Top Down Perspective - PAX Prime 2014 Edition

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.

Top Down Perspective 24/08/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 21/08/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 13/08/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 31/07/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 24/07/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 17/07/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 10/07/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 03/07/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 26/06/14

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.

Top Down Perspective - E3 2014 Edition

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.

Top Down Perspective 08/06/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 02/06/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 19/05/14

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. 

Top Down Perspective 27/04/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 21/04/14

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!

Top Down Perspective - PAX East 2014 Edition

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.

Top Down Perspective 03/04/14

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.

Top Down Perspective 29/03/14

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.

TDP Spoilin' Games - Bravely Default

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.