Top Down Perspective 28/12/12

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.

Top Down Perspective 20/12/12

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.

Top Down Perspective 13/12/12

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.

Top Down Perspective 07/12/12

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.

Top Down Perspective 30/11/12

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.

TDP Spoilin' Games: The Walking Dead

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.

Top Down Perspective - 22/11/12

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.

Top Down Perspective 14/11/12

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!

Top Down Perspective 08/11/12

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.

Top Down Perspective 02/11/12

Sean is back on his old crappy computer so we apologize for his audio issues. He's been playing Need for Speed: Most Wanted, the fourth episode of The Walking Dead as well as Frobisher Says! Jon can't talk about anything he played except for Castlevania 3 and Nathan has been playing more Hotline Miami as well as Punch Quest.
News is short but we discuss the Mass Effect 3 trilogy details, a new Jongest Journey and some news about Nintendo's WiiU digital service.

Top Down Perspective 26/10/12

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.

Top Down Perspective - 18/10/12

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.

Top Down Perspective 11 - 10 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 04 - 10 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 27 - 09 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 20 - 09 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 13 - 09 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective - PAX Prime 2012 Edition

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!

Top Down Perspective 24 - 08 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 17 - 08 - 12

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!