Friday Dec 07, 2012
Top Down Perspective 07/12/12
Top Down Perspective
The video game ramblings of Claire Wheeler, Sean Booker, and Paul Fleck.
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Episodes
Episodes
Friday Nov 30, 2012
Friday Nov 30, 2012
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.
Thursday Nov 29, 2012
Thursday Nov 29, 2012
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.
Friday Nov 23, 2012
Friday Nov 23, 2012
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.
Thursday Nov 15, 2012
Thursday Nov 15, 2012
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!
Friday Nov 09, 2012
Friday Nov 09, 2012
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.
Sunday Oct 28, 2012
Sunday Oct 28, 2012
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.
Friday Oct 19, 2012
Friday Oct 19, 2012
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.
Friday Oct 12, 2012
Friday Oct 12, 2012
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.
Friday Oct 05, 2012
Friday Oct 05, 2012
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.
Friday Sep 28, 2012
Friday Sep 28, 2012
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.
Friday Sep 21, 2012
Friday Sep 21, 2012
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.
Friday Sep 14, 2012
Friday Sep 14, 2012
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.
Friday Sep 07, 2012
Friday Sep 07, 2012
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!
Sunday Aug 26, 2012
Sunday Aug 26, 2012
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.
Saturday Aug 18, 2012
Saturday Aug 18, 2012
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!
Sunday Aug 12, 2012
Sunday Aug 12, 2012
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.
Tuesday Aug 07, 2012
Tuesday Aug 07, 2012
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.
Sunday Jul 29, 2012
Sunday Jul 29, 2012
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.
Tuesday Jul 24, 2012
Tuesday Jul 24, 2012
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.
Monday Jul 16, 2012
Monday Jul 16, 2012
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.