Top Down Perspective

Top Down Perspective 30 - 08 - 10

This week Nathan starts us off with some talk on older PC games and moves into the XBLA version of Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Sean picks up from there and rolls into some Shank and Monopoly. Jon finishes off with more Scott Pilgrim.
On the news side, Microsoft strictly watching Halo: Reach pirates and is sending out beta testing kits for its new Kinect peripheral. Sony slows down sales on the new modding chip and chooses not to release the new Kingdom Hearts game on their PSP Go. Death Spank gets an incredibly early sequel and the new Xbox 360 Dashboard and Avatars are leaked.

Top Down Perspective 23 - 08 - 10

Nathan starts us off with some Fallout 3 and moves into Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. Sean also shares his time with K&L2 along with X-Men Origins Wolverine, Bioshock 2 and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Jon wraps us up with Adventure Island, more of his usual old games and one very obscure Mario game at the end.
Gamescon is going on this week in Germany and we get news such as Mortal Kombat getting real time updates when launched, Microsoft announcing Flight and Mass Effect 2 heading to PS3s. THQ bumps up their online play to $10 and begins development on a tablet peripheral on the Wii, Microsoft also announces a list of games coming to Windows Mobile 7.

Top Down Perspective 16 - 08 - 10

Once again we have Dustin here to fill in a fourth chair. He talks about his time with Star Craft 2. Nathan gets into detail about Wet, Peggle, Fallout 3 and a bit much on Spy Fiction. Jon talks Ducktales and Scott Pilgrim vs the World: The Game. And Sean wraps up with more Singularity and Split/Second.
Duke Nukem Forever might not be dead as well as the outcome of the Penny Arcade game series as discussed this week. Warren Spectre talks a new Ducktales game and Irrational Games announces Bioshock Infinite along with revealing a trailer for the game. Insane EVE Online hijinks go down, a Castle Crashers arcade cabinet will be at PAX, RAGE gets a release date and more are discussed in this week's TDP!

Top Down Perspective 09 - 08 - 10

Due to technical difficulties, we ended up losing the last ten minutes of the podcast.
This week we bring on a special guest and get in some brief talk on Starcraft 2. Nathan and Sean talk a bit more about The Signal as well as get into depth on Singularity. Jon finishes us up with some Castlevania: Harmony of Despair.
Pokemon Black and White will have exclusively new pokemon until you beat the game. NHL 11 releases a TON of DLC before the game is out. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood's multiplayer demo can only be obtained by preordering it through GameStop and much more is discussed this week!

Top Down Perspective 03 - 08 - 10

Nathan kicks us off with some of his Limbo wrap up, The Club and the Kane & Lynch 2 demo. He and Sean also discuss their opinions on Clash of the Titans and Alan Wake's first piece of DLC: The Signal. Sean also brings up some of the Darkness and more on Wanted: Weapons of Fate. Jon wraps us up with Klonoa 2 and Dragon Quest 9.
When it comes to news we talk about punishing people in Halo: Reach, Sony Lifestyle and just how excited we are about The Tester season 2. Valve decides to help out other developers and Kick-Ass is now out on DVD/BD so go buy it!

Top Down Perspective 24 - 07 - 10

We talk about a ton of movies this week but that doesn't stop Sean from bringing up Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Red Dead Redemption and, along with Nathan, Limbo. Jon talks about Chrono Trigger DS, Apollo Justice and how he can't seem to start Dragon Quest IX. Nathan finishes what we've been playing with Death Spank.
The San Diego Comic Con is on so we run down some of its more video game centered announcements. Dead Rising: Case Zero gets a price point and we're both excited and worried. Kinect bundles and prices are finally revealed and Demon Souls online/white tendency is increased.
We want you to write in a lot this week with three separate questions for you to answer. 1) Would you like to hear us do a podcast all about Spy Fiction? 2) Do you think the next rookie (Carmine) in Gears of War 3 should live or die? 3) What do you think happened to Frank West at the end of the original Dead Rising? Send in your responses to the email address (topdownperspective@hotmail.com) or comment with your answers on the site.

