Top Down Perspective: Recent Episodes
Jon Wheeler, Paul Fleck, Sean Booker
Paul now has his own Switch 2 so he shares his thoughts on that as well as Welcome Tour and Mario Kart World.
We run through all the major news from Summer Game Fest including what Sean was able to get his hands on while down in LA.
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Just before the Summer Game Fest weekend, we got together to talk about what we expect and hope to see at the event. Sean also just got his Switch 2 and has been testing that our and playing around with Mario Kart World.
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Sean returns to tell us about his time in Europe and his new tattoo. He's been playing Doom the Dark Ages, Nightreign, and to a T.
News is scarce but we discuss EA canceling their Black Panther game, NSO gets some new N64 updates, and Death Stranding is getting an anime adaptation.
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Nathan joins this week as Claire had a potential previous engagement but shows up as well! Nathan is reaching for the stars in Wario's Woods, looking for a good speedrun time, Claire is playing a variety of cool stuff and is particularly fond of Tactical Breach Wizards and Paul... well, let's just say Paul wishes he was loving Doom: The Dark Ages.
In news, Bungie is accused of plagiarism (again!), Xbox adds retro games, Jade Raymond leaves Haven Interactive (the company she made years ago) and Randy Pitchford is saying some stupid stuff...again!
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Sean is somewhere in the world so it's up to the other two to hold down the fort. Paul has been enjoying the end-game stuff in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and has some thoughts on Doom: The Dark Ages early hours. Claire has been working through Mortal Kombat 1 despite being grossed out by how it's monetized and is working on Drawn To Life for game clearing.
In news, Skype is officially dead, EB Games is coming back (for some reason), Sony introduces a new studio called teamLFG and the PS5 is likely going to be more expensive due to tariffs.
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Paul is officially hooked on Clair Obscur and Sean dives into Blue Prince.
News is quite a bummer this week as we talk about the recent layoffs at EA, Polygon, and Giant Bomb.
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Clair Obscur is out and Sean can finally talk about it after weeks of holding his tongue. Claire finishes up both Mortal Kombat 11 and 1. Paul gets into Crime Scene Cleaner and Post Trauma.
We start off news about an unannounced and now-cancelled Blade Runner game. We also discuss Devolver Digital's top 10 selling franchises and Outrun might be getting a movie.
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Sean has played the Nintendo Switch 2 and is here to talk Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Metroid Prime 4 Beyond. Paul finishes up South of Midnight.
In news we discuss the ongoing pre-order situation around the Switch 2, PS5s are getting more expensive again, and Marathon's gameplay reveal.
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Sean and Jon are back! We begin getting out some of their thoughts on the Nintendo Switch 2 announcements last week and use that to talk about the news that's broken since about the Switch 2's pre-order/tariff debacle.
Paul wrapped up Avowed, checked out Castlevania ReVamped and started South of Midnight, which Sean has also been playing as of last week. Jon gets super into Mortal Kombat 11 and does some Logiart Grimoire for his picross fix.
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This week Paul is joined by former co-host Nathan for a nostalgia-fueled episode. Nathan’s been spending time with Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and Burnout Paradise Remastered, while Paul checks back in with Avowed.
We also dig into a packed news segment: the resolution of the Karl Jobst vs. Billy Mitchell defamation case, the ZeniMax QA team threatening to strike, and layoffs hitting Eidos Montreal. And of course, we cover all the big announcements from the latest Nintendo Direct—especially the updates on the Nintendo Switch 2. From Switch 2 specs and release windows to what the next-gen Nintendo console launch lineup includes, we’ve discuss it all!
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This week Paul is talking about Assassin's Creed Shadows and returns to Avowed. Sean can finally talk about The First Berserker Khazan and where he's stuck (although, at the time of this writing he has beat that stupid boss).
In news we run through the recent Nintendo direct...before next week's Nintendo Direct. We also discuss some possible Switch 2 launch plans.
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Sean is here with tales from GDC, including Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Hotel Barcelona. He can also finally talk about Assassin's Creed Shadows. Paul tries out 33 Immortals and plays a ton of Metal Slug.
In news we discuss a possible Steam integration coming to Xbox, Ubisoft going after people harassing their devs, and Split Fiction is getting a movie already.
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This week Jon's talking to us about Sly Cooper 2 and the end of Shinobi. Paul continues with Monster Hunter Wilds and Sean finishes Split Fiction.
In news we discuss a possible Xbox handheld coming this year, Niantic being officially sold off, and Xbox announces AI assistance for gamers.
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Sean starts us off by talking about Split Fiction, he also brings up his time with Lost Records. Paul has been playing the other big release this week, Monster Hunter Wilds.
In news we discuss Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3+4 finally being officially announced and the Acclaim name is coming back.
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This week Paul is checking out some Steam Next Fest Demos. Sean tries out Keep Driving. Jon is playing through Shinobi on the PS2.
Big news this time is WB Games closing three studios down and cancelling Wonder Woman, we also discuss the many livestreams and game trailers shown.
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Jon finishes up Spirit Tracks and Harvey Birdman this week. Paul is playing Castle Crashers and Avowed. Sean talks about Citizen Sleeper 2 and Lost Records.
We start news off with the surprising Marvel Rivals layoffs, then we discuss Xbox's new AI program and Niantic looking to sell off Pokemon Go.
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We've assembled together once again to discuss video games. Paul continues with Ender Lilies and Sean gets into Avowed.
During news we discuss the latest Sony State of Play, Astro Bot is getting more stages, and what is going on with WB Games.
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Everyone is busy but Sean returns from overseas to talk about some games. He's been playing (and not talking) about Avowed, so instead he brings up Lonely Mountain Snow Riders and Rift of the Necrodancer.
In news he talks about the previous Xbox Developer Direct, more Nintendo Switch 2 patents popping up, and Iron Galaxy having major layoffs.
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The Switch 2 is finally real and we spend most of this show running through that trailer and talking about everything we noticed and have heard about the new console. Jon's also nearing the end of Mario & Luigi Brothership and begins The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Sean is getting ready for a trip.
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It's time to celebrate the video games of 2024! We're joined once again by original TDPer Nathan Rohr to run down our favorite and least favorite games that came out last year. We've got new categories to enjoy too! And, of course, the results of our Community GotY survey were collected and shared as we go along. Last but not least, we check in on the predictions we made last year to see how accurate we were and set some new ones as we look to 2025.
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We're back from the holiday break and talking about what we got up to and the games we played. Paul enjoyed Thank Goodness You're Here and Indika. Sean is playing through Monument Valley 3 and Arco.
During news we discuss the Black Myth Wukong devs complaining about the Series S, Ubisoft is back with more NFTs, and Tango Gameworks got its name back.
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Sean is back from last week's Game Awards with tales of the event. We also run through all the announcements and winners of the show and see how our predictions compared.
In terms of what we've been playing, Paul is deep into Marvel Rivals and Path of Exile 2 while Sean continues with Indiana Jones.
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This week starts off with a big discussion about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. We also chat about Infinity Nikki and Marvel Rivals.
In news we talk about the PlayStation 30th Anniversary themes that were sent to everyone's PS5 as well as all the troubles Ubisoft faced last week.
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This week Sean is playing/watching Tetris Forever, Paul tries out Metaphor ReFantazio, and Jon continues with Mario & Luigi Brothership.
News is full of PlayStation updates, including an announcement of a years-away handheld and the 30th anniversary website is launched, we also discuss a leaked Steam controller mockup.
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Episode 738
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This week Sean is trying out Lego Horizon Adventures while Jon is playing Super Mario Party Jamboree and Mario and Luigi Brothership.
In news we chat about cloud streaming getting added to the PlayStation Portal, Xbox beginning to let you cloud stream games outside of Game Pass, and we run through all The Game Awards nominees and make our own predictions on the winners.
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Episode 373
This week we get an amazing submission to Jon's PO box that we share during the question segment!
Jon checks out Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, Paul is playing some gacha game whose name escapes me, and Sean tries out Overwatch Classic, Neva, and The Plucky Squire.
News includes discussions on the Game Awards' nominees being announced next week, Xbox confirms a future handheld device, and there's a new white Steam Deck OLED.
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Episode 736
Episode 735
Sean attempts to put a solo show together, having never set up the livestream before. Then he has to figure out how to patch Paul in when he joins shortly later. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
Paul's been playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Sean talks about his time with Black Ops 6, Alan Wake 2's Lake House DLC, and reviewing the PS5 Pro.
In news we discuss Take Two selling off Private Division, Nintendo confirming that the Switch 2 will be backwards compatible, and a Mass Effect series is in the works.
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Happy Halloween!
This week Paul dives into the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, Shadows of the Damned Remastered, and Mouthwashing. Sean can finally talk about Dragon Age: The Veilguard and his thoughts on Double Exposure's ending. He's also allowed to show off the PlayStation 5 Pro's box. Jon continues with Control.
Nintendo randomly launches a mobile music app, we learn the fate of Concord's future, and Call of Duty is selling well for Microsoft.
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Jon's back to talk to us about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Super Mario Party Jamboree. Paul's Nikoderiko and Alan Wake 2's Lake House DLC. Sean talks about the first two Life is Strange: Double Exposure episodes and brings some show and tell.
During news we talk about no story DLC for Spider-Man 2, Nintendo's mystery game gets leaked, and the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown team gets disbanded.
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Paul's here to talk all about the Silent Hill 2 Remake while Sean finally gets to dive deep in conversation about Metaphor: ReFantazio.
We have two weeks worth of news to get through including Nintendo's Alarmo, the Xbox Partner Showcase, Ubisoft possibly being sold, and 343 changing its name to Halo Studios.
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It's another big update on the movies and show we're watching. As for games, Paul is deep into UFO 50 and begins a Silent Hill replay in anticipation of the upcoming release. Sean continues with Echoes of Wisdom.
In news we get a report on what happened with Annapurna, the 30th Anniversary PlayStation lineup went on sale to interesting effect, and we learn more about Tango's fate.
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There's a new Zelda out, Echoes of Wisdom, and Sean has been playing it. He also tries out Metaphor: ReFantazio and Prince of Perisa: The Lost Crown: Mask of Darkness. Jon is playing UFO 50, Dead Rising Deluxe Edition and the TMNT: Shredder's Revenge DLC. Paul calls in from his phone and it's a goofy time.
We start news off with a rundown of the PlayStation State of Play, Ubisoft pulls out of Tokyo Game Show, and Assassin's Creed Shadows gets delayed to 2025.
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Episode 729
Paul wraps up Space Marine 2 and dives into the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster. Sean gets his platinum in Astro Bot, starts up Star War Outlaws, and can finally talk about his Dragon Age The Veilguard preview.
We begin news with the possible Switch 2 images, we also discuss the 30th anniversary collection from PlayStation, and Nintendo is suing Palworld.
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Sean has played the PlayStation 5 Pro! He's also checking out Tactical Breach Wizard, Jon is playing more Ys, and Paul continues with Space Marine 2. They're all loving Astro Bot.
In other news, Xbox has another massive layoff, Annapurna Interactive might be no more, and Flappy Bird is coming back from the dead.
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Sean is back from Europe with many tales of his time at this year's Gamescom in Germany. He played games like The First Berserker: Khazan and Life is Strange: Double Exposure, while also checking out Pepper Grinder and Astro Bot outside of the show. Paul continues with Black Myth: Wukong and World of Warcraft: The War Within.
News is packed this week as we dive into the recent Nintendo Direct, layoffs hit Rocksteady, and Concord is being shutdown after just 11 days.
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Sean is in Europe covering Gamescom this week, which leaves Paul and Jon to discuss a whole bunch of old games! Jon has been playing through the Ys games, especially Ys: The Oath in Felghana while Paul has been relearning how to play games on a leverless arcade pad (a hitbox controller). He's also been checking out the new DBZ moba Dragon Ball Project Multi and a small indie game called Blacksmith Who Kong or something.
In news, we rundown everything shown at Gamescom Opening Night Live, Ubisoft lays off the Division Heartland studio, China has a lot of concurrent players, FFXVI comes out on PC soon and Wilmot's Warehouse gets a sequel.
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The Borderlands movie is out and Sean is mad about it. He also played through Ghost Trick Remastered and started up 1000X Resist. Jon is enjoying Time is Honey. Paul checks out Kitsune Tails and dives back into Super Mario Land 2.
We finally have some good news this week since Tango has been revived, what's going on with Deadlock?, and Nicolas Cage is going to play Madden.
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Who knows where Paul is? (He does show up a bit into the show and has been playing Earth Defense Force 6). Jon is quite disappointed with Nintendo World Championship NES Edition. Sean plays through Thank Goodness You're Here and tries out Valorant on console and the Omni One VR treadmill.
In news we discuss Game Informer being aggressively shut down, the Borderlands movie apparently sucks, and Jedi Survivor is coming out for old consoles.
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Paul is deep into Marvel Rivals' beta this week while Sean wraps up The Great Ace Attorney.
In news we discuss Activision's skill-based matching making study, Bungie goes through another massive round of layoffs, and The Behemoth details its roadmap.
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Jon joins us near the end to chat about Chained Together. Paul's playing through Kunitsu-Gami and Flintlock. Sean dives into the Marvel Rivals beta.
News is a mixed bag of new video game unions, more layoffs, and EVO 2024!
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The Concord Beta is out this week and Paul and Sean are checking that out. Sean also tries out Magical Delicacy and Dungeons of Hinterberg. Jon continues with Dead Rising.
In news we discuss the FTC coming back for Microsoft, the Halo TV series has been cancelled, and Nintendo releasing a joy-con charger at a very odd time.
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Games this week include Space Marine and Suicide Squad, played by Paul. Metroid Prime 3 is being played by Jon. Sean plays through Case of the Golden Idol as well as Skate Story and Neva's demos.
We start news off with the recent Game Pass price increase/tier stuff, followed by PlayStation announcing it will be at TGS, and Nintendo teasing a weird horror game.
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It's free to play week around here as Sean and Paul are playing Zenless Zone Zero and The Last Descendant. Paul also finally dives into Erdtree.
As for news, we're chatting about Nintendo's use of AI in the future, the Horizon Zero Dawn shown seemingly canceled, and Capcom is officially working on the next mainline Resident Evil.
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This week Paul is nearing the end of Nine Souls while trying to get his computer ready for Elden Ring. Sean is nearing the end of Shadow of the Erdtree.
In news we chat about a new Street Fighter movie possibly happening, the Xbox Keystone patent gets revealed, and Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Amazon Fire TV devices.
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It's time to run down everything we saw during Summer Game Fest. Sean also gives us a look at what it's like to be there on the show floor and everything he got up to (including some fun swag). We also deep dive into Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
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This week, the guys are biding their time. Paul checks out an early look at 33 Immortals, the previously known "Bloodborne Kart" and continues Nine Sols while Sean is pushing people around in Humanity and loads up Octopath Traveller II with no real intentions on ever finishing it. Maybe most importantly, he's begun Stellar Blade again and is getting good at parrying.
Not much in news this week as Summer Game Fest begins soon and we are just preparing for the onslaught with some early info on the proceedings and the possible future of The Last of Us TV show.
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The boys have wrapped up Hellblade 2 this week and are also discussing Little Kitty Big City. Paul has also been playing Nine Sols and XDefiant.
We start news off with a rundown of Sony's State of Play, then we chat about Redfall's final update, and Call of Duty coming to Game Pass.
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Sean is back from his Magical European Extravaganza™ and has played basically all the games you want to hear about... from Animal Well to Hades II with some Lorelai and the Laser Eyes and even some Senua's Saga: Hellblade II. Actually, Paul also has been playing Hellblade II now that he finished Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and ran through Crow Country.
Not much news, so we get Sean's thoughts on the big stuff from last week quickly for the most part.
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We're back after a week off and it might have been the most news filled week outside of an E3! Before we spend an hour talking news, Paul updates us on his Stellar Blade thoughts and progress back in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. He also played a game his friends made (link will be below). Jon has been playing all the games, starting with Animal Well, moving to Crow Country and finally Little Kitty, Big City.
The Helldivers 2 debacle, Microsoft kills Tango Gameworks, Nintendo announces Switch successor announcement and the top sold Pokemon games are among a few of a GIANT NEWS WEEK. Come hear all about it!
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This week Paul is trying out The Rogue Prince of Persia before it's Early Access launch, he's also playing Steller Blade. Sean continues with Sand Land and starts SteamWorld Heist in anticipation of the upcoming sequel.
In news we talk about the recent Xbox livestream, more Switch 2 rumors, and TakeTwo closing down some of its studios.
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Sean finishes FF7 Rebirth this week and also discusses Sand Land, Tales of Kenzera ZAU, and Another Crab's Treasure. Jon finally gets into Helldivers 2 and Paul talks to us about porny metroidvanias for a bit.
In news we talk about Nintendo removing 20 years of content from Garry's Mod, Embracer is splitting its coming up, and El Paso Elsewhere is getting a movie.
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This week Sean discusses starting into Evil West and Henry Halibut. Paul needs FF7 Rebirth to end. Jon gets a major Sonic lesson and gives us a board game update.
In news, Shadow the Hedgehog gets a voice actor, Take Two lays off hundreds of people, and Nintendo held an Indie livestream.
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Everyone is back! Jon is talking about Double Dragon Gaiden and Pepper Grinder. Paul gives us an update on FF7 Rebirth. Sean plays through Open Roads and starts into Botany Manor.
We start news off with Apple allowing emulators on iOS, run through the Triple I livestream, and discuss what's up with Dead Space.
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Paul is back and updating us on his FF7 Rebirth. Sean has been playing Princess Peach Showtime.
During news we talk about PlayStation's new interim CEO, the Triple I Initiative, and another Prince of Persia game is coming this year.
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The Riffmaster guitar has shown up and Sean unboxes and shows it off at the top of the show. He's also playing Rise of the Ronin, Llamasoft The Jeff Minter Story, and Once Upon a Jester. Jon is working his way through Another Code Recollection.
News starts off with a report that Spyro 4 is in development, then we discuss Gear Box being sold out from under the Embracer Group, and some leaked Xbox images appear.
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Sean returns from GDC this week to tell us about all the fun events and game demos he got to play. We also discuss one of tomorrow's many releases, Dragon's Dogma 2.
News is kicked off with a discussion about the leaked PS5 Pro specs, followed by Sony halting PSVR2 production, Larian moving on from Baldur's Gate, and Kotaku getting into more turmoil.
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We get our weekly check in on Rebirth from Sean and Paul. Sean's also been making his way through Dead Island 2 recently.
News is packed this week as we discuss Embracer selling off some studios, the largest union forming inside Activision, and another Mario movie is coming.
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The boys are deep into FF7 Rebirth this week and we spend pretty much half this episode discussing it.
In news, we talk about mechs coming to Helldivers 2, the recent Xbox Partner Preview livestream, and Balatro being taken down from digital stores.
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Jon starts us off this week with talk about Mario vs. Donkey Kong. Sean tells us about Balatro and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Paul stops his time with Final Fantasy XVI and plays through FFVII Intermission.
It's a depressing week in news as we chat about layoffs from PlayStation, EA, Supermassive, Don't Nod, and more, luckily Toys for Bob has a breath of fresh air for us.
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It's Final Fantasy week (almost) and that means Paul is back into playing XVI and Sean has gotten deep into the upcoming FF7 Rebirth. They also discuss Deep Rock Galactic Survivors, Pacific Drive, and Skull and Bones.
In news we talk about the four Xbox titles going multiplatform, PSVR2 possibly beginning to work on PC, and the recent Nintendo Direct.
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Bagel is causing a lot of headaches this week for Jon but he still finds time to play some Addams Family Values. Paul checks out Banishers: Ghost of New Eden and Helldivers 2. Sean finally finishes Hi-Fi Rush and starts into Ultros.
We begin news with a rundown of Xbox's Business Update, then we discuss a lack of first-party PS5 games coming, and FF7 Rebirth is getting a graphics improvement.
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Jon returns to tell us about his time at MAGfest. Paul continues to play a ton of Palworld. Sean goes through the God of War Ragnarok Valhalla DLC and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's demo.
We start news off by discussing Xbox's rumors of going multiplatform, Evo 2024's lineup gets revealed, and Skull and Bones is a AAAA game.
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Sean returns from Europe with not the best of stories to tell. He's been playing Prince of Persia The Lost Crown and Turnip Boy Robs a Bank. Paul is deep into Palworld.
In news we discuss the recent Sony State of Play livestream, PDP officially revealing their Rock Bank 4/Fortnite Festival guitar controller, and Alan Wake 2 dials down the jump scares.
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Another year of gaming is in the books so we gathered (Nathan) once again to discuss our favorite and least favorite games that came out in 2023. We have new categories to go through, predictions for 2024, community survey results, and a lot of laughs to be had!
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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!
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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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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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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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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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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!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Both Sean and Jon are playing Disney Illusion Island this week. Sean also goes through Venba. Jon has a lot more including Double Dragon Gaiden, Gravity Circuit, and Toilet Shooting Star. Paul watches all of the Twisted Metal show.
Final Fantasy XIV is coming to Xbox next year and the next expansion gets announced at Fan Fest, we get some first info on Nintendo's next console, and Jedi Survivor is being developed for past gen consoles.
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Paul and Sean both played through Viewfinder this week. Paul's also trying out My Friendly Neighborhood and YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! with Jon. Sean continues with Oxenfree 2 and Pikmin 4.
During news we chat about Major Nelson's departure from Xbox, the PlayStation Q getting leaked, Niantic's new Monster Hunter game, and the pizza controller.
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Things are slow in the podcast coalmines with Sean gone so Jon tells us tales of...everything? Also he's been doing a bunch of reading of Power Rangers stuff this week! Paul has been playing Gravity Rush and a slew of Mario romhacks. Not a lot of news, Blizzard games are slowly coming to Steam and Xbox Live/Gold are officially being sucked into the Game Pass blackhole.
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We talk about Everybody 1-2 Switch more than it deserves this week. Sean is also back on his PlayDate playing Bloom. Paul tries out the SpongeBob DLC for Power Wash Simulator, Pokemon Sleep, and is loving Celeste Mario's Zap & Dash!
Workers at Sega of America have unionized, some interesting updates on the Xbox/Activision situation, and Limited Run Games announces a ton of stuff is coming.
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Stampede time? Jon watched Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny this week and tells us about that. Sean and Paul continue with Final Fantasy XVI. Sean plays through the Pikmin 4 demo and starts up Ghost Trick Remastered.
In news, Microsoft mentions a possible PS5 slim/pro coming later this year, we get more details on Pokemon Sleep, and the Gollum video game has some big consequences.
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Paul and Sean have more Final Fantasy XVI talk for you this week. Sean's also been trying out Fall of Porcupine. Jon gets in some online matches for Street Fighter 6 as well as Strikey Sisters.
In news we look into an Among Us animated TV show, the FTC hearings surround Xbox/Activision are in full swing, and Nintendo says we won't need a new account next gen (thank god).
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It's Final Fantasy XVI week over here and Sean's been playing it for a bit now. Jon is playing the new Puzzle Bobble Everybubble!
In news we run through some of the highlights of the recent Nintendo Direct, Xbox is raising some of its prices, and 2024's E3 might already be cancelled.
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Everyone is back from their travels, Jon across the continent and Sean attending fake E3. Jon chats about ActRaiser 2 while Paul and Sean discuss the Final Fantasy XVI demo.
We then spend a ton of time during the news segment going over all the livestreams from the last week and what Sean was able to play while down in LA.
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It's Keigh-3 time and with Summer Games Fest-ivities starting, Sean is in the field on assignment and Jon is busy driving across the country so Nathan comes back to help Paul deliver a monstrous episode for your entertainment.
We don't go through too much news as it's still happening but Nathan has been playing Super Mario Maker 2 and comparing Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to games he likes more. He's also been trying out some Fallout 4. Paul is deep into Diablo IV and has a lot of love for it, even though he really also fell in love with a small horror game called Homebody that stole his fancy for the week.
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The team is back together! Jon tells us about his recent conventions and travel. Paul talks about playing his brand new PS5. And everyone is still playing Zelda.
There's going to be a Madden movie? News also sees us discussing an incredible Disco Elysium video on YouTube and Meta announces the Quest 3.
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We start off with Paul's plans to buy a PlayStation 5. Of course we then jump right into our weekly Zelda talk. Paul is also playing Boltgun and Sean checks out Planet of Lana.
News is mostly focused around the excited PlayStation Showcase but we also discuss the continued struggle of Prince of Persia's remake and some weird Tetris Chicken McNuggets.
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Sean returns from his trip to Ireland with tales of the Emerald Isle. He and Paul are playing a ton of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Sean is also enjoying Star Wars Jedi Survivor.
We start news off with the EU accepting Microsoft's acquisition of Activision, Mortal Kombat 1 gets announced, and Overwatch 2 loses it's PVE mode.
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Sean has gone to greener pastures, literally, so it's up to Jon and Paul to bring you a show to remember!
Jon has been playing more Pizza Tower so, if you're not a patron enjoy some free opinions on that (but seriously we talk way more about it if you are on TDP+ ;)). Between running around making pizzas, he's also checked out This Means Warp, Afterimage, Magical Drop VI and Deathwish Enforcers.
Paul has been having a great time starting Cassette Beasts (check it out!), less of a great time in Redfall and struggling with the old Armored Core games.
No real news so we just answer a bunch of emails! Enjoy!
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Advanced Wars 1+2 comes out finally and Jon has been playing that this week. Paul checks out Demonologist while Sean continues with Coffee Talk 2, tries out The Last Case of Benedict Fox, and shows off his new AR glasses.
News is short but Microsoft's acquisition of Activision has been blocked in the UK and a third Horizon game his reported to be in development.
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Thiiiiis week Paul and Sean are chatting about Minecraft Legends. Sean also continues with Ghostwire Tokyo and tries out Saint's Row. Jon is playing Monopoly and Astronite.
For the news segment we're discussing Dreams no longer getting support, the Mario movie doing extremely well, and Sega bought Rovio.
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It's another week of Jon playing Fortnite. Paul checks out Mr. Saitou and the Wii's Sin & Punishment: Star Successor. Sean dives into Infinite Guitars and Ghostwire Tokyo.
We start news off with some leaks surrounding Persona 3 and Jet Set Radio, we also discuss the new Zelda trailer, Ubisoft+ coming to Xbox, and Suicide Squad getting delayed into 2024.
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We're all playing pretty much the same games this week, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog and Dredge.
In news we discuss a possible PlayStation handheld in the future, Xbox finally letting other companies make Series S/X hard drives, and some more video game movies getting release dates.
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After two video game conventions, Sean returns to talk about what he's been up to. He played a ton of games at GDC and PAX East, including Have a Nice Death on the side. Paul continues with the Diablo IV beta and plays a bunch of the Resident Evil 4 remake.
News is dominated by a bunch of publishers pulling out of E3...and then E3 being cancelled all together.
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Sean is gone this week so we tell tales of Jon's Pokemon tournament experience this week and briefly touched Diablo 4 beta (more on that next week).
Lots of news stuff, including some Famitsu GOTY 2022 awards, Amazon Luna is out in Canada, Sonic Origins gets a big update and a new TMNT game announcement gets us excited for the future!
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We're figuring out what to do with a third thumb this week. While in our free time Jon is playing Fortnite and getting ready for a Pokemon tournament. Sean finishes Fire Emblem Engage.
As for news, we discuss Ghostwire Tokyo coming to Xbox next month, some new NSO games, and the Steam Deck getting a surprise sale.
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With Colosseum behind him, Jon is back and telling some behind the scenes stories from the event. He's also been playing Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe and Grim/Gal Guardians: Demon Purge. Sean tries out Wo Long and Dead Cell's Return to Castlevania DLC.
Suicide Squad gets a delay until later in 2023, Starfield gets a release date, and the Playdate gets a few new updates.
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Back again for another day of recording this week. Jon is on his way to Colosseum. Paul has been playing the Wo-Long's demo as he awaits the full release tomorrow, he's also playing Grim Guardians. Sean continues with Fire Emblem Engage.
We start news off with discussing The Wolf Among Us 2's delay, then news of Elden Ring's DLC, and we run through some highlights from the Pokemon Presents stream.
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The polar vortex is keeping Jon stuck on his plane so he's missing this week. Paul chats about Wild Hearts and various GameBoy games added to the Nintendo Switch Online. Sean is playing Atomic Heart and Like a Dragon Ishin.
News starts off with a mention of the fantastic Double Fine series, PsychOdyssey. We then talk about the State of Play livestream and a crazy story surrounding Angry Birds.
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Paul finishes Hi-Fi Rush this week and dives into a bunch of Steam Next Fest demos. Sean is playing through A Space for the Unbound and Rhythm Sprout.
Over on the news side, it's pretty much Nintendo all the way down after their major Direct livestream that happened.
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We start off the show this week by mentioning a very special, bonus podcast episode going on over on our Patreon. If you're interested in submitting a game to our master list, go check it out.
Jon finishes up Xenoblade Chronicles and tries out Piczle Puzzle & Watch Collection. Paul is playing the Dead Space remake and Pizza Tower. Sean starts into Hi-Fi Rush and talks about his Like a Dragon: Ishin preview event.
In news we run through a handful of games that are closing down, got cancelled, or delayed. We also touch on more E3 2023 rumors and the weirdest update for Sports Story.
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We start this week off with some show and tell from Sean and his recently reviewed DualSense Edge controller for the PS5. He also finishes up Horizon Forbidden West and Crisis Core Reunion, while starting up Fire Emblem Engage. Paul tries out the Forspoken demo and Hi-Fi Rush. Jon eventually remembers that he played SteamWorld Build.
In news we chat about the ongoing Justin Roiland situation, the recent Xbox Developer Direct stream, and continuing issues over at 343.
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Fresh off a day of streaming, Jon is here to talk about his new Persona lamps (as well as Vengeful Guardian Moonrider and Turrican Anthology). Sean is trying out Jett: The Far Shore and Ghostwire Tokyo, as well as wrapping up Pokemon Violet. Paul is watching That 90s Show.
Stadia shut down for good this week, we also chat about a huge number of layoffs from Microsoft and a Rainbow Six movie being announced.
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Jon's back from a less than ideal MAGfest. While there he also got to play F-Zero AX. Sean plays through Gotham Knights and starts up FF7: Crisis Core Reunion, and Paul is playing Salamander County Public Television, Dwarf Fortress, and Chained Echoes.
In news we discuss the next Pokemon Scarlet/Violet patch coming, Ubisoft cancelled a few more games and delayed Skull and Bones for the sixth time, and Xbox is having a developer showcase later this month.
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Happy New Years! We're back to talk about the games we played over the holidays. Jon is away attending MAGfest. Paul is trying to speedrun Amok Runner. Sean sprints to finish God of War Ragnarok and tires out Song Pop Party.
In news we talk about the odd Steam Awards, a couple more unions forming in the games industry, and Sony announces an accessibility controller.
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Another year is in the books and we're here to celebrate our favorite and not-so-favorite games that came out. Join, along with Nathan Rohr, as we run down the biggest surprises, worst disappointments, coziest of games, and more. And, of course, we each have our Top 10 games of 2022 that we share.
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It's the week before Game of the Year and we're slowing finalizing everything. Make sure to check out next week's episode where we'll run down our favorite and least favorite games of 2022.
Jon's playing more Picross this week with the release of Picross X: Picbits vs Uzboross. Paul finishes God of War Ragnarok and tries out Citizen Sleeper.
For news we talk about Risk of Rain Returns getting announced, Fortnite needing to pay over $500 million, and Ash Ketchum is finally being laid to rest.
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Back from attending The Game Awards, Sean has some stories to tell! While on break he played High on Life, Melatonin, and Swordship. Jon has been trying out Marvel's Midnight Suns, Bots are Stupid, and Elevator Action Returns S-Tribute. Paul plays through Callisto Protocol and tries out Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion.
We run down the winners and announcements from The Game Awards, Xbox announces they're moving to $70 titles next year, and Toe Jam and Earl are getting a movie (probably not).
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We start off the show this week by trying to guess the winners of every Spike TV Game Awards from 2003-2013. From there Jon talks to us about The Knight Witch and Billion Road. Paul is playing Darktide. Sean checks out the second Citizen Sleeper DLC, Need For Speed Unbound, and The Devil In Me.
The Epic Game Store is doing is annual christmas giveaway again this year, we also chat about the new Mario movie trailer(s), and Valve says they're giving away a Steam Deck every minute that next week's Game Awards are live.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Sean is away on assignment to eat a bunch of turkey but makes some time to play Pokemon Violet and work through Pentiment a bunch. Paul also has been playing Violet and we all have some opinions on that. Jon got Astlibra working on the Steam Deck and has been poking on that in between some Picross and Guilty Gear Strive/DNF Duel.
