Top Down Perspective
by Claire Wheeler, Paul Fleck, Sean Booker
Latest episode
Top Down Perspective 05/11/26
Top Down Perspective 05/11/26
About this podcast
Join Paul Fleck, Sean Booker and Claire Wheeler as they address recent video game news and releases, while also hypothesizing about the industry at large.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 824 episodes
- Top Down Perspective 05/11/26 · 56 min · Episode 542This week we're dissecting the difference between one and two-handed games. In order to do this properly, Nathan joins us. He's trying out Vampire Crawlers and continues with 13…
- Top Down Perspective 29/10/26 · 55 min · Episode 541Sean is back from some travels to talk about Gears of War E-Day, Forever Ago, and continues through Control Resonant. Paul tries out Azeroth Survivors. In news we discuss more…
- Top Down Perspective 22/10/26 · 1 h 17 min · Episode 540Nathan is back this week while Sean still is abroad somewhere with spotty internet. That's OK though because he wrote down what he was playing so Paul guesses what he will say…
- Top Down Perspective 15/10/26 · 1 h 17 min · Episode 539Sean is abroad again so Nathan comes back to fill his shoes! And boy, does he ever! Lots of weird tech issues in this one, but when we DO get to talk, Nathan has been attempting…
- Top Down Perspective 08/10/26 · 1 h 14 min · Episode 538David Lumb is back to talk to us about Ace Combat 8 and Control Resonant. Paul is playing End of Abyss and the At Fate's End demo. Sean finishes Big Walk and starts into Star…
- Top Down Perspective 01/10/26 · 1 h 5 min · Episode 537Everyone is playing Control Resonant this week. Sean also chills out with Woodo while Paul starts Minecraft Dungeons 2. A bit of a sporadic news section this week as we discuss…
- Top Down Perspective 24/09/26 · 1 h 20 min · Episode 536Paul is talking about Silent Hill Townfall this week as well as the WoW Forever beta. Sean continues with Onimusha and Fire Emblem. News is rough this week as we rundown…
- Top Down Perspective 17/09/26 · 57 min · Episode 535Claire is here and talking about Wolverine while Sean dips his toe into the ocean that is Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave. In news we discuss a Rockstar mole in the union discord…
- Top Down Perspective 10/09/26 · 58 min · Episode 534This week Sean and Paul are discussing Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Paul also tries out Orbitals and Halloween: The Game. We start news off with Nintendo's Customer Appreciation…
- Top Down Perspective 03/09/26 · 53 min · Episode 533We swap Claire for Sean this week so he can talk about playing through all of Hades 2 and most of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. Paul finishes Mortal Shell 2. News starts off…
- Top Down Perspective 27/08/26 · 1 h 17 min · Episode 532Sean is away again on assignment so the rest of us get together to talk some gaming. Claire has been playing retro Arnold Schwarzenegger games, particularly Total Recall…
- Top Down Perspective 20/08/26 · 47 min · Episode 531Sean had to call out last minute but Claire is back from the Colosseum and spends some time talking about how that went. While she wasn't playing much for free time, some Marvel…
- Top Down Perspective 13/08/26 · 59 min · Episode 530We start off with Paul's non-spoiler thoughts of Spider-Man Brand New Day. Sean has been playing Big Walk. Paul is playing Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls and Mistfall Hunter. During…
- Top Down Perspective 06/08/26 · 1 h 7 min · Episode 529CNET's David Lumb joins us this week to talk Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Marathon. Paul is playing Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations and Beast of Reincarnation. Sean plays…
- Top Down Perspective 30/07/26 · 1 h 30 min · Episode 528Claire is back to talk about her last couple of conventions and the various games she bought. Paul is playing Dino Blade and torturing himself with Mega Man and Bass. Sean plays…
- Top Down Perspective 16/07/26 · 57 min · Episode 527The main game the boys have been playing this week is Denshattack. Paul is also enjoying a bunch of multiplayer stuff while Sean goes through Deer & Boy. During news we discuss…
- Top Down Perspective 09/07/26 · 1 h 15 min · Episode 526Paul and Sean are both enjoying Rhythm Heaven Groove this week. Paul also checks out Unhinged while Sean can talk about his last Summer Game Fest embargo: Orbitals. News is once…
- Top Down Perspective 25/06/26 · 1 h 3 min · Episode 525Sean gets to talk about his favorite game from SGF: Star Wars Galactic Racer as well as starting up Star Fox. Paul is going through some Dave the Diver DLC. We begin news by…
- Top Down Perspective 16/06/26 · 54 min · Episode 524More embargos have past from SGF so Sean can talk about Erosion. Paul is playing a ton of Marvel Rivals again. News is a huge bummer (again) this week as we discuss Xbox's…