Top Down Perspective 18 - 07 - 10

Nathan is back and taking about the games he bought during the Steam sale. He also shares his opinion on Crackdown 2 and talks a bit about Half Life 2. Sean lists off the games he's recently bought and goes into detail about Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, Sega Superstars Tennis, Infamous, Hail to the Chimp and Bionic Commando.
In terms of news, 1 vs. 100 on the 360 is not coming back for a third season. We also run down some possible names for Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 and discuss K-Mart's decision to post user reviews of games in their electronics section.

Top Down Perspective 11 - 07 - 10

This week Sean gets a little more deep into his feelings on Crackdown 2. He also talks about his time with Peggle and the always exciting Feeding Frenzy 2. Jon then brings up his opinion on Death Smiles and shares which games he purchased during Xbox Live's arcade sale.
More development unfolds on the ex-Infinity Ward team vs. Activision. We also talk about the recently announced Dragon Age 2 and the information already revealed. Blizzard decides to reveal all their player's real names - then quickly decides against that. Last we address our question posed on last week's episode.

Top Down Perspective 05 - 07 - 10

This week Sean brings up his time with The Legendary Starfy and Crackdown 2. On the other side, Jon talks Bulletwitch and whatever other old games he normally plays.
On the news front sees a discussion on Sony’s new PlayStation Plus program. We also discuss what Shigeru Miyamoto’s new game and character might be. 343 Studios is assigned to the next Halo game following Reach and Heavy Rain DLC is put on hold in favor of move support.
This week we pose a question to the listeners: What direction do you think Shigeru Miyamoto should go in for his new game/character? Send in your answer to Topdownperspective@hotmail.com and you may have it read on the air.

Top Down Perspective 20 - 06 - 10

E3 is this week so we skip right to the news. We run over what was revealed at the Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony press conferences, along with brief mentions on EA and Ubisoft's. Microsoft shows off a ton of Kinect games and reveals its new model for the 360. Nintendo shows off several new games from old IPs and unveils the 3DS. Sony shows off more of how Move is coming along as well as a ton of 3D enabled games.

Top Down Perspective 13 - 06 - 10

This week we start off with Jon's time with more of Conker on the GameBoy as well as several of the original Mega Mans. Nathan and Sean bring up their time with Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Nathan discusses some Red Dead Redemption. Sean finishes up with some Lego Rockband and Record of Argarest Wars.
Rock Band 3 is announced and its new controllers are detailed and priced. Microsoft reveals Project Natal's real name and the new 360 model is leaked. We finish up with talking about DJ Hero 2.

Top Down Perspective 06 - 06 - 10

This week Jon brings up one of the original Conkers games for the GameBoy and he and Nathan discuss more of their time with Super Mario Galaxy 2. Sean talks a bit more on Blur and brings forth a discussion on Modnation Racers. We finish off the games with Nathan talking about Red Dead Redemption.
On the news side, inFamous 2 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock are announced. More news of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 is revealed and Level 5 chooses to begin publishing their games themselves. The FTC wants to add a 5% tax on consumer electronics and Hulu is rumored to be coming to the Xbox 360.

Top Down Perspective 29 - 05 - 10

The gang kicks off this week with a discussion on Mario Galaxy 2 and moves into Bit. Trip Runner. We then move into Blur and Nathan brings up his time with Red Dead Redemption so far.
On the news side we get into Rock Band 3's rumored keyboard controller. Microsoft plans to announce Project Natal's real name at E3, a Mass Effect movie comes to light and Insomniac chooses to go multiplatform with their next IP.

