Top Down Perspective

This week Nathan hates everything. That pretty much sums it up. But, they both played Bastion and Sean went through Atlus's Catherine. As for news: a significant 3DS price drop is announced and coming soon. Information about the Nintendo Ambassador Program is talked about along with the release of the Humble Bundle 3 and Australia getting their own mature games rating (finally).

We're back and Jon hasn't really played anything (a little Mortal Kombat). Sean on the other hand is playing Ms. Splosionman, Hot Spring Story, Picross DS, Geometry Wars Galaxies and a little Noby Noby Boy. Nathan is also playing Twisted Pixel's new game as well as some online indie flash games and the new Catherine Demo. Not much news is going around but we carry on. Pop Cap Games is purchased by...

Nothing is really coming out right now! Sean finished up Puzzle Agent 2 and continues to adore Picross 3D. Nathan is also trying out the new Nelson Tethers game. Jon is playing more handheld games such as the two recent eShop GameBoy releases: Qix and Fortified Zone. In the news department you'll be hearing about Team Bondi's awful company ethics, Harmonix trademarks 'Vidrhythm' as well as  Ninten...

We're all together again this week after a great Canada Day weekend just in time for the 4th of July! Nathan is playing more Trenched as well as some old Gunstar and Castlevania games. Jon is visiting some old DSiWare Pictobit games as well as the most recent GameBoy eShop release: Kirby's Dreamland. And Sean is playing a ton of Picross 3D and starting up Puzzle Agent 2. As for the news, Limbo is...

This week Nathan is playing the original Bioshock as well as Double Fine's Trenched. Sean finished up Duke Nukem Forever, Ghost Trick, Child of Eden and starts Shadows of the Damned as well as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. Jon is also playing the "new" Zelda as well as some old games. As for news, LulzSec has decided to stop hacking people, Infamous 2 is already up for digital download...

E3 happened…over a week ago. But hey, welcome to your eighth most useful source for all the latest happenings in the world of interactive entertainment (trance vibrators included), the Top Down Perspective! Herein you shall hear glorious tales detailing the games of tomorrow from our very own Jon Wheeler, who actually traveled to the City of Angels for the biggest (well, most prestigious) video-ga...

DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED L.A. NOIRE! You have been warned! Sean and Nathan spoil the crap out of Rockstar's L.A. Noire as they analyze everything they found great, and not so great, about the game. This is a bonus dedicated podcast talking about that one game only and nothing else.

This week we're missing Nathan but Jon is hear to chat just in time before he leaves for E3. Sean finished up L.A. Noire and dove head first into the everything the Rockstar Pass gave him. Jon on the other hand is still trucking through Shadow Wars, and has tried out Dead or Alive Dimensions and Blaz Blue Continuum Shift 2 for the 3DS. In the news section we have some information on a rumored name...

This week all our schedules run tight so we only have time for a short recap. Sean finishes off the Portal 2 campaign and plays a bit more L.A. Noire. Nathan tries out Crysis 2, Fight Night Champion and completes L.A. Noire. We also mention that a L.A. Noire specific episode is on the horizon. As for the news, a Hulk Hogan Kinect game is announced along with a Phoenix Wright movie. Mortal Kombat D...

Nathan and Sean have been playing a ton of L.A. Noire so get ready for that. Also, Sean started Portal 2 co-op and Nathan continues to play Wario's Woods. Jon on the other hand is getting frustrated with Shadow Wars. The PlayStation network is in a weird place as part of it is down but others are up (briefly). Sony also details the apology program for everyone, Duke Nukem Forever goes gold and L.A...

Sean's here and telling us all about his time with last week's new release: Brink. Nathan is playing a ton more Wario's Woods and Jon is still playing MvC3 and started up Outland. With news: Sony seems to almost have the PlayStation Network back up (and then down again), Soul Calibur 5 is announced, and more is discussed on this week's TDP.

This week Nathan and Sean have been playing more Mortal Kombat. Nathan also enjoyed quite a bit of Picmin 2 as well as a ton of Wario's Woods. Sean on the other hand started up Portal 2 and tried out Unpleasant Horse. Jon joins in later to talk about Mortal Kombat, Castlevania Legends and Ghost Recon Shadow Wars. On the news front we have more information regarding the PlayStation Network's down t...

We're all here and ready to go this week. Sean starts us off with Outland. As well, everyone here has played some of the new Mortal Kombat. Nathan played through Portal 2 as well as revisited some old GameCube games. Jon didn't play much other than MK but he did have time for some Mole Mania for the GameBoy. The PlayStation Network is still down and your credit card information might be at risk! N...

This week on the SLEEPY cast Jon is dead tired from traveling so much, Nathan is tired from being up till 5 writing an essay and Sean is sick. Jon arrives home from Sakuracon and tells us about his time there. Nathan and Sean go back to some older games. Since you're dying to know, Sean's obtained 111 Pokemon in Pokemon Black. As for news, the PlayStation Network has been down for a few days due t...

This week Jon is trying out a new Xbox Live Indie Game, playing some more Marvel vs. Capcom 3 as well as some Rayman 3D. Nathan is addicted to Plants vs. Zombies along with more obscure IOS games. Lastly, Sean has been playing World of Goo for the iPhone, Bit. Trip Beat (on PC) and Back to the Future Episode One. As for news: Valve has something crazy going on with the release of Portal 2. Informa...

This week Nathan is talking about Dirt 2, Plants Vs. Zombies and Tiny Wings. Sean is sharing his time with Ghostbusters Sanctum of Slime, Raskulls, Mass Effect 2's The Arrival DLC and as always: Pokemon Black. Jon is not with us. As for news; World of Goo is coming to the iPhone and Pop Cap can't get their new game - Unpleasant Horse - onto the App Store. If you're craving as much Mass Effect as w...

This week Sean and Jon are Nathanless but we both have brand new, shiny 3DS's to talk about. Jon is playing Super Street Fighter 4 3D and Bust a Move 3D while Sean is still playing Pokemon Black. Also, Sean brings up his time with IOS game Tiny Wings and talks briefly about Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime. Jon starts playing more old GameBoy games such as Duke Nukem and Mega Man Extreme. As for new...

This week Jon returns to tell us all about his time at the Penny Arcade Expo East Edition. He runs through the 3DS games he checked out and the stuff he did down in Boston. Sean and Nathan on the other hand stayed put and played some Plants Vs Zombies, Hobo with a Shotgun and some other old releases. On the news side, Stacking and Mass Effect 2 are getting their first and last respectively pieces...

This week we're putting out a short (Diet) episode do to all of our schedules conflicting at the moment. As for the games, Nathan got into Tron: Evolution, some more Burnout Paradise, finally slowed down on DS games and finished with some Def Jam Rapstar. Sean on the other hand played a ton more Pokemon Black and started his way through Dead Space 2. Jon is in Boston for PAX