No real news this week so we just take a bunch of questions and do episode titles.
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Jon returns to talk to us about all the games he played and watched at IndieLand. Paul continues with God of War Ragnarok and Sonic Frontiers. Sean tries out the Atari 50th Anniversary Collection, Somerville, and Pentiment.
During news we obviously run through our predictions for the upcoming Game Awards, we also discuss the ongoing Mick Goron/id Software drama, and we mention how Call of Duty is making a Rocket League mode called CODball.
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We're joined by Nathan this week as Jon flies down to LA for an event. He's been playing Vampire Survivors, I Expect You to Die, and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Sean and Paul having been playing God of War Ragnarok. Paul also finishes Signalis and tries out Sonic Frontiers.
We start news off with the Nintendo indie livestream from this week, we then dive into the ongoing id Software/Mick Gordon drama, and of course we continue to follow what's happening with the Prince of Persia Sand of Time remaster.
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This week we recap how the Halloween's we had and the spooky games we played. Paul plays through Resident Evil 8's new DLC as well as Signalis. Sean is joining the masses in Marvel Snap as well as checking out Shatter Remastered Deluxe.
We start news off with info about the release date and price for PSVR2, we also get some interesting PS+ and Xbox sales numbers, as hopefully put this Bayonetta VO drama to bed.
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Everyone is here! After several globe trotting adventures, the boys are back! Come here about Sean's horrible nightmarish airlines issues. He's also been playing Frog Detective, Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope, and A Plague Tale Requiem. Jon has been playing Dragon Ball The Breakers and Picross S8.
In news we discuss the ongoing Bayonetta voice actor drama, the recent Silent Hill news, and Phil Spencer's latest interview.
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The crew is gone so the pinch-hitter Nathan is brought in to hit some dingers. First we answer the question of if Return to Monkey Island is any good from one of the biggest adventure game fans in the crew. Next, Splatoon fever has hit Nathan and he visits a bunch of Nintendo stuff like Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, Yoshi's Woolly World and Pikmin 3 before jumping into a terrible game called Aero Porter. Paul has started revisiting the Dead Space series.
In news, Far Cry 6 GOTY Edition is double the price, Game Pass makes a bunch of money and Google is releasing Cloud Gaming Chromebooks.
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Since Sean and Jon can legally never be in the same place at the same time, we sent Sean across the world and brought Jon back from the eye of the storm to talk about his trip and some of his more interesting games he's been playing for stream and while travelling. Paul has been Boning up on Trombone Champ and throwing in some time in Grounded now that it's hit version 1.0.
Little news as important as the voice of Mario but Overwatch 2 is pissing people off and a bunch of beloved websites like Gamespot and Giant Bomb have been sold to Fandom.
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It's the night before Sean travels across the globe and he's here talking about Overwatch 2 and Beacon Pines. He and Paul have also been playing Moonscars.
Stadia is shutting down for good! We also discuss E3 announcing it's return dates for next year, Skull & Bones getting yet another delay, and Shatter Remastered will finally be free.
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The big game this week is Metal Hellsinger that Paul and Sean are playing. He's also been enjoying No Place for Bravery, Desta: The Memories Between, and Spider Heck.
We start news off with the giant GTA6 leak that happened, we also discuss PSVR1 games not working up the upcoming PSVR2 and Twitch implementing new revenue split metrics.
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All together again to talk about some video games. Paul plays through Asura's Wrath again and finishes The Ascent and Vampire Survivors (again). Jon continues to struggle through Conker's Bad Fur Day. Sean is playing The Big Con and Outriders: Worldslayer.
News is pretty much dominated by livestreams this week as we run through what Ubisoft, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft had to show.
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We trade Paul for Sean this week as he returns from his trip to Seattle. Sean talks about a number of game's he enjoyed on the show floor and what interviewing Reggie Fils-Aime was like. Jon's been playing Anno Mutationem.
In news we discuss some new features already out on the PS5, a cheaper Xbox Elite controller being announced, and some possible Ubisoft leaks ahead of their Forward event this weekend.
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Sean is gone to PAX this week so Paul and Jon hold down the fort. Jon has been playing Rolling Thunder 3 from the Genesis days in his spare time and showing off Demon Throttle (the last physical-only release in this day and age) and a cool tower defense game called ORX while Paul finishes Cult of the Lamb and plays a bunch of Fortnite.
Paul reached out to the audience this week to send him all the news they wanted and we run down a bunch of stuff, including a new Assassin's Creed is going to be shown soon, Shovel Knight Dig is out in a month and Ubisoft is trying to keep people happy, amongst many, many, many, many other topics.
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We start this weeks off with some exciting news from Sean. Following that Cursed to Golf and Signs of the Sojourner are discussed.
In news we start off with Sega announcing some curious new games-to-movies projects they're working on. We also run through Gamescom's Opening Night Live presentation, the PS5 getting a price increase, and Twitch allowing partners to stream on other platforms.
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Cult of the Lamb is the big game this week and we're all playing it. Paul also checks out Rumbleverse and Kirby's Dream Buffet. Sean is playing Rollerdrome and Multiversus's first season.
With news we get some interesting Xbox/Game Pass sales numbers revealed, Death Stranding might be coming to PC Game Pass, more unfortunately allegations about Nintendo, and Dead Island 2 pops up again somehow.
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Evo happened this weekend and we quickly chat about some of the highlights we heard and saw. After, Sean gets angry at Multiversus players, and also checks out Eiyuden Chronicle and Citizen Sleepers new DLC. Paul is diving back into Dead by Daylight. Jon tries out Rogue Legacy 2 on his Steam Deck as well as Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth: Record of Lodoss War.
We start news off with the reveal of a multiplayer mode for Super Punch-Out, Microsoft says Sony is paying to block titles from entering Game Pass, and a live action Pac-Man movie might be on the way.
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This week we dive into a big conversation about MultiVersus. Sean's also been playing through Road 96 while Paul checks out Super Dungeon Maker, Ex-Zodiac, and Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim.
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Pretty tame week as Jon plays The Adventures of Star Saver on the Game Boy, Paul does Neon White clean up and Sean jumps into As Dusk Falls and The Quarry with a friend.
Mario Kart 8 adds maps, Meta Quest adds price, Annapurna adds games and GTA 6 adds women while destroying bad work conditions. Also Papers, Please is getting released on mobile devices.
You have phones, don't you?!
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Jon starts us off this week by talking about Forza Horizon 5's Hot Wheels DLC. Paul has been playing Last Call BBS and PowerWash Simulator. Sean is going through Green Day Rock Band, Mothmen 1966, Stray, and Escape Academy. Mario Strikers is getting some new DLC, Tennocon happened and Digital Extremes announced a bunch of stuff, and Ubisoft made some delays and previews for what's to come. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
Sean has fallen down a rabbit hole this week that he may never escape. Jon has held his Steam Deck and is playing Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series. Paul tries out Witch Stranding and Little Noah Scion of Paradise.
The Sega Genesis Mini 2 gets announced, the new Skate reboot has some more details, and we get a release date on Bayonetta 3.
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A Steam Deck has finally graced one of our doorsteps with another on its way! Sean talks about his order process and what he's already installed on it. Paul is playing through Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak and Cuphead The Delicious Last Course. Jon is playing Little Noah: Scion of Paradise and ElecHead. Pokemon Puzzle League coming to the Nintendo Switch Online service starts off our news portion. We also discuss new Robocop and Terminator games, God of War Ragnarok getting a release date and Blizzard purchasing the Spellbreak developer. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
Sean is gone this week somewhere in Canada. Where? We cannot say! That's fine because Nathan joins us at the table this week in his stead!
Jon has played more Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge and is working through Devil May Cry 5 on stream along with Xenoblade Chronicles while Nathan talks some dialogue choices in Disco Elysium: Final Cut. Paul has been waiting for games to come out.
Slow news but a Nintendo Direct showed some cool stuff and Niantic is making some basketball thing?
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Jon is back from the States to talk about all the fun he had and the games he bought. He's also been playing Mario Strikers Battle League and Super Punch Out. Paul tries out Poinpy, Neon White, and The Quarry. Sean is playing Card Shark and the free-to-play Fall Guys. Everyone is playing TMNT: Shredder's Revenge. In news we discuss the downfall of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, Activision investigating itself, and Into the Breach is getting some exciting new content. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
Sean returns from LA to tell us about the Summer Game Fest Play Days event. We talk about the show floor and his interview with Geoff Keighley.
We then jump to news to discuss some of the biggest livestreams from the previous week and all the massive announcements and trailers revealed.
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Schedules are all mixed up this week so we're here a day early. Paul and Sean continue to enjoy Diablo Immortal. Sean is also checking out Roller Champions and nearing the end of Elden Ring.
News is scarce due to the upcoming non-E3 weekend but we discuss more turmoil with the Prince of Persia remaster, a possible 1-2 Switch sequel, and the announcement that E3 is returning next year?
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This week Jon isn't feeling his time with Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Paul checks out V Rising and Diablo Immortal. Sean is playing through that same mobile game as well as Floppy Knights. We've got two weeks of news in this episode and that includes Raven becoming the first union at a major studio in the video game industry, Sony had a short but sweet State of Play, and the next Dragon Age gets a title. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
This week we're talking a lot about Evil Dead The Game and even get a special show and tell about its Collector's Edition. We also discuss Crankin Presents Time Travel Adventures on Playdate. We start news off by discuss some more updates on the PS+ revamp coming soon, followed by some Silent Hill rumors, and Fall Guys has a massive announcement. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
The Playdate has arrived so Sean shows off the new toy! He also talks about Tiny Tina's Wonderland and Citizen Sleeper. Paul tries out Save Room, Nightmare of Decay, and Trek to Yomi. We start news off with the latest Nintendo indies livestream, Gotham Knight's being cancelled for last gen consoles, and Fall Guys teasing a major announcement. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
We're forecasting a fourcast this week! Nathan is back and discussing Burnout Revenge, Enter the Matrix, and Dragon's Dogma. Jon finishes Elden Ring and tries out Sea of Thieves. Paul wraps up everything in Kirby, tries out Rogue Legacy 2's 1.0 update, and checks out Bugsnax's Isle of Bigsnax. Sean dives into The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe and Halo Infinite's season 2 of multiplayer. We start news off with Square Enix selling off almost all of it's North American branch to the Embracer Group. We also discuss Fortnite being back on iOS devices, a new Warcraft game, and the continued turmoil with the Prince of Persia remaster. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
We start off this week's episode with Paul getting reacquainted with Monster Hunter. Jon tells us about Peglin. Lastly, Sean checks out the Overwatch 2 beta. In news we discuss Sony possibly requiring game demos in their upcoming game subscription service, Twitch might have some new financials going on, and the Mario movie gets delayed. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
Jon teaches us all about how to properly clean NES and SNES cartridges as he begins selling some of his stock. Paul plays through almost all of Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Sean tries out Lost in Random and Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion. Some wild news happens this week as we have updates on three different video game movies, Sega plans to take on Fortnite, and both Microsoft and Sony are experimenting with putting ads inside games.
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Paul's looking for Wii game recommendations this week. Jon's here with his weekly Elden Ring update. Sean continues with Kirby, finishes Norco, and tries out Chinatown Detective Agency. In news we discuss the Magic Castle, Kingdom Hearts 4 getting announced, and more weird Activision news. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
Jon returns and Nathan is also here so we have a four person show this week!!
Jon talk about his hundreds of hours with Eldin Ring while Nathan continues with Dark Souls 3 and revisits Fez. Paul has been playing more Vampire Survivors and checks out Fortnite's new no building mode. Sean continues with Kirby but finds times for Destiny 2's Witch Queen expansion, Weird West, and Norco.
In news we discuss the recent Activision Blizzard policy change around their QA testers, Max Payne 1 and 2 are getting remastered, and a new Tomb Raider and Monkey Island game are being developed.
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We start the show off talking about the series premieres of both Halo and Moon Knight.
Nest, Paul shares with us his thoughts on Ghostwire: Tokyo now that he's finished it. Sean brings up his time with Kirby: The Forgotten Kingdom and A Memoir Blue, he also has some show and tell with the xScreen.
In news we discuss E3 officially being cancelled this year, PlayStation detailing their revamped PS+ subscription service, and Breath of the Wild 2 getting delayed into 2023.
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Welcome back to Nathan as he continues his Souls-like adventure. This week he talks about Bloodborne PSX and Dark Souls 3. Paul has gotten very into Tunic. Sean attends GDC 2022.
In news we, obviously, talk about those Sonic and Knuckles Xbox controllers, as well as some negative allegations toward Moon Studios, we also discuss more Netflix gaming updates. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
This week's big drop is Tunic and Paul and Sean are both neck deep into discovering all of its secrets. Of course they're still playing Elden Ring. We also touch on Young Souls and the Strangers of Paradise demo. In news we talk about Xbox's wild sales figures in Japan, EA not having any E3 related presence this year, and the Perfect Dark reboot hits rocky waters. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
It's a new week and that means it's a new you! Paul and Sean continue to play a bunch of Elden Ring while also checking out Far: Changing Tides. During news we talk way too long about the weird Canadian Game Awards, God of War might be getting a live action TV series, and we run through the latest State of Play. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
Nathan joins us this week to talk about everything FromSoftware. He's been playing Bloodborne while Sean and Paul are diving into Elden Ring.
On the news front, we discuss the latest Pokemon announcement of Gen 9, Amazon's Luna streaming service officially launches, and Epic buys Bandcamp.
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It's the night before Elden Ring and the boys are excited. While waiting they've been playing Horizon Forbidden West, Monster Prom XXL, several choice selections from Steam's current demo event, and the Pokemon TCG beta.
For news we discuss the PSVR2 being fully revealed, Sony's Project Spartacus being possibly detailed, and Call of Duty taking a year off. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
When we're not talking about teeth we're talking about CrossfireX. We also discuss Lake and Infernax.
For news you'll hear us bring up the greenlighting of a third Sonic movie and TV show, a BioShock movie being made with Netflix, and news that the 3DS and WiiU eshops are shutting down next year.
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FMV games are the big pass time this week as we discuss Telling Lies, Dark Nights with Poe and Munroe, and Five Dates.
As for news, of course we talked about the recent Nintendo Direct, some updates on Call of Duty's future, and a possible Jak and Daxter TV series.
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Sean goes through more face surgery but joins us to talk about Pokemon Legends Arceus and Windjammers 2. Jon tries out Picross S7. Paul finishes his Momodora series with 4 and Minoria, and also checks out Bloodborne PSX.
We start news off with the Sony/Bungie acquisition followed by the NYT/Wordle acquisition, and also discuss the recent EA conference call.
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With the three of us back we quickly grab Jon's thoughts on the Xbox/Activision Blizzard acquisition before getting into games. He's been playing Walkabout Minigolf and Vampire Survivors. Paul dives into the Momodora series as well as Sucker for Love: First Date. Sean finishes the first Great Ace Attorney title and is quite enjoying Nobody Saves the World. With news we continues discussing what's up with Activision Blizzard, Hyperscape shutting down, and three new Star Wars games being announced from Respawn. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
Hooo boy! We start things off by diving right into news since Microsoft just purchased Activision Blizzard! We run down the chain of events as well as speculate what this could mean for the two companies, their tens of thousands of employees, and what it could mean for us - the little people. It's the largest acquisition in video game history!
Of course we also talk about some games we're playing such as Nobody Saves the World, Rainbow Six Extraction, and Pupperazzi. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
Welcome back to another Game of the Year celebration!
This time we're running down our favorite games from 2021, including our biggest disappointments, favorite audio and we even made some predictions about 2022.
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Happy New Year and Happy Episode 600!
This week we're talking all about our holiday times and what we've been up to over the break. Jon plays a bunch of Fortnite, Paul continues with Guardians of the Galaxy, and Sean revisits Horizon Zero Dawn.
In news we discuss the PlayStation VR2, a couple of tiresome NFT stories, and an update on what's up with BioWare.
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Merry Christmas Eve Eve to all! We recorded a short episode for you since not a lot is happening around these video game lands.
Jon plays through Sayonara Wild Hearts and Mcdonald's Treasure Land Adventure. Paul and Sean play through The Gunk.
In news we dive into just what exactly is going on with the new Telltale Games studio, Tencent acquires Turtle Rock, and the Hugo Awards announce their first video game winner.
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We're back with tales of miserable holiday travels. Sean has been playing Rocket League Sideswipe and Loop Hero. Paul gets way into Halo Infinite. Jon is playing like five different Bomberman games plus a ton of other stuff.
We start news off by seeing how our Game Award predictions turned out, we also discuss the announcements from the show, and a couple of weird NFT related stories.
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We enter the last month of the year talking about the new Hawkeye and Arcane (League of Legends) TV shows. Paul started up Guardians of the Galaxy. Sean is playing through Death's Door and Disc Room.
In news you'll hear topics such as Kingdom of Amalur getting brand new DLC, RE4 becoming the best selling VR app in Quest history, and a possible Chrono Cross remake.
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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone despite whether you celebrate it or not!
On today's show Jon talk about his time with The Mummy Demastered. Paul tries out the curiously titled Pronty: Fishy Adventure. And when Sean isn't knocking hit microphone over he discusses Guardians of the Galaxy, Exo One, and Pokemon Shining Pearl.
News is short but we bring up Doug Bowser of Nintendo announcing his displeasure with Bobby Kotick, an Amazon Mass Effect series, and Harmonix being purchased by Epic Games.
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We're all wearing blue this week and that foreshadows the rollercoaster of a time Jon is having. In between turmoil he founds time to play Forza Horizon 5, Guardians of the Galaxy, and a collection of arcade games. Sean tries out Halo Infinite's multiplayer, Battlefield 2042, and Returnal. Paul is playing Final Fantasy 7: The First Solider.
In news we run through the usual few delays and then deep dive into the insane Activision/Bobby Kotick nonsense, we wrap up with making some predictions around The Game Awards.
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We celebrate Jon's birthday the only way we know how: by recording a podcast that mainly focuses on video games. Jon finished Hollow Knight this week. Paul plays through Unpacking and tries out Forza Horizon 5. Sean beats Inscryption and dives back into Dicey Dungeon.
In news we discuss both the Steam Deck and the Playdate getting delayed into 2022, 1 vs. 100 possibly coming back, and Ubisoft still not fixing its work place.
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We're back from Halloweekend with tales of how the spooky night played out. During this time Paul bought an Oculus Quest 2 and played a bunch of VR games including Resident Evil 4. Jon continues with Hollow Knight and tries out Mario Party Superstars. Sean plays through The Forgotten City and Unpacking.
In news we discuss Amy Hennig starting work on another game, Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 getting delayed to 2023, and Nintendo's latest sales numbers.
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Happy Halloween! Sean puts a hat on in celebration. He's also been playing House of Ashes, Pikmin Bloom, and Echo Generation. Jon plays through Hollow Knight again. Paul wraps up Inscryption.
In news we discuss the announcement of the GTA Trilogy remaster, WB Games making a platform fighter, and the latest Sony State of Play.
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Sean returns with tales from the rainy north. He's been playing Metroid Dread and Back 4 Blood. Jon starts up No More Heroes 3. Paul revisits Alan Wake and breaks out his Kinect for Rise of Nightmares.
In news we discuss the current gen Cyberpunk 2077 update getting delayed, Elden Ring gets delayed, Sony gets a very strange patent approved, and Nintendo details the next big and paid Animal Crossing New Horizons DLC.
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Sean is away but it's getting Dreadful this week as Metroid Dread hits Jon and Paul hard. Jon has finished it, Paul is nearing the end. We talk pretty deep about the game in a non-spoilery way but, if you don't want to know anything, skip to 24:21. Paul has also been playing Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, Back 4 Blood, The Riftbreaker and Monster Hunter Rise on... the PC?!
In news, Yakuza creator leaves Sega, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl gets some details and Call of Duty: Warzone gets kernal-level anti-cheat.
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It's Metroid Dread-eve and we're all excited to play it after the show!
Sean beats Tales of Arise and also discusses Sable and The Procession to Calvary. Paul continues with New World and Jon tries out Hot Wheels Unleashed.
In news we discuss Sora being announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Xbox adding some good accessibility features to its store, and Twitch getting hacked.
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We start the show by announcing the completed funding for our new venture: TVP.
In terms of what we are playing, you'll hear discussions about New World, Tales of Arise, and Monster Hunter Rise.
In news we discuss The Game Awards air date, Bluepoint being purchased by PlayStation, and some really bizarre statements from David Jaffe.
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It's all about technical difficulties this week, apologies for that in advance.
Jon comes with stories of Lost Judgement and how paid streams work behind the scenes. Paul finishes Psychonauts 2 and starts into Deathloop and Kena: Bridge of Spirits. Sean continues with Tales of Arise and gets disappointed with I am Fish and Skatebird.
We begin the news segment with a rundown of the latest Nintendo Direct (of course we discuss the Mario movie casting), as well as updates to Activision Blizzard, Apple vs. Epic, and Quantic Dream possibly working on a Star Wars game.
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The flood of games has begun and we are thriving.
Jon starts into Deathloop and plays through WarioWare Get it Together. Paul continues with Psychonauts 2 and tries out Eastward. Sean plays through Life is Strange True Colors and starts Tales of Arise.
We begin the news segment talking about the PS5's September update, we also discuss a live action Twisted Metal series, the Switch getting bluetooth headphone support, and the results from Apple vs. Epic.
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We're back and talking about Sean's trip to The Last Blockbuster. Jon gets invested in Mario and Zelda randomizers. Paul checks out Psychonauts 2 and the Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut.
We start news off with a rundown of an exciting PlayStation livestream. We also discuss Horizon Forbidden West changing course and allowing free upgrades, and No Man's Sky finally reaches a new review milestone on Steam.
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Jon finally completes Final Fantasy X this week and we all couldn't be happier. Paul gets into Tormented Souls and continues Final Fantasy XIV. Sean plays a bunch of the second Borderlands 3 season pass and tries out Spaceplan.
In news we discuss the Windows 11 launch date, Midnight Suns shows off its first gameplay, and China limited gaming time for minors.
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DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TWELVE MINUTES SPOILED.
Paul and Sean are joined by a special guest for this special Twelve Minutes focused episode. We run through the entire story. Discussions include what we enjoyed, William Defoe's performance, and knife stunts.
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It's Final Fantasy week as Jon continues his way through FFX and Paul reaches Heavensward in FFXIV. Sean plays through Twelve Minutes and starts into Psychonauts 2.
News is packed this week since Gamescom is on. We run down the various livestreams but also discuss the Tim Hortons x esports concept, the Frogger TV show, and a bizarre Fortnite event.
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We're keeping things chill this week and starting off with a discussion about 12 Minutes from Paul. Jon talks about his time with Axiom Verge 2. Sean tries out Maquette and Splitgate.
News this week includes discussion about several Quake games being remastered and released, we run through the recent Pokemon livestream, Skyrim is coming out yet again.
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Everyone's on camera this week and Jon is continuing through Picross S Sega Genesis and Master System. Paul tries out Back 4 Blood, Blaster Master Zero 3, and Boyfriend Dungeon. Sean discusses Dodgeball Academia, Art of Rally, and Dirt 4.
The biggest news this week is Idris Elba being cast as the voice of Knuckles, we also chat about a heavily rumored GTA trilogy popping up, and PAX Australia switches to an online event.
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Sean returns to us this week with tales of his incredible injury (skip to around 7:50 if you don't want to hear about it). While away he played through Last Stop, Raji: An Ancient Epic, and Omno, as well as finished Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and started into The Great Ace Attorney. Paul has been playing The Ascent and Grime. Jon starts into Picross S Genesis & Master System.
News is another continuation of the on going ActivisionBlizzard nonsense, Fullbright loses its creative director, and Horizon Forbidden West gets delayed into 2022.
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Sean is still out but that's OK. Paul gets super into Death's Door, refunds Idol Manager and breaks out the phone to play Contra Returns and NieR Re[in]carnation. Jon starts up Final Fantasy X again to play through for a project.
In news, lots of games get updates, a few new studios form, Tokyo Olympics play video game music and Activision Blizzard updates!
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Paul and Jon hold the fort down as Sean is out with injury. Jon hasn't really been playing much but is able to now talk about Blaster Master Zero 3, which he does. Paul, on the other hand, has been continuing through FFXIV, checks out the beta for New World, gets enthralled with Cris Tales, gets disappointed in Pokemon Unite's monetization and falls in love with Death's Door.
News is a bummer. Activision Blizzard on trial for some messed up stuff, Tom Clancy gets a bunch of attitude and EA Play shows us a bunch of neat things coming up.
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Jon is busy playing games on stream, but checks out Null Drifter in his spare time. Sean tries to finish CrossCode from start the end before Wednesday (and almost does it!) while Paul spends a lot of time in Final Fantasy XIV.
Valve tries to out-Nintendo Nintendo by announcing the Steam Deck while Netflix tried to out-Stadia Google by getting into video games?
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The vaxxed boys are in the house! Yay science.
Jon has been recovering all week so he's been playing Gears 5, and Jumanji: The Video Game, as well as finishing Mario Golf: Super Rush. Sean plays through Space Jam: A New Legacy and starts into CrossCode. Paul begins Everhood and Yakuza 0.
We start news off by discussing the announcement of the Nintendo Switch OLED model, we run through Sony's latest State of Play livestream and we discuss Assassin's Creed Infinity.
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It's Mario Golf Super Rush week and Sean is real disappointed, it also didn't help that the Pirates of the Caribbean/Sea of Thieves game mode also frustrated him. Paul wraps up Nier once and for all.
Lots of developer news this week including the acquisition of Housemarque, Remedy announces a new Left 4 Dead-style shooter in the Control universe, and some updates on what's coming this month at EA's summer livestream.
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Chapters
0:00:00 Intro
0:09:28 Playing
0:27:45 News
0:42:28 Questions
Things have gotten more calm now as we enter the lull of post-E3. Paul talks about the disappointing Dungeons & Dragons Dark Alliance. Jon finishes Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart. Sean plays through Zombie Army 4 Dead War and a bunch of Knockout City.
News is scarce but we discuss Cyberpunk 2077 returning to the PSN and Microsoft ending its special refund option for the game. Sonic is being turned into a Vtuber because of course he is. We also discuss GTA Online ending this year for the 360 and PS3.
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It's video game Christmas and the boys are discussing whether or not they've been good this year.
Jon starts off talking about Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart. Paul dives into the first Mario + Rabbids. Sean plays through all of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade.
The hosts then run through their personal top five games they saw during the E3 week. Afterwards we run down the news from the various major live streams.
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It's Pre E3 week here and we're all excited for what's to come. Join us as we run through a number of predictions for next week.
Sean returns and talks about his new UMD of the Lost pilot. Jon has finished the Resident Evil 7 DLC and checks out Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World. Paul continues with Nier and No Toilet Paper.
News has us running through the Summer Games Fest livestream. We also discuss a number of Xbox announcements as well as some potential E3 leaks.
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The heat is on! Literally, it's melting in Calgary so Paul and Jon keep it cool with some hot video games. Or something. Jon continues giving Resident Evil 7 a chance and ends up finishing the main game and most DLCs for it. The final verdict? Tune in. Paul finds a fun new podcast game loop in Necromunda: Hired Gun.
In news, news is coming soon. E3 dates are given. The news of news is news!
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NOTE: There are a few points in the recordings where all three of our mics unalign themselves due to our recording software. Sorry in advance.
Sean is away this week but Nathan comes in to take his place. We catch up a bit on what he feels about revisiting Mass Effect and learn about Dr. Kawashima's birthday through Brain Age. Jon is trying his best to get through Resident Evil 7 while Paul gets disappointed in Biomutant.
In news, Sonic is everywhere! Even in our hospitals? Lots of games get release dates, Horizon Forbidden West looks great, Valve might get into the Switch game and, speaking of Switch... new one this fall?
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We're joined by special guest Jake Dekker this week to talk about Mass Effect Legendary Edition, he's also been enjoying Disco Elysium Director's Cut. Sean wraps up Outriders and Outer Wilds and starts into The Wild at Heart. Paul is playing Subnautica Below Zero.
In news we discuss some of the earnings Apple has made from Fortnite alone, two new PS5 DualSense controller colors, and Super Bomberman R Online's release date from being Stadia exclusive.
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Jon gives us a rundown of how his Colosseum weekend went. Paul talks to us about Resident Evil 8. Sean wraps up Eastshade and looks for more cozy gaming in Outer Wilds.
We begin news with some updates from Remedy and the numerous games they're working on. Ubisoft gives more information on what they have lined up for the year while also delaying Skull and Bones again. We also discuss Legend of the Hidden Temple returning.
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With New Pokemon Snap out we discuss what's new, what's great, and what's frustrating about the sequel. Sean's also been playing the new season of Apex and Eastshade. Jon plays through Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion. Paul is anxiously waiting for Resident Evil 8 to drop while finishing Outriders.
The big news this week (and probably for the next three) is everything coming out of the Epic vs. Apple court case. We also discuss a slew of new Division properties on their way, Game Builder Garage, and Walmart possibly entering the cloud gaming space?
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We start this show off by discussing the recently released Mortal Kombat movie. From there Jon tells us about Pac-in-Time. Paul wraps up Narita Boy and tries out NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Sean plays through Wilmot's Warehouse and starts up Immortals: Fenyx Rising.
In news we talk about some new Halo Infinite information and Microsoft's latest PC gaming blog post. We also discuss Stadia getting a search function and Super Mario Party receiving online play.
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Jon's wrapping up Kunai this week and talking about Say No! More. Paul dips back into some Binding of Isaac. Sean wraps up Spyro 3, Narita Boy, and Morkredd.
In news we discuss PlayStation deciding not to shut down some of it's online stores, some CD Projekt Red sales numbers, and The Great Ace Attorney is coming to the west.
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This week Jon is encounter bug after bug while playing Oniken, Kunai, and Odallus: The Dark Call. Paul plays through Kaze and the Wild Masks and starts into Narita Boy. Sean finishes Bravely Default 2, Rain on your Parade, and The Complex.
In news we run through the recent Nintendo Indie World livestream, Ubisoft announces their E3 presentation date and time, and the PS5 gets its first major update.
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Sean runs through his tale of getting vaccinated while also playing Outriders and Narita Boy. Jon checks out Pac-Man 99 and Paul plays some Binding of Isaac Repentance and Resident Evil RE:verse's beta.
We start news off with a great looking trailer drop for Harold Halibut then we discuss some more E3 news and MLB the Show getting scooped for a day one release on Game Pass.
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This week Paul is talking about Monster Hunter Rise while Jon can't get enough sleep. Sean tries out Bowser's Fury, It Takes Two, and Genesis Noir.
In news we discuss some brief updates on 2021's E3 event, Sony confirming that they're closing older PSN stores, and Cyberpunk 2077's giant list of patch notes.
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We hyper analyze just what exactly a spinched Popeye could do to a Godzilla this week.
And when we're not answering the important questions we're talking about Outer Worlds great new DLC, Fall Guys season 4, and Sean's continued frustration with Bravely Default 2.
In news we discuss a Ghost of Tsushima movie, Xbox Live becoming Xbox network, and Reggie leaving the GameStop board of directors after getting the stock price to jump 420%.
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Jon is talking about Fights in Tight Spaces this week, along with Space Otter Charlie and Pixel Puzzle Makeout League. Paul tries out the new Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos DLC and Sean gets into Deep Rock Galactic and the Outriders demo.
News is loaded this week and includes the Square Enix livestream, our first images of the PSVR2's controllers, some big titles coming to Xbox Game Pass, and Sony buying EVO.
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When we don't have back pain we're playing video games. Naw, it can happen simultaneously, such as while Sean finishes Spyro 1 and starts 2, and get's real into Going Under. Jon is playing Loop Hero.
In news we discuss the upcoming Square Enix presentation, Xbox's recent Bethesda live stream, and a new TMNT beat 'em up getting announced.
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We start this off with Sean discussing Bravely Default 2 and Dirt 5. Paul tries out the limited beta for Pokemon Unite, the Outriders demo, and Loop Hero.
With news we discuss the recent Pokemon livestream, the debacle surrounding The Sinking City, and a very odd update coming to Marvel's Avengers.
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This episode starts off with 3 hosts, but that is definitely not how it ends. Stay tuned for a WILD ride.
Paul is playing Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos and Breathedge, while Jon revists 100% Orange Juice. Sean finishes Cyberpunk 2077, and tries out Spyro Remastered, Killer Queen Black (this part only ended up in the audio version), and begins Yakuza 0.
In news we discuss the recent State of Play livestream including all the exciting Final Fantasy VII Remake news,. We also talk about the new PSVR info, Anthem's conclusion, a real interesting Dragon Age 4 update, and a prototype of Dinosaur Planet being recovered.
