Saturday Jul 07, 2012
Top Down Perspective 07 - 07 - 12
Top Down Perspective
The video game ramblings of Claire Wheeler, Sean Booker, and Paul Fleck.
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Episodes
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 04, 2012
Wednesday Jul 04, 2012
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.
Wednesday Jun 27, 2012
Wednesday Jun 27, 2012
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!
Tuesday Jun 19, 2012
Tuesday Jun 19, 2012
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.
Wednesday Jun 13, 2012
Wednesday Jun 13, 2012
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.
Monday Jun 04, 2012
Monday Jun 04, 2012
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.
Tuesday May 29, 2012
Tuesday May 29, 2012
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.
Tuesday May 22, 2012
Tuesday May 22, 2012
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.
Tuesday May 15, 2012
Tuesday May 15, 2012
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.
Tuesday May 08, 2012
Tuesday May 08, 2012
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
Monday Apr 23, 2012
Monday Apr 23, 2012
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!
Sunday Apr 15, 2012
Sunday Apr 15, 2012
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.
Tuesday Apr 10, 2012
Tuesday Apr 10, 2012
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.
Friday Apr 06, 2012
Friday Apr 06, 2012
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.
Tuesday Apr 03, 2012
Tuesday Apr 03, 2012
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.
Monday Mar 26, 2012
Monday Mar 26, 2012
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.
Sunday Mar 18, 2012
Sunday Mar 18, 2012
This week Sean and Nathan are talking about Mass Effect 3 again as well as the recently released Journey on the PSN. Jon plays through some Kirby's Return to Dreamland.
As for news, a new highly popular Kickstarter has popped up to make a sequel to Wasteland after seeing the success of Double Fine, XBLA games are soon going to be getting a significant gamerscore update, Diablo 3 release dates and news about an ongoing Pokemon event.
Monday Mar 12, 2012
Monday Mar 12, 2012
It's Mass Effect 3 week so Sean and Nathan proceed to talk about that for a good chunk of time. Along with this Nathan and Jon have been playing the Home Improvement game as well as Street Fighter X Tekken.
The fifth episode of the Tester is discussed as we get ever closer to the end of this season. As for news, we recap how Double Fine's kickstarter is going, discuss a delay for Counter-Strike GO and talk about Peter Molyneux's decision to leave Lionshead studios.
Monday Mar 05, 2012
Monday Mar 05, 2012
Make sure you listen to all of the show this week as there's a special ending on this one made by Nathan.
Jon is playing some Dillon's Rolling Western as well as Twisted Metal with Nathan. Sean finishes up Rhythm Heaven Fever, Halo Anniversary, Alan Wake's American Nightmare and some old launch Kinect Games.
As for news, we got Nintendo's newest employee, information on Assassin's Creed 3 and a launch date for Bioshock Infinite.
We DO NOT own the ending theme, it is not TDP's in anyway. Please don't sue us. Enjoy!
Sunday Feb 26, 2012
Sunday Feb 26, 2012
Nathan starts off (and continues to bring up) this week's show with more pony talk. Jon is playing some old NES games along with Ratchet and Clank All-for-One. Nathan tries out some Kinect games including Double Fine's Happy Action Theatre and Sean finishes Warp and starts up Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
We continue our coverage of the third season of The Tester and discuss Nintendo recent string of announcements, the new Medal of Honor title and the first piece of Mass Effect 3's controversial DLC.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2012
Tuesday Feb 21, 2012
This week Jon is sick so he sniffles a lot but he talks about Tekken 3D and Twisted Metal. Nathan has some some opinions about the Mass Effect 3 demo and Sean talks about Warp and Rhythm Heaven Fever.
As for news, there isn't really any.