Top Down Perspective 07 - 08 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 27 - 07 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 23 - 07 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 16 - 07 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 07 - 07 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 03 - 07 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 25 - 06 - 12

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!

Top Down Perspective 19 - 06 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective - E3 2012 Edition

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.

Top Down Perspective 04 - 06 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 29 - 05 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 22 - 05 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 15 - 05 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 07 - 05 - 12

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

Top Down Perspective 24 - 04 - 12

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!

Top Down Perspective - PAX East 2012 Edition

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.

Top Down Perspective 09 - 04 - 12

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.

TDP Spoilin' Games: Mass Effect 3

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.

Top Down Perspective 02 - 04 - 12

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.

Top Down Perspective 26 - 03 - 12

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.