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It's a pretty Nintendo-focused week on this episode. Paul and Jon have been playing through Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Jon also checks out the Capcom Arcade Collection for some promo work. Paul's playing Little Nightmares 2 and Valheim. Sean finishes Avengers and tries out Fuser.
News starts off with the latest Nintendo Direct, we also discuss Xbox's new FPS Boost mode, and end with the Mortal Kombat trailer.
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This week Jon is visiting the Switch version of Dicey Dungeons, Sean tries out Monster Train and Crash Team Racing, and Paul plays Hunie Pop 2, Blue Fire, and the lost XBLA port of GoldenEye.
News is packed on this episode. Stories include the ransom note sent to CD Projekt Red, an update on the status of Anthem, a bunch of Borderlands movie casting, and an answer for why the Nemesis system never showed up elsewhere.
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This week Paul and Sean are discussing their time with The Medium (yes, Sean played through an entire horror game). Sean also talks about Destruction All-Stars and a Star Wars game. Jon continues with Touhou Spell Bubble.
The biggest news this week is that Google is shutting down its internal Stadia game studio. We also discuss the latest previews of the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Resident Evil 8's big lady, and Gearbox being bought.
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We're joined by a special guest this week: Tony Wilson from the Framework YouTube channel.
He joins us to discuss Hitman 3 and Cyber Shadow. Jon also talks about Touhou Spell Bubble while Sean brings up his time with The Little Acre. Paul plays Donut County and The Medium.
We start news off with all the weird stock increases happening with GameStop. From there we discuss Xbox increasing the Gold subscription price before immediately reversing course, Vicarious Visions being absorbed into Blizzard, and more Borderlands casting news.
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It's Hitman 3 week and Sean has been struggling to get through the progression transfer process for a few days now. He's also playing Evan's Remains and Donut County. Jon tells us about his time with Grindstone, Wonder Boy Returns Remix, and starts into Resident Evil 7. Paul is playing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Classic Mode, River City Girls, and Azure Striker Gunvolt.
We start news off with an exciting Golf with your Friends announcement, then we discuss the Uncharted movie getting delayed, the recent MAGfest news, and discuss a lengthy behind the scenes report about what happened with Cyberpunk 2077.
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We debrief by discussing the recent AGDQ event. From there Jon talks about Shantae and the Seven Sirens as well as Mighty Gunvolt Burst. Paul finishes Cyberpunk 2077 and starts into Sekuna: Of Rice and Ruin. Sean is playing Scott Pilgrim Complete Edition and a bunch of (New) Super Lucky's Tale.
In news we start off with the delay to Hogwarts Legacy, from there we discuss the Cyberpunk 2077 roadmap, Machine Games working on an Indiana Jones game, and the weird Spongebob x Madden collaboration.
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Come one, come all to our annual Game of the Year celebration! We run through some of our favorite games from years past, last year, some of our highest highs and lowest lows. It all comes to a head when each of us run down our top 10 games that came out in 2020. As usual we also have a series of community submitted categories to discuss and share as well.
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Happy New Year! 2020 is at a close but that doesn't mean the podcast wheels stop turning... Jon finishes up Ori and the Will of the Wisps to get ready for GOTY potential, Sean plays the new chapter of Hidden My Game By Mom and takes a look at Morkredd while Paul keeps grinding away on Cyberpunk 2077.
Not much news, just some end year stats and a whole bunch of questions.
Have a safe and happy New Years all. See you for the Game of the Year episode next week. Thank you for your continuing support.
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Merry Christmas TDPeeps! We take a moment out of our Christmas Eve plans to talk video games, as usual! Paul has been revisiting Neon Abyss while checking out Crash 4 and Super Meat Boy Forever. Sean starts Kentucky Route Zero and talks about a board game called Wavelength while Jon plays a bunch of Xbox games like Crackdown 2, Geometry Wars 3 and Ori.
In the little bit of news, Halo is losing Xbox 360 support, Among Us is the most popular ever and we talk about our Nintendo Switch stats for the year!
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The Cyberpunk talk continues as Paul has now dug deep into it. Jon returns and tells us about Miles Morales and his new Xbox Series X. Sean checks out The Pathless, Fall Guys' third season, and 13 Sentinels.
We start news off with everything from Cyberpunk this week, then we discuss a League of Legends MMO, Vin Diesel's play time in Ark, and the recent Nindies live stream.
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Let's talk the Game Awards 2020 this week but not until we run through that exciting Disney investor's call.
Paul played through the entirety of 13 Sentinels and Sean started it. He's also playing Destiny 2: Beyond Light, Haven, and Cyberpunk 2077.
As mentioned we run through the winners and the announcements from this week's award show. We also discuss some PS5 and Xbox launch sales figures, a Metal Gear Solid movie casting announcement, and Halo Infinite getting a late 2021 release window.
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Let's watch Jon buy an Xbox Series X live on stream while we record! He's been going through the Spider-Man Remastered DLC to mixed results. Paul finishes Ghost of Tsushima, and starts into Immortals: Fenyx Rising. Sean checks out Marvel's Avengers and Phogs!
In news we discuss the latest Switch firmware update, BioWare losing some key talent, and the opening date of Super Nintendo World.
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Happy Thanksgiving on this special Black Friday edition of TDP!
Jon has been capital 'G' Gaming this week as he finishes Spider-Man Remastered and starts into Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity and Picross S5. Paul says the name World of Warcraft at some point. Sean plays a bunch of Miles Morales and Full Throttle and starts his next forever game with Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
News starts with Phil Spencer talking about getting an Xbox app on smart TVs. We also discuss Red Dead Online going stand alone, the first trailer for Neo: The World Ends With You, and we try to convince Jon to buy a Killer Queen arcade machine.
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Jon got a PS5 this week so we're talking Spider-Man Remastered and more Astro's Playroom. Sean races through Ghost of Tsushima's PS5 mode. Paul plays through Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Destiny 2's Beyond Light expansion, and Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War.
We starts news off by making predictions for The Game Awards, we also discuss IO Interactive announcing a James Bond game, and the weird issues going on with Nintendo and Smash Bros.
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Happy next-gen week! Sean is here with both the PS5 and the Xbox Series X and is excited to talk about his experiences. Jon is also kind of participating in this new generation?
Sean's been playing Tetris Effect: Connected, Overcooked: All You Can Eat, and Astro's Playroom. Jon continues with Hyrule Warriors and Paul finished Maneater.
News is short but we discuss the Mass Effect Legendary Edition announcement, Disney+ coming to Game Pass, and more Payday 2 DLC.
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What if StarFox was actually teenage Guy Fawkes? Would his games be better?
With a week left until new consoles we discuss our interest around next week's new machines. Afterwards Jon talks about the Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity demo, and Aggelos. Paul wraps up Hades and Phasmophobia, and starts into Maneater. Sean plays through Little Hope and She Sees Red, and checks out Watch Dogs Legion and Apex Legends' Season 7.
In news we discuss the useable hard drive space on the Xbox Series S, Sony announcing they won't sell PS5's in person on launch, and GameStop having the craziest TikTok contest.
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Could Tony the Tiger beat Count Chocula in a fight? We find out.
Sean has been playing Pokemon SwSh's new Crown Tundra DLC, as well as Carto. Jon tries out Cat Quest, Night Slashers, and Part Time UFO. Paul gets back into Ghost of Tsushima and R6 Siege.
In news we talk about Cyberpunk 2077 being delayed again, some interesting PS+ announcements, and the Xbox fridge.
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Phasmophobia is the ghost busting game of the week and Paul is here to talk about it. He's also playing Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods Part 1 and Jackbox 7. Jon continues with Super Mario Bros. 35, Alwa's Legacy, and tries out Kirby Fighters 2. Sean checks out Risk of Rain 2's 1.0 content, Ghost of Tsushima's new co-op mode, and plays some Redout on Amazon's Luna platform.
In news we discuss the recent Fire Emblem news, Ubisoft doing some rebranding for its Connect property, and the first pictures from the Uncharted movie come out.
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With everyone back we start things off talking about Let it Die. Jon wraps up Alwa's Legacy and Sean continues with Ghost of Tsushima.
In news we discuss the PS5's user interface being revealed, Xbox revealing all 30 games they'll have at the Series X/S launch, and the Monster Hunter movie gets a full trailer.
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We swap Jon for Paul this week. Jon's here and talking about Alwa's Legacy, Super Mario Bros. 35, and Alice Madness Returns. Sean starts into Genshin Impact, Ghost of Tsushima, and tries out Fall Guys season 2.
In news we discuss PlayStation changing up the Trophy system, the cast of the live action Resident Evil reboot, and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered getting announced.
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It's finally the spooky season and we're talking about 12 foot tall skeletons from Home Depot. Paul is playing Genshin Impact and Super Mario Bros. 35. Sean tries out Rogue Company and returns from his Canada trip with DJ Hero 2.
In news we discuss the new face of Spider-Man on PS5, Minecraft Steve being added into Super Smash Bros., and the latest news on the next Pokemon Sw/Sh DLC.
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While Sean prepares to go on an airplane this weekend, let's talk about video games. Jon is playing Chrono Cross and Among Us. Paul wraps up Monster Hunter World Iceborne, and tries out Crysis Remastered. Sean checks out Spellbreak, Super Mario 3D All Stars, and Streets of Rogue.
Once again the news section is huge. Microsoft buys Zenimax (which includes Bethesda and id Software), we also get some more price information about upcoming Xbox Series accessories, and Amazon announces their own game streaming platform: Luna.
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Paul says this is the last week he's going to talk about THPS1+2, he also wraps up Avengers. Sean plays through the latest Borderlands 3 and Control DLCs, and starts into New Super Lucky's Tale.
News obviously touches on the PlayStation 5's release date and price. We also talk about the recent Nintendo Mini Direct, Hades' cross-saves being delayed, and a possible Mass Effect Trilogy remaster sighting.
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Everyone's playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Remastered this week. Sean and Paul also finish up Tell Me Why and Paul plays through The Outer Worlds' new DLC. Jon continues with Fall Guys and starts into Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
News is huge this week with the official announcement of the Xbox Series S along with the launch date and prices of Microsoft's next consoles. We also run through the recent Ubisoft Forward livestream.
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Remastered is coming out and Sean has been playing it all week. We also talk more about Spiritfarer and Tell Me Why. Paul checks out Wasteland 3 and Control's AWE DLC. Jon is playing some Fall Guys and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered.
News starts off with all the Mario related announcements from this week. We also discuss Ubisoft's next Forward livestream, Doom's upcoming DLC, and Vlambeer shutting down.
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Welcome to Gamescom week. But first let me tell you how Paul is playing the Avengers Beta and Hellpoint. Jon plays a bunch of Resident Evil 5 with Wesker's voice actor. Sean tries out the new Samurai Jack game as well as Spiritfarer and Tell Me Why.
As mentioned we discuss the Opening Night Live Gamescom stream, we also talk about a rumored 4k Switch, and all the game news from the DC Fandome.
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Jon kicks things off this week by telling us about Marvel's Avengers and Battletoads. Paul tries out the Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 demo, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and Rogue Legacy 2. Sean plays through the first Control DLC and checks out Hyper Scape and Next Stop Nowhere.
News begins with a run down of Nintendo's recent indie showcase. We then touch on a Firewatch movie and Oculus requiring Facebook accounts.
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Fortnite banned by Apple and Google! What is going on?!
This week Jon is playing through Golf Story. Sean tries out The Touryst, Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows, and wraps up another playthrough of Control.
News is already going wild but there has also been some crazy Xbox stuff. Halo Infinite gets delayed, the Xbox Series S is all but official at this point, and Rocksteady announces their long rumored Suicide Squad game.
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Not really sure how this episode got to be over two hours in length but here we are. Sean is playing Fall Guys and Rocket Arena, as well as finally being free from Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Jon continues to play Picross.
In news we discuss the recent Intellivision Amico live stream, the State of Play live stream, and Halo Infinite announcing its multiplayer will be free to play.
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Carrion and Grounded are the big releases this week and Paul and Sean are playing both. Paul also tries out Fall Guys and Rogue Company while Jon checks out Panzer Paladin and shows off his new pinball table.
In news we talk about Hyper Scape's console launch date, the Analogue Pocket getting a pre-order date and price, and G4TV coming back?
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Paper Mario Origami King has launched and Jon and Sean are playing through it. Sean also starts up Super Hot Mind Control Delete while Paul plays some Panzer Paladin.
We begin the news chunk by running through the big Xbox livestream, we then discuss Ubisoft's latest investor call, as well as the Nintendo Direct Mini.
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This week Jon and Paul are discussing their playthrough(s) of Bloodstained Curse of the Moon 2. Jon has also been playing Alwa's Awakening and Paul is enjoying Neon Abyss. Sean tries out Fallout 76, Night Call, and starts into Deadly Premonition 2.
For news we discuss the recent Devolver Digital, Ubisoft, and Stadia livestreams. We also talk about a number of Xbox related announcements and Rogue Legacy 2 being delayed.
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The boys have finished The Last of Us Part 2 and there's already a spoilercast in this podcast feed. Paul wraps up Blaster Master Zero 2 this week while Sean tries out West of Dead and Little Orpheus.
In news we discuss the upcoming Xbox and Ubisoft livestreams, PS5 boxart being revealed, and EVO Online getting cancelled.
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DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS IF YOU DO NOT WANT THE LAST OF US (BOTH GAMES) SPOILED FOR YOU!!
Sean has finished The Last of Us Part II so he and Paul get together to discuss the whole game from start to finish, their thoughts on almost every inch of it and dig into just how we feel about it in general.
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Jon's back and talking about his time with Mr. Driller Drill Land as well as Blaster Master Zero 2's new DLC. Paul is also playing the latter and has finished The Last of Us Part 2. Sean checks out Pokemon Cafe Mix and plays through Borderlands 3's latest DLC.
News finds us talking about a couple new video game movies being made, PUBG mobile gets its own exclusive map, Ubisoft reveals a brand new battle royale game, and a brand new Wii game gets announced.
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The Last of Us Part 2 is out and Sean and Paul are neck deep in it this week. Sean also plays a good chunk of Pokemon Sw/Sh's Isle of Armor DLC.
News continues to be huge as Fortnite announced which Nolan films it will be showing off in game, Mixer is getting completely shutdown and switched to Facebook Gaming (what??), and Rogue Legacy 2 gets a release date.
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This week Paul is nearing the end of the first Last of Us in order to be ready for the sequel. He's also playing Disintegration. Sean gets into the Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Fate of Atlantis DLC and plays through Coffee Talk. Jon wraps up everything for Bioshock Infinite, starts The Takeover, and continues with Metroid: Other M.
E3-like news continues this week with EA's big showcase of games. We run through everything announced in that presentation including the new Skate reveal. We also get more information on a few of the games shown during last week's PS5 stream.
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This week is all about Club House Games and Sony's PS5 event. Paul and Jon are playing the new Switch game while Sean beats the main Assassin's Creed Odyssey story and talks about Wide Ocean Big Jacket.
The Sony event takes up a huge chunk of time as we run through every trailer and game shown during the presentation (of course we give our thoughts on the revealed PS5 hardware). We also discuss Ubisoft's Gods and Monsters gets leaked onto Stadia and Persona 4 Golden heading to PC.
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What the Golf? starts off the show this week with Jon playing through that along with Shantae and the Seven Sirens. Paul checks out Monster Train, Skelattack, and wraps Minecraft Dungeons. Sean continues his everlasting (Assassin's Creed) Odyssey and plays through Astrologaster.
News begins with the announcement and then postponing of Sony's PS5 event. Sega announces the Game Gear Micro, and EA puts its games on Steam.
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Minecraft Dungeons is the biggest launch this week and Paul and Sean have played through it. Paul also checks out the PC version of Phantasy Star Online 2 and Sean enjoys some silly mini-golf with Golf with your Friends. Jon wraps up Bioshock Infinite.
For news we talk about BlizzCon getting cancelled, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered getting a release date, and the Sonic movie announces a sequel.
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DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE SPOILED FOR YOU!
We did an impromptu spoilercast after our regular weekly show this week. We run through the entire FF7R story, discussing what we liked and didn't like. We talk about what we think that ending means and make a lot of grand guesses about what the future of this game holds.
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Jon wraps up Final Fantasy 7 Remake this week and continues with Picross S4. Sean is cooling off of Gears Tactics. Paul is trying out some new Rainbow Six Siege and Terraria content.
For news we discuss Tencent taking over System Shock 3, Respawn opening up a Canadian studio focused on Apex Legends, and Christopher Nolan getting in on Fortnite.
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Paul wraps up his time with Mega Man Zero 4 while Sean dives back into Assassin's Creed Odyssey and enjoys the newest Apex season. Jon nears the end of Picross S4 and Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
News is real big this week with Unreal Engine 5 being shown on some early PS5 hardware, GTA5 is free on Epic Games Store along with a cool free coupon, last but certainly not least Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 is announced.
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This week Jon shares his faltering interest in Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Streets of Rage 4. Paul is playing the Mega Man Zero games as well as wrapping up Gears Tactics. Sean starts into the latter of those and plays through Moving Out.
Xbox has a special Inside livestream showing off a number of new Series X games. We also discuss the long cancelled Prince of Persia Redemption that has been sitting on YouTube for 8 years, and Mortal Kombat 11 announces some exciting updates for later this month.
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The big games this week include Gears Tactics that Paul is talking about and Streets of Rage 4 from Sean's perspective. Sean also wraps up Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and plays through Man of Medan and Gato Roboto. Jon and Paul are playing Picross S4.
For news we're talking the announcement of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Summer Games Fest, and The Last of Us Part 2 gets leaked as well as a release date.
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The three of us are still real deep into Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Paul has beaten it, Sean is nearing the end, and Jon keeps trucking through. Sean is also real into the latest Animal Crossing update and less into the Journey to the Savage Planet DLC. Paul checks out the final (sad) Mario Maker 2 update.
In news we discuss the latest Nintendo game updates, Fornite coming to the Google Play Store and Epic announcing why that's a weird issue, as well we talk about GeForce Now losing more publishers' games from its service.
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake is the big release right now and all of us are neck deep in it, including special guest Nathan Rohr! He's also been playing Animal Crossing and NBA 2K20. Sean also played through Journey to the Savage Planet.
In news we discuss the PS5's possible launch hurdles, the Switch adding button remapping, and Kotaku slowing disappearing.
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Resident Evil 3 Remake it out this week and Paul has played through it, along with the multiplayer Resident Evil Resistance. Jon claims to have completed Animal Crossing. Sean tries out Totally Reliable Delivery Service.
Sony revealed the PS5's new controller design, we also discuss the recent Inside Xbox livestream, and E3 no longer doing an online event this year.
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Animal Crossing talk continues in full swing as Jon and Sean discuss that creepy new rabbit. Sean is also continuing with Doom Eternal, and starts into Paper Beast, Roundguard, and Borderlands 3's new DLC. Paul plays through Control's latest DLC.
In news we discuss Mario's 35th anniversary, Gearbox's weird payment structure/issues, and the Last of Us Part 2 getting delayed indefinitely.
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It's Animal Crossing week here for Jon and Sean! Sean also discusses Bleeding Edge and Telltale's Batman season 2. To wrap it up, Paul played through Doom Eternal.
For news we run through the recent Nintendo Direct, Sony slowing down download speeds in Europe, and Epic Games starts publishing.
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The lockdown continues but the bois are back to discuss what they're doing to stay busy. All three of them are enjoying/finishing Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Jon also starts into Voxelgram and Final Fantasy 14 Online. Paul tries out Mega Man Zero and the Resident Evil 3 demo. Sean plays through the latest Division 2 DLC.
In news we discuss the Xbox Series X and PS5 specs and how they compare, Nintendo's recent indie stream, and GameStop deciding it is considered "essential retail."
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This week Sean and Paul are neck deep in Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Paul also checks out Call of Duty Warzone and Sean starts into Indivisibles.
In news we discuss E3 getting cancelled during our massive Coronavirus Minute and whether or not the show will come back at all. We also bring up Kotaku implementing a great comp day process for their employees and For Honor getting a Prince of Persia add-on.
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Back from PAX East, Jon is hear to talk about the convention and his touring live show. He checked out Thief Town and played through 198X. Paul plays through Division 2's new expansion as well as the Final Fantasy 7 Remake demo. Sean wraps up Tokyo Mirage Sessions, Borderlands 3's first DLC campaign, and gets into Voxelgrams.
In news we discuss GDC getting postponed until the summer, a number of new game release dates, and Stadia opening a new game studio.
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It's PAX East weekend and we have a man away, on the ground, and hopefully not getting sick.
Sean and Paul discuss Division 2 in the lead up to next month's new content. Sean also tries out Chuchel and Crossy Road Castle.
News is a lot of companies pulling out of GDC, Phil Spencer drops a ton of new Xbox Series X news, and Harmonix announces Fuser.
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The Sonic movie is out and we have a few thoughts on that. Paul has been playing a lot of Division 2. Jon starts up Yakuza 3. Sean talks about a couple table top games including Forbidden Sky and the Scott Pilgrim deck building game.
In news we discuss the recent Animal Crossing Direct, Witcher 3 getting cloud syncing support on the Switch and PC, and a bunch of companies pulling out of PAX East and GDC due to coronavirus concerns.
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Happy Valentine's Eve! Sean and Paul have been checking out GeForce Now all week. Sean also played through the Lego DLC for Forza Horizon 4 and started into Children of Morta. Paul tries out Scourgebringer and Jon continues with the Link's Awakening remake.
For news we discuss more E3 departures, Activision Blizzard taking their games out of GeForce Now, Stadia announcing some more exclusives, and the recent update on Anthem's roadmap.
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This week Jon is playing through the Link's Awakening remaster, Paul finishes Remnant: From Ashes, and Sean wraps up World War Z and starts into Puzzle Quest and Gylt as well as the new Apex season.
There is a bunch of news including Murder by Numbers' release date, GeForce Now becoming widespread, and Dan Houser leaving Rockstar.
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10 years in the making, we have finally released our 500th episode. To celebrate the occasion we managed to get Nathan back on the show this week!
Nathan has recently been playing Outer Wilds, NBA 2K19, and Ring Fit Adventure. Paul continues with Voxelgrams after a recently update. Jon is playing Gato Roboto and Sean is just about done with Doom 2016.
For news we discuss a lot of Switch info including its recent sales numbers and the Animal Crossing bundle. We also mention Behemoth's next game and that weird Atari hotel idea.
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It's the new year? Sean is back from PAX South with tales of the games he encountered. He has also started Tokyo Mirage Sessions on the Switch. Jon is doing a new game clearing quest this year and starts off with Mega Man: The Wily Wars. Paul plays through Voxelgrams, checks out Slay the Spire's new character, and starts 999.
News has finally begun and kicks off with a ton of games getting delayed, we also discuss Sony backing out of E3 again.
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We managed to crawl out of our sickness filled beds in order to record one of the most excited episodes of the year: the 2019 Game of the Year show! All three of us run through several different categories, naming the best and worst games we played. We also reveal what our community voted on for their picks. Of course, each one of the hosts runs down a list of Top 10 games from 2019. At the end, we check in on the yearly predictions we made last time and state some new ones for 2020.
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With Jon very sick we had to postpone our GOTY episode. Paul is back to talk about Kuukiyomi, Voxelgrams, and Indivisibles. Sean finished Remnant, Builder's Journey, and continues with Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order.
News is beginning to start again with the PS5 logo announcement and Alienware UFO from CES, we also discuss the recent Pokemon direct.
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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. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective
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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Sean was away this week but the other two are strong, capable podcasters who don't need no Sean. Continuing some slow weeks in gaming, Paul has been going through his backlog and finished the Spider-Man DLC from last year while digging back into Devil May Cry V. Jon has been busy with real life adulting and has only had time to play stuff for stream.
We grab a bag of news to talk about including Epic finally getting cloud saves, Spelunky getting delayed and how petty Twitch has been in regards to Ninja leaving.
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It's a bit of a slow week in this episode. Paul tries out Picross Lord of the Nazarick and dives into some of last year's greats. Jon is playing Last Alert and Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon. Sean finishes Wolfenstein and continues with Fire Emblem Three Houses.
In news we talk about Destiny 2's cross save feature getting a date as well as the controversy surrounding Ooblets.
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It's Fire Emblem week for Sean and he is neck deep in it, along with Wolfenstein Young Blood. Paul has been playing some more Mario Maker 2.
For news we discuss the newly announced Game Pass games and Crash Team Racing getting micro-transactions.
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This week Sean tries out Thatgamecompany's Sky, as well as Bloodstained. Paul finishes the latter and dives into The Sinking City and Sea Of Solitude.
For news we discuss the recent uproar over Switch Joy-Con drift, some weirdly good games deals, and Spider-Man becoming the best selling superhero game.
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Anime Iowa releases Jon back to us to tell the tale of his time there eating chicken. He also has been playing the new Messenger DLC along with Paul. Sean tries out Travis Strikes Again. Paul is playing the Griftlands alpha.
For news we talk about the new Switch model with a longer battery life, Luigi's Mansion 3's release date, and the list of Uplay+ games being announced.
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Jon is away at Anime Iowa but this episode still somehow almost hits 2 hours?
Sean is continuing with Mario Maker 2 and tries out Dr. Mario World. Paul gets into Teppen and finishes Cadence of Hyrule.
News is started off with Nintendo announcing the Switch Lite, we also discuss Psychonauts 2 being delayed, and some weird HQ Trivia moves.
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It's America day....Anyways, everyone has been playing Super Mario Maker 2. Paul continues with Subnautica and Sean tries out season 2 of Apex.
For news we discuss some crazy EVE Online event, Cuphead's DLC getting delayed, and Remedy Entertainment obtaining the publishing rights to Alan Wake.
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Returning from his first trip to Too Many Games, Jon tells us about the games he bought and the food he ate. Paul talks about Bloodstained and several auto chesses. Sean finishes Guacamelee 2, Cadence of Hyrule, and starts into Metro Exodus.
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We made it through another E3 and things are beginning to quiet down. Jon talks a bit about his involvement with Bloodstained. Paul also started that game and got way into Void Bastards. Sean has been playing Guacamelee 2, Full Metal Furies, and Cadence of Hyrule.
For news we discuss the upcoming Harry Potter game from Niantic getting a release date, EA making weird claims about lootboxes, and Garfield's new pizza app?
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This week is a big one as we run down all the E3 2019 press conferences. Google, EA, Microsoft, Bethesda, Devolver, PC Gamer, Ubisoft, Square Enix, and Nintendo. Probably some others as well!
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It's the week before E3 fully starts!
Sean has been playing Void Bastards and Outer Wilds. Paul tries out Fade To Silence and The Witness. Jon is real sick.
In news we are talking about a ton of E3 leaks such as Watch Dogs Legion. We also discuss the recent Google Stadia press conference. The show finishes up with our list of E3 predictions.
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The gang is all back together as Jon catches us up with the last month of his life. The Borderlands 3 event, charity streams, moving houses. Paul finishes up A Plague Tale. Sean dives into Hades, Dauntless, and Future Grind.
In news we discuss Game Pass coming to PC, Video Game Addiction becoming a real diagnosis, and the recent Death Stranding trailer and release date reveal.
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We start off this week with talking about Paul playing Observation. Sean discusses his new video card and starting up Dauntless and Devil May Cry 5.
In news we discuss a new handheld game console, more games coming to Gamepass, weird eSports stuff, and Chex Quest.
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The Division 2's raid is now out and the boys are talking about it. Paul gives it a shot and Sean is getting ready to fail. Sean also plays a bunch of For the King and Life is Strange's new episode.
In news we talk about the recent Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Direct, Sony and Microsoft joining up for cloud gaming, and Tetris 99 getting some DLC.
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This week Sean is continuing to play a bunch of Mortal Kombat 11 and starts up Steamworld Quest. Paul is neck deep in Picross S3.
News has us discussing the Riot Games walkout, a possible bill to band pay-to-win microtransactions, and the recent State of Play stream.
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Mortal Kombat talk continues as Sean finishes X and starts into 11. He's also been playing VA-11 Hall-A. Paul continues with Division 2. Jon is LA for a Borderlands 3 event.
News is mostly Sonic talk as we discuss the trailer and the reaction is caused, we also bring up Epic's purchase of Psyonix.
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This week Jon is busy putting everything he owns into boxes. He also starts up Mortal Kombat 11. Sean tries out Mortal Kombat X. Paul is playing some more Division 2, Picross s3, and Steamworld Quest.
For news we talk about the Super Mario Maker 2 release date, an update on Anthem's upcoming content, and Mario Kart Tour's beta announcement.
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It's been two weeks so we have a massive episode for you all. Sean beat Division 2, Far Cry New Dawn, and Anthem, and starts into Risk of Rain 2 and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Paul tries out World War Z. Jon is playing Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain, Mechstermination Force, and Strikey Sisters.
For news we run down the PS5 information, the official SADbox announcement, PSN name changes, and that weird Capcom controller/console thing.
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The full crew is back to chat with Jon about his crazy journey. We discuss running your own live touring show and some new games from PAX East. He checked out Bloodstained, Cyber Shadow, The Messenger's DLC, and lots more. Sean finishes Shadow of the Tomb Raider and plays through The Shapeshifting Detective. Paul is enjoying Elder Scrolls Blades and Risk of Rain 2.
For news we talk about the massive Anthem article that Kotaku put up, the Sega Genesis Mini, and the Steam Index.
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PAX East is happening and we aren't there, well Jon is. Stay tuned for next week when we talk about that show. Sean is continuing with Division 2, along with Paul. He is also playing Golf Peaks. Paul tries out Risk of Rain 2 and they both can't get into Elder Scrolls: Blades.
In news we talk the Sony and Xbox live streams, the free games coming our way, Apple Arcade, and Borderlands 3 being announced in such a weird way.
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It's GDC week here in SF so Sean has been playing a ton of stuff. Untitled Goose Game, Afterparty, and Black Future '88 to name a few. Paul is playing Zelda 2.
In news we talk long about Google Stadia, the recent Nindies live stream, and a Garfield pizza place.
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This week Paul is away and the others have been pretty busy. Sean is playing through Shadow of the Tomb Raider and continues with Anthem. Jon is starting into Devil May Cry 5.
For news we talk about a possible Borderlands 3 announcement, the recent Inside Xbox stream, and weird stuff going on with Sega's Judgement.
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This week we discuss the fire that is Anthem. Sean also finishes up Destiny 2 and starts into Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Jon tries out Streets of Rage 3 and Dead or Alive 6.
For news we talk about Steam banning an inappropriate game, Sonic's movie version being revealed, and more information on a diskless Xbox One.
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Sean and Paul are still on that Anthem grind. Sean also continues with Apex Legends. Jon is almost done with Doom and gets back into Shantae.
For news we discuss the Pokemon announcement, the mess that is THQ Nordic, and Space Jam 2 getting a release date.
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This week we are sharing a lot of thoughts about Anthem. Paul and Sean have been playing it. Everyone has played Tetris 99. Sean continues with Apex, Paul finally gets to play Redo, and Jon finishes Kingdom Hearts 3.
In news we discuss a possible Nintendo Switch exclusive, Reggie Fils-Aime retiring, and Sony maybe starting an early access program?
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Happy Valentine's Day to those who care. Jon is away celebrating that. Paul is trying to play some unreleased games. Sean continues with Apex, starts up Tetris 99 and Crackdown 3, and tries out the new Overcooked 2 DLC.
In news we obviously discuss the recent Nintendo Direct, the layoffs from Activision, and cross-play in regards to Wargroove and Sony.
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Apex Legends drops this week and Sean is doing his best to get into it. Paul is playing Wargroove and the Division 2 beta. Jon continues with Kingdom Hearts 3.
For news we discuss a Bubsy kickstarter, the Inside Xbox event, and Microsoft wanting to put Xbox Live onto the Switch.
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It's been too soon since our last podcast but here we are. Sean is playing Pikuniku and JackQuest. Paul continues with Resident Evil 2. Jon finishes up Kingdom Hearts 2 and starts on 3.
In news we have a bunch of random Nintendo stuff, the free games for February, and over Overcooked DLC on its way.
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Paul is getting over a cold but he's been powering through Resident Evil 2's remake and checks out the Anthem demo. Sean also tries the demo out, finishes Red Dead Redemption 2, and searches for a new co-op game. Jon starts into Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes.
News this week is centered around details of where Metroid Prime 4 is, Nintendo announcing some more indies coming to Switch, and a weird peripheral.
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This week Sean is disappointed in Strange Brigade and continues with Red Dead 2. Jon plays through Donut County and Save Me Mr. Tako. Paul tries out Bright Memory, Feudal Alloy, and Onimusha: Warlords.