- Top Down Perspective - Summer Game Fest '26 Edition · 1 h 27 min · Episode 523Once again we're here to celebrate Gamer Christmas. Sean spent the weekend at Summer Game Fest's Play Days event playing upcoming games. Claire is playing Mina the Hollower. News…
- Top Down Perspective 04/06/26 · 1 h 15 min · Episode 522We're in the midst of Keigh3 and the boys are playing games. Paul and Sean finally check out Mina the Hollower. Sean also continues with 007 First Light and starts Coffee Talk…
- Top Down Perspective 28/05/26 · 57 min · Episode 521Sean dives into 007 First Light while Paul checks out Luna Abyss and Subnautica 2. Claire joins us later on to talk Paw Patrol. During news we discuss the announcement of Unreal…
- Top Down Perspective 21/05/26 · 1 h 18 min · Episode 520We share some non-spoiler thoughts on the series finale of The Boys to start things off. Sean then talks about watching Mortal Kombat 2 and playing Forza Horizon 6. Paul…
- Top Down Perspective 14/05/26 · 1 h 16 min · Episode 519It's our 800th episode and we're officially the Longest Running Podcast You've Never Heard Of! Paul is playing Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library and Mixtape. Sean dives into…
- Top Down Perspective 05/05/26 · 47 min · Episode 518We're back on a different day this week so we could all be here and catch up. Sean has been playing Mouse P.I. for Hire. Claire runs through some recent stream games such as Dead…
- Top Down Perspective 30/04/26 · 1 h 4 min · Episode 517It's party time here at the end of April. Paul finishes up Pragmata and is really bad at Counter Strike. Sean is playing Kiln and Aphelion. In news we talk about the Steam…
- Top Down Perspective 23/04/26 · 1 h 22 min · Episode 516It's another busy week of releases around here. Sean is really enjoying People of Note and Paul is playing Tomodachi Life. They're both going through Pragmata and Vampire…
- Top Down Perspective 09/04/26 · 45 min · Episode 515Sean is back to recap his time watching Monster Trucks and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Paul continues his way through Super Meat Boy 3D and every MegaMan. News is brief but we…
- Top Down Perspective 02/04/26 · 1 h 32 min · Episode 514Claire is back and has been playing a ton of games including Resident Evil 9, Raccoin, and Scritchy Scratchy. Paul tries out Pokemon Pokopia and goes back to Resident Evil 6 and…
- Top Down Perspective 26/03/26 · 1 h 11 min · Episode 513Sean recounts his time at GDC a couple weeks ago and talks about At Fate's End, Screenbound, and Mixtape. Paul tries out Minishoot Adventures and Marathon. News is turbulent as…
- Top Down Perspective 19/03/26 · 1 h 22 min · Episode 512The big games are coming out! Paul checks out Slay the Spire 2 and John Carpenter's Toxic Commando. Sean is playing Marathon, Planet of Lana 2, and Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime…
- Top Down Perspective 05/03/26 · 1 h 37 min · Episode 511There 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…
- Top Down Perspective 26/02/26 · 1 h 21 min · Episode 510We'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…
- Top Down Perspective 19/02/26 · 55 min · Episode 509We'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…
- Top Down Perspective 12/02/26 · 1 h 18 min · Episode 508It'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…
- Top Down Perspective 05/02/26 · 1 h 16 min · Episode 507Sean 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…
- Top Down Perspective 22/01/26 · 1 h 5 min · Episode 506Claire 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…
- Top Down Perspective 8/1/26 · 1 h 1 min · Episode 505It'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…
- Top Down Perspective Game of the Year 2025 Edition! · 3 h 5 min · Episode 504Another 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…
- Top Down Perspective 17/12/25 · 1 h 13 min · Episode 503Reminder 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…
- Top Down Perspective 04/12/25 · 1 h 14 min · Episode 502We'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…
- Top Down Perspective 27/11/25 · 54 min · Episode 501Sean 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…
- Top Down Perspective 20/11/25 · 1 h 20 min · Episode 500Sean 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…
- TDP Spoilin' Games - Dispatch · 1 h 6 min · Episode 499Paul'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…
- Top Down Perspective 13/11/25 · 1 h 16 min · Episode 498Claire 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…
- Top Down Perspective 06/11/25 · 1 h 35 min · Episode 497We'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…
- Top Down Perspective 23/10/25 · 1 h 21 min · Episode 496This 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…
- Top Down Perspective 16/10/25 · 1 h 38 min · Episode 495We'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…
- Top Down Perspective 09/10/25 · 1 h 4 min · Episode 494Paul 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…
- Top Down Perspective 02/10/25 · 1 h 48 min · Episode 493We 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…