Top Down Perspective 24 - 05 - 10

Sean and Nathan bring up their opinions of Alan Wake and the idea of a spoilercast is mentioned. Sean continues to talk about Red Dead Redemption and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. Jon then discusses his time with Super Mario Galaxy 2.
J Allard leaves Microsoft and Rockstar announces its opinion on parents buying M rated - and their own personal - games. Blizzard decides to censor the Korean version of StarCraft 2 and Capcom no longer wishes to use its western developers for sequels. To wrap things up we share our opinions on EA's ten dollar idea.

Top Down Perspective 16 - 05 - 10

This week Sean brings up his opinion of Skate 3 and the gang discusses the series as a whole. Nathan and Sean share their feelings about Lost Planet 2 while Jon continues to play the oldest games ever.
On the news side, South Korea is beginning to implement 3D enabled Xbox 360's along with LG's new line of 3D televisions. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is announced and we share the information we know and how we feel towards it. The final Halo 2 player goes offline and Project Natal schedules an interesting event for it's world premiere at E3. And last, Steam is launched on the Mac and Call of Duty: Black Ops is set to have four player co-op.

Top Down Perspective 09 - 05 - 10

Jon is back and discussing the list of old GameBoy games he's playing and Picross 3D. Also, he talks about his time on The Speed Gamer's Mother marathon and our opinions on Super Street Fighter 4. Nathan and Sean discuss more about the Halo: Reach beta as well as the last three episodes of the Blue Toad Murder Files.
Star Craft 2 has a release date. God of War: Ghost of Sparta is announced so we discuss our opinons on God of War and its experience on the PSP. On a sad note, Capcom takes a loss of 73%.
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Top Down Perspective 01 - 05 - 10

It's the thirteen episode and we're talking about dentistry! Along with that, Sean brings up some more of his time with Deadly Premonition and Final Fantasy XIII. Nathan talks about some of his backtracking in Dead Rising and  they both go over the soon-to-be-released Halo:Reach beta.
On the news side we run down Bungie's new 10 year contract with Activision and the remake for Tales of Monkey Island 2 gets commentary tracks. Mike and Jerry of Penny Arcade fame get into Time magazine's top 100 list. Call of Duty Black Ops is announced we run over our thoughts on the Famitsu - Konami - Kotaku event in relation to reviewing games.
Nathan also sends out the word, we want you to start replying to our emails as well. If you hear us discussing an email that you have an opinion on or just want to comment, send it in and we'll read it on the air.

Top Down Perspective 24 - 04 - 10

This week Nathan and Sean run over their final thoughts on Splinter Cell Conviction. Along with that Sean plays a bit more Deadly Premonition and Nathan finishes Batman Arkham Asylum again.
On the news side sees an extensive discussion about Left 4 Dead 2's new piece of downloadable content The Passing. We talk about it's launch, some story related elements and whether or not we are planning to go through it. This moves to a discussion about Capcom's Captivate 2010 event. Announcements like Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Co-op in Dead Rising 2 and Ghost Trick are brought up. We finish off with a discussion about Japan's 3D Hidden Picture game coming to the states.

Top Down Perspective 17 - 04 - 10

Jon returns and Dustin guest stars again for some in-depth discussion on Splinter Cell Conviction. Professor Layton is discussed along with Nathan's moments with the original Xbox. And Jon talks about Henry Hatsworth.
The Tester isn't talked about but the original Xbox's shut down is discussed. We also go over March's sales figures while Sean groans and the fifth generation of Pokemon - Pokemon Black & White - is announced.

Top Down Perspective 10 - 04 - 10

This week Nathan and Sean run through their feelings of Just Cause 2's end game. From there Nathan talks far too much about some of the iPhone games he's been playing and Sean talks about his time with College Hoops 2K6.
We then move into our opinions of the Tester's season finale and how we feel about who won and how it went down. On the news side sees a discussion about in-game advertising in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and our thoughts on collector's editions. Next we talk about the Professor Layton movie coming state side and how Deadly Premonition is doing since it's launch.