We start news off with the announcement that EA has canceled another Star Wars game, we then get into the Mortal Kombat 11 live stream and some teases to upcoming Celeste DLC.
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The year has come to an end and the three of us are here to celebrate it! We run down some of our favorite and least favorite games of 2018, including what the audience wrote in with.
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Jon has survived his food poisoning and returns to tell us about this year's MAGfest. He played Foiled Arcade Edition while he was there. Sean beats Tetris Effect and starts into Pixel Puzzle. Paul continues with Darksiders 3 and plays though Shapeshifting Detective.
For news we discuss Humble adding Nintendo games to their store, Switch release dates for some Final Fantasys, and Bungie leaving Activision and taking Destiny with them.
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It is finally 2019 and everyone is catching up on games during the lull. Sean plays Mr Success, Katamari Damacy Reroll, and Diablo 3. Paul is playing through Hitman 2. Jon is away at MAGfest.
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Sean is back this week, as we all three are, from holidays and some relaxing time with family. Jon has been having fun going through some single player Smash Ultimate stuff this week in between Christmas stuff while Paul gets super into Battlefield 1 and Assassin's Creed Odyssey as a way to try to not play more Hades. Sean, being 2 weeks out, has been enjoying Mutant Year Zero, more Ashen and gets back into Destiny 2 while also getting hooked on Grimvalor on iOS, Tetris Effect and is disappointed with Below.
In news, some good games coming out on PS+, Discord "Price is Right"s Epic Games store, the Nintendo "Classic" consoles going away, we wish the PS Classic would, Fornite steals some dances (maybe?) and Heroes of the Storm is stopping all focus on eSports.
Sean is away with loved ones this week as we wind down for the holiday season. Jon has been playing some more Smash as well as doing tournament stuff with that while Paul finds peace with the new Darksiders III.
In news, more info about games are coming next year. Also, Spider-Man's Raimi suit is in the game, so let's all calm down, ok?
It's Smash Bros week here now that all three hosts have played it. Jon has also gotten into some Hentai game and Sean starts up Ashen.
In news we talk about The Walking Dead series continuing, a Metal Gear Solid board game, and PornHub's video game related infographics.
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This week Sean continues with Astro Bot and starts into Smash Ultimate with Jon. Paul tries out Onrush and Mutant Year Zero.
For news we talk about the launch of the Epic Games store, Soujaboy game consoles, and The Game Awards news.
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This week Jon is playing with a bunch of weird controllers. He also finds time for Sega Heroes, Quest 64, and Bomberman 64. Sean picks up Dropmix, continues with Moonlighter, and starts up Astro Bot.
In news we discuss Elder Scrolls Blades being delayed, Obsidian announcing when they will make an announcement, Minecraft Story Mode launching on Netflix, and some PlayStation Classic news.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Jon was called out on special assignment this week so Sean and Paul talk some video game mess as Sean has been playing a bunch of Jack Box Party Pack 5, finishes Hitman 2 and starts Moonlighter while Paul has been playing a bunch of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
In news, the Steam Awards nominations are open, the Steam Link is no longer going to be made and Microsoft might be putting out a diskless system.
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This week Jon is playing Tetris Effect and Paul dives back into Enter the Gungeon. Sean starts playing through Hitman 2 and Pool Panic.
News is mostly spent discussing The Game Awards nominees, we also bring up PUBG getting confirmed for PS4, and Sony announcing it wont be at E3 next year.
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The bois are back and mostly healthy for once. Sean is continuing with Red Dead Redemption 2 and plays through Bloodstained. Jon is enjoying Spider-Man and finished Yakuza Kiwami 2. Paul plays through Detroit: Become Human and Call of Cthulhu.
For news we discuss Final Fantasy 15 lose most of its DLC plans, PUBG possibly leaked for PS4, and Prima Games closing down.
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This week, Sean is busy with a friend from Canada so he passes the torch to Paul and Jon to burn the fort down. Jon is back from his trip and, amongst other things, played that Halo: Fireteam Raven arcade game on his trip as well as some Tekken 7, Soul Calibur 6 and Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle. Paul dives into Call of Cthulhu and has mixed opinions on it. The two share some thoughts on DELTA RUNE, the new Undertale-like game from Toby Fox.
In news, PS1 Classic games are announced, Castlevania gets a third season confirmed, Goku is gonna be in a parade, more Smash Bros news and some less than exciting Blizzcon news round out the week.1
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It's Red Dead week around here and Sean and Paul are playing it quite a bit. Sean also starts up The Missing. Paul checks out Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Call of Duty Black Ops 4.
For news we discuss the Intellivision Amico, some spooky games being added to Game Pass, a fun new update for Spider-Man, and some Resident Evil games coming to Switch.
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Before our trips, Sean and Jon wanted to get together and record an episode. Sean tries out Mark of the Ninja Remastered and Alpha Bear 2. Jon is playing Wacky Wickets, Leathal League Blaze, and plays Magic the Gathering for the first time ever.
In news we talk a bit more about Telltale's The Walking Dead, Dream Daddy's new Dadrector cut, and Discord's game store launching.
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The married man is back so we run down how his wedding and honeymoon went. We also talk about some games including how Sean continues with Forza Horizon 4, The Messenger, and finishes the Overcooked 2 DLC. Jon has mostly been playing Picross but also gets in some Fist of the North Star. Paul plays The Missing.
Our news topics this week include a physical Fortnite version in the UK, Sony - unsurprisingly - working on their next console, Stardew Valley coming to mobile, and PSN name changes becoming a reality.
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The boys have wrapped up Spider-Man and it's time for October games. Sean is playing the new Overcooked 2 DLC and Paul is enjoying Mega Man 11. They're both playing Forza Horizon 4.
In news we talk about the continued Telltale Games story, a possible Mega Man movie, and rumors of an updated Switch next year.
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Big news for the TDP boys this week as two of them make some serious changes to their lives. Jon is away for obvious reasons. Paul and Sean check out Dragalia Lost. Sean also plays through the first episode of Life is Strange season 2 and starts up The Messenger. Paul is playing Arena of Valor and Colina: Legacy.
In news we get some more developments in the Telltale Games disaster, Fortnite finally forces Sony to enable crossplay, and KFC is getting into gaming in some way.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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After a long charity stream Jon has returned to talk about that. In his off time he has been playing A Robot Named Fight. Sean jumps into Dandara and plays more The Swords of Ditto. Paul is continuing to play God of War.
The news brings up word about a bunch of upcoming games from E3 courtesy of Walmart, a Steam Link app coming to phones, and Nintendo detailing their fall online service.
Jon is doing his charity stream this week so it's just the other two for this episode. They've both mainly been playing God of War. Sean starts up Gorogoa.
For news we talk about the Rock Band Network returning in some form and the Atari VCS.
This week we talk a little bit about the Calgary Comic Expo and Avengers Infinity War. Sean has been playing Subsurface Circular and God of War (Paul too). Jon is playing a bunch of light gun games and Quarterback Attack.
For news we discuss all the free games you can download in May, a Sega Game Gear title showing up in the NPD numbers, and Puzzle Fighter Mobile getting discontinued.
From the east Paul returns with tales of his journey. Sean has been playing the AC Origins DLC, Sky, and his new PSVR. Jon is completing more games this year.
For news we talk about every game getting a battle royale mode, Platinum Game and Konami announcing mobile games, and the Sega Genesis Mini.
With Paul away in Japan we still manage a show because Jon is back with stories from PAX East 2018. He's been playing too many games to list but we're all proud of him for playing actual unreleased stuff. Sean starts up Thimbleweed Park and Far Cry 5.
For news we talk about the latest OG Xbox games coming to the Xbox One's backwards compatilibily, Wild Lands getting another special mission, and Steam Spy being shut down.
This week Paul and Sean wrap up their time with Sea of Thieves. They're also both playing A Way Out. Paul is frustrated with Far Cry 5. Jon is playing some Dragon Ball and saying goodbye to the WiiWare shop.
For news we talk about the PSVR getting a price drop, Call of Juarez being delisted, and Pokemon Go getting quests.
It's GDC week here and Sean went and checked out some upcoming games, including Soul Calibur 6, Donut County, and Guacamelee 2. He's also playing some Sea of Thieves with Paul, and Jon experiences Superhot for the first time.
In news we talk Hori's new joycons, the Nindies Spring Showcase, and Yakuza Kiwami 2.
Paul continues to be quite into Vermintide 2 this week, along with Feuldal Alloy. Jon got back into Splatoon 2. Sean is playing Fortnite in a couple of places and starts up Flinthook.
For news we talk about Geralt being in Soul Calibur 6, Twitch Prime bringing the rain, and some Fortnite announcements.
We are all avoiding talking about Into the Breach this week. Sean finds time to play a little Pit People now that it is out from its eternal Easy Access. Jon finishes up Yakuza Kiwami.
News is a lot of Nintendo talk, we also chat about Insides collector's edition, and WB Games coming to EA Access.
Happy March, the boys are back. Paul is playing Vermintide 2 and gives us another Metal Gear Survive update. Sean tries out Fable Fortune, Trials of the Blood Dragon, and Part Time UFO. Jon is playing Dandara and Borderlands 2.
For news we talk about the ESRB adding info about in-game purchases to game boxes, PS+ updates for next year, and Battlefield V being announced.
This week Sean is talking about his disappointment in the Life is Strange finale and Alto's Odyssey. Paul is real angry at Metal Gear Survive. Jon finishes up some games and almost beats Panzer Dragoon.
For news we discuss the greatest game getting a remaster next month, as well as March's Games with Gold, and Assassin's Creed Origin's Discovery Tour.
Happy After Valentine's day! This week Paul is still into Monster Hunter but also plays through all of the Shadow of Colossus remake. Sean finishes Celeste and starts into Golf Story. Jon completes Orb 3D.
For news we chat about Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed plans for this year, Alto's Odyssey's release date, and Bandai Namco working on Metroid Prime 4.
This week Paul and Sean continue with Celeste. While Sean and Jon continue with DBFZ. Paul is also still way into Monster Hunter World.
In the news discussion we talk about Nintendo's reward system getting better soon, Into the Breach's release date, and Toad's head.
It's Dragonball time over here since we are all playing it. Paul is also heavy into Monster Hunter World while Sean is quite enjoying Celeste.
For news we talk about a new Monopoly board game that sounds weird, Paragon being shut down and refunded, and Red Dead Redemption 2's release date.
This week Paul dives into the Metal Gear Survive beta, as well as SteamWorld Heist and Slay the Spire. Jon starts up Iconoclasts, Bust-A-Move, and Guardian Heroes.
In news we talk some recent Switch port announcements, the February Games with Gold games, and the upgrade to the Xbox Game Pass.
It's the start of the new gaming year. The year of whatever video game dog you want apparently. All three of us are tired of Dragon Ball FighterZ's silly beta. Paul is also playing Blaster Master Zero. Sean continues with Assassin's Creed Origins, starts up Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice, and plays some Atomik: Run, Gun, Jump, Gun.
We got two weeks worth of news including the Nintendo Mini Direct, Nintendo Labo, Burnout Paradise Remaster only coming out in Japan, and the best 3DS peripheral.
It is finally time for the three of us to sit down and talk about video games. The best (and worst) video games in fact that came out (sometimes not) in 2017!
Happy New Year!
Jon is gone to MAGfest this week so Paul and Sean hold down the house. Paul has been playing Pyre, getting freaked out by Doki Doki Literature Club and revisting some classics like Skullgirls and Mega Man Legends while Sean gets sad at his ending of Bury Me, My Love and picks a bunch of stuff up in Tacoma,
In news, Hi-Rez is making a Paladins Battleground mode, the Nintendo Switch is super popular and has silly peripherals made for it.
Also, we rundown the Steam Award winners, go through episode titles and play a small game submitted by a listener.
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It's the last episode of the year! Paul has been catching back up with games from early 2017 to remind himself of their quality (stuff like Nioh, Horizon: Zero Dawn) and has been spending time over the holidays with his Switch. Jon, fresh off Yakuza 0 continues diving into that world with Yakuza Kiwami and Sean wraps up Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and argues that Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a scary game.
Not much news; Games With Gold and Playstation Plus games are announced for January and Nintendo delays 64GB gamecards until 2019.
It's been a heck of a year. Thank you all for continuing to support the show by listening every week, on Twitch and on Patreon and here's to an amazing 2018!
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Jon finishes up Yakuza 0 and starts immediately into Yakuza Kiwami. Paul continues his pursuit in Wild Lands. Sean finishes Night in the Woods and starts Hellblade.
For news we discuss Apple requiring developers to disclose loot box rates, Sky's release date, and Catherine getting a remake.
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Paul and Sean are playing through Night in the Woods, they also both finished Nier Automata. Jon is playing Kirby's Dreamland 3.
For news we talk about some PlayStation Experience reveals, Mount Your Friends 3D, and a number of games being ported to mobile.
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We just finished up talking over The Game Awards so we decide to do some more coverage of it here.
Jon is playing Mega Man X6. Paul and Sean continue with Nier. Sean also starts Getting Over It and Reigns Her Majesty. Paul plays the new Hearthstone update.
For news we also talk about the Mega Man 30th anniversary stream, Ryan Reynolds voicing Detective Pikachu, and that Portal bridge building announcement.
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THIS IS NOT A REGULAR TOP DOWN PERSPECTIVE EPISODE
Paul, Hank (his cohost over at BurningBarrel.co) and Sean got together to watch The Game Awards 2017 and talk over it. This is that audio feed to be played over the video.
You can sync up the audio with the official video of the event here: https://youtu.be/WNB534GlulA?t=8m37s
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Huge shoutout to Hank (https://twitter.com/ComicPanels) for recording this audio for the this feed.
This week Sean and Paul are deep into Nier. Sean also checks out Million Onion Hotel. Jon is playing Castlevania 3 and Final Fight.
News has us discussing the return of the original voice cast for Life is Strange, the PS+ games for December, and some more loot box madness.
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Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends. Sean finishes up Mario+Rabbids and SteamWorld Dig 2. He also checks Bury Me, My Love. Jon jumps back into Arms and starts up Battle Chef Brigade with Paul. Paul continues with Nier. All three are playing Animal Crossing Pocket Camp.
In news we talk December's Games with Gold, a free-to-play Kickstarter, and Scott from HQ truly being imprisoned in a cage.
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DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY SPOILED FOR YOU!
The three of us sit down to talk about Mario's latest adventure. We go deep into everything about the game. The great ending, our favorite and least favorite moments, maps, and costumes. We talk about it all.
Back from work, Jon has been playing the new Bomberman R and Arms updates. He also starts up Doom on the switch. Paul returns with tales of Destiny 2's raid as well as Wolfenstein 2. Sean finishes Lost Legacy, and starts up Flipflop Solitaire and Nier Automata.
The Game Award nominees are out and we run through our predictions. We also discuss the Battlefront 2 chaos from last week, a possible Mario movie, and the first Rampage trailer.
Mario Mario Mario. Paul and Sean have both beat it. They are also playing Wolfenstien games. Paul gets ready for the Destiny 2 raid.
In the news section is a whole bunch of studios closing/people being laid off, Xenoblade 2 info, and Blizzcon 2017 news.
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Guess what? We are still all way into Odyssey. Jon also finishes Dead Space 2, Paul continues with Destiny 2, and Sean is playing 80 Days.
For news we discuss the Paris Games Week, November's PS+, and Housemarque quitting arcade games.
You guessed it, we all love Super Mario Odyssey and having been playing it a ton. Sean also goes through the latest Life is Strange episode. Paul jumps back into Evil Within 2 and starts up Destiny 2 on PC.
For news we talk about the Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct, Neogaf coming back up and Resetera being formed, and some launch information on Dragon Ball FighterZ.
This week Jon departs for Twitch Con. Paul and Sean have been playing the new Jackbox Party Pack 4. They also discuss The Evil Within 2 and HQ.
As for the news, we talk mini PS4 controllers, NeoGaf going down, Visceral Games being closed, and the 4.0 update for the Switch.
I just realised that everything is about sequels this week. Jon has been playing Dead Space 2, Paul is really enjoying The Evil Within 2, and Sean finishes up Destiny 2. Picross S is also in the boys' rotation.
In news we talk about IGN's acquisition of Humble Bundle, The Good Life's campaign ending, and Nintendo filing a trademark that hints at a possible Gameboy Mini.
It's Cuphead fever around here and we all talk about for a while. Paul plays some Divinity 2 while Jon talks about A Hat In Time. Sean tries out Dead Cells and Card Thief.
Happy SNES Classic and Cuphead day! Paul and Sean have been playing the new platformer. Paul also checks out Neir Automata and the Call of Duty WW2 beta. Jon is playing You Must Build a Boat and Picross S.
For news we talk about the new agreement found for the voice actor's strike, October's free games, and Nintendo's new YouTube streaming policy.
Metroid Madness time around these parts since all three of us are playing it. Paul and Sean also discuss SteamWorld Dig 2. Jon checks out Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite.
For the news we chat about Steam adding review histograms, PUBG getting angry at Epic Games, and the discovery of Flog.
The trio is back together! Jon is playing Transister and a lot of Metroid: Samus Returns. Paul finishes Absolver and also starts up the new 3DS game. Sean is playing You Must Build a Boat and Destiny 2.
For news we have a ton of Nintendo topics, as well as news on the next Resident Evil 7 DLC, and Sky being announced.
Jon returns from yet another convention to talk to us about his current position with the NWC. He also discusses his time at PAX West 2017 and the big impact it had on his life. While there he checked out Dragon Ball FighterZ. Sean has been playing Rabbids + Mario, the new Life is Strange prequel, and Horizon 3's Hot Wheels DLC.
For news we talk about L.A. Noire coming to current gen consoles (and VR), Fractured But Whole's interesting difficulty options, and a sweet sweet Destiny 2 deal.
Sean is back to talk with Paul about why Pyre is his favorite Supergiant Games, how Layton's Mystery Journal is a lazy let-down and how Ticket to Earth is still a great mobile experience with its new update. Paul gets his hands on Destiny 2's beta on PC, finds out what Absolver is and gets his Monster Hunter on with Dauntless closed beta. They both agree that Sonic Mania is a great experience.
In news; Capcom is making a mobile Puzzle Fighter game, PayPal answers Switch users woes and Age of Empires 4 is a thing.
Sean is away this week so Paul talks with Jon about the finer points of conventions, Mario Kart and a horror game called Observer.
In the news: the SNES Classic was released! Secret of Mana is getting a remake? Also, a follow up to Reigns delights Paul to no end!
Jon is mysteriously away so Paul and Sean get together on a Saturday. Paul has been playing Hellblade and Sundered. Sean continues Pyre, finishes up with Graceful Explosion Machine, and plays through My Brother Ate My Pudding.
In the news section we talk about Valve announcing Artifact, changes to Amazon's new game discount, and Swery announcing The Good Life.
Jon returns from ConBravo with stories to tell. He played some Splatoon while airborn. Sean has also been playing Squid vs. Kid, and Pyre.
For the news we discuss Pokemon GO fest, what's been happening with the NES and SNES Classics, and Gamebox 2.0!
Happy Splatoon 2 Day everyone! No one has really played it yet (Sean has like 10 minutes). Sean is also playing the new mobile Layton game. Jon The Firemen and a Link to the Past randomizer. Paul is playing Get Even and Salt and Sanctuary.
For news we discuss the new Nintendo Switch app, exclusive blue tire smoke, and the Ataribox images.
We start this with sharing our feelings about the new Netflix Castlevania show. Jon then talks about some Dead Rising 4 DLC while Sean brings up Death Squared.
News is short but includes production ending on the small N3DS in Japan and Nintendo filing a trademark for Check In.
We return with tales of Jon being at Otafest and the six panels he was a part of. Paul didn't do anything but enjoy his birthday. Sean has been playing Snake Pass, Monument Valley 2, Hidden Folks, and Wolfenstein the New Order.
For news, we discuss a possible new Apollo Justice, the SNES Classic being announced, and more Hearthstone DLC.
Sean returns from the south this week to tell us about what he enjoyed of E3. He was also playing Fire Emblem Echoes on his trip. Jon has been doing some live stream races of various games. Paul is playing Slain, and the Wonder Boy remake.
In news we discuss IO getting to keep the Hitman IP and the new Pokemon Go gym revamp.
It's everyone's favorite time of year again! That's right! A bunch of game developers and publishers get together their best stuff, show us some videos and let us talk a bunch of crap about it! E3 happened again and, while Sean is away, Nathan "Old Host" Rohr joins Paul and Jon as they discuss some of the best and worst things in E3.
Oh, also, Nathan played a bunch of GoldenEye on the Nintendo 64. So there's that!
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Sean is out of the continent and leaves the keys to Paul and Jon. Jon has been gone to Atlanta for awhile and as such has played a variety of smaller stuff such as River City: Tokyo Rumble, and Shantae & The Pirate's Curse while Paul has been playing a bunch of stuff with Nathan like Dark Souls 2 and... F. E. A. R. 3?
Not a lot of news since E3 is around the corner but Steam's Greenlight is dead, Nintendo releases some new Switch online information and Life is Strange prequel is leaked!
Sean breaks his toe just in time for his backpacking trip. He's also playing Edith Finch, Overcooked, Mount Your Friends, and the Overwatch Anniversary event. Paul is playing Dark Souls 2 and Caveblazers.
For news we discuss a possible Seaman 3, the Xbox Live Game Pass, and more info on Far Cry 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
This week Paul has mixed feeling about The Surge. Sean plays some Temple of Osiris, finishes Breath of the Wild, and jumps into Overcooked.
For news we discuss the recent Nintendo Direct, the Destiny 2 gameplay reveal, and Far Cry 5 being officially confirmed.
Jon finishes Persona 5 this week! Paul needs to get back to that, but for now he's playing What Remains of Edith Finch and more Prey. Sean continues with Horizon Zero Dawn, Puyo Puyo Tetris, and starts up Advance Wars.
For news we discuss Square Enix selling off IO Interactive, Alan Wake leaving stores, Project Rib Rabbit, and Twitch's Mister Rogers marathon.
We return from the Calgary Comic Expo with tales of what we purchased. Jon continues to play a ton of Persona 5. Paul is playing Gloom, PUB, and the new Prey. Sean starts up Puyo Puyo Tetris and plays through Abzu.
For news we discuss the announcement of Darksiders 3, Call of Duty WW2, and Forza Horizon 3's Hotwheels mod. Along with info about the return of the Rabbids, Breath of the Wild's DLC, and Danger Zone.
This week Sean emerges from being super sick while also playing Drawn to Death, starting Horizon Zero Dawn, and getting a Game Boy Micro. Jon continues with Persona 5. Paul is playing through the Disney Afternoon Collection.
For news we have May's Games with Gold, the SNES mini being rumored, and StarCraft being updated and sold for free.
This week Jon is diving heavily into Persona 5 while Sean continues with Yooka-Laylee and checks out the new Overwatch event.
For news we discuss the recent Nintendo Direct, the NES Classic being discontinued, and Microsoft beginning Steam-style digital refunds.
This week Sean is playing through Yooka-Laylee and Kami 2. Jon continues with Super Bomberman R and River City Ransom Underground. Paul is trying to enjoy Andromeda.
For news we discuss the Mass Effect patch that released, new infomation on Project Scorpio, and THQ's PlayStation Humble Bundle.
It's a short, two man show this week and we are chatting about Ticket to Earth and something Paul played.
News is scarce involving April's PS+ games, Mad Catz filing for bankruptcy, and StarCraft Remastered being announced.
It's still Zelda fever over in these parts. All three of us are playing it a ton. Jon also finished Sunset Riders and VVVVVV. Paul is enjoying Solitairica. He and Sean have been playing a bit of Mass Effect Andromeda.
In news we discuss the April Games with Gold, Bloodstained no longer coming to WiiU, and Super Mario Run arriving on Android.
PAX East was this last weekend and Jon returns with tales of the convention. He played Splodey and Iconoclasts. Sean starts up Oxenfree and Disc Jam. They both have been playing a lot of their Switchs and Zelda.
News this week is the announcement of Dropmix, PS4 games coming to PS Now, and Drawn to Death's release date and price.
Jon is away at PAX East but that's cool because we have a lot of games to discuss. Paul continues with Fire Emblem Awakening and Horizon. Sean plays through Solitairica and his new Nintendo Switch. They both are paying Breath of the Wild.
News is short, the next Box Boy is announced and Rime has some weird pricing issues.
It's Nintendo Switcheve and we're all getting excited for it. Paul is playing Hollow Knight and Horizon Zero Dawn. Jon is playing Rivercity Ransome Underground. Sean went to GDC and played a bunch of unreleased stuff.
News is some more information about the Switch, the March PS+ games, and the GDC awards.
It's a slow week here as we get ready for the coming wave. Sean is playing The Lost Shield. Paul isn't doing a whole lot and Jon talks about a mystery video game tournament.
News is a lot of Switch talk and the Games with Gold for March.
Unfortunately Pokemon Go returns and ruins Sean's life. He's also playing Halo Wars 2. Paul plays the new RE7 DLC and gets into Fire Emblem Awakening. Jon continues with Yakuza 0.
News is big this week and includes the Breath of the Wild expansion pass, some cool Humble Bundles, and the next game from FTL's developers.
Also worthing noting is that our Discord now has a Game Exchange channel where people can post extra steam keys they have for others to redeem and enjoy!
The three of us continue to play through Fire Emblem Heroes. Paul checks out the Ghost Recon Wildlands beta. Jon finishes a few more games on his 52 games quest. Sean tries out Not a Hero.
In news we discuss Link's full name, Humble beginning to publish games, Twitch communities, and the Switch's online service's price range.
We've got Fire Emblem Fever over in these parts. Everyone's playing it quite a bit. Jon also got way into Yakuza 0 while Paul continues with Resident Evil 7. Sean starts up Tales of Berseria and finishes The Last Guardian.
News is short but we discuss the Xbox One version of Crypt of the Necrodancer and a brand new PAX getting announced.
I bet you can't wait to hear Paul's thoughts on Resident Evil 7! Jon is playing some shitty games for a tournament, along with Super Hexagon. Sean dislikes Pokemon Duel, and he checks out the latest Overwatch event.
For news we discuss February's Games with Gold, Crystal Dynamics announcing an Avengers game, and Ni No Kuni 2 coming to PC as well as day and date with Japan.
This week Paul doesn't play anything and bides his time for Resident Evil 7, however Jon brings the thunder with a whole bunch of games including Wild Guns Reloaded, FFXV and Power Rangers: Mega Battle. Sean has been playing some Rock Band 4 pro-drums and is starting Ace Attorney 5.
In news, more Nintendo Switch stuff, Fire Emblem is taking over the world and Swery65 starts his own studio.
Apologies for the sound quality weirdness in some parts this week. My recording went weird and had to pull it from the stream. You can blame me, it's my fault. -Paul
It's Nintendo Switch week here on the podcast. We just finished watching the reveal event and basically talk about it for the entire show. Sean even preorders it during the episode.
We also discuss Scalebound being cancelled, aliens being found in Elite Dangerous, Dandy Quest, Furi, The Last Guardian, and Amy.
This week the boys are playing Hidden my Game by Mom 2. Paul checks out Afterbirth+ and Sean gets really into Mini Metro.
For news we discuss th GDC Award nominees, the winners of the Steam awards, and Frog Fractions 2 being released.
The year is over and so are games so we talk about our favorite from this last year of 2016. Come and find out each of the hosts' top ten lists along with their biggest surprises, disappointments, and more. We also had a survey running for the last month or so for our community and we tallied the votes and reveal what our listeners chose as their favorite games as well.
This is a meaty one! Paul picks up a PS4 and we discuss his first impressions of it. He's playing the Resident Evil 7 demo and Final Fantasy XV. Jon and Sean continue with Super Mario Run. Jon gets annoyed with Dead Rising 4 while enjoying a little Jackbox Party Pack 3. Sean plays through the entirety of Telltale's Batman series.
News is pretty short but we discuss January's Games with Gold, the nominees for the Steam Awards, and Nintendo's stock dropping.
With Paul away we get in a good amount of Dead Rising 4 talk. Both of the boys have also been playing the new Overwatch update. Sean starts up The Last Guardian and Super Mario Run.
As for news; Yookah-laylee has been given a release date and cancelled its WiiU version, the latest Pokemon Go update is garbage, and Brazzers starts doing Let's Plays.
We have once again assembled everyone together to do this podcast for your ears! Jon has been playing Super Mario Maker 3DS and Death Road to Canada. Paul played every single Resident Evil game. Sean talks about Dead Rising 4 and Let It Die.
News is mainly the PlayStation Experience, but we also discuss Pokemon Go updates and Box Boy 3's announcement.
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Another week, another Video Game Awards. Paul is beginning to go back through the 2016 back log and starting with Shadow Warrior 2. Sean continues with Pokemon and plays through Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.
As mentioned, we discuss the VGAs, we also bring up the free games for December, No Man's Sky's big, new patch, and some Pokemon sales figures.
It's Thanksgiving! Sean is enjoying some family time with the girlfriend while Jon is out doing the same across the country (and unable to make it). Paul, being the Canadian he is, had no Thanksgiving but instead played a bunch of Resident Evil (3 specifically) and Rainbow Six Siege while Sean has been enjoying the heck out of Pokemon Sun while trying some new Overwatch content out.
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The convicts are running the prison this week. With Sean gone, Paul and Jon ruin everything but manage to talk about Mario Kart and answer a batch of questions to hopefully entertain you. Things will be back to normal soon. Promize
After the momentous day this week (that is Jon's birthday) we find ourselves having to swap in a third chair. Nathan joins us to discuss all the latest and greatest. Paul and Sean are continuing to love Titanfall 2. Sean is also playing a few iOS dungeon crawlers.
News is us discussing the WiiU's production being brought to a close and the next Xbox One update.
Titanfall 2 is out and Sean is really into it. Jon is playing the latest Mario Party mess while Paul readies himself for a massive Resident Evil quest.
News consists of a lot of Blizzcon announcements, we also discuss Pokemon Go updates, the PS4 Pro compatible games at launch, and the next Tomb Raider's name.
Halloooooweeeeeeeeen! This week Captain America is playing Costume Quest 2 and Assassin's Creed Chronicle: China. Donatello is playing Killing Room and Resident Evil 6. Glasses-less Jon finishes with Dead Rising 3 and continues Resident Evil 6.
For news we discuss November's Games with Gold and PS+ as well as Nintendo deciding not to talk anymore about the Switch until January.
This week we discuss Jon completing Dead Rising 3, while playing though Resident Evil 6 some more with Paul. Sean is talking all about Paper Mario Color Splash and the Pokemon Sun/Moon demo.
In the news section we discuss Red Dead Redemption 2, the Candy Crush game show, and NOTHING ELSE.
We have all been playing the Halloween Overwatch event this week. Sean and Jon also played through Gears of War 4. Sean started up Deus Ex Go.
Jon returns from Twitchcon to discuss Nidhogg 2, Can't Drive This, and PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator. Paul is playing WoW Legion some more as well as going through a number of horror games this month. Sean played a ton of Jackbox stuff, and Gears of War 4.
Oculus had its Connect event and made a couple of announcements. We also discuss Gravity Rush 2 being delayed, rare achievements, and the Mini Famicon.
Bit of a slow front this week. Paul and Jon are playing Picross 3D 2, as well as Pac-Man Championship Edition 2. Sean talks about Forza Horizon 3 and Secret Hitler.
It's a sleepy Saturday edition for the boys this week. We spoil the ending to Hidden my Game by Mom. Paul and Jon are way into EDF. Sean talks about ReCore.
As for news, The Last Guardian and South Park get delays, Steam is deleting games from bad people, and a bit more from TGS.
We talk about Jon's trip to PAX West this week. He checked out Flinthook and has been playing all those new Streetpass games and Picross 3D 2 (along with Sean). Sean also enjoys Overwatch's free weekend and finishes Zero Time Dilemma. Paul is playing Earth Defense Force and completes his homework assignment.
News is Apple and Sony's press events from last week as well as 22 Cans releasing a new game.
It's PAX West as we speak, which explains why Jon is away. Sean starts into Doom and gets real excited for Hidden my Game by Mom. Paul continues moving.
News is a couple release dates but mostly the latest Nintendo Direct. Picross 3D 2 is out!
Despite moving interferences we have assembled to podcast. Sean continues with the usual. Paul is busy carrying boxes. Jon enjoyed Where's Waldo.
This week's news is all about the PS4 slim that was spotted, PS+ going up in price, and No Man's Sky losing 90% of its players.
This week, Jon takes on the Battletoads and has fun with a whole lotta Knuckles, Sean doesn't love the Telltale Batman game and he and Paul chat for awhile on Reigns and Uno.
Oh, also No Man's Sky came out or something.
