Monday Feb 13, 2012
Top Down Perspective 13 - 02 - 12
Top Down Perspective
The video game ramblings of Claire Wheeler, Sean Booker, and Paul Fleck.
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Wednesday Feb 08, 2012
Wednesday Feb 08, 2012
The 3DS continues to being the heat as Jon discusses Sakura Samurai and Mutant Mudds. Nathan is trying out Puzzle Juice as well as returning to the PS2 for some Marc Echo's Getting Up and Sean continues through Skyward Sword.
In the news category: the latest Mass Effect novel has some weird stuff going on, as well as BioWare announcing a mobile version of Mass Effect 3 and Capcom releases Ghost Trick on iOS and announces some more mobile games to come.
Monday Jan 30, 2012
Monday Jan 30, 2012
We're back with a ton of stuff to talk about! Nathan is playing Cave Story + as well as trying out Star Trek Online; Jon plays some old SNES games I can't remember as well as the majority of Shadows of the Damned and Sean is trying out the XBLA version of Ticket to Ride and the new iOS hit: Puzzle Juice.
As for the news, we're talking about a ton of WiiU stuff as well the recently release Resident Evil 6 trailer, the new Steam mobile app and a ton more.
Monday Jan 16, 2012
Monday Jan 16, 2012
There's still nothing really going on this week in games but we've been playing stuff. Sean tried out 2010's Fluidity as well as put in some real time with Skyward Sword and Jon is playing Zen Pinball on the 3DS.
Tuesday Jan 10, 2012
Tuesday Jan 10, 2012
This week is all about playing through the backlog. Sean talks about his time with Lost in Shadow, Kirby's Return to Dreamland and You Don't Know Jack. Jon is playing some SNES games as well as more Mario Kart 7 and Nathan is going through and enjoying Driver: San Francisco.
As for news, the trailer for the third season of the Tester is out (and it's GREAT) and Microsoft announces information on this year's Block Party.
Monday Jan 02, 2012
Monday Jan 02, 2012
SPOILER WARNING! We spoil a ton of games for people during this. We don't even warn people at some points. So, if we start talking about a game that you don't want to be spoiled in anyway, it's safer to just assume we spoiled it at some point. Otherwise, take your chances. Games we spoil for sure: Ghost Trick, Catherine and Portal 2 (those are off the top of my head).
In this show each of us discuss our personal top ten lists of games that came out in 2011. We also decide on an official TDP Game of the Year, discuss some honorable mentions, share our favorite 2010 games that we played this year and mention some games we want to play more of that may have impacted out top tens if we had more time with them.
Monday Dec 19, 2011
Monday Dec 19, 2011
It's back log time and Sean is playing Dance Central 2, The Gunstringer, some crappy Kinect Fun Labs games, getting angry at Fruit Ninja Kinect and the recent 3DSWare hit: Pushmo. Jon is also playing some Pushmo as well as getting progressively angrier at Mario Kart 7 and Nathan deletes Tiny Tower during the recording!
As for news, there are some Q1 release dates from Nintendo announced, DeadMau5 pretends to lose a Vita and the GBA Ambassador games are launched!
Wednesday Dec 14, 2011
Wednesday Dec 14, 2011
This week Sean has finished up Rayman Origins. tested out Mirror's Edge iOS and continued, along with Jon, to play Mario Kart 7. Nathan tries some Kinect games and we discuss the 360 and 3DS's latest updates. As for news, we talk about some of the reveals on the Spike TV Video Game Awards, Bastion getting some interesting DLC and Club Nintendo offering some news prizes.
Monday Dec 05, 2011
Monday Dec 05, 2011
The year is slowly wrapping up and that means games aren't really coming out anymore. However, we're talking about this week's one big release: Mario Kart 7. Sean also finishes Assassin's Creed Revelations and Saints Row the Third, Jon plays some Cave Story 3D and Nathan has toe shoes! As for news, we discuss Xenoblade coming stateside, Notch stepping down as lead of Minecraft and Obsidian's plans to release a South Park RPG.
Wednesday Nov 30, 2011
Wednesday Nov 30, 2011
The games keep rolling in as Nathan and Sean discuss Saints Row the Third and Jon is finishing up Super Mario 3D Land. We also discuss Fruit Ninja Kinect and a bit of Kinect Adventures as well as the first-party Vita launch line-up in Europe and the next 360 dashboard update.
Monday Nov 21, 2011
Monday Nov 21, 2011
There are a ton of games out! We're playing a lot of them. This week we're discussing Super Mario 3D Land, Rayman: Origins, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Bit. Trip Saga and much much more. As for news we discuss the rumor of Metal Gear Solid 5, Call of Duty Elite is still down and Sony has released information on their UMD Passport.
Tuesday Nov 08, 2011
Tuesday Nov 08, 2011
Uncharted 3 is here and Nathan and Sean are free to talk all about it. Along with that we're discussing the recently released GTA5 trailer as well as some of the nominees for the Spike TV Video Game Awards and other information you should expect to hear coming out of it.
Monday Oct 31, 2011
Monday Oct 31, 2011
We're here for a short Halloween episode. Sean finally got Arkham City in the mail so he plays through that as well as trying out the previous Batman game, Arkham Asylum. He's also playing more Last Specter and the hot title: Bakugan Battle Brawlers. Jon is just continuing on with Arkham City, same with Nathan as well as 30 Second Life on iOS. Grand Theft Auto 5 is discussed and your questions are read on the air.
