
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Monday Jul 09, 2018
Monday Jul 09, 2018
Apologies for the audio quality this week. We did it in person with only one mic.
Sean is back in Canada and hanging with the bois. He's been playing more Mario Tennis Aces and starts up the Mario+Rabbids DK DLC. Jon finishes Metal Wolf Chaos.
For news we run down all the free games that Twitch is giving out this month, Crash sale figures in the UK, and Amazon Prime getting worse for buying discounted games.
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Friday Jun 29, 2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
One more show before Sean travels Canada-side. He's been playing Mario Tennis Aces (same with Jon), Cat Quest, and captain Spirit. Jon has a cool Bayonetta 1 stream with Sega and Paul continues his RAGE homework.
News is mostly July's free games but also Overwatch's new character and The Binding of Isaac card game.
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Monday Jun 25, 2018
Monday Jun 25, 2018
On this show Paul plays The Crew 2's beta and finishes Yoku's Island Express. Jon beats Shaq-fu. Sean tries out Elder Scrolls Online and The Division.
There's a little bit of bonus E3 news trickling out, including Fortnite having normal voice chat on Switch, Life is Strange 2's release date, and Beyond Good and Evil 2's beta being planned for late 2019.
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Monday Jun 18, 2018
Monday Jun 18, 2018
This is a monster of a podcast.
We run through all the E3 2018 press conferences in, arguably, too much detail. We also check how we did with last week's predictions and each name a Game of the Show.
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Monday Jun 11, 2018
Monday Jun 11, 2018
E3 prediction podcast! Stick around to see what we got wrong/right about the show!
Sean is trying to figure out one handed gaming but is enjoying that 4K/HDR life. Jon plays some Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon and Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn. Paul continues with Yoku's Island Express and starts Moonlighter.
In news we continue with E3 leaks, a disappointing update to Pokemon Let's Go, and Tetris Effect being announced.
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Monday Jun 04, 2018
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Jon is back with stories of triumph at SEGA and woe of airports. Luckily, while he was gone, he played a bunch of stuff like DropMix and Fox n Forests. Sean has his own problems after breaking his hand... luckily Pokemon Quest can play itself. Paul has been doing a bunch of "Metroidvania" stuff wiht Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, Yoku's Island Express and Unworthy being on his radar.In news, Guitar Hero TV shuts down, Mega Man 11 looks dope, Pokemon has a bunch of stuff coming out and Walmart continues to leak game industry news!
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Monday May 28, 2018
Monday May 28, 2018
A bunch of stuff happened with Jon while he was away and we kind of talk/guess about it. Sean finishes God of War. Paul plays Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, and Wizard of Legend. They're both playing State of Decay 2.
In news we talk about The Wolf Among Us season 2 being delayed, Apple rejecting the iOS Steam Link app, and Resident Evil 7 for the Switch.
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Sunday May 27, 2018
Sunday May 27, 2018
WARNING: DO NOT LISTEN UNLESS YOU HAVE FINISHED THE GAME OR DON'T CARE ABOUT SPOILERS.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
With the Gods of Olympus gone, Kratos goes to be a family man in Midgard. How does it work out for him? Well, it's a long story...
God of War is getting a lot of talk around the gaming industry recently, but is it for good reason? What do we think of it? Well, Paul and Sean go in-depth to give you the lowdown on the new Deity Murder Simulator.
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Tuesday May 22, 2018
Tuesday May 22, 2018
The boys are wrapping up God of War this week. Sean also plays a bit of Bridge Constructor Portal and finishes with The Swords of Ditto.
For news we talk about the NES Classic coming back, To the Moon getting an animated movie, and a bunch of sexy Steam games being taken down.
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