Friday Jan 12, 2024
Top Down Perspective - 2023 Game of the Year Edition
Top Down Perspective
The video game ramblings of Jon Wheeler, Sean Booker, and Paul Fleck.
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Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Happy New Year! We start it off with a bang and spend a bunch of time answering YOUR BURNING HOT QUESTIONS.
Next week is the Game of the Year 2023 show so just a shorter one as we still get ready for that this week.
On that note: JANUARY 8 IS THE CUT-OFF FOR COMMUNITY GOTY. DO IT! TDP GOTY Survey: https://forms.gle/oCb8PVZDDEyP254B6
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Friday Dec 29, 2023
Friday Dec 29, 2023
It's the final episode of the year and we're wrapping things up. Jon is back from Orlando and is playing Startropics. Paul plays through Cocoon and Chants of Sennaar. Sean is playing Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty and dives back into Moonlighter.
In a short news week, we discuss more updates coming to Fortnite Festival from Harmonix.
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Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
It's the episode before Christmas and the boys are racing to get some last minute games done before Game of the Year. Paul is playing Dave the Diver. Sean tries out Chants of Sennaar, Dredge's DLC, and The Finals.
We start news off with a bunch of discussion around the Insomniac leak, we also chat about a possible free tier for Game Pass and PDP making guitar controllers for Fortnite.
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Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Sean is away travelling to the Great White North this week. Luckily, Paul and Jon are here to talk a bunch about FORTNITE! Yeap, that's pretty much it!
Hope you like news. The Game Awards happened! We go over those announcements, GTA VI trailer finally comes out, The Day Before is a scam, Epic wins monopoly lawsuit against Google, E3 is finally fully dead and Death Stranding is coming to theaters.
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Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Everyone is back! Jon has been playing Super Mario RPG. Sean shows off his new Steam Deck OLED and talks about The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Lake: Season's Greetings, and beating Lies of P.
During news we discuss the original GTA trilogy coming to Netflix Games, Bungie delaying their next big expansion into the summer, and we get our first look at the Fallout TV show.
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Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Happy Thanksgiving! Stuff this extra long episode in and be thankful!
With Sean gone to turkeyland and Jon working the TRG mines, Nathan joins Paul to discuss a bit more about the finer points of Alan Wake 2, Pikmin 4 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Not much news but a bunch of fun user questions and Paul gets Nathan's Video Game Awards predictions!
You can catch Nathan's other show at https://www.okvideo.ca/
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Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
This week Sean tells us what it's like to order the Limited Edition OLED Steam Deck. He also gets into his time reviewing the PlayStation Portal, and talks about Thirsty Suitors and Alan Wake 2. Paul has been playing Risk of Rain Returns.
In news we go over the latest industry layoffs, Baldur's Gate 3 updates, and make some predictions about the Game Awards nominees.
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Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Jon's back to talk about his time with Paper Mario The 1000 Year Door and Suika Game. Paul continues with Alan Wake 2. Sean has some fun hardware to talk and not talk about.
We start news off by running through some BlizzCon highlights then we discuss Ubisoft's layoffs, the Steam Deck OLED, and GTA6 getting a trailer next month.
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Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Alan Wake 2 has the boys entrenched this week. Sean also tries out Jusant. Paul is enjoying Slay the Princess and Silent Hill Ascension?
During news we discuss the recent Bungie layoffs, Xbox blocking some third party accessories, and Atari purchasing Digital Eclipse.
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Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Happy Halloween! Sean is wearing a hot dog suit! He's also playing Alan Wake 2, Disney Speedstorm, and finishes Redfall. Paul checks out El Paso, Elsewhere. Everyone is playing Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
In news we discuss Microsoft finally acquiring Activision, Nintendo sold a single WiiU last month, and Best Buy is going to stop selling physical movies next year.
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Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
It's the end of Pac-Man 99 for Jon this week, he also checks out the Shredder's Revenge DLC. Paul finishes up Baldur's Gate 3 and checks out the Sonic Frontiers' DLC as well as Another Crab's Treasure's demo. Sean is playing Forza Motorsport and gets hands on with PlayStation's Access controller.
We start news off with some interesting Unity updates, Sony announces their PS5 Slim console, and Guitar Hero gets mentioned again.
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Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Things are slowing down slightly before the storm as Jon checks out some older games including Phantom 2040 on the SNES, which might be one of the best games from back then! Sean has been playing Cocoon and a lot of Lies of P... including a super secret game he has early access to. Paul is almost done the Baldur's Gate 3 trek and is planning his next adventure.
In news, NoClip has released a documentary about the Burger King games, Diablo 4 comes to Steam and a bunch of companies get hit with lay-offs still, including Naughty Dog and TellTale this week.
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Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Happy Anniversary to Jon! This week Paul's neck deep into Payday 3, for better or worse. Sean continues with Starfield and does some Resident Evil Village comparisons.
The Unity nonsense continues this week in news, also Epic Games has massive layoffs, and GameStop gets a new CEO.
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Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
This week Jon is playing both F-Zero 99 and F-Zero GX, and he still finds time for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and Super Bomberman R 2. Sean finishes Telltale's Expanse season, continues with Lies of P and Starfield, and dives into Redfall.
Almost all of the news is the crazy large Xbox leak that happen, but we also discuss the Division 3's odd announcement.
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Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
The Lies of P embargo is up this week and Sean's been working his way through that. He also continues with Starfield and finishes Goodbye Volcano High. Paul checks out Eternights.
News is full this week as we discuss the Unity controversy and the recent Nintendo Direct and PlayStation State of Play streams.
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Friday Sep 08, 2023
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Jon's got two weeks of game conventions to talk about. He's been playing Prison City, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and Void Stranger. Sean and Paul dive into Starfield.
For news we get yet another update on E3's puzzling future, some possible Switch 2 info, and Stray is being turned into a movie.
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Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
The game launches are off the charts now! The boys can't wait to get the Starfield but for now Paul's talking about Armored Core IV and Sean's discussing Goodbye Volcano High.
We start news off by talking about Volition Games closing down, the PlayStation Portal gets a launch date, and PS+ gets quite the price hike.
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Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Sean got to go to PlayStation HQ this week to demo the upcoming PlayStation Portal. He's also been trying to play Immortals of Aveum. Paul continues with Baldur's Gate 3.
News obviously touches on the PSP, then we discuss Gamescom and Ubisoft entering the Microsoft/Activision deal.
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Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Baldur's Gate 3 continues to take up a lot of the hosts' time since Sean took the plunge. He's also playing Moving out 2 and Frank and Drake. Jon is playing Turbo Overkill and finishes Illusion Island.
A few games move around in October, including Alan Wake 2 and Assassin's Creed Mirage. We also talk about a possible PS5 Slim leak, the THQ Nordic showcase, and the Xbox 360 store shutting down.
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Friday Aug 11, 2023
Friday Aug 11, 2023
It's Baldur's Gate 3 week over here as both Paul and Jon are playing it. Paul also checks out Neon Noodles, Palia, and Monster Hunter Now. Sean plays through the first two Expanse episodes, Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, and Overwatch 2's new PVE mode.
Quake 2 gets a surprised release this week, Devolver hosts a Devolver Delayed, and Red Dead Redemption is coming to the Switch.
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