Monday Oct 24, 2011
Monday Oct 24, 2011
Batman: Arkham City is out and while everyone is having fun and playing it, Sean is still waiting for it to show up in the mail....He is playing Professor Layton and the Last Specter though, as well as The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary (along with Jon). Jon's here and telling us about his time at the Toy Convention and what he all got from it.
Sunday Oct 16, 2011
Sunday Oct 16, 2011
We're back with a full length episode! Unfortunately Nathan got too busy and isn't able to join in. However Jon and Sean are here with several games to talk about. Jon is playing Tetris Axis, Catrap, and Super Mario Land 2; while Sean is still enjoying Gears of War 3, finishing up Age of Empires Online and returning to Golden Sun Dark Dawn.
As for news, Twisted Pixel was recently bought by Microsoft, the multiplayer in Mass Effect 3 has been announced, pricing for Japanese PS Vita games has surfaced and information regarding Catwoman in Arkham City is discussed.
A big thank you to "scinoid pro" again for this week's episode art.
Wednesday Oct 05, 2011
Wednesday Oct 05, 2011
New Record! Its the shortest episode in the history of the podcast! Basically, Sean had a bunch of school stuff, Jon had to bounce in maybe thirty minutes but Nathan wanted to talk about Pinball at least a little bit so this is what there is. Not much beyond that is discussed, though "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" is chastised and "Tetris Axis" and "Resident Evil 4" manage to gain a mention. Our regular length podcast shall return shortly in a new (and improved?) format later in the week. Hope this tides you over till then. Oh, and no music cause editing is LAME.
Monday Sep 26, 2011
Monday Sep 26, 2011
Gears of War 3 is out and we spend quite a bit of time talking about that. In addition, Nathan has been spending many hours with his new love: Dead Island and Sean and has some choice words about Burnout Crash.
As for news: you'll hear about the recently announced Michael Phelps game, how Sony isn't going to let you sue them, a series of Uncharted comic books and a novel and a whole bunch more.
A big thanks to "scinoid pro" for this weeks episode art!
Tuesday Sep 20, 2011
Tuesday Sep 20, 2011
On this week's show Jon is playing Mega Man Soccer as well as a bunch of Battletoads. Sean is playing more Age of Empires Online as well as the new Driver: San Fransisco. Nathan is trying out some more iOS games as well as searching the city for Dead Island.
As for news, the 2011 Tokyo Game show happen so we're talking about all the 3DS and PlayStation Vita's future. All that and some information on Shadow Complex 2.
Monday Sep 12, 2011
Monday Sep 12, 2011
This week Jon is collecting games from sales all over town while Sean spends all his waking minutes on Age of Empires Online. Nathan is playing some of that too along with Tiny Tower.
As for news, we're talking about The Last Guardian's absence from this year's upcoming Tokyo Game Show, Max Payne 3 still existing and Nintendo's newly announced second analog stick peripheral for the 3DS.
Saturday Sep 03, 2011
Saturday Sep 03, 2011
This week we're all back from our various trips and we're talking about Jon's time at Pax Prime 2011. Firefall, the Pax 10, Halofest, and everything else he did. Nathan's been playing Tiny Tower and, along with Sean, some Age of Empires Online. Sean and Jon has also been playing with some of the recently release 3DS Ambassador Program games.
As for news, we're talking about the Uncharted 3 reality TV show, the announcement of the Persona fighting game, and much more.
Thursday Aug 18, 2011
Thursday Aug 18, 2011
Sorry its late, but that is almost entirely due to the fact that for the first time in the history of the podcast, SEAN isn't here this week! That means a two man show starring Jon and Nathan, which also means a slight change in the order of operations. That's right, new first THEN the games we played. Revolutionary I know. Stories were a bit light this week as we recorded right on the verge of Gamescom, which is where all the big stuff is going on (including a new Grasshopper game, but we don't mention that at all on this show). Instead we talk about the upcoming ICO/Shadow of the Colossus HD collection and the exciting fact that some unseen aspects of "The Last Guardian" will be glimpsed in a featurette when it drops in September. We also talk about the long-awaited return of Counter-Strike, the only modern military shooter that ever mattered.
Then its games games games, including Catherine, the greatest game ever made (Deadly Premonition to the layman), Shadows of the Damned, Another World, Mario's Picross and a handful of others (been a few days at this point, my memory isn't as a good as a chimpanzee's...that actually IS true, amazing creatures).
Speaking of remarkable apes, Orangutans. Amazing. 97% of their DNA is virtually identical to our own, including whatever it is that makes iPads so fascinating because yes, some genius scientists somewhere are finally allowing our ape brethren to tinker with some of the latest technology and all of us here at the Top Down Perspective could not be happier. Rise of the Planet of the Apes is in theaters now if you want a glimpse at the amazing future that surely awaits us if we continue down this path (fingers AND toes crossed).
All that and a record number of user-submitted questions! Thanks, keep 'em coming.
Ah yes, and our theme song this week is an excerpt from the Suburban All-Star's song "Soccer Riot".