This week Sean is really enjoying Reigns. Jon continues with Gotta Protectors and Overwatch. Unfortunately neither of us played No Man's Sky this week and we apologize for that.
For news we talk about Deus Ex Go's release date, Rocket League's next crazy update, and the THQ brand making a return.
Back from Con Bravo we listen to Jon tell some stories. He's been playing Pokemon Go, Gotta Protectors, and Overwatch (finally). Sean finishes up Mirror's Edge Catalyst, continues with Zero Time Dilemma, and complains about Pokemon Go.
For news we discuss some of the Overwatch summer games stuff, Inside coming to PS4, and another dumb Pokemon bracelet on its way.
Jon is away at ConBravo this week. Paul is only playing Starbound. Sean continues with Pokemon Go, finishes Box Box Boy, and starts Zero Time Dilemma.
For news we discuss the recent NX information dump, Hearthstone's next expansion, and Lady Layton getting announced.
This week we're finally easing off of Pokemon Go. It's all Jon's been playing but Sean is slowing down; he's also playing Inside and Snakebird. Paul is checking out the new World of Warcraft expansion.
The news is all about game announcements including Pac-Man CE2, Lumines Puzzle and Music, and Sonic Mania.
It's Pokemon Go week around here and we've all been way into it. Sean and Paul are playing Inside. Paul's also quite into Monster Hunter Generations.
Pokemon Go is in the news too, along with a tiny Nintendo, and Overwatch's new character.
It's Pokemon Go season around these parts and with it being out for only a few days we are basically just talking about how bad this app is. Yet we're all addicted to it none the less. Sean also mentions Box Box Boy and Paul talks VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Tokyo Mirage Sessions, and Hyper Light Drifter.
Sean is away this week so we bring in Hank (@ComicPanels) to fill in a bit. He's been playing Dead By Daylight and a bunch of Overwatch along with some Rhythm Heaven Megamix on 3DS. Jon has been playing some classic Kirby, Tomba! and Mighty No. 9, along with Paul.
No new this week, so we answer questions from last week!
E3 has come and gone and we run through all five of the press conferences. Discuss the games we're interested in and the trailers we highly recommend.
Jon talks about a couple Kirby games, while Sean brings up Mirror's Edge Catalyst and Rhythm Heaven Megamix.
Overwatch is still hot this week. Paul also tries the Dead by Daylight beta. Jon is playing some video game versions of board games and Golf with Your Friends.
Tons of pre-E3 news this week. Agents of Mayhem getting announced, a Persona 5 info dump, Injustice 2, Watch_Dogs 2, and a bunch more.
MomoCon is over and Jon is back to tell us about his time at the convention. Paul and Sean continue to be real into Overwatch. They also continue to play long JRPGs.
As for news, we talk about a possible Division movie, Starbreeze announcing Payday 3, and Japan's most memorable games for every console.
It's almost entirely Overwatch this week as Sean and Paul dive deep into it. Paul has also started up Persona 4.
News is basically the reveal of the rumored next Xbox, codenamed Scorpio.
This week Paul is greatly enjoying the new Doom game. Sean finishes up with Uncharted 4 and continues with Bravely Second. Jon is traveling for work.
It's all about video game movie announcements this week for the news.
Before he leaves for MomoCon Jon is here to talk about Bravely Second with Sean. They're also both playing Uncharted 4. Paul continues with Overwatch and the new Siege DLC.
In the news section we discuss the new Assassin's Creed movie trailer and Disney Infinity being shut down.
This week we are discussing two different conventions: the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo as well as PAX East.
Jon has been playing There's Poop in my Soup and the Pocket Card Jockey. Sean finished Apollo Justice. Paul tries out Shellshock Live and the Paragon beta.
News is mostly Nintendo this week with some info the NX, the next Zelda, and a 3DS/WiiU Humble Bundle.
Jon is away at PAX East this week. Paul continues with Dark Souls 3 and dislikes Rogue Stormers. Sean keeps trucking through Apollo Justice and Enter the Gungeon.
In the news section we discuss some new info on the PlayStation Neo, Super Giant's new game Pyre, and the Xbox 360's discontinued production.
We finally all reunite! Paul and Sean are quite into Enter the Gungeon. Paul also is playing a whole lot of betas right now. Jon isn't really playing anything and, instead, is doing his taxes.
There's no news except for Pokemon lingerie!
Bit of a slow week this time. Sean is playing Prune, Stardew Valley, and the second episodes to The Walking Dead: Michonne. Jon is done with that Elves/Magic/Super Evolution thing and plays a good chunk of Hunie Cam Studio.
News is the Gears of War 4 release date and beta information as well as Telltale Games' next publishing choice.
It's Miitomo season for us here on the show and we have mixed feelings about it. Jon is playing a lot of old SNES games while Sean continues with Quantum Break and Pokken Tournament.
As for news, we talk about some weird Anamanaguchi stuff, Xbox Ones finally being able to work as dev kits, and the free games for April.
Not even snow or rain or gorgeous sunshine will keep us all away from this week's podcast. Jon is playing some weird Japanese games that were put onto a cart for him. Sean starts Pokken Tournament and Quantum Break. Paul is playing The Division for reals.
News is a few things PlayStation and a bunch of debunked rumors regarding the WiiU and the NX.
We're all back together this week. Sean spent some time at the Game Developers Conference and got to try out the HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, and a ton of other games. Paul is playing a lot of Clash Royale and The Culling. Jon tries out Earth Defense Force 4.1 and Rocket League's hockey mode.
We discuss a bunch of GDC announcements including the PlayStation VR's price and launch date, Oculus's launch line up, and Gang Beasts is getting a VR mode.
It's a short one this week since all three sections of the show are scarce. Sean is playing Fire Emblem still and got a bunch of iOS games during some sale. Jon played Batman the Return of Joker and we check in with his Pokemon rip off thing.
News is mainly Lionhead being in talks of shutting down, but we also discuss next week's GDC and the PlayStation VR.
This week Sean continues with Fire Emblem Fates and Jon is slowly breaking down about not buying it. Jon is playing a bunch of old Game Boy games such as Spiderman 3.
Let's be honest, the news section is pretty much all about the latest Nintendo Direct.
This week Sean starts Fire Emblem while Jon gets mad at it. Jon completes The Witness. Paul is enjoying more of The Division's open beta.
News consists of the forthcoming Nintendo direct, possible Pokemon leaks, and the HTC Vive's price being announced.
MAGfest once again strips us of Wheeler but it's alright. Paul and Sean discuss Firewatch. Sean continues with The Witness. Paul plays a bunch of Rise of the Tomb Raider and Xcom 2. The results of the Emotional Games Awards are announced....so that's a thing. Quantum Break coming to Windows 10, a Sonic the Hedgehog movie, and Kanye West's video game are all topics we discuss in news.
Jon and Sean are both neck deep into The Witness, though they can't really talk about it much. Paul plays The Division beta, Resident Evil 0 HD, and the PC version of Rise of the Tomb Raider. As for news, we talk about the broken Tales of Symphonia PC port, plans for Nintendo's Miitomo app, and Gamestop publishing the next Insomniac game.
From the flu he returns! Sean is back to talk about finishing Ace Attorney 3, Cibele, and That Dragon, Cancer. He's also started up Lifeline 2, Downwell, and Churchill Solitaire. Jon continues with Super Ghouls and Ghosts and starts up Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. News is February's Games with Gold and PS+ and Mighty No. 9 getting delayed again.
Sorry for the late upload. Not a lot happening this week for games played and Sean's sick so the real draw for this episode is... NPD numbers! And a whole bunch of emails. There isn't a lot to say about this week's episode honestly. It'll kill a bus or train ride or something! Hopefully more happens for next week!
Games are moving slowly so we all dip into the back catelogs. Paul plays some Warframe and Binding of Isaac. Jon is starting Final Fantasy 4, Galak-Z, and continuing with Pokemon Picross. Sean dives head first back into Super Mario Maker and tries out Assassin's Creed Syndicate. News has us talking about the Oculus Rift's release date and price point and the amazing new Emotional Games Awards.
The year is over and so are games so we talk about our favorite from this last year of 2015. Come and find out each of the hosts' top ten lists along with their biggest surprises, disappointments, and more. We also had a survey running for the last month or so for our community and we tallied the votes and reveal what our listeners chose as their favorite games as well.
With the holiday rush starting to happen, we had to record a day early and a man short. Luckily, Paul's co-host over at Burning Barrel was ready to fill in for some video game talk! And boy, has he played a bunch of stuff. Paul has been playing Just Cause 3 while Jon has only been playing Pokemon Picross. From all of us at TDP, have a happy and safe holiday season! Remember to take some time off the screen and spend it with those you care about.
NOTE: Apologies for the audio quality this week. We had a few technical issues and this was the best we could get it. Sorry and we love you. Not a whole lot happening on the game front this week. Paul makes it home while Jon goes for a weekend trip to Seattle and gets stuck on crappy roads. All three hosts played Pokemon Picross and Sean keeps on with Just Cause 3. In news, the PlayStation Experience happens and announces a bunch of stuff.
Paul joins us from a crappy iPad in a Chicago hotel to tell us that he isn't playing anything. Jon dives into a few Phoenix Wright games and the new Pokemon Picross. Sean is playing Destiny, Witcher 3, and Just Cause 3. We discuss everything going on during The Game Awards as it happens while we record.
No one has really played much this week. Sean continues with Guitar Hero Live and Rise of the Tomb Raider. Paul is still way into Fallout 4 and Jon has started up Yoshi's Woolly World. In the news section we talk about the upcoming updates to Rock Band 4 and Rocket League, a few more remasters coming, and Porn Hub's dip in traffic due to Fallout's launch.
He livesssss. Jon returns to talk about his last travels and conventions. He's been playing Tri Force Heroes and Undertale. Paul is really into Fallout 4 this week. Sean talks about Rise of the Tomb Raider, Tales from the Borderlands, and Nintendo's Badge game thing. News is about Swery, the retail version of Life is Strange, and the most recent Nintendo Direct.
Jamaica. Paul is playing the Yo-Kai Watch demo, Dragon Fin Soup, and Undertale. Sean is trying out Tri Force Heroes and Yoshi's Wooly World. News in scarce but a reference to Alan Wake 2 is mentioned, Activision buys King for 6 billion dollars, and PS+'s November games line up is discussed.
We continue our trend of Jonless shows this week. Paul is playing Devilian, and Sean finishes with Halo 5. We discuss the new Nintendo account and mobile news, the Playstation press conference last week in Paris, and Mirror's Edge getting delayed.
With episode 5 of Life is Strange being released last week, Sean joins Paul and a cast of others to discuss the finer (and lower) points of the series! Guests:- Iam3DHomer (@comicpanels); writer for and co-host of The Burning Barrel with Paul.- Dratheus (@dratheus) co-host of SpaghettiCast.- Ehm2k (@ehm2k) co-host of SpaghettiCast.
We begin season two by talking about just a ton of games. Paul finishes with Soma and Life is Strange episode 5. Sean is playing Rock Band 4, Guitar Hero Live, Halo 5, and that Minecraft Story Mode thing. News is mainly just about some small updates to the Nintendo NX.
Sean fell ill and Jon is gone. Paul holds down the fort; he's played SOMA and Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes. Some news stuff happened and people decided to bombard him with questions from the chat. We'll be back next week with a real show. Hope this will do for now.
Sean and Paul talk a good deal about The Beginner's Guide. Paul has also been playing the Star Wars Battlefront beta. Sean is quite into Rock Band 4 right now. Jon moved into his new office. Far Cry Primal is announced, along with a release date for the finale of Tales from the Borderlands.
Because of Jon's move, he hasn't really played anything this week. Paul is checking out Jotun and the Rainbow Six: Siege beta. Sean isn't enjoying his time with Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer. News is also quite scarce. We talk about the new monthly subscription service from Humble Bundle as well as the PS+ games for October.
Not a whole lot happening this week besides Jon moving. Because of it, he's only been playing Mario Maker, Paul has only played some Secret Ponchos and Sean has been wrapping up Grow Home and enjoying Ace Attorney 2 on the iOS. Not a lot of news besides Life is Strange coming Oct. 20 and you can hack your PSTV by sending an email to your vita?
Cats are the reason Paul isn't here....Jon has been playing Grand Theft Auto V and Apollo Justice. He also discusses Super Mario Maker with Sean, alone with Grow Home and Ancient Legacy. News is mainly TGS talk, we also bring up Nintendo's new president, and Star Fox getting delayed.
Allan Shumacher from Bioware joins us these week as Jon takes a break to recover from dental surgery. He's been playing Shadowrun Hong Kong and Invisible Inc. Sean talks about Super Mario Maker, Forza 6, and The Deer God. Paul continues with MGSV and Mad Max. For news we talk about Pikmin 4 being announced, Shovel Knight's expansion, and Pokemon Go!
Note: There was a microphone issue with the very start of the episode so the first 3 minutes are cut off. Don't worry, you missed literally nothing.
With Jon back from PAX, Sean being busy and Paul always being available, we chat a bit about what the PAX 2015 experience was like this year. While there, Jon played Tumblestone and got some hands-on with Mirror's Edge: Catalyst while Paul sits at home with Deadly Creatures, Mad Max and the long awaited Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
In news, MKX cancelled for last generation systems, the small New 3DS is coming to North America and the Vita gets a new color scheme. All this and more in this EXCITING new episode!
Jon is away at PAX Prime this week and we miss him terribly! Sean has been playing Gears of War Ultimate Edition, Tales from the Borderlands episode 4, Sage Solitaire and trying Capsule Force. Paul continues with Parappa the Rapper and Policenauts. We also discuss Madden's latest crazy trailer, the Games with Gold and PS+ games for September, and Youtube's new game streaming service.
We return to Jon playing more Picross e6. Sean continues with Lifeline, plays through Journey on PS4, and tries out Pac-Man 256. Paul is playing Relic Hunter Zero and getting upset with Skyforge. News is scarce but we talk about the 2DS's price drop, the 3DS's NFC reader coming soon, and Picross 3D 2 being announced.
With Fallout Shelter coming out on Android this week, that's basically the only new thing Paul has been playing besides Olympia Rising. Meanwhile, Sean has been trying out his own mobile game Lifeline and is still playing Rocket League while Jon streams a bunch of games and chats about that! In news, PacMan is getting the endless runner treatment, Resident Evil 2 remake is finally official, John Wick gets a game and World of Warcraft: Legion was announced!
It's all about Rare Replay this week as Sean and John discuss the games they have played from it. Sean also brings up the board game Flash Point. News is mostly Gamecon, specifically Microsoft's press conference. We also talk about awful Konami work conditions and a couple game delays.
We're all together again as the schedules sync up and Jon returns from his double convention trip. We discuss the Screw Attack game convention and ConBravo. Paul and Sean really enjoy Life is Strange episode 4 as well as Rocket League. Jon has been playing a lot of Shantae. For news we talk about August's Games with Gold and PS+, the WiiU's TVii feature shutting down, and Razer buying the Ouya.
Things come up this week and Sean and Paul do their solo thing again! Paul has been playing Guild of Dungeoneering, a whole lot of Terraria and is hating on the Binding of Isaac Rebirth Nintendo 3DS port. Sean has gotten huge into Rocket League, enjoys his time with Where Is My Heart? and Tembo the Badass Elephant. Not a lot of news; Hearthstone expansion was announced, the ESL has started drug-testing eSport contenders and Life is Strange is out next week!
With Jon away, Paul at work and Sean busy this week, we take unconventional methods to make sure we get you the utmost quality podcast out that you're used to by having Sean and Paul record their parts separately and mashing them together like potatoes! Paul plays more Rocket League and gets down with Odallus: The Dark Call while Sean finishes Batman: Arkham Knight, plays around with Monument Valley: Ida's Memory and jumps into Rocket League himself! Tragic news hits the world on Iwata's death this week and we couldn't be sadder about the news.
This week we're talking about a lot of mini-golf. Everyone discusses more Batman. Jon is also playing Sonic Dash and FF Record Keeper. Paul is very excited about Rocket League and checks back in with Terraria. Sean tries out Alphabear and Entwined. We discuss the reveal of an old Nintendo PlayStation, Zero Escape 3 being announced, and go through the E3 2015 Critic Awards.
Happy Canada Day! This week we're all playing Batman and enjoying it quite a bit. Jon also write about Final Fantasy Record Keeper and Sonic Dash. Paul plays through Her Story. Sean continues with Minish Cap and episode three of Tales from the Borderlands. We discuss July's Games with Gold and PS+ games, Club Nintendo finally being finished, and some rumors about Nintendo.
Jon returns from his trip to California with tales of E3 2015. We run through every press conference that went on, discussing everything they mentioned. Bethesda, Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Sony, Nintendo, and Square Enix. We mention our favorites, least favorites and what we are most excited for.
It's the week after E3 and we aren't talking about any of it at all. (That will come next week). Sean returns from his trip to Europe and he talks about Puzzle and Dragons Mario/Z, Fallout Shelter, and Minish Cap. Paul is playing Duck Game, Hearthstone, and Akiba's Trip.
Sean is away this week travelling the globe, so Paul and Jon call to Hank (@comicpanels on twitter) to fill the void in the podcast and their hearts in Sean's absence. Hank has been enjoying the new Double Fine turn-based tactic game Massive Chalice, being a cowboy out for revenge in Westerado: Double Barreled and trying to kill God in Devil Survivor: Overclocked. Jon has been in the ink playing a bunch of Splatoon between bouts of Stretchmo and streaming games such as Hotel Mario and Super Castlevania. Paul? Well, he's mainly been doing handheld games and finally started the Phoenix Wright games for the first time ever when he hasn't been addicted to The Witcher 3. In news, Ouya is selling to Razer, Hearthstone adds a cool sounding new Tavern Brawl mode while trying to steal your money for new characters, Xbox One gets a price drop, YouTube competes with Twitch and... The Last Guardian might be at E3?!
In this rather over-stuffed episode, Jon is back to talk about MomoCon and where he's been hiding out for the last two weeks. In the time away, he's been playing Mario Puzzle and Dragons and Stretchmo while Sean finally starts up Axiom Verge. The two also talk at length about Splatoon. Paul, on the other hand, has been playing MMOs he can't read (Blade & Soul) and is actually super excited about it.
In the news, Twitch hates Hatred, Fallout 4 is announced, Steam issues a refund program and Disney XD is working on... this thing: http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/3/8711975/disney-gamers-guide-to-everything
P.S. Thank you everyone who continually supports the show by listening and sending in questions/comments and news. We go through a whole lot of those in this episode and love every minute of it!
News:
- New Xbox One controller with a normal headphone jack
- Twitch bans A/O games
- Rumor that Nintendo’s NX will use Android...
- ...Nintendo says this is false
- Games with Gold games for June
- Nintendo put up a micro-direct
- Lego World is released on early access
- 1TB PS4
- Dark Souls 3 at E3
- Steam refund program
- Fallout 4 announced
- Disney XD is making the best looking thing
- Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection announced
- First Steam Machine hits Oct 16 and on Shelves Nov 10
Sean played and finished a lot of games this week, including VLR, Splatoon, Game of Thrones episode 4, and Life is Strange episode 3. Paul played the last one as well and tried out Elite: Dangerous. As for news we bring up a possible Need for Speed release date, the first Nintendo Humble Bundle, and stolen Amiibos.
Jon is away at MomoCon and Sean just continues to work through VLR. Paul plays a good chunk of Axiom Verge and tries out Dungeons and Dragons. The next Need for Speed game gets announced, a weird pack in deal with Splatoon is mentioned and we discuss the removal of the 8GB WiiU as an option in Japan.
A break in his apartment's water pipe makes Jon too busy this week. Sean however is here and continues to talk about VLR, he also checks out the latest update to Mario Kart 8 and plays some Pushmo World. Paul is trying out Axiom Verge. Nintendo announces a lot of their E3 plans, as well as their plans for smart phone games. Gears of War Remastered is leaked to some interesting outcomes. We also discuss the Ratchet and Clank reboot and the Bloodstained kickstarter.
Neither of us are playing too much right now, Paul isn't even here. Jon finishes Mortal Kombat X and Sean plays some Race the Sun and Monster Bag. We discuss the official announcements of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5, the next Assassin's Creed, and Disney Infinity 3.0. We also bring up the PAX Prime ticket sales and the preorder situation for Rock Band 4.
Late recording this week as the crew spent Thursday night seeing The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Due to this, the first while is talk about that (no spoilers... promise!) but we get right into the game talk afterwards as Sean dances around in Crypt of the Necrodancer, rounds up llamas while skiing in Alto's Adventure and doesn't have much fun with Never Alone. Paul dives into the new Hero Siege DLC, bends some elements in Platinum's Legend of Korra game and gets down and dirty in the Dirty Bomb beta. Jon... well... Jon watched some hockey and streetpassed himself all week! In news, Konami implodes, Steam introduces paid mods and allows game developers to ban cheaters from their games, Yooka-Laylee by old Rare personnel destroys its Kickstarter goal and D4 is finally coming to PC!
There isn't really news this week so we just talk about what we've been playing. Jon tries out the new Mario Kart 8 DLC as well as Axiom Verge. Sean dips into his back log with OlliOlli 2 and finally starts VLR. Paul tries out Box Boy and continues with Killing Floor 2 and Titan Souls.
This week Sean plays through Box Boy and gets into the mobile version of Hearthstone. Paul does as well. He also plays Pillars of Eternity, GTAV for PC, and Titan Souls. Jon checks out the new Streetpass update and Mortal Kombat X. Guitar Hero makes an official return announcement this week, questionable micro transactions in MKX, and weird Sony-movie related plans.
Short show this week as we all only play one game (basically). Sean finally finishes off Codename S.T.E.A.M.... guess how that went! Paul dives into the new Hearthstone adventure "Blackrock Mountain" and Jon has a great time with Boxboy! In news, Nintendo doesn't want players talking to each other, Layton turns into a card game and LEGO has... surprise surprise, toys you can buy for their video games!
This week Paul's work keeps him too late to be on the show. Jon starts up Dragon Warrior 2 and Battleblock Theater. Sean plays through Game of Thrones episode 3 and the odd Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast and Furious. The news is main the recent Nintendo Direct but we also bring up Assassin's Creed Chronicles, Quantum Break's delay, and OnLIve officially ending.
Internet issues aside we are all together again. Sean and Paul play Hotline Miami 2, Life is Strange episode 2 and both finish Ori and the Blind Forest. Sean is also checking out Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 and Tales from the Borderlands episode 2. Jon continues with Pokemon Shuffle and returns to Payday 2. That Netflix Zelda rumor is proven false, Zelda WiiU gets pushed back out of 2015 and the updated Dark Souls 2 gets a price structure.
Paul is kind of in and out during this episode but everything is playing Ori and the Blind Forest. Sean finished Rainbow Curse and continues with STEAM. Jon continues with Pokemon Shuffle, plays the original Dragon Warrior and Mario Party 10. Nintendo announces that it is getting into the mobile gaming market, they also announce that they have started work on their next platform code named NX. Kojima leaves Konami and a few more episode game series get next installment announcements.
Jon returns from his couple week absence to tell us all about how he didn't play anything at PAX East. He has though been trying out Pokemon Shuffle, Star Tropics and finishing that Dragon Ball Z game. Paul didn't play much. Sean continues with Rainbow Curse, starts Code Name S.T.E.A.M. and is quite into Ori and the Blind Forest. Uncharted 4 gets pushed to 2016, the next PS4 firmware update will bring the promised suspend/resume feature, and the next single play Hearthstone expansion is announced.
Jon is away for the second week, this time attending PAX East. Sean finishes up Majora's Mask 3D and Evolve while continuing Desert Golf and starting Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. Paul tries out Black Hole, Republique Remastered and Trials Fusion. News is large with the Rock Band 4 announcement, everything from Valve at this year's GDC and March's PS+ games.
While Jon picks up and goes on his work trip, Sean has been playing some more Evolve and finally has the opportunity to get the most out of the Jackbox Party Pack when some friends come to visit! Paul has been building some intricate weapons in Beseige, stressing out adventurers in Darkest Dungeon and going full Barry-mode in Resident Evil Revelations 2. In the news: TellTale teams up with Lionsgate, new Guitar Hero coming and the golden Mario idol (I mean, amiibo) sells out instantly!
Sean is away this week so Paul and Jon do the only logical thing: take a whole lot of listener questions! Remember: if you don't like this episode... it's kind of your fault!
With Valentine's Day coming up, Jon gets in the mood by playing Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans and... Cliffhanger? Sean catches up with the newest episode of Game of Thrones TellTale game, Evolve on the Xbox One and Framed on the iOS while Paul plays Heroes of the Storm. Not much in the way of news other than Zelda might be coming to Netflix? Also, a whole bunch of questions!
Paul tries out Dark Deception, Castle in Darkness and Life is Strange (along with Sean). Jon is just continuing with his everlasting quest to play every Picross puzzle ever. Club Nintendo releases their final rewards, variant color Amiibos are on their way and Sony no longer own Sony Online Entertainment.
Back from his convention for a couple weeks before heading out again Jon has been playing nothing. Paul is trying out Dying Light and Fractured Space while Sean talks about Majora's Mask 3D and Duet Game. Nintendo starts it's partner program for YouTube streamers, the next Game of Thrones episode gets a release date and February's PS+ titles are announced.
This week Paul talks about the North American released of REsident Evil as well as HuniePop. Sean sticks to iOS this week with more Pair Solitaire, Spaceteam and Heads Up! Jon is away at MAGfest. Microsoft held their Windows 10 event and we discuss what relates to games. Nintendo decides to shut down Club Nintendo, and Harmonix is really hinting at a new Rock Band.
Games are barely starting to come out so it's mainly backlog stuff this week. Sean finishes Mordor while Jon plays some Picross 3D. Paul continues with Far Cry 4 and gets mad at Sony. News is basically all about the latest Nintendo Direct, we also discuss Hotline Miami 2 and new Rock Band DLC. -- Watch live at http://www.twitch.tv/topdownperspective
Back from the break we want to discuss what we've been playing over the last couple of weeks. Sean goes through all of Assassin's Creed: Rogue and a good chunk of Shadow of Mordor. Jon has been playing some random DS eshop games as well as Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker. Paul continues with Far Cry 4 and Depth. We didn't really follow the (lack of) news but we bring up the holiday outtages on XBL and PSN and Bungie giving away ODST to Master Chief Collection owners.
Every year, it happens. Games came out. We played them and decided which we liked and those perhaps we didn't care for. Now... now we remember the year as a whole and name some of the worst and absolute best gaming experiences we had in 2014.Along with you, the community, it's been a long and winding road we traveled this year and we were astounded to have almost 100 personal entries for each category to tally up. Now sit back, relax and let's wrap up 2014 the right way...
Not a lot going on this week due to the holidays coming up. Sean is taking care of some stuff before leaving for Canada for a couple weeks so it's up to Jon and Paul to hold the fort down. Jon plays Ultimate NES Remix and Paul dabbles here and there in World of Warcraft. In news, Ralph Baer has passed, Telltale is making a Minecraft game and a video game is pulled off Steam Greenlight.
Paul finally starts up Bayonetta 2 and is already loving it. Sean plays through Game of Thrones and a good chunk of Captain Toad while continuing with Crossy Road. Jon beats everyone by playing Picross DS, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Broforce and a good deal more. The Game Awards happened as well as the PlayStation Experience and a good chunk of announcements came out of that.
From the far east Jon joins us, but never too far from video games. He's been playing more Picross DS, The Jackbox Party Pack and Binding of Isaac as well as Halo The Master Chief Collection with Sean (who also played through the first episode of Tales from the Borderlands). Paul hasn't been playing too much. A 20th anniversary PS4 is being released to a limited supply, we also talk about Steam's new broadcasting options, the next Assassin's Creed and Team YP.
It's Turkey Day for a minority of this podcast, not really - he didn't have any turkey. Paul has been playing Far Cry 4, This War of Mine and Dragon Age: Inquisition. Jon goes back to Picross DS, starts up Smash WiiU and checks out The Master Chief Collection. Sean finishes Bayonetta 2, starts working through Pokemon and is excited about Geometry Wars 3.
Paul continues with the new Binding of Isaac and Jon joins in and plays through all of Picross e5. Sean and Paul both play through A Bird Story. Then Sean plays some Luftrausers, Sunset Overdrive, Smash WiiU and Bayonetta. There isn't much news, G4 is officially gone.
Sean is away this week again, so in his memory Paul plays a lot of Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare while Jon parties it up playing Fibbage and Smash Bros on 3DS. In the news, Geoff Keighley hosts another video game award show, Amiibos from anywhere in the world will work on your console and BlizzCon announces a whack of updates for upcoming Blizzard products! News:Geoff Keighley has a new video game award show
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/geoff-keighley-launching-new-game-awards-show/1100-5084
Just Cause 3 announced
http://kotaku.com/square-enix-announces-just-cause-3-1657377684
LEGO Jurassic Park might be a thing
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/lego-jurassic-parks-probably-coming-next-year/1100-5090/
BlizzCon News:
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Announced!
Goblins vs Gnomes™—Explosive New Cards to Debut This December
HEROES CLOSED BETA ANNOUNCED
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Announced!
Overwatch™ Unveiled at BlizzCon
Geometry Wars 3 out Nov 25:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/11/13/geometry-wars-3-dimensions-launches-on-ps4-ps3-1125/#sf5760821
Amiibos are not region locked:http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/11/nintendo-amiibos-are-not-region-locked
See through 2DSs are coming state-side
http://kotaku.com/remember-those-cool-transparent-2ds-consoles-nintendo-1657269054?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow
Another silly Nintendo peripheral:http://kotaku.com/you-can-buy-a-250-drum-controller-for-wii-u-if-you-li-1657262585?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow
Sean rejoins this week to talk about Project Spark, Sunset Overdrive and Disney Fantasia. Jon played through all of Okami and Paul checked out Evolve's Big Alpha. This was a new Nintendo Direct this week and we break down what's interesting (and dumb) from that. We also talk about shaving gel and sweet upcoming Mii apps.
Sean is busy this week but the show doesn't stop. Paul is playing around with Arma 3 and a lot of The Evil Within. Jon continues with Hyrule Warriors and Smash 3DS. I put a lot of news in the doc but I haven't listened to the full episode yet so I don't know what exactly they talked about from there. There is a news section though.
Back from Portland, Jon tells us about checking out Killer Queen and yet another convention. Sean finished Hyrule Warriors and tries out Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel along with Paul. Paul is continuing with Alien: Isolation. Hearthstone is making its way to Android and phone platforms and Nintendo releases a huge Smash Bros WiiU Direct.
Jon is back from his second trip before heading off to number three. He's been playing the new Hyrule Warriors DLC and more 3DS Smash. Sean finishes up Hitman Go, Layton/Wright, Forza Horizon 2 and starts up Hyrule Warriors. Paul tries out Alien: Isolation, A City Sleeps and The Evil Within. There's a big free weekend on Steam happening, Nintendo will now let you download and purchase games from their website and the PS TV is out and PS Now starts the beta for it and the Vita.
Sometimes just not a lot is happening. Unless you're Jon in which you take random weekend trips to Jamaica and then come back and leave for Halifax and then come back and leave for Portland. Sean and Paul haven't been playing much new. Jon played some Smash 3DS.
We have a special guest join us this week and he's here to talk about Spirit Tracks, Sonic 2, purchasing Deadly Creatures and the book Console Wars. Jon and Paul have been playing Hyrule Warriors. Paul is also checking out The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and Fenix Rage. Sean continues with Layton/Wright, finishes D4 and starts up Smash for 3DS. News is short, we talk about what the future of Wipeout is looking like and the list of freebies that PS+ and Games with Gold are.
We join Sean as he explains just how much he is loving Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright. Paul talks a lot about Korean MMOs and Jon brings up more Lethal League and 100% Orange Juice. Tokyo Game Show is happening as we speak. We get a release date for D4 and Onechanbara is super weird. Microsoft's purchase of Minecraft is confirmed and the Dream Team Miiverse get silly.
We try out streaming on Twitch again this week so things are a little weird. Jon continues to play so many games including Hotline Miami, Lethal League and the beta for Might No. 9. Paul played Garry's Mod with our community. Sean checks out a bunch of Vita PS+ games and finally starts Layton/Wright. We discuss a few new release date announcement and the rumor about Microsoft wanting to buy Minecraft.
Jon played a record breaking number of games this time, he honestly just doesn't stop bringing them up. As much as we try he keeps going. Paul tries out Super Time Force Ultra, Hitman GO and more Dark Souls 2. Sean plays the Walking Dead season two finale and Halo Spartan Assault. There was a major 3DS Nintendo Direct that included the announcement of a new hardware model. We also discuss Super Meat Boy Forever, Run Sackboy! Run!'s announcement and Minecraft coming to the Xbox One.
We lose Jon to yet another convention since PAX is this weekend. Sean and Paul are left to reminisce. Paul goes back to DayZ and gets freaked out from Five Nights at Freddy's. Sean continues his necrodancing, gets quite confused with Invisible Inc and really enjoys Hitman Go. For news we talk about Amazon's purchase of Twitch, September's PS+ offers and interesting Mario Kart 8 DLC is revealed.
This week Sean's been playing more Crypt of the Necrodancer, the third Kentucky Route Zero episode and Tiny Wings got updated. Paul is wrapping up all the new Hearthstone content, trying out Invisible Inc. and reminding us who developed N+. Jon has mixed feelings on P.T. and starts playing Counter-Spy. In the news section we discuss how Super Time Force is coming to steam soon, Team Meat's teaser trailer and The Behemoth's fourth game.
It's Wacky Wednesdays on this episode and we make sure that it is a success. Jon has been playing Broforce, Super Time Force and Waluigi of Time. Paul isn't really playing anything. Sean finishes Strider, falls in love with Crypt of the Necrodancer and has mixed feelings on Rymdkapsel. Gamescom is happening this week so there is just a ton of news in general.
This week, Sean plays the "I moved and have no internet game" so Paul got to play the "nothing is working right game" while Jon resumed his "I feel sleepy" game.In reality, Jon revisits some gems of the past such as Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie, Contra: The Alien Wars and Time Slip. Paul, in the meantime, enjoys some Abyss Odyssey, starts a descent into madness trying a Dark Souls 2 "Deathless" run and enjoys some free-to-play business in Firefall, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms and Velvet Sundown.In news, Resident Evil REmake gets a... REmake? Twitch pisses their userbase off and a bunch of cool games are announced (including a port of Bioshock to iOS devices!). We answer a bunch of questions, ramble on about random talking points and slowly show our true colors. All this, and more, on this episode of the Top Down Perspective!
Finishing up his third convention recently, Jon talks about his time away Shovel Knight and Tappingo. Paul continues with the new Hearthstone expansions (Sean takes a crack at them too) as well as trying out EVE Online. Sean plays through episode four of The Walking Dead's second season. The PS+ games for August are announced, there is a Firefly MMO coming and the Last of Us movie is green lit.
We find one Jon Wheeler around town and invite him on the show this week before he leaves again for San Diego. He discusses his last couple weeks of travelling as well as Tomodachi Life. Paul has been playing that new Hearthstone expansion as well as Divinity: Original Sin. Sean is almost done Golden Sun 3 and starts up South Park. Google seems to have bought Twitch, some release dates are also brought up and we discuss settlement stuff from Sony in this week's news section.
We tried to get Jon on this episode but he continues his convention traveling with stop number two. In the mean time both Sean and Paul finish Shovel Knight. Paul also dips back into WoW and doesn't like Unturned. Sean finises Monument Valley, Murdered: Soul Suspect and starts up Strider. In the News section we bring up how Microsoft created the largest layoff in history, EVO, Destiny pre-order information, digital sales at retail and how Dota is being shown on TV.
Jon is travelling to another convention this week so Sean and Paul get deeper into Murdered: Soul Suspect and Shovel Knight. Sean also plays through the final episode of The Wolf Among Us and Rayman Fiesta Run. Paul is only playing Payday 2. Cliffy B returns to the game industry starting up BossKey Studios. We also talk about the announcement of Battleborn, the iOS App Store turning 6 and pricing information for the single player portion of Hearthstone.
It's all about Goosebumps on this episode. Choose. Your. Own. Adventure. We've all been playing Shovel Knight. Jon continues to prepare for his upcoming tournaments, Paul dislikes the end of Murdered and Sean LOVED the end of Super Time Force. The Ouya is still a thing in the news and we talk about women in eSports for a while.
A new era begins as we welcome Paul Fleck onto the show as the new third seat. He talks about Murded: Soul Suspect, Shovel Knight and Nosgoth. Jon is still playing Tomodachi Life for some reason, Nidhogg and Killer Instinct. Sean finishes InFamous Second Son and is playing Super Time Force and Max the Curse of Brotherhood. We also discuss Phil Fish's brief and controversial return to twitter, something about Warcraft and how Games with Gold is still kind of a bummer.
We're all back and running down what happened at the big event. We discuss all the major press conferences and everything that was shown within. Jon also tells many a tale of his time at the convention and we end off on a bit of a sad note.
It's the day before E3 and we assemble to make our predictions! We also discuss more Mario Kart 8, Transistor and Jon dives into Tomadachi Life. News has rumors of Mario Maker, possible Last Guardian cancellations, the WiiU gets its first DS Virtual Console release in Japan and Gaijin Games changes its name.
Nathan is busy movie this week so Jon and Sean run down what they have been up to in the last two weeks. Mario Kart 8, Mario Golf, Triple Deluxe, the new Walking Dead and Wolf Among Us episodes are discussed and more! News is packed as we discuss a crazy Japanese Mario Kart 8 commercial, more lawsuit business for Oculus, a couple games getting announced and some studios closing and laying people off.
Sean is back and has many a game to talk about, including the latest Kirby, Mario Kart and Mario Golf installments. Nathan meanwhile is one again enamored by the devious redundancy of Work Time Fun and is apparently not rhythmic enough to enjoy Parappa the Rapper. Maybe he's just gotta believe? Newswise, Microsoft is changing up a bunch of things with Xbox Live, Halo is coming back in a big way and that new Amplitude will include music by Anamanaguichi and Freezepop...if it gets funded. Then its questions, which you can send us @tdppodcast, our facebook page or topdownperspective@gmail.com (forgot to mention that). And hey, first time recording in the same room for years, so the sound quality may be...different. Enjoy.
Just Nathan this week as Jon travels to the US to chill with Chugga and Sean travels light to his hometown. Rusty's Real Deal Baseball and Work Time Fun make up the games section this week, then a few news stories concerning Nintendo, some Microsoft rumors that may as well just be considered facts and EA's decision to stop supporting a bunch of old multi-player games (get those final Battlefield sessions in before June 30th). The its on to about thirty minutes of Nathan doing his best to answer questions about games he's never played. Thanks for listening to this, the second Ramblin' Rohr episode of TDP.
Two man show this week with Jon and Nathan. Jon gives us the run-down on a trial run of the zombie apocalypse before jumping in on Rusty's Real Deal Baseball, Picross e4 and the latest from the team that brought you Far Cry 3, a JRPG with poetic dialogue called Child of Light (who'da guessed it?). Nathan FINALLY played that copy of Pikmin 3 he borrowed from Sean last year and started raging with the angriest six-armed deity in gaming in Asura's Wrath Then its news time with more Direct-style info from Nintendo, digital Kevin Spacey (his face doesn't move right), a new Kickstarter from Harmonix that may actually be worth a look, hot new Vitas, insane budgets, depressing mergers, all that and a mountain of YOUR questions on this week's Top Down Perspective!
There's a bit of a lull nowadays so we start working out way through the backlog. Sean is continuing with Hearthstone and finally finishes Broken Age. Jon played Gears of War for some reason but was also smart, and cool, enough to play Rusty's Real Deal Baseball. Nathan is getting real annoyed with Mortal Kombat. All those Atari E.T. cartridges were dug up over the weekend and that's weird. We also talk about the next chapter in the weird Bob's Game saga and our audience gets way too crazy about Major's Mask rumors.
Nathan returns to us to talk about finishing up Chrono Trigger. Jon has been trying out Pokemon Battle Trozei and returns to Crosswords Plus while Sean finishes up with Yoshi's New Island and gets into Hearthstone on the iPad. There really isn't much news; a couple leaks. We take a lot of questions!
Jon returns from his incredible weekend at PAX East. We discuss the plane trip, air port mayhem and, of course, what he did at the show. Sean brings up his final moments with Tropical Freeze, The Wolf Among Us 3, Rusty's Real Deal Baseball and more InFamous Second Son. Obviously we talk about the Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct last week, we also mention a bunch of release dates that PAX East brought forth.
Nathan can't join us this week unfortunately. We start off by discussing PAX East and Jon's upcoming trip there. He finishes up Yoshi's New Island and gives Minecraft a good try. Sean wraps up The Azran Legacy, continues with Tropical Freeze and starts InFamous Second Son. As for news, Amazon announces and releases the Fire TV and Amy Hennig now works for EA again.
Special Saturday edition! Sean continues with the latest Layton game as well as getting his feet wet with Tropical Freeze. He also watches the DOTA2 documentary: Free to Play. Nathan continues to work through South Park the Stick of Truth (Jon plays through all of it) and feeds his RPG hunger with Chrono Trigger on the DS. Jon finally finishes up Bravely Default and shares his strong opinions on Yoshi's New Island. All the latest news is here including the recent Oculus buyout, the list of GBA games coming to WiiU, FTL's update and we get some new details on the two new Assassin's Creed games coming this year.
If you haven't played through Bravely Default then do not listen to this episode! You have been warned. Jon and Sean get together to discuss everything they can think of from Bravely Default. We bring up what was great and what was so, so wrong with this weird JRPG.
Jon continues to trek through Bravely Default as he really wants it to end now. He also plays a good chunk of South Park: The Stick of Truth. Nathan finished up Remember Me, plays through Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and checks out Luftrousers and Towerfall Ascension. Sean continues with Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy. It's GDC week and Sony has announced their VR headset the Morpheus. We also discuss the leaked images of the next couple Assassin's Creed games, Wal-Mart's decision to start a used game business and Igarashi leaving Konami.
IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED 999 OR HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THIS GAME THEN DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE! Sean and Nathan get in deep with the mysteries of 999. We go through even plot point and bring up what was weird and what was weirder. We spoil everything we can think of in this fantastic DS adventure game.
Sean is back and has FINALLY conquered Bravely Default. Jon, meanwhile, has become trapped in an endless time loop, playing it for all eternity. Will he escape? Tune in next week to find out. Sean also checked out Half Brick's latest, Bear vs Art and has begun playing the new entry in the Professor Layton series. And something called Oqonie? Sounds weird. Jon also began playing the latest Donkey Kong Country while Nathan played much of Remember Me in a single sitting, dabbled with Jack Lumber (which used to have the tagline "Trees Suck") and that game Threes? Well, its on Android so he acknowledges that he can't stop playing it compulsively (the new Tiny Tower maybe?) News mostly consists of a couple game release announcements, but the new initiative by Amazon to stream games to your home is probably the most noteworthy story. All that and a pretty hefty barrel of questions on this weeks Top Down Perspective! Review us on iTunes if you'd so like and feel free to ask us some questions next week. Thanks for listening.
Just Jon and Nathan (JoNathan) this week as Sean takes to the skies to visit his homeland. Jon talks some Bravely Default and his favoritest game of yesteryear, Payday 2. Nathan tries to compare the adventure games of the east versus those of the west, centering on Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward and the latest episode of Telltale's Walking Dead, "A House Divided". Over in news, Batman is back (already?), Jack "Not as tough as Reggie" Tretton steps down from CEO of SCEA, we know exactly when Watch_Dogs is coming out and Amy Hennig of Uncharted fame leaves Naughty Dog rather abruptly. And, of course, we talk at length about Shaquille O'Neal's latest venture in the world of video-games over at Indigogo. All that and your questions on this, the latest episode of Top Down Perspective. Review us on iTunes. If you'd like. You don't have to. But it would be cool.
This week Jon plugs in an Xbox One and continues to work through Bravely Default (along with Sean). We also discuss Beat Blasters 3 and Nathan plays through the latest Last of Us DLC. News is real interesting with the announcement of a Sega vs. Nintendo movie/book in the works, the Xbox One is finally getting Twitch integration in a few weeks and Waluigi is only going to be an assist trophy.
Sean returns with tales of the time travel lab he failed to escape from. He also checked out the Titanfall Beta this week and continues to work through Bravely Default with Jon too. Nathan is getting a little down on VLR and is still way into Threes (who isn't?). The big event for everyone is Twitch Plays Pokemon, let's be honest - it's really great. However we have to talk about more so we discuss the end of Irrational Games, Humble Bundle 11 and Nintendo Girls Club.
We have reached our 200th episode! Congrats everyone!
Sean and Jon get way deep into Bravely Default. Nathan starts up VLR, continues with some Flappy Bird and is very much enjoying Threes (so is Sean). News has us discussing the hot topic of Flappy Bird, Nintendo's latest, and real good, Nintendo Direct, and Steam announces "tags".
It's a new week and games are really starting to roll now. Sean has started up Bravely Default (to Jon's jealousy), finished The Room 2 and played through episode 2 of The Wolf Among Us (as well as Nathan). Nathan also finishes 999 and jumps right into VLR and is real deep into OlliOlli and Lumines. Jon revisits Earthbound Zero and continues with Pokemon Y. Nintendo comments on their recent announcement, Flappy Bird is a weird thing, music is coming to Steam and Watch Dogs loses its trademark momentarily.
Sean starts us off with a depressing story from SF. He's also been playing a lot of Risk of Rain with Nathan and starting up Broken Age and The Room Two. Nathan finished Broken Age and is continuing through 999 and Darksiders while Jon is slowly playing more Pokemon Y and revisiting a bunch of old stuff. We got a bunch of news from all corners of the console market. Nintendo announces some of it's new ideas. Microsoft buys Gears of War from Epic. Sony announces a Sly Cooper movie.
We're joined by a special guest this week: Vernon Shaw - the creator of Hot Pepper Gaming. He tells us about his time with Borderlands 2 and grinding on hamburger patties. Sean has been addicted to Risk of Rain all week. Nathan is playing a whole bunch of stuff in search of his next obsession and Jon is warming up to Pokemon Y.News sees Nintendo and not doing so well sales-wise and the "Nintendo Force" magazine is already looking to Kickstarter for help. Canadian retailers raise the price of video games while Steam introduces more currencies into its marketplace. Finally, Sony is having a pretty great sale on a range of titles from recent years.
This week Jon takes the plunge into Pokemon Y, he also shows Sean and Nathan how to play Payday 2. Nathan gets real interested with Tomb Raider and 999 while Sean plays To The Moon and Nidhogg. For news we discuss the new update for Sim City, The Wolf Among Us gets a tentative release window and Michael Myers will be in CoD Ghosts.
Jon returns from his trip to MAGfest as well as a new addition to his family! Congrats to them. Sean enters the US and is now an ambassador. Nathan sits at home playing Cook, Serve, Delicious! We discuss the new Humble Bundle, PlayStation Now and the final chapter for Silicon Knights.
It's a new year and Jon is on his way to MAGFest while Sean and Nathan hold down the podcast fort. Nathan is way into Cook, Serve, Delicious as well as iOS game Paint it Back. Sean continues to play NFS Rivals, starts working through Papers, Please and plays the new Walking Dead episode. News is pretty barren due to the time of the year. The Nintendo eShop was down this holiday which also caused a delayed release for Pokemon Bank and Deadpool has vanished from all digital download services for some unknown reason.
It's our final episode of 2013 and it's also our Game of the Year special. We run through a number of different categories that we set up this year as well as our own personal Top 10 lists. As an added bonus this time we polled our community and have choices to highlight from you guys!
Announcement! We have set up a Community GotY survey for all of you guys to do. Please check out our various social networks for the link to it. Vote on this year's games so we can do some fun stuff with it on our GotY episode later this month! Jon is racing to get some 2013 games done and he starts up Saints Row 4 and The Last of Us. Sean plays through Crimson Dragon, Attack of the Friday Monsters and Dropchord and Nathan checks out the Master Quest in A Link Between Worlds as well as the new, crazy Just Cause 2 multiplayer. News is starting to dry up now but we get a surprising interesting Nintendo Direct this week as well as PAX making another really controversial decision.
We're slowly getting ready for the end of the year as we begin to look back and play the games we missed. Sean plays Mario Party Island Tour, Kentucky Route Zero and Sonic and Sega All-Stars Transformed. Jon plays some of the new Zelda and Payday 2. Nathan finishes A Link Between Worlds and Saints Row 4 and still can't get away from Scurvy Scallywags.The VGXs happened this week so we spend a good deal talking about how awkward that was. A couple release dates get announced and Youtube is changing some of their rules for live streaming.
We finally made it to the big 191 everybody! Sean and Nathan continue with A Link Between Worlds. Sean also tries out Xbox Fitness for the first time. Nathan gets really into State of Decay and Jon starts up the new Adventuretime game that has a name that is too long for me to go look up. News sees the death of some very important people this week. We also discuss the first batch of developers in the ID@Xbox program, the nominees for the VGXs and Nintendo new nightmare peripheral.
We have all the new consoles now but we're all crazy into Super Mario 3D World. Sean does also talk about his new Xbox One and some of its cool and not so cool features. Nathan also dives into Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. There was some weird stuff going on with Twitch, the PS4, and the Playroom app so we discuss that. Jon Carmack leaves id Software for real and Swery65 seems to be interested in a Deadly Premonition sequel.
The PS4 and the Xbox One are now out and while Sean waits for his Xbox to show up he and Jon discuss their new Sony consoles. Resogun and Contrast are the PS4 games discussed most. Sean has also been playing a lot of Black Flag and the Battlefield4 campaign. Jon plays through all of Halo 4, Nathan checks out Brothers and Uncharted: Golden Abyss and then the two of them get deep into Super Mario 3D World. Sony releases some teaser trailers for the next Uncharted game and the upcoming Last of Us DLC. We also get some info about the Vita TV, the new Phoenix Wright 5 DLC and rumors about Telltale Games' next game.
We're joined by special guest Jon Wheeler on this episode as he tells us about his time with Batman: Arkham Origins, Wii Party U and continues his way through Dream Team. Nathan can't stop playing Spelunky, goes back to Arkham City and plays through all of Call of Duty: Ghosts. Sean finishes up Saints Row 4, The Swapper and jumps into Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag.There was a new Nintendo Direct this week so we run through what was mentioned there. We also got a whole bunch of Sony and PS4 related news cause that console is basically out now!
Jon is away this week in the US so Sean and Nathan talk about their preparations for the PS4 coming out next week. Sean finished up Arkham Origins, Wii Party U and tried Typing of the Dead and The Swapper. Nathan dove back into a ton of stuff but also got to try out some PS4 games at the mall.News involves weird Internet Explorer girls, Jim Sterling leaving Destructoid, Microsoft giving Killer Instinct away to specific people and some more info on Xbox One Fitness
We try out doing a Google Hangout for the main show for the first time. You can see the video archive on our YouTube page! We talk about Jon's Dead Space stream as well as whatever else we did for Halloween. Sean played more Pokemon as well as Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and Batman: Arkham Origins. Nathan revisits Animal Crossing New Leaf, The Wolf Among Us and more Spelunky. There was quite a bit of Sony news this week. A massive PS4 FAQ was put out as well as Walking Dead season 2 and Heavenly Sword movie trailers. The status of People Can Fly and SwapNote is brought up.
We spoil a lot in this but it's Pokemon so there really isn't that much in terms of story anyway. Sean sits down with Pixel Response's Paul Fleck to talk a bunch about the latest Pokemon games.
IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED OR DON'T WANT BEYOND: TWO SOULS SPOILED FOR YOU - DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS! Nathan and Sean sit down to talk some deep spoilers about Beyond: Two Souls.
On this episode Sean talks all about The Wolf Among Us and his short time playing Saints Row 4 while Nathan finishes up Beyond: Two Souls, slows down on GTAV and tries out Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and Soundodger. Jon has been streaming a bunch. News is pretty scarce but we bring up the surprising delay of Watch_Dogs, the new Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer and some more indie games being ported to the PS4.
We announce that part 2 of our Japanese Sega Saturn live stream will be October 12th at 6 PM MT. We hope you can tune in and watch some weird games get played! Apart from that, we all discuss the newly released Beyond: Two Souls, we also talk a bit more about GTA5 and FTL, Escape Vector and Saints Row 4 get mentioned too.
Jon and Nathan went to this year's Pincade and Jon left with something very interesting! Nathan has been playing some GTAV Online, Sleeping Dogs and L.A. Noire. Sean finishes up Wind Waker HD and starts GTAV and FTL. Nintendo had a lackluster Nintendo Direct, Steam announces their controller plans and Sega has THE BEST preorder incentive EVER!
Jon is away, stuck in traffic, so Nathan and Sean create the BEST episode ever! Nathan talks more about GTAV and then his evil (better?) twin shows up and tells us how much he's enjoying Sleeping Dogs. Sean explains why The Wonderful 101 is a very odd game and starts playing Wind Waker HD.
Valve has basically taken over the news front this week with two of the three living room announcements already having been made. We also discuss the $10 upgrade program for split-gen games and plans for the Vita TV coming out in Western countries.
GTAV is out this week and we spend a good deal of time talking about Nathan's enjoyment with it. Sean plays some PlayStation All-Stars and The Wonderful 101 while Jon packs up his things and continues with Mario & Luigi Dream Team. There's a ton of news this week including the death of Hiroshi Yamauchi, a new Nintendo Direct, Atlus being bought by Sega and Criterion Games splitting up.
We're all back for the entire length of this episode. Jon and Sean have been playing Disney Infinity. Sean also plays through Gunpoint and Botanicula while Nathan plays some more Far Cry 2 and Scurvy Scallywags. Jon also plays some of The Wonderful 101. News is mainly Sony related with the recent Japanese press conference. We also discuss Steam's family mode and the new Humble Bundle.
Jon and Nathan return from Seattle to talk all about this year's PAX Prime. Sean quickly mentions his time with Rayman Legends and The Room Epilogue and we bring up some brief news. After than we jump right into the PAX talk, Sean's internet dies and everyone has a great time!
It's the week before PAX! Sean talks about his time with Pikmin 3, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team and a little Plants vs. Zombies 2. Jon reviews the new Flashback as well as checks out Rayman Legends. Nathan revisits Runner 2 and Mirror's Edge. In the news section we talk about the just announced Nintendo 2DS, no more Microsoft points and a possible Xbox One release date.
Sean is away on vacation so Nathan and Jon talk about the games they played for an EXCEEDINGLY long time. New record, its gotta be. So, hear exhaustive breakdowns of the best desert island game around, Miasmata, the critical darling Gone Home, the fourth in a long-running series of quirky RPGs, Mario and Luigi Dream Team, the stylish follow-up to The Dishwasher, Charlie Murder, the perhaps unfortunate remake of Flashback, Brad Shoemaker's favorite game,Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Dave Lang's Divekick, Wayforward's Mighty Switch Force 2 and, finally, 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat, Nathan's Game of Show from E3 2013. After all of that, we still find a bit of time for some news. Steve Ballmer is planning to leave Microsoft about a year from now, right after shutting down Games for Windows Live. Launch lineups for the Xbox One and the Playstation 4 have been revealed, so we run down those along with some tid-bits from Sony's conference at Gamescom this past week. We talk about Notch's cancelled sci-fi game, the PS3 exclusive Dark Souls II beta, and an exciting opportunity for indie developers over at GOG.com All that and a few dalliances here and there on the Top Down Perspective!
Jon is away being sick this week so Nathan and Sean kick things off by talking about Kick-Ass 2. Sean then shares his thoughts on finishing the first Phoenix Wright as well as starting out with Pikmin 3. Nathan discusses more Papers, Please, Bully and how he can't wait for Gone Home. News has us talking about more policy changes with the Xbox One, a new slate of Humble Bundles to get REALLY excited about and some GTA5 multiplayer info released.
Sean returns to talk about ibb & obb, Phoenix Wright and Hundreds. Jon talks about his upcoming video reviews and Nathan brings up Red Dead Redemption and Papers, Please! As for news, there was a new Nintendo Direct last week, Gone Home gets a release date and Saints Row 4 gets the most ridiculous special edition ever.
It's a knee-slapper this week...that'll make sense a minute or two in. Sorry. Just Nathan and Jon this week, as they talk open-world games such as Saint's Row the Third and Red Dead Redemption, the final hours of the Cloudberry Kingdom Infinity Cup, The Swapper, The Walking Dead 400 Days and more! Then we discuss the recent Phil Fish twitter drama surrounding Fez II, some recent upcoming game announcements and the hottest Pinball and Arcade show in the city of Calgary, Pincade 2013! Enjoy, and happy 11th Anniversary of Signs coming out in theaters. NOTE: This episode was originally posted with only Jon's audio. Hopefully that has been fixed. Apologies for the inconvenience. Thanks for listening.
The Steam sale is over and we wrap up our experiences with it. Jon continues to play Deadpool and Project X Zone as well as checking out Picross e2. Nathan is playing a ton of games including Tomb Raider, Uncharted 3 and ZombiU. Sean finishes up Trine and plays through Cherry Tree High Comedy Club. In the news section we discuss how Atlus is being sold off, Microsoft announcing that the Xbox One will be very indie developer friendly and how the 3DS is selling well for Nintendo.
It's the Summer Steam Sale and we're talking about the games we've bought and the cards we've collected! Jon also brings up Deadpool and the new Streetpass games/update. Nathan goes through a whole bunch including The Witcher 2, Blood Dragon and the new Call of Juarez. Sean revists Trine and tries out Antichamber. As for the news, we discuss Sony's PLAY line-up of games this summer as well as their weird new trophy-bidding thing and Deadly Premonition is now on Greenlight.
We start off by expressing our thoughts on Ryan Davis's passing. He meant a lot to us. Jon has been playing Deadpool, Project X Zone and Epic Mickey on the 3DS. Nathan plays through Alan Wake's The Signal and Gunpoint. Sean reviews The Walking Dead 400 Days and checks out Badland. As for news we have some odd EVO related decisions from Nintendo, China might start allowing game consoles again and the summer Steam sale has begun.
This week Jon is talking all about Picross E and Super Luigi U with Sean. Sean also brings up more of The Last of Us and gushes over Game & Wario. Nathan talks The Last Man and Demon Souls. The news section brings up the recent decision from Microsoft to stop charging for patches, DoubleFine asking for more money for Broken Age and Klei Entertainment announces a new game.
Jon's back from his trip to talk about Disneyland and some game convention before his internet dies on us and leaves. Nathan has been playing a lot of games starting with the letter 'A' and Sean talks about The Last of Us some more. News is short but we discuss the latest Layton game that appeared on iOS, a couple games getting banned in Australia and some MGS1 remake confusion.
Our schedules didn't work together this week so you're getting two back to back solocasts in this episode. Jon is still away on his vacation so Nathan is up first with what he's been playing. He talks about Animal Crossing New Leaf and last year's XCOM. Sean comes in next to talk about The Last of Us, Thomas Was Alone and, also, Animal Crossing New Leaf.
This is the longest episode I think we've ever recorded. Clocking in at nearly 3 hours, you get to listen to all our thoughts about E3 2013. We run through the four press conferences and Nintendo Direct that happened on the opening days. Nathan and Jon then go into great detail about the games they played while down in LA.
The three of us are all together and here to share our thoughts on how our Japanese Sega Saturn live stream went. Sean talks about finishing up 999 and playing some Ouendan and Proteus. Nathan talks about a few Mario games and a bunch of NES stuff and Jon brings up a few games from an earlier live stream of his.
News is real packed this week with a few announcements dealing with the Xbox One. We also talk about Konami's pre-E3 show, a re-release of Tales of Symphonia and Respawn Entertainment's new game gets leaked early.
Sean has returned from his trip overseas with grand tales of his travels. We discuss some of the games and toys he purchased as well as some upcoming plans. Nathan isn't here this week and Jon discusses Final Fantasy 8 while Sean talks about 999.
News is scarce since E3 is getting close but we talk about the ending of Curiosity, Double Fine's new Kickstarter and the two Humble Bundles currently going on.
One of our international travelers has returned! Jon is back to talk about the Xbox One (or is it Xone, Xbone or X1?) and a smattering of other news, as well as Witch and Hero, that new-fangled Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and Mario's latest Minis escapade on the 3DS. Nathan finally hit the bottom of the Hotline Miami barrel (if Cactus is reading this, level-editor in the sequel, PLEASE make it happen) and is maybe too excited about Super Mario 3D Land. Is it the Majora's Mask of Mario games? Listen to find out! Oh, and some other things happened, Atari died again, someone said Mirror's Edge 2 somewhere and people freaked out, same ol' same ol'.
It's a Ramblin' Rohr! Sean and Jon are jet-setting around the planet, so its just Nathan alone in a basement talking to himself. But hey, that's its own kind of weird fun, right? RIGHT? Anyway, topics this week range from Metro 2033 to the sudden change in policy towards Let's Players Nintendo just unleashed. That topic is way too big for one man, but I rattle off some thoughts, along with another news update or two and a brief appraisal of the latest Star Trek film. Oh, and moving is weird, huh? Some thoughts on that and more (a bit more, I promise its not too long) on this week's Top Down Perspective.
It's the last episode before Jon and Sean take off traveling for a bit. Nathan and Jon have been playing the browser game Candy Box while Sean finishes up DmC and Fire Emblem Awakening, he also discovers Doritos Crash Course 2.
As for the news: EA secures exclusive rights to any future Star Wars games, Penny Arcade puts out a controversial kickstarter, weird happenings with Ubisoft employees and Burnout Paradise is on sale on Steam and Sean now owns every version of that game.
The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo was this last week and Jon and Nathan discuss their time there. Jon's been playing Double Dragon while Nathan revisits Super Mario Land 2 and Sean plays through Poker Night 2 and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.
We also discuss the new video game themed Story Bundle, legal trouble for 5th Cell and Call of Duty: Ghost is announced.
Jon and Sean played their way through Injustice: Gods Among Us so they spend a good deal of time talking about that. Nathan has been playing the old Yoshi's Island.
As for news, Nintendo won't be having a major press conference this year at E3, Microsoft announced the date of their next-xbox announcement presentation and Phoenix Wright HD gets delayed again.
This week Nathan finishes up Bioshock Infinite and checks out 2010's Vanquish. Jon plays the new Injustice and gets us talking a whole lot about DC comics. Sean beats Metal Gear Rising and Guacamelee. The main news is that Nintendo had a major Nintendo Direct conference this week and we discuss all the information that came out of that. Team Bondi isn't looking the best, Skyrim is getting no more DLC and The Evil Within gets shown.
It's not the length of the show but it's how you use it? I dunno. The three of us are back and discussing Bioshock Infinite, Guacamelee, Puzzle Agent 2 and something Jon played.
As for news, Batman Arkham Origins is announced, more talk on Durango rumors and another studio shuts down.
This week Sean and Jon get more in depth with Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon as well as Sean's time with Bioshock Infinite. Nathan looks to Telltale and plays some Jurassic Park and Puzzle Agent.
We also discuss LucasArts being closed down and the loss of Star Wars 1313 along with Roger Ebert passing away.
Jon returns from PAX East to tell us about his time there, the games he played, and the fun he got up to. Sean talks about The Cave and Gears of War Judgement while Nathan discusses Papers, Please.
We also bring up the announcement of MGSV, Ducktales and the XCOM being ported to iOS.
Nathan is away sick but Sean grabs hold of Jon for a bit before he heads off to PAX East. Jon plays through all of Lords of Shadow this week as well as gives us an idea of what he'll be playing on his plane rides to and from Boston. Sean plays through all of Lego City Undercover and the new Citadel DLC for Mass Effect 3.
News has a huge list of release date, new game and platform announcements that we run through, the list of free EA games that Sim City owners have access to and a new Steam Early Access program.
When we're not discussing vikings we talk about how Tomb Raider is out while Nathan finishes Skyward Sword and tells us about Ridiculous Fishing.
News is short: we bring up more info on the SimCity issues this last week, Ron Gilbert leaving Double Fine and some tension between Xi3 and Valve.
Nathan gets way into Skyward Sword this week and Jon continues to work his way through Fire Emblem. Sean plays through Runner 2 and To the Moon.
In the news section we discuss a significant resignation from Respawn and the major issues surrounding the launch of SimCity.
This week Sean and Jon continue along with Fire Emblem. Jon also talks about Metal Gear Rising and Sean finishes up Assassin's Creed 3 and looks at Pudding Monsters. Nathan starts Skyward Sword and also plays through current iOS hit Year Walk.
As for the news, the Ouya gets some interesting developers on board, more Walking Dead coming from Telltale before season two and Microsoft is have a cool sale right now.
This week we rush through a bit (yet still end with an hour and a half long episode). Sean and Jon are continuing with Fire Emblem Awakening quite a bit. Sean also finished Ni No Kuni and The Room along with Nathan.
News is the big deal this week! Another Nintendo Direct happens showing off the "Year of Luigi", Hotline Miami is coming to the Vita, The Room is getting a sequel and that's about it....Just kidding! The scheduled Sony event shows off the all-new PlayStation 4!
This Valentine's episode finds Jon playing some more Sonic '06 and Fire Emblem: Awakening. Sean continues with Ni No Kuni and also tried out iOS games: Borderlands Legends and The Room. Nathan plays some WarioWare and the original Metroid.
News is scarce. We discuss more happenings around the Rayman Legends delay, another studio closes and some controversy is surrounding the new Aliens game.
Jon's here talking about Parasite Eve as well as some more Fire Emblem: Awakening with Sean. Sean also continues his trek through Ni No Kuni and Nathan finishes up Phantom Hourglass.
News on the Ouya and Durango surface as well as some details about the next Assassin's Creed and Rayman Legends being delayed.
This week Sean continues his way through the never ending Ni No Kuni, he's also playing Fire Emblem: Awakening along with Jon. Jon also continues to enjoy Sonic '06. Nathan discusses his time with the Global Game Jam and all the games he got to see be made.
News is scarce but we talk about a possible PS4 announcement, Junction Point closing and the release date reveal of GTA5.
This week Sean is playing through a couple visual novels, a couple iOS games and the big release this week: Ni No Kuni. Nathan plays some Skyrim. KRUNCH and The Cave and Jon is playing Sonic '06 for some reason. And liking it.
A bunch of news dropped this week. The final chapter of the THQ bankruptcy is revealed and Nintendo drops word on Windwaker HD, Fire Emblem X Shin Megami Tensei, Miiverse on phones and a whole lot more.
We're all back for a regular episode and have been playing a lot. Nathan plays new iOS hit Hundreds. Jon is checking out DmC as well as Wake Up Club with Sean. Sean also finishes up Gravity Rush and starts playing Analogue: A Hate Story.
There's a lot of news including information on the Steam box from CES, more updates on THQ, Dead Island Riptide's collector's edition, new Pokemon games announced and quite a bit more!
I'm pretty sure we didn't actually do much spoiler talking this time. Just tread lightly.
It's that time of year again! We all sit down and run through our own personal top ten games of 2012! We also add a few other categories to the episode this time including Most Disappointing and our future Predictions. And as a bonus, we invited Pixel Response's Paul Fleck to come and join us for the fun times. So enjoy this extra long and extra special edition of the Top Down Perspective!
Jon is away at MAGfest which leaves Nathan and Sean to host our last episode before the GOTY special. Nathan has been playing Mark of the Ninja and Shank 2 along with more Spaceteam (same with Sean). Sean has also been playing Dance Central 3 and Forza Horizon.
News is scarce but we discuss the first footage of Activision's The Walking Dead game as well as Sony filing for a patent that may fight against used games.
For our final episode of the year we are unfortunately one man short. But while Jon is away Nathan and Sean discuss Cart Life, Sin Episodes, Binary Domain, Rayman Jungle Run and some more Hotline Miami.
News is incredibly small but includes more info on the War Z issues, Xbox 360 achievements showing up on an iOS game and a new Final Fantasy 13 game has been announced.
This might be our last episode before the new year but we're still playing games and needing to talk about them. Jon continues with PlayStation All Stars as well as checks our Journey. Nathan is playing quite a few older games and begins to really sink his teeth into ZombiU while Sean starts up Assassin's Creed 3, and plays around with Wreckateer and Kinect Party.
News is light but we discuss what is going on with THQ as well as issues surrounding DayZ, new two indie game bundles are available now and Nintendo TVii launches.
This week we're finally starting to go through some of our backlogs. Sean is playing Scribblenauts Unlimited, Spec Ops: The Line and Hotline Miami. Jon is playing Dino City, PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale and continuing with Paper Mario Sticker Star and Nathan tried out some old SNES games as well as revisited Portal 2. As for news, Nathan checked out the last Nintendo Power issue, Sportsfriends made its Kickstart goal and the VGAs happened last week.
It's just kind of a lazy week right now. Jon and Sean are playing through Paper Mario Sticker Star as well as Skrillex Quest and some more Super Hexagon. Nathan is playing A Virus Named TOM and Little Inferno.
News is short but we discuss the various leaked images of the final Nintendo Power, Bioshock Infinite getting delayed and Europe's bizarre M-rated WiiU games rules.
This week Jon has been trying out a good deal of Nintendoland, Scribblenauts Unlimited and continues his time with Paper Mario: Sticker Star. Nathan played some original Warioware as well as Real Lives 2010 while Sean finishes up Pokemon Black 2, Lego Lord of the Rings and talks briefly about Super Hexagon.
In the news section we discuss the Wii Mini, a list of games being introduced to the MoMA and the latest Humble Bundle.
WARNING! DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE IF YOU DON'T WANT THE WALKING DEAD VIDEO GAME TO BE SPOILED FOR YOU!!!
This week Sean joins the Pixel Response to chat with Paul and Nathan (who is also from TDP, in case you didn't know!) to spoil the crap out of Telltell Games's The Walking Dead series. We get into every detail we can possibly think of and go through almost every major decision you can come across throughout the five episodes.
The WiiU has launched as we've all been playing around with it. We discuss a number of the launch titles and how we feel about the console itself. Jon talks about Paper Mario Sticker Star and Sean and Nathan talk Walking Dead episode five.
Double Fine is opening up more of their development strategies to the public with Amnesia Fortnight. We also talk about Nintendo TVii being delayed, Microsoft Karaoke, a new Uncharted game and more rumors about Mirror's Edge 2.
Busy making videos Jon is so it's a two man show this week. Sean played through Avengers: Battle for Earth as well as about half of Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask. Nathan went back for some Super Mario Galaxy as well as Frog Fractions. In the news centre you'll hear us talking about Dennis Dyack, PlayStation Plus coming to Vita, Tom Hardy's acting career and Walking Dead Episode five!
It's Jon's birthday so make sure to wish him a good day! He's been playing Scott Pilgrim and Blur while Sean finally starts up Pokemon Black 2 and goes through Halo 4. Nathan has been spending a lot of time with the new iOS My Little Pony game.
As for news, a collected Assassin's Creed package has shown up online, GTA 5 information is starting to come out, Microsoft has a crappy new reward incentive and there are a couple new pay-what-you-want indie bundles going on right now.
Jon is still playing a lot of Crosswords Plus as well as Code of Princess. Nathan is getting crazy into Hotline Miami and Sean is trying out a few free XBLA titles as well as the newly available Windows 8. Not much is going on with news but we discuss the retail release of Telltale's The Walking Dead game, the Borderlands iOS game announcement and an interesting debate on game journalism and sponsorship.
This week Jon is away on a super secret mission so Sean and Nathan are holding down the fort. Nathan has been playing Dear Esther, Fling Smash, Keyboard Drumset Fucking Werewolf, as well as others while Sean has been playing Just Dance 4 and trying to play the new Borderlands 2 DLC.
As for news, Steam has a new line up of games for Greenlight, the next ME3 DLC is detailed and Deadly Premonition gets a Director's Cut.
Everyone's here and Jon is finally settled into his new place. He's been playing a bunch of 3DS games while Sean finishes Borderlands 2 and plays through Dear Esther. Nathan plugs in his NES to play a few games as well as the entirety of Spec Ops: The Line.
As for news, the actor who plays Kevin Butler is in some legal trouble, the card game Fluxx is coming to iOS and the people behind the Humble Indie Bundle are trying out their system with ebooks.
Jon is away this week so we're joined by Paul Fleck of Pixel Response. He's been playing some Borderlands 2 (same with Sean) and Binary Domain, while Sean finishes off Jack Lumber. Nathan is currently stuck trying to find a game to hold his attention.
As for the news, the WiiU launch lineup has been announced, Cliff Bleszinski leaves Epic Games and Xbox Live is now offering "rewards" based on your gamerscore.
Borderlands 2 continues to hold Sean and Jon's attention for the majority of this week while Nathan tries out recent downloadables Hell Ya! and Tokyo Jungle.
As for news: Will Powers (winner of season one of The Tester) gets fired from Sony and has some choice words for them, both Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect are getting trilogy releases, and EA cancels their basketball game again.
Jon now owns an arcade cabinet after going to a local convention last weekend. Nathan has been playing a lot of FTL, while Sean goes through Mark of the Ninja and (along with Jon) enjoys himself some Borderlands 2. In the news category you'll find information all about the new PS3 model, a ton of stuff going on at Bioware and the new Humble Bundle is available for purchase.
This week we're finally back to the standard formula and we have a ton of games to talk about. After three weeks we've each got a huge list consisting of Rock Band Blitz, Walking Dead: Episode 3, Papo & Yo, Robocop Vs. the Terminator and much, much more.
In terms of news, the WiiU's press event happened and we discuss everything revealed there as well as our feelings on the system now. We also discuss the future of Professor Layton, Steam's Big Picture and Greenlight modes and, again, a lot more.
We're all back from PAX Prime 2012 with tons of stories to tell. Each of us goes through all the games we saw and played at the show as well as the panels we attended or put on. We also talk about the people we met, the events we did around PAX and a lot more!
It's our last episode before we all head out to PAX Prime 2012 so we're running down what panels we're wanting to see and some of the things we want to do at the convention.
Nathan is playing some more Darksiders 2, 10000000, and Team Fortress 2, Sean plays through the majority of Dust: An Elysian Tale and Jon tries out some Sound Shapes and New Super Mario Bros 2.
Nintendo Power is shutting down at the end of the year and we all discuss our connection to it, PopCap is laying off a significant portion of its staff, the Kinect is getting a price cut and Nintendo plans for a WiiU showcase next month.
Games are coming out in full force now and we're here to talk about as many as possible!
Nathan starts us off with the recently released Darksiders 2. He then goes into a bit on Slender, Renegade Ops, SCP-087 and much more. Sean talks about finishing Ico HD, his new TV and New Super Mario Bros. 2. Jon goes into detail about Goof Troop, Kirby's Dreamland 3 and a few others.
With Gamescon happening we run through some of the highlights including PS1 Classics coming to the Vita and Media Molecule's new game announcement. We also discuss MGS5, and the issues going on with Silent Hill HD. Nintendo, Jet Set Radio, PlayStation All-Star release dates and much more!
This week Nathan is playing a ton of Day Z and explains just what is so interesting about it. Jon continues to play nothing and Sean tries out the recently released Sound Shapes and Ico HD.
As for news, a release date for LittleBigPlanet Karting comes out, Amazon starts a game company and Steam decides to start selling non-game software.
We're sort of all here this time as we try our best to fit a podcast between our not-so-cooperative schedules.
We discuss the PAX Prime schedule and where we'll be talking/presenting and just some of the panels we want to check out. Jon hasn't played anything and Nathan continues to try out many PC ports of older games; including GTA San Andreas and Far Cry 2. Sean talks about his time with Syndicate, Microsoft Flight and finishing Pokemon Conquest.
A bunch of news happened! More characters for PlayStation All-Stars have been revealed, a release date for L4D's Cold Water DLC, info on Dawnguard coming to other consoles and LittleBigPlanet Karting. We also discuss Star Wars the Old Republic going almost entirely free to play and the new PlayStation Collections brand.
This week we're together for an early episode where Jon is talking about his Vita, Sean plays with the old Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing and Nathan is very into his PC and the games he bought on the Steam sale.
As for news, Microsoft is already allowing people to beta test the next 360 dashboard update, The Walking Dead comes to iOS and Microsoft Vancouver has been shut down.
This week Nathan and Jon go over the games they played on a recent live stream, including Spelunky and other games I don't remember. Nathan has jumped head first into the PC version of Skyrim, Cave Story+ and reveals all the Steam sale games he's purchased. Sean is playing with his Vita for the first time after having purchased Lumines Electronic Symphony, he also plays PS3 exclusive Dyad and, probably the best Kinect Fun Labs game so far, Mars Rover Landing.
News is real short with a release date and price for Rock Band Blitz as well as some information on an exclusive Ouya game from Robert Bowling.
This week we talk for a reeeeally long time about what we've been playing so we, unfortunately, have to skip over the emails section.
Jon has been playing around with his new Vita while Nathan realises that there are more games in the world other than Skyrim. Sean tried out Microsoft's new Kinect PlayFit app, Tiny Wings version 2.0 and spent more time with Alice Madness Returns.
As for the news, the Ouya has been announced and kickstarted, the next Batman game from Rocksteady gets revealed, Fart Cat! is soon to be released, Sony's version of the Xbox Summer of Arcade is detailed and much much more.
This week Nathan is off being social, like a loser so Jon and Sean are left to pick up the slack. Jon started and is way into Final Fantasy Theatrhythm and Sean starts American Mcgee's Alice and the follow-up: Alice Madness Returns.
As for news, the 3DS has two new colors in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Final Fantasy 7 is being released on Steam, Activision is putting out a first-person shooter Walking Dead game and Call of Duty Online becomes a real thing.
This week Nathan is playing more Skyrim (of course) as well as some older XBLA games. Sean checks out the new Mass Effect 3 ending, finishes Max Payne 3 and plays through The Walking Dead episode 2. Jon starts his time with 999.
As for news, most of Radical Entertainment has been laid off, more information on The Cave comes up and we run through the official winners of E3.
Jon's computer crashes so we get a big issue with the audio (and the ending) this week. So please keep that in mind as this episode is basically being held together with duct tape.
This week Sean gushes over Pokemon Conquest, and explains why you probably wont want to play Brave. Nathan is WAY deep into Skyrim and I'm really surprised he even stopped to record this episode and Jon plays a bit more Lollipop Chainsaw as well as Mighty Switch Force and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.
As for the news, we discuss last week's Nintendo Direct conference along with the announcement of the 3DS XL. We also talk about Saint's Row's next game, Okami HD, Far Cry 3's delay and much, much more!
Everything E3 is now over and we've settled back into things. Sean is trying out Max Payne 3 and finishing the last bit of Mario Kart 7, Nathan is playing more Jetpack Joyride as well as finally jumping into Skyrim and Jon is playing some downloadable 3DS game and Lollipop Chainsaw.
As for the small bit of news: Draw Something is being turned into a game show and a brief WiiU price sighting takes place.
The group (Nathan and Jon) are back from L.A. and the 2012 E3 event with a ton to talk about. We run through the various press conferences that were showed last week as well as discuss many of games that the guys played on the show floor.
It's the day before E3 (June 3rd) so we don't talk about anything that was in the conferences. Keep that in mind when wondering why we aren't going over that stuff.
It's the weekend before everything starts and Nathan and Sean are here with what they played, the news already coming out from E3 and what they want to see announced, shown and whatever else at the convention.
This week Nathan continues with Animal Crossing as well as returning to another GCN classic: Metroid Prime. Jon continues with Mario Tennis Open and Sean finishes The Darkness 2, Iron Brigade and plays some Happy Action Theater.
In the news section we discuss the further developments of 38 Studios, Ron Gilbert's new Double Fine game and Nathan mentions something about a pony documentary.
This week Nathan has been fully absorbed in Animal Crossing for the GameCube, but finds time to play through Max Payne 3. Jon is trying out Mario Tennis Open and Sean finishes Skyward Sword, The Darkness, ends his time with Super Mario 3D Land and starts up The Darkness 2.
As for news, more games continue to get pushed into 2013, the Devil May Cry reboot gets a release date, Bungie's next game gets somewhat detailed and 38 Studios gets into some serious financial trouble.
It's the launch night of Max Payne 3 and Diablo 3 and we're all here, indoors, to talk about it. Over the last week Sean finished Asura's Wrath along with its first piece of DLC and started up Skyward Sword again; Jon played more Kid Icarus as well as some older games which I can't really remember the names of. One is Bee 52 (sp?). Nathan tried out a My Little Pony and Ace Attorney cross over game and started a new town in the original Animal Crossing.
As for news, Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite have been delayed, Microsoft is testing out an Xbox 360 subscription service in the states and Nathan checks into the first bit of the Double Fine Adventure Game documentary.
After a week of post-convention illness and work woes, we are back with another helping of video-game-related anecdotes and news. Kicking it off, the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo was last week, so Sean, Jon and Nathan summarize their highlights from Western Canada’s BIGGEST nerd-friendly expo (so…many…bronies). Then they go over the pros and cons of “Indie Game: The Movie” before it is revealed that Nathan has a great dislike of Space Viking Wizards and, by proxy, the films in which they are prominently featured.
Then it’s on to games, including the indie darlings Fez (oft-discussed but still beloved) and Lone Survivor, along with the first episode of the excellent (thus far) “Walking Dead” series. Jon finally finished Kid Icarus Uprising alongside some of that hot new title Mario Kart 7. Sean polished of Suda 51’s critical hit Shadows of the Damned (ahem…boners) and then spent some time with Asura in an effort to sort out his rage issues. More on that situation as it develops.
On the news front, Sony decided it liked Nintendo’s Smash Bros. series so much they wanted to make a tribute to it using their characters, so we speculate about who should and shouldn’t be included (bit late to that party I know but it is a conversation that had to be…had). Some whispers of eagerly anticipated sequels are in the air, but that is all tempered by some odd decisions the majors are making in regards to E3. First off, no price will be announced for the Wii-U. Second, Valve we be in attendance but…who knows why as they don’t wish to announce anything. At all. Not even the hotly anticipated Richochet 2. Oh yes, and you know those Call of Duty games? They are going to make another one this year and it is scheduled to come out in November. There’s a twist with this one though. ROBOTS! So Nathan is all the way onboard.
All that and another pile of your questions on this week’s episode of, the Top Down Perspective.
- As summarized by Nathaniel Rohr
It's a long one this week since we got a million questions sent into us - which is great! Jon's been playing some 3DS downloadable games while Sean tries out more shitty Kinect Fun Labs games, L.A. Noire DLC, Mass Effect 3's new multiplayer DLC and plays through all of Fez. Nathan returns from his road trip which means more WTF.
As for news, Prey 2 is still alive, Nintendo held an event in Japan an announced a number of things, Darksiders 2 gets delayed, Halo 4 gets a release date and a WHOLE BUNCH MORE. YAY!
This week Nathan is off at some music festival but Jon is back from PAX East. He goes over his time at the convention as well as Mario Tennis Open and Dust. Sean plays through Journey again and tries out a small bit of Fez.
As for news, Resident Evil 6 is getting an insane collector's edition and Gamestop's in California have to advertise the loss of bonus content for used games.
This week Jon is away at PAX East so it is up to Nathan and Sean to hold down the fort. Sean finishes up Kid Icarus: Uprising and gives his final thoughts on the game while Nathan continues to attempt artistry with Draw Something.
The season three finale of the Tester aired last week so we finish up our coverage of that...until next year hopefully.
As for the news we discuss Harmonix's recently announced Rock Band Blitz as well as the third Penny Arcade game's future and the cancellation of Gears of War Exile.
DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT MASS EFFECT 3 SPOILED!
We rip this game apart and ruin almost every plot point we can think of, if you're playing or plan to ever play Mass Effect 3 and don't want the story spoiled for you then do not listen to this episode.
As for the content. Sean, Nathan and Game Guiders' and Media Monks co-host Paul Fleck gather to discuss all things Mass Effect 3. We talk about how we played, what we chose, who we let live and die and, of course, our feelings on the endings.
We found Jon so we're all accounted for! Jon is finishing Return to Dreamland and playing (incorrectly) Kid Icarus: Uprising, while Sean is also playing it (correctly). Nathan played the new hotness: Draw Something. As for news, the CEO of OMGPOP went kind of crazy, Fez gets a release date and Obsidian pitches in to help with Wasteland 2.
This week Jon is mysteriously missing but that doesn't stop Sean and Nathan from discussing a little more Mass Effect 3 and the plans for a spoilercast. We also briefly mention Kid Icarus: Uprising, The Hunger Games iOS game and Mario RPG.
As for news: the The Walking Dead game is detailed, information on Bioware and Mass Effect 3's ending is brought up and LittleBigPlanet Karting is announced for some reason.
This week Sean and Nathan are talking about Mass Effect 3 again as well as the recently released Journey on the PSN. Jon plays through some Kirby's Return to Dreamland.
As for news, a new highly popular Kickstarter has popped up to make a sequel to Wasteland after seeing the success of Double Fine, XBLA games are soon going to be getting a significant gamerscore update, Diablo 3 release dates and news about an ongoing Pokemon event.
It's Mass Effect 3 week so Sean and Nathan proceed to talk about that for a good chunk of time. Along with this Nathan and Jon have been playing the Home Improvement game as well as Street Fighter X Tekken.
The fifth episode of the Tester is discussed as we get ever closer to the end of this season. As for news, we recap how Double Fine's kickstarter is going, discuss a delay for Counter-Strike GO and talk about Peter Molyneux's decision to leave Lionshead studios.
Make sure you listen to all of the show this week as there's a special ending on this one made by Nathan.
Jon is playing some Dillon's Rolling Western as well as Twisted Metal with Nathan. Sean finishes up Rhythm Heaven Fever, Halo Anniversary, Alan Wake's American Nightmare and some old launch Kinect Games.
As for news, we got Nintendo's newest employee, information on Assassin's Creed 3 and a launch date for Bioshock Infinite.
We DO NOT own the ending theme, it is not TDP's in anyway. Please don't sue us. Enjoy!
Nathan starts off (and continues to bring up) this week's show with more pony talk. Jon is playing some old NES games along with Ratchet and Clank All-for-One. Nathan tries out some Kinect games including Double Fine's Happy Action Theatre and Sean finishes Warp and starts up Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
We continue our coverage of the third season of The Tester and discuss Nintendo recent string of announcements, the new Medal of Honor title and the first piece of Mass Effect 3's controversial DLC.
This week Jon is sick so he sniffles a lot but he talks about Tekken 3D and Twisted Metal. Nathan has some some opinions about the Mass Effect 3 demo and Sean talks about Warp and Rhythm Heaven Fever.
As for news, there isn't really any.
This week Jon is finishing up some games as well as checking out the recent XBLA port of The Simpsons Arcade, Nathan is playing Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale and Sean is playing Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and revisiting Borderlands.
As for the news, we detail the upcoming Mass Effect 3 iOS apps and talk to great length about some interesting deals going on over at Double Fine.
The 3DS continues to being the heat as Jon discusses Sakura Samurai and Mutant Mudds. Nathan is trying out Puzzle Juice as well as returning to the PS2 for some Marc Echo's Getting Up and Sean continues through Skyward Sword.
In the news category: the latest Mass Effect novel has some weird stuff going on, as well as BioWare announcing a mobile version of Mass Effect 3 and Capcom releases Ghost Trick on iOS and announces some more mobile games to come.
We're back with a ton of stuff to talk about! Nathan is playing Cave Story + as well as trying out Star Trek Online; Jon plays some old SNES games I can't remember as well as the majority of Shadows of the Damned and Sean is trying out the XBLA version of Ticket to Ride and the new iOS hit: Puzzle Juice.
As for the news, we're talking about a ton of WiiU stuff as well the recently release Resident Evil 6 trailer, the new Steam mobile app and a ton more.
There's still nothing really going on this week in games but we've been playing stuff. Sean tried out 2010's Fluidity as well as put in some real time with Skyward Sword and Jon is playing Zen Pinball on the 3DS.
This week is all about playing through the backlog. Sean talks about his time with Lost in Shadow, Kirby's Return to Dreamland and You Don't Know Jack. Jon is playing some SNES games as well as more Mario Kart 7 and Nathan is going through and enjoying Driver: San Francisco.
As for news, the trailer for the third season of the Tester is out (and it's GREAT) and Microsoft announces information on this year's Block Party.
SPOILER WARNING! We spoil a ton of games for people during this. We don't even warn people at some points. So, if we start talking about a game that you don't want to be spoiled in anyway, it's safer to just assume we spoiled it at some point. Otherwise, take your chances. Games we spoil for sure: Ghost Trick, Catherine and Portal 2 (those are off the top of my head).
In this show each of us discuss our personal top ten lists of games that came out in 2011. We also decide on an official TDP Game of the Year, discuss some honorable mentions, share our favorite 2010 games that we played this year and mention some games we want to play more of that may have impacted out top tens if we had more time with them.
It's back log time and Sean is playing Dance Central 2, The Gunstringer, some crappy Kinect Fun Labs games, getting angry at Fruit Ninja Kinect and the recent 3DSWare hit: Pushmo. Jon is also playing some Pushmo as well as getting progressively angrier at Mario Kart 7 and Nathan deletes Tiny Tower during the recording!
As for news, there are some Q1 release dates from Nintendo announced, DeadMau5 pretends to lose a Vita and the GBA Ambassador games are launched!
This week Sean has finished up Rayman Origins. tested out Mirror's Edge iOS and continued, along with Jon, to play Mario Kart 7. Nathan tries some Kinect games and we discuss the 360 and 3DS's latest updates. As for news, we talk about some of the reveals on the Spike TV Video Game Awards, Bastion getting some interesting DLC and Club Nintendo offering some news prizes.
The year is slowly wrapping up and that means games aren't really coming out anymore. However, we're talking about this week's one big release: Mario Kart 7. Sean also finishes Assassin's Creed Revelations and Saints Row the Third, Jon plays some Cave Story 3D and Nathan has toe shoes! As for news, we discuss Xenoblade coming stateside, Notch stepping down as lead of Minecraft and Obsidian's plans to release a South Park RPG.
The games keep rolling in as Nathan and Sean discuss Saints Row the Third and Jon is finishing up Super Mario 3D Land. We also discuss Fruit Ninja Kinect and a bit of Kinect Adventures as well as the first-party Vita launch line-up in Europe and the next 360 dashboard update.
There are a ton of games out! We're playing a lot of them. This week we're discussing Super Mario 3D Land, Rayman: Origins, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Bit. Trip Saga and much much more. As for news we discuss the rumor of Metal Gear Solid 5, Call of Duty Elite is still down and Sony has released information on their UMD Passport.
Uncharted 3 is here and Nathan and Sean are free to talk all about it. Along with that we're discussing the recently released GTA5 trailer as well as some of the nominees for the Spike TV Video Game Awards and other information you should expect to hear coming out of it.
We're here for a short Halloween episode. Sean finally got Arkham City in the mail so he plays through that as well as trying out the previous Batman game, Arkham Asylum. He's also playing more Last Specter and the hot title: Bakugan Battle Brawlers. Jon is just continuing on with Arkham City, same with Nathan as well as 30 Second Life on iOS. Grand Theft Auto 5 is discussed and your questions are read on the air.
Batman: Arkham City is out and while everyone is having fun and playing it, Sean is still waiting for it to show up in the mail....He is playing Professor Layton and the Last Specter though, as well as The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary (along with Jon). Jon's here and telling us about his time at the Toy Convention and what he all got from it.
We're back with a full length episode! Unfortunately Nathan got too busy and isn't able to join in. However Jon and Sean are here with several games to talk about. Jon is playing Tetris Axis, Catrap, and Super Mario Land 2; while Sean is still enjoying Gears of War 3, finishing up Age of Empires Online and returning to Golden Sun Dark Dawn.
As for news, Twisted Pixel was recently bought by Microsoft, the multiplayer in Mass Effect 3 has been announced, pricing for Japanese PS Vita games has surfaced and information regarding Catwoman in Arkham City is discussed.
A big thank you to "scinoid pro" again for this week's episode art.
New Record! Its the shortest episode in the history of the podcast! Basically, Sean had a bunch of school stuff, Jon had to bounce in maybe thirty minutes but Nathan wanted to talk about Pinball at least a little bit so this is what there is. Not much beyond that is discussed, though "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" is chastised and "Tetris Axis" and "Resident Evil 4" manage to gain a mention. Our regular length podcast shall return shortly in a new (and improved?) format later in the week. Hope this tides you over till then. Oh, and no music cause editing is LAME.
Gears of War 3 is out and we spend quite a bit of time talking about that. In addition, Nathan has been spending many hours with his new love: Dead Island and Sean and has some choice words about Burnout Crash.
As for news: you'll hear about the recently announced Michael Phelps game, how Sony isn't going to let you sue them, a series of Uncharted comic books and a novel and a whole bunch more.
A big thanks to "scinoid pro" for this weeks episode art!
On this week's show Jon is playing Mega Man Soccer as well as a bunch of Battletoads. Sean is playing more Age of Empires Online as well as the new Driver: San Fransisco. Nathan is trying out some more iOS games as well as searching the city for Dead Island.
As for news, the 2011 Tokyo Game show happen so we're talking about all the 3DS and PlayStation Vita's future. All that and some information on Shadow Complex 2.
This week Jon is collecting games from sales all over town while Sean spends all his waking minutes on Age of Empires Online. Nathan is playing some of that too along with Tiny Tower.
As for news, we're talking about The Last Guardian's absence from this year's upcoming Tokyo Game Show, Max Payne 3 still existing and Nintendo's newly announced second analog stick peripheral for the 3DS.
This week we're all back from our various trips and we're talking about Jon's time at Pax Prime 2011. Firefall, the Pax 10, Halofest, and everything else he did. Nathan's been playing Tiny Tower and, along with Sean, some Age of Empires Online. Sean and Jon has also been playing with some of the recently release 3DS Ambassador Program games.
As for news, we're talking about the Uncharted 3 reality TV show, the announcement of the Persona fighting game, and much more.
Sorry its late, but that is almost entirely due to the fact that for the first time in the history of the podcast, SEAN isn't here this week! That means a two man show starring Jon and Nathan, which also means a slight change in the order of operations. That's right, new first THEN the games we played. Revolutionary I know. Stories were a bit light this week as we recorded right on the verge of Gamescom, which is where all the big stuff is going on (including a new Grasshopper game, but we don't mention that at all on this show). Instead we talk about the upcoming ICO/Shadow of the Colossus HD collection and the exciting fact that some unseen aspects of "The Last Guardian" will be glimpsed in a featurette when it drops in September. We also talk about the long-awaited return of Counter-Strike, the only modern military shooter that ever mattered.
Then its games games games, including Catherine, the greatest game ever made (Deadly Premonition to the layman), Shadows of the Damned, Another World, Mario's Picross and a handful of others (been a few days at this point, my memory isn't as a good as a chimpanzee's...that actually IS true, amazing creatures).
Speaking of remarkable apes, Orangutans. Amazing. 97% of their DNA is virtually identical to our own, including whatever it is that makes iPads so fascinating because yes, some genius scientists somewhere are finally allowing our ape brethren to tinker with some of the latest technology and all of us here at the Top Down Perspective could not be happier. Rise of the Planet of the Apes is in theaters now if you want a glimpse at the amazing future that surely awaits us if we continue down this path (fingers AND toes crossed).
All that and a record number of user-submitted questions! Thanks, keep 'em coming.
Ah yes, and our theme song this week is an excerpt from the Suburban All-Star's song "Soccer Riot".
This week Nathan's computer has awful problems so we lose the "what are you playing?" segment of the show. But in terms of news, you'll get to hear about Borderlands 2, the PlayStation Vita being pushed back into 2012 for everywhere outside Japan, and (most importantly) the Tester season three has been announced!
This week Nathan hates everything. That pretty much sums it up. But, they both played Bastion and Sean went through Atlus's Catherine.
As for news: a significant 3DS price drop is announced and coming soon. Information about the Nintendo Ambassador Program is talked about along with the release of the Humble Bundle 3 and Australia getting their own mature games rating (finally).
We're back and Jon hasn't really played anything (a little Mortal Kombat). Sean on the other hand is playing Ms. Splosionman, Hot Spring Story, Picross DS, Geometry Wars Galaxies and a little Noby Noby Boy. Nathan is also playing Twisted Pixel's new game as well as some online indie flash games and the new Catherine Demo.
Not much news is going around but we carry on. Pop Cap Games is purchased by EA, a man finishes Dragon Quest 9 in 700+ hours and some of June's sales figures come through with disappointing results.
Nothing is really coming out right now! Sean finished up Puzzle Agent 2 and continues to adore Picross 3D. Nathan is also trying out the new Nelson Tethers game. Jon is playing more handheld games such as the two recent eShop GameBoy releases: Qix and Fortified Zone.
In the news department you'll be hearing about Team Bondi's awful company ethics, Harmonix trademarks 'Vidrhythm' as well as Nintendo talking 3D gaming on the WiiU and automatic downloads of game demos to your 3DS.
We're all together again this week after a great Canada Day weekend just in time for the 4th of July! Nathan is playing more Trenched as well as some old Gunstar and Castlevania games. Jon is visiting some old DSiWare Pictobit games as well as the most recent GameBoy eShop release: Kirby's Dreamland. And Sean is playing a ton of Picross 3D and starting up Puzzle Agent 2.
As for the news, Limbo is coming to the PS3 and PC. Disney is shutting down Pure and Split/Second developer Blackrock Studios and Capcom has chosen to not allow people to delete saved games from their new Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D 3DS game. Lastly, Activision has announced Call of Duty XP 2011 .....the Call of Duty themed convention.
This week Nathan is playing the original Bioshock as well as Double Fine's Trenched. Sean finished up Duke Nukem Forever, Ghost Trick, Child of Eden and starts Shadows of the Damned as well as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. Jon is also playing the "new" Zelda as well as some old games.
As for news, LulzSec has decided to stop hacking people, Infamous 2 is already up for digital download and California is, once again, trying to ban violent video games.
E3 happened…over a week ago. But hey, welcome to your eighth most useful source for all the latest happenings in the world of interactive entertainment (trance vibrators included), the Top Down Perspective!
Herein you shall hear glorious tales detailing the games of tomorrow from our very own Jon Wheeler, who actually traveled to the City of Angels for the biggest (well, most prestigious) video-game trade show on this planet. Every single press conference is discussed in detail (arguably, too much detail, hence the length of this episode).
But hey, what’s this, games are coming out right now! In addition to all the E3 chatter, we break down what we’ve been playing as per usual, though this week contains some pretty heavy hitters. The Duke is loose on the Xbox 360 and both Sean and Jon have some choice words to share regarding the highly publicized release of “Duke Nukem Forever”. Just think, if you were born the year this game started development you would be starting junior high, or planning a bar mitzvah, or some other rite of passage that takes place when you turn 13 (or 14 depending on who you ask but that ruins this tangent). Finally, Nathan gets so excited about “Child of Eden” he loses control of his ability to string words together in a coherent manner, resulting in some unfortunate, completely unintentional double entendres.
To be honest, many more games are talked about in this segment but you’ll have to actually listen to the episode to find out what they are. Enjoy this extra long episode, we’ll be back with our regularly scheduled program (including the e-mail portion) next week.
DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED L.A. NOIRE! You have been warned!
Sean and Nathan spoil the crap out of Rockstar's L.A. Noire as they analyze everything they found great, and not so great, about the game. This is a bonus dedicated podcast talking about that one game only and nothing else.
This week we're missing Nathan but Jon is hear to chat just in time before he leaves for E3. Sean finished up L.A. Noire and dove head first into the everything the Rockstar Pass gave him. Jon on the other hand is still trucking through Shadow Wars, and has tried out Dead or Alive Dimensions and Blaz Blue Continuum Shift 2 for the 3DS.
In the news section we have some information on a rumored name for Sony's next handheld, along with word that the PSN is now completely up in North America and the "apology program" is in session.
This week all our schedules run tight so we only have time for a short recap. Sean finishes off the Portal 2 campaign and plays a bit more L.A. Noire. Nathan tries out Crysis 2, Fight Night Champion and completes L.A. Noire. We also mention that a L.A. Noire specific episode is on the horizon.
As for the news, a Hulk Hogan Kinect game is announced along with a Phoenix Wright movie. Mortal Kombat DLC is discussed as well as the reveal of the Modern Warfare 3 trailer of last week.
Nathan and Sean have been playing a ton of L.A. Noire so get ready for that. Also, Sean started Portal 2 co-op and Nathan continues to play Wario's Woods. Jon on the other hand is getting frustrated with Shadow Wars.
The PlayStation network is in a weird place as part of it is down but others are up (briefly). Sony also details the apology program for everyone, Duke Nukem Forever goes gold and L.A. Noire might become a franchise.
Sean's here and telling us all about his time with last week's new release: Brink. Nathan is playing a ton more Wario's Woods and Jon is still playing MvC3 and started up Outland.
With news: Sony seems to almost have the PlayStation Network back up (and then down again), Soul Calibur 5 is announced, and more is discussed on this week's TDP.
This week Nathan and Sean have been playing more Mortal Kombat. Nathan also enjoyed quite a bit of Picmin 2 as well as a ton of Wario's Woods. Sean on the other hand started up Portal 2 and tried out Unpleasant Horse. Jon joins in later to talk about Mortal Kombat, Castlevania Legends and Ghost Recon Shadow Wars.
On the news front we have more information regarding the PlayStation Network's down time, Mass Effect 2 being delayed, information on Burnout Crash and Value working only on "single player plus" games from now on.
We're all here and ready to go this week. Sean starts us off with Outland. As well, everyone here has played some of the new Mortal Kombat. Nathan played through Portal 2 as well as revisited some old GameCube games. Jon didn't play much other than MK but he did have time for some Mole Mania for the GameBoy.
The PlayStation Network is still down and your credit card information might be at risk! No Halo themed armor in Gears of War 3, information on the first Portal 2 DLC is revealed and the next Assassin's Creed game might be getting announced soon. All that and more on this week's TDP!
This week on the SLEEPY cast Jon is dead tired from traveling so much, Nathan is tired from being up till 5 writing an essay and Sean is sick. Jon arrives home from Sakuracon and tells us about his time there. Nathan and Sean go back to some older games. Since you're dying to know, Sean's obtained 111 Pokemon in Pokemon Black.
As for news, the PlayStation Network has been down for a few days due to unexpected causes, some more Project Cafe rumors and EA Sports details a new subscription service they may have in the works.
This week Jon is trying out a new Xbox Live Indie Game, playing some more Marvel vs. Capcom 3 as well as some Rayman 3D. Nathan is addicted to Plants vs. Zombies along with more obscure IOS games. Lastly, Sean has been playing World of Goo for the iPhone, Bit. Trip Beat (on PC) and Back to the Future Episode One.
As for news: Valve has something crazy going on with the release of Portal 2. Information regarding the end of the PlayStation hacker situation arises. And rumors of Nintendo's next home console begin to surface.
This week Nathan is talking about Dirt 2, Plants Vs. Zombies and Tiny Wings. Sean is sharing his time with Ghostbusters Sanctum of Slime, Raskulls, Mass Effect 2's The Arrival DLC and as always: Pokemon Black. Jon is not with us.
As for news; World of Goo is coming to the iPhone and Pop Cap can't get their new game - Unpleasant Horse - onto the App Store. If you're craving as much Mass Effect as we are, you'll be happy to hear there's a fourth book coming this year and an anime feature in 2012. To wrap things off we discuss Anonymous' attack on Sony.
As always, check out our Facebook fan page to enjoy some video game and podcast related discussions.
This week Sean and Jon are Nathanless but we both have brand new, shiny 3DS's to talk about. Jon is playing Super Street Fighter 4 3D and Bust a Move 3D while Sean is still playing Pokemon Black. Also, Sean brings up his time with IOS game Tiny Wings and talks briefly about Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime. Jon starts playing more old GameBoy games such as Duke Nukem and Mega Man Extreme.
As for news: Duke Nukem gets ANOTHER delay, Metacritic starts ranking Game Developers and Nintendo details some of its ideas for 3DS firmware updates.
This week Jon returns to tell us all about his time at the Penny Arcade Expo East Edition. He runs through the 3DS games he checked out and the stuff he did down in Boston. Sean and Nathan on the other hand stayed put and played some Plants Vs Zombies, Hobo with a Shotgun and some other old releases.
On the news side, Stacking and Mass Effect 2 are getting their first and last respectively pieces of DLC. EA Sports decides to join Ubisoft is no longer putting out manuals in their game boxes. And Metacritic starts ranking IOS games.
This week we're putting out a short (Diet) episode do to all of our schedules conflicting at the moment. As for the games, Nathan got into Tron: Evolution, some more Burnout Paradise, finally slowed down on DS games and finished with some Def Jam Rapstar. Sean on the other hand played a ton more Pokemon Black and started his way through Dead Space 2. Jon is in Boston for PAX East and will return to us next weekend.
As for news, the developers behind Runescape are working on a Transformers MMO. Wii Dare Watch 2011 continues and Xbox starts up Xbox Live Labs.
This week Jon runs through some Bulletstorm, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and Hard Corps: Uprising. Nathan goes through some more Ace Attorney and tried out indie game: Impossible Game. Sean wraps up our games with the new Pokemon Black.
As for news, we run through some of the stories to come out of this year's GDC. A new Super Mario is announced for the 3DS along with some more news from Nintendo. We Dare gets a rating for it's European release, Sony tries to bring the PS3 hackers to court and a Devil May Cry movie is in the works.
This week Nathan and Sean run through some Killzone 3. Along with Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and Dragon Age: Origins and they get ready for Dragon Age 2. Sean also mentions some Bulletstorm at the very end.
As for news, Gears of War 3 gets a release date and beta announcement as well as Command & Conquer getting brought forward by a new developer. Nintendo announces the 3DS's North American launch line up and Ubisoft reveals We Dare.
As for our community game night, as always you can add Nathan: Kraznor and/or Sean: Angel Gamerr (only Xbox 360 for now) to your friends list if you'd like to participate in some community multiplayer. Currently we are going to be playing Burnout Paradise and you can expect to see us driving around over the next two weeks. Check in on our Twitter accounts (@Kraznor and @Galaxytonight) for further information.
In honor of our 50th episode we get the WORST technical difficulties we've encountered so far. BUT! Nathan demands this broken as hell show be published so I apologize in advance for Sean broken as ASS audio (luckily only for about a third of it).
On the bright side Sean talks about finishing Mass Effect and the disappointment that is Pinnacle Station. He and Jon also played Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. Jon also starts up Bionic Commando Rearmed (for whatever dumb reason) along with some GameBoy game. Nathan finishes (and falls in love with) Ghost Trick, goes back to the SPLENDOR that is Burnout Paradise along with some The Godfather 2.
On the news front we have some possible additional DLC for Mass Effect 2. Telltale announces a The Walking Dead and Fables game along with a sequel to Puzzle Agent. DoubleFine announces that they're making a Sesame Street game and we discuss long and hard about the merit of the Dead Island trailer.
Also, we decide to start doing some form of community game sessions. If you'd like to add either Nathan: Kraznor or Sean: Angel Gamerr (just these two for now and only 360 for now) to your friends lists we will attempt some form of community multiplayer sessions from here on out. Over the next week or so, we'll most likely be looking at Burnout Paradise to start things off.
It's Valentine's Day, so we're talking about the video games we played over the last week. And you're listening.
Jon continued with Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 and (along with Nathan) tried out the new You Don't Know Jack. Nathan also finished up with his Mirror's Edge adventure, played through Stacking, went back to Dragon Age: Origins and started Ghost Trick. Sean continued his Mass Effect 1 run by muscling through all the sidequests and venturing into the game's DLC; to top it off, he plays out the iOS game Mass Effect Galaxy.
On the news end: Duke Nukem Forever gets a very limited edition, Activision cans all it's "Hero" franchises, the Sony Xperia Play phone is detailed and Fox News LOVES themselves some Bulletstorm!
Unfortunately, due to some odd technical issues, the last third of the podcast had to be cut (this included the news and emails portion of the show). Sorry for the short episode this week and the abrupt cut off ending, we will address any email questions we received on next week's show.
In terms of games, Jon is playing Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 while Nathan plays through Wolfenstien, wraps up Dead Space 2 and Mass Effect 2 and relives some Mirror's Edge. As for Sean, he wraps up Professor Layton and the Unwound Future and dives head first into the first Mass Effect.
This week Nathan discusses his issues with Dead Space 2 and more on Miner Dig Deep, Jon finishes up Dead to Rights Retribution and Sean continues with Rock Band 3 and starts his Mass Effect 1 playthrough. On the news end we're looking at a ton of information on the recently announce PlayStation NGP and some cloud saving support for the PS3.
This week the guys are play Halo: Reach, Rock Band 3, Mass Effect 2 (also reading the books) and Jon is playing some old GBA games that I can't remember. On the news side we have the Duke Nukem Forever release date, the announcement of Final Fantasy XIII-2 and a ton of 3DS (launch)news. All that and more on this week's Top Down Perspective.
Jon is away at Magfast so Nathan and Sean are left to run the show. Sean finishes Super Meat Boy along with testing out some iOS Rock Band games and Nathan started up Mass Effect 2 again in anticipation for....Mass Effect 2. Pac-Man reality shows are announced, Mortal Kombat webisodes are in production, more PSP2 rumors come forth and more are discussed on this weeks TDP.
Our Game of the Year episode is now here. The three of us run through our own personal lists of the ten best games we think came out in 2010 and discuss why they belong here.
TDP rings in the new year by wrapping up some last minute games from 2010. We discuss Kirby's Epic Yarn, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Digital: A Love Story, Shaun White's Skateboarding, Amnesia and more. You can also expect the exciting conclusion to The Tester season 2, Tron cats and a whole lot more as we get ready for next week's Game of the Year show!
This week we run through some Enslaved, Poker Night, Golden Sun, Machinarium, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and much more. We talk about the third and second last episode of the Tester as well as preorder Mortal Kombat business. Games you can play by peeing, the VGAs, a Gran Turismo reality TV show and GAMES YOU CAN PLAY BY PEEING.
This week the show continues without Jon. Nathan went back for some more Vin Diesel while Sean spent more time with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and DJ Hero 2. We also run through this week's episode of The Tester and discuss some recent game announcements. Team Meat is quite funny and photo taking is back in Dead Rising: Case Zero. We get some more information on the Uncharted movie and the US and UK get a pretty sweet Microsoft deal.
It’s a four man show this week with Pixel Response’s own Paul Fleck joining the regular crew for some gabbin’ bout games (one of Nathan’s early ideas for a name for this very podcast, fun fact). Various games have been played including s’more of that Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, more Pac-Man CE DX and a dash of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood for good measure. Not to mention Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns marking Game Room’s return to awesomeness. No seriously, there are actually quality Game Room games on the way. As to why, no one truly knows but we speculate a bit. Also, Sean has officially fallen head over heels in love with ilomilo, an adorable little indie game that is worth jumping through some weird hoops to purchase. Oh, and Paul played Black Ops, so apparently the servers are still up for that one.
Then we tackle some news, starting off with some bizarre casting decisions on the upcoming Uncharted film. In short, we ain’t happy. We also examine some Mass Effect 2 stats, catch up with Axl Rose and all the wonderful things he’s been doing, and discuss some happenings regarding Sonic 4, the upcoming Elder Scrolls V, and Nintendo’s CES plans. All that and some random discussions along the way on this week’s Top Down Perspective.
Despite a smashed up arm, Sean joins Jon and Nathan to share his thoughts on some of this season’s big titles, such as Fable III and Criterion’s latest, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. All three of us managed to log some time with Pac Man Championship Edition DX (Deluxe?) and we gush over it thoroughly, perhaps to excess (you decide). In addition, we can safely say that Kirby loves him some cake, Vin Diesel loves him some explosions and Jon loves him some obscure NES games. The Tester continues to fill up our PS3 hard-drives as episode 3 hit this past week.
While Sean wanders off in search of medical assistance, Jon and Nathan go over what news there was this past week, including some strange requests from the Canadian military, Portal 2’s completely unsurprising delay, Bizarre Creations’ current woes and the upcoming Spike VGA nominees. All this and more (well, not much more) on this week’s episode of the Top Down Perspective!
Call of Duty: Black Ops is here! Sadly, none of the core crew has played it, but never you mind because we managed to drag Dustin away from the game long enough to share his thoughts while enduring Sean’s sarcastic barbs. We also discuss other recent releases such as Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage, a batch of Kinect titles and Fallout: New Vegas (what? it’s still newish!). Then we (well, Jon and I), tackle some news, including Viacom’s plans to sell off Harmonix, the top-selling consoles in the U.S. (at least according to Nintendo’s market research guys) and the M-rated Fight Night Champion. All this and more on this special, extra late episode of the Top Down Perspective!
THE TESTER SEASON TWO IS HERE! Along with the three of us talking about Costume Quest, Borderlands and Red Dead Redemption DLC, Fallout: New Vegas, Mario anniversaries and more!
This week the gang is all together to discuss DJ Hero 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Costume Quest, Alan Wake: The Writer and Super Meat Boy. Along with Kinect launch games, the Tester season 2's trailer and Red Dead Redemption's Sasquatch.
This week Sean is away but the podcast goes on! Comic Jumper, GameDev Story, Raven Software and Duke Nukem demos are abound.
This week we discuss more Dead Rising 2 frustration, Comic Jumper, Enslaved, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and GAME BOAT!
This week Jon is gone but Nathan and Sean played a ton of Dead Rising 2. Nathan also did some more Halo: Reach but who cares cause Sean played Quantum Theory! He also spent a very little amount of time with Claptrap's New Robot Revolution.
On the news side: Microsoft announces a great October deal. Also, the Just Cause movie gets a screen writer, the 3DS gets a release date and price for Japan and Gears of War 3 gets pushed back until Fall 2011. Last, NBA Elite 11 also gets pushed back but who cares cause NBA Jam is getting an individual release now.
Jon is back and talking about Guilty Party and Dead Rising: Case Zero. Sean has been addicted to Professor Layton. Nathan on the other hand spent some time with Minecraft and Civilization V.
The Tester season 2 has an air date and cast, Netflix comes to Canada and PS3's are updated to block out some third party controllers. Along with this, Halo Reach doesn't land first in the top ten played games on the week of its release and girls can now play video games!
This week Jon is sick and Sean messes up the release date of Comic Jumper repeatedly! Nathan talks Dead Rising: Case Zero, Shibuya and Halo: Reach. Sean brings up Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Puzzle Agent, Guilty Party and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.
As for news, the Tokyo Game Show is happening and a smorgasbord of announcements come out. The next Devil May Cry game is announced. Suda 51 announces two new games he's working on. Along with this, Dead Rising: Case West, Alice: Madness Returns and Pixeljunk Lifelike get teaser trailers. Halo: Reach loads times are discussed along with some online co-op issues. Last, we talk about Team Ico's new HD collection coming to the PS3.
We're back from the Penny Arcade Expo and we're here with and extra long edition of TDP. We discuss games like Duke Nukem Forever, Sonic 4, Dance Central, Hydrophobia, Bastion, Killzone 3, Portal 2 and much, much, MUCH more.
This week Nathan starts us off with some talk on older PC games and moves into the XBLA version of Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Sean picks up from there and rolls into some Shank and Monopoly. Jon finishes off with more Scott Pilgrim.
On the news side, Microsoft strictly watching Halo: Reach pirates and is sending out beta testing kits for its new Kinect peripheral. Sony slows down sales on the new modding chip and chooses not to release the new Kingdom Hearts game on their PSP Go. Death Spank gets an incredibly early sequel and the new Xbox 360 Dashboard and Avatars are leaked.
Nathan starts us off with some Fallout 3 and moves into Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. Sean also shares his time with K&L2 along with X-Men Origins Wolverine, Bioshock 2 and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Jon wraps us up with Adventure Island, more of his usual old games and one very obscure Mario game at the end.
Gamescon is going on this week in Germany and we get news such as Mortal Kombat getting real time updates when launched, Microsoft announcing Flight and Mass Effect 2 heading to PS3s. THQ bumps up their online play to $10 and begins development on a tablet peripheral on the Wii, Microsoft also announces a list of games coming to Windows Mobile 7.
Once again we have Dustin here to fill in a fourth chair. He talks about his time with Star Craft 2. Nathan gets into detail about Wet, Peggle, Fallout 3 and a bit much on Spy Fiction. Jon talks Ducktales and Scott Pilgrim vs the World: The Game. And Sean wraps up with more Singularity and Split/Second.
Duke Nukem Forever might not be dead as well as the outcome of the Penny Arcade game series as discussed this week. Warren Spectre talks a new Ducktales game and Irrational Games announces Bioshock Infinite along with revealing a trailer for the game. Insane EVE Online hijinks go down, a Castle Crashers arcade cabinet will be at PAX, RAGE gets a release date and more are discussed in this week's TDP!
Due to technical difficulties, we ended up losing the last ten minutes of the podcast.
This week we bring on a special guest and get in some brief talk on Starcraft 2. Nathan and Sean talk a bit more about The Signal as well as get into depth on Singularity. Jon finishes us up with some Castlevania: Harmony of Despair.
Pokemon Black and White will have exclusively new pokemon until you beat the game. NHL 11 releases a TON of DLC before the game is out. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood's multiplayer demo can only be obtained by preordering it through GameStop and much more is discussed this week!
Nathan kicks us off with some of his Limbo wrap up, The Club and the Kane & Lynch 2 demo. He and Sean also discuss their opinions on Clash of the Titans and Alan Wake's first piece of DLC: The Signal. Sean also brings up some of the Darkness and more on Wanted: Weapons of Fate. Jon wraps us up with Klonoa 2 and Dragon Quest 9.
When it comes to news we talk about punishing people in Halo: Reach, Sony Lifestyle and just how excited we are about The Tester season 2. Valve decides to help out other developers and Kick-Ass is now out on DVD/BD so go buy it!
We talk about a ton of movies this week but that doesn't stop Sean from bringing up Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Red Dead Redemption and, along with Nathan, Limbo. Jon talks about Chrono Trigger DS, Apollo Justice and how he can't seem to start Dragon Quest IX. Nathan finishes what we've been playing with Death Spank.
The San Diego Comic Con is on so we run down some of its more video game centered announcements. Dead Rising: Case Zero gets a price point and we're both excited and worried. Kinect bundles and prices are finally revealed and Demon Souls online/white tendency is increased.
We want you to write in a lot this week with three separate questions for you to answer. 1) Would you like to hear us do a podcast all about Spy Fiction? 2) Do you think the next rookie (Carmine) in Gears of War 3 should live or die? 3) What do you think happened to Frank West at the end of the original Dead Rising? Send in your responses to the email address (topdownperspective@hotmail.com) or comment with your answers on the site.
Nathan is back and taking about the games he bought during the Steam sale. He also shares his opinion on Crackdown 2 and talks a bit about Half Life 2. Sean lists off the games he's recently bought and goes into detail about Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, Sega Superstars Tennis, Infamous, Hail to the Chimp and Bionic Commando.
In terms of news, 1 vs. 100 on the 360 is not coming back for a third season. We also run down some possible names for Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 and discuss K-Mart's decision to post user reviews of games in their electronics section.
This week Sean gets a little more deep into his feelings on Crackdown 2. He also talks about his time with Peggle and the always exciting Feeding Frenzy 2. Jon then brings up his opinion on Death Smiles and shares which games he purchased during Xbox Live's arcade sale.
More development unfolds on the ex-Infinity Ward team vs. Activision. We also talk about the recently announced Dragon Age 2 and the information already revealed. Blizzard decides to reveal all their player's real names - then quickly decides against that. Last we address our question posed on last week's episode.
This week Sean brings up his time with The Legendary Starfy and Crackdown 2. On the other side, Jon talks Bulletwitch and whatever other old games he normally plays.
On the news front sees a discussion on Sony’s new PlayStation Plus program. We also discuss what Shigeru Miyamoto’s new game and character might be. 343 Studios is assigned to the next Halo game following Reach and Heavy Rain DLC is put on hold in favor of move support.
This week we pose a question to the listeners: What direction do you think Shigeru Miyamoto should go in for his new game/character? Send in your answer to Topdownperspective@hotmail.com and you may have it read on the air.
E3 is this week so we skip right to the news. We run over what was revealed at the Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony press conferences, along with brief mentions on EA and Ubisoft's. Microsoft shows off a ton of Kinect games and reveals its new model for the 360. Nintendo shows off several new games from old IPs and unveils the 3DS. Sony shows off more of how Move is coming along as well as a ton of 3D enabled games.
This week we start off with Jon's time with more of Conker on the GameBoy as well as several of the original Mega Mans. Nathan and Sean bring up their time with Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Nathan discusses some Red Dead Redemption. Sean finishes up with some Lego Rockband and Record of Argarest Wars.
Rock Band 3 is announced and its new controllers are detailed and priced. Microsoft reveals Project Natal's real name and the new 360 model is leaked. We finish up with talking about DJ Hero 2.
This week Jon brings up one of the original Conkers games for the GameBoy and he and Nathan discuss more of their time with Super Mario Galaxy 2. Sean talks a bit more on Blur and brings forth a discussion on Modnation Racers. We finish off the games with Nathan talking about Red Dead Redemption.
On the news side, inFamous 2 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock are announced. More news of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 is revealed and Level 5 chooses to begin publishing their games themselves. The FTC wants to add a 5% tax on consumer electronics and Hulu is rumored to be coming to the Xbox 360.
The gang kicks off this week with a discussion on Mario Galaxy 2 and moves into Bit. Trip Runner. We then move into Blur and Nathan brings up his time with Red Dead Redemption so far.
On the news side we get into Rock Band 3's rumored keyboard controller. Microsoft plans to announce Project Natal's real name at E3, a Mass Effect movie comes to light and Insomniac chooses to go multiplatform with their next IP.
Sean and Nathan bring up their opinions of Alan Wake and the idea of a spoilercast is mentioned. Sean continues to talk about Red Dead Redemption and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. Jon then discusses his time with Super Mario Galaxy 2.
J Allard leaves Microsoft and Rockstar announces its opinion on parents buying M rated - and their own personal - games. Blizzard decides to censor the Korean version of StarCraft 2 and Capcom no longer wishes to use its western developers for sequels. To wrap things up we share our opinions on EA's ten dollar idea.
This week Sean brings up his opinion of Skate 3 and the gang discusses the series as a whole. Nathan and Sean share their feelings about Lost Planet 2 while Jon continues to play the oldest games ever.
On the news side, South Korea is beginning to implement 3D enabled Xbox 360's along with LG's new line of 3D televisions. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is announced and we share the information we know and how we feel towards it. The final Halo 2 player goes offline and Project Natal schedules an interesting event for it's world premiere at E3. And last, Steam is launched on the Mac and Call of Duty: Black Ops is set to have four player co-op.
Jon is back and discussing the list of old GameBoy games he's playing and Picross 3D. Also, he talks about his time on The Speed Gamer's Mother marathon and our opinions on Super Street Fighter 4. Nathan and Sean discuss more about the Halo: Reach beta as well as the last three episodes of the Blue Toad Murder Files.
Star Craft 2 has a release date. God of War: Ghost of Sparta is announced so we discuss our opinons on God of War and its experience on the PSP. On a sad note, Capcom takes a loss of 73%.
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It's the thirteen episode and we're talking about dentistry! Along with that, Sean brings up some more of his time with Deadly Premonition and Final Fantasy XIII. Nathan talks about some of his backtracking in Dead Rising and they both go over the soon-to-be-released Halo:Reach beta.
On the news side we run down Bungie's new 10 year contract with Activision and the remake for Tales of Monkey Island 2 gets commentary tracks. Mike and Jerry of Penny Arcade fame get into Time magazine's top 100 list. Call of Duty Black Ops is announced we run over our thoughts on the Famitsu - Konami - Kotaku event in relation to reviewing games.
Nathan also sends out the word, we want you to start replying to our emails as well. If you hear us discussing an email that you have an opinion on or just want to comment, send it in and we'll read it on the air.
This week Nathan and Sean run over their final thoughts on Splinter Cell Conviction. Along with that Sean plays a bit more Deadly Premonition and Nathan finishes Batman Arkham Asylum again.
On the news side sees an extensive discussion about Left 4 Dead 2's new piece of downloadable content The Passing. We talk about it's launch, some story related elements and whether or not we are planning to go through it. This moves to a discussion about Capcom's Captivate 2010 event. Announcements like Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Co-op in Dead Rising 2 and Ghost Trick are brought up. We finish off with a discussion about Japan's 3D Hidden Picture game coming to the states.
Jon returns and Dustin guest stars again for some in-depth discussion on Splinter Cell Conviction. Professor Layton is discussed along with Nathan's moments with the original Xbox. And Jon talks about Henry Hatsworth.
The Tester isn't talked about but the original Xbox's shut down is discussed. We also go over March's sales figures while Sean groans and the fifth generation of Pokemon - Pokemon Black & White - is announced.
This week Nathan and Sean run through their feelings of Just Cause 2's end game. From there Nathan talks far too much about some of the iPhone games he's been playing and Sean talks about his time with College Hoops 2K6.
We then move into our opinions of the Tester's season finale and how we feel about who won and how it went down. On the news side sees a discussion about in-game advertising in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and our thoughts on collector's editions. Next we talk about the Professor Layton movie coming state side and how Deadly Premonition is doing since it's launch.
We kick things off with sharing our feelings of Jon's disinterest in Uncharted 2 and his time with Microsoft's Game Room. Nathan discusses his incredibly long play with with Just Cause 2 while Sean admits he may have been wrong about the game. Pokemon is once again brought up along with Sean, Nathan and (special guest) Dustin's opinions of Blue Toad Murder Files.
The seventh episode of the Tester is discussed along with Microsoft's choice in not releasing more games for Game Room until late April. We also share our feelings of the gameplay and controls revealed for Metroid Other M. Finally, the Grand Theft Auto Hot Coffee checks are being sent out and this brings forth the question of the week:
If you were mailed $5 from Rockstar Games due to San Andreas's Hot Coffee incident, what would you do with the check?
Email in your answer at topdownperspective@hotmail.com and it may be read on the air.
This week we start off with a discussion about God of War 3 and Nathan reveals his purchase of Pokemon HeartGold. From there we get into a debate about whether or not Just Cause 2 is any good and Jon continues to play Uncharted.....1. We finish off our played games with a discussion about Microsoft's Game Room and run down the games we all bought on launch.
The sixth episode of The Tester is out and we run down what happened and how we felt about it. Nintendo announces its next handheld game platform and we share our feelings on the past and future of the PSP. Microsoft announces that the 360 will support USB drives and briefly mention Game Crush.
This week we run down Pokemon SoulSilver and HeartGold as Sean and Jon enjoy it far beyond Nathan's comprehension. We also touch base on Final Fantasy XIII and discuss our opinions on God of War 3. Nathan brings up his time with the new Perfect Dark for the Xbox Live Arcade along with his and Sean's choice to play NBA 2K6. Region distribution for Pokemon is discussed along with the fifth episode of Sony's The Tester. DJ Hero continues to put out mediocre track packs and Street Fighter creator, Yoshinori Ono, announces that he'd like to work on a Darkstalkers game.
This week Sean brings up his time with Final Fantasy XIII and we discuss our opinions of the games and whether we will play more or not. Nathan shares his time with Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 1943, and continues to love Deadly Premonition (you should buy it). Jon claims to have finished with Resident Evil 5 once and for all and wraps up Heavy Rain.
The Tester episode four is released and Sean and Nathan continue to love it as Jon once again chooses to never take part in it. We then move into the beginning of the Game Developer's Conference and Sony's PlayStation Move controller. Assassin's Creed 2's DRM continues to be great and we run through the top ten selling games of February.
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The gang kicks off this week’s podcast with two special guests as we recap the last two weeks of games we’ve been playing. Bioshock 2 is discussed along with Heavy Rain and it’s first piece of downloadable content: The Taxidermist. Jon mentions his love for Resident Evil 5 while Nathan goes over his time with Battlefield Bad Company 2. Sean brings up Borderlands’ Secret Armory of General Knoxx and briefly mentions The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom and Assassin’s Creed 2’s second DLC. Nathan proceeds to get way excited about the “janky but amazing” Deadly Premonition. As always we discuss this week’s Tester episode and talk about the recent events at Infinity Ward. The PS3 has a worldwide lock down and Valve confirms Portal 2.
With the Interactive Achievement Awards behind us, the gang gets in their opinions on some of the finalists and the nominees they were put up against. Along with the release of the pilot episode of Sony's The Tester coming out, we share our thoughts on the premiere and what we would like to see come from it. We also talk about The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, Bioshock 2 and Jon chooses to break out his old Game Gear for some Ren and Stimpy fun. Wrapping up the show sees us discuss Ubisoft's choice to restrict the use of their games (such as Assassin's Creed 2) and as always we read your questions on the air.
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The inaugural episode of the Top Down Perspective introducing your three hosts: Nathan, Sean and Jon We talk about the latest news in the gaming industry while also talking about new releases such as No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Mass Effect 2, and more. Any questions, comments, feedback, fan/hate mail, etc... can be sent to topdownperspective@hotmail.com and who knows, maybe we'll read it out next time!
This week we get in deep about the new Heavy Rain demo, Nathan's opinion of Dante's Inferno and Jon's list of old GameBoy games that (for some reason) he is running through. Also, we wrap up any unfinished business regarding No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle and Jon beats, once again, another game while we chat - this time Contra.
On the news side we discuss Microsoft's X10 event. This brings up our opinions on everything from the Xbox Live Game Room to the new Perfect Dark XBLA. Dead Rising Case Zero is also discussed along with Dead Rising 2 being talked about at length.
This week's episode has taken some of the feedback from the first episode to heart and is a little more structured. A smaller file, shorter length (At 1 hour 10 minutes instead of 2 hours) and just a little bit more focused (but only a bit). We're also trying out a new sound setup and meeting in person to do these, so bear with us.
This week's episode deals with the closing of the Xbox Live servers for original Xbox games, last year's top selling XBLA games and overall games, along with Project Needlemouse/Sonic the Hedgehog 4 and the new reality show on the PSN, The Tester.