Friday May 03, 2013
Top Down Perspective 02/05/13
Top Down Perspective
The video game ramblings of Claire Wheeler, Sean Booker, and Paul Fleck.
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Episodes
Episodes
Friday Apr 26, 2013
Friday Apr 26, 2013
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.
Sunday Apr 21, 2013
Sunday Apr 21, 2013
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.
Saturday Apr 13, 2013
Saturday Apr 13, 2013
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.
Saturday Apr 06, 2013
Saturday Apr 06, 2013
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.
Sunday Mar 31, 2013
Sunday Mar 31, 2013
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.
Thursday Mar 21, 2013
Thursday Mar 21, 2013
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.
Friday Mar 15, 2013
Friday Mar 15, 2013
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.
Saturday Mar 09, 2013
Saturday Mar 09, 2013
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.
Saturday Mar 02, 2013
Saturday Mar 02, 2013
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.
Friday Feb 22, 2013
Friday Feb 22, 2013
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!
Thursday Feb 14, 2013
Thursday Feb 14, 2013
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.
Friday Feb 08, 2013
Friday Feb 08, 2013
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.
Friday Feb 01, 2013
Friday Feb 01, 2013
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.
Friday Jan 25, 2013
Friday Jan 25, 2013
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.
Friday Jan 18, 2013
Friday Jan 18, 2013
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!
Saturday Jan 12, 2013
Saturday Jan 12, 2013
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!
Friday Jan 04, 2013
Friday Jan 04, 2013
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.
Friday Dec 28, 2012
Friday Dec 28, 2012
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.
Thursday Dec 20, 2012
Thursday Dec 20, 2012
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.
Friday Dec 14, 2012
Friday Dec 14, 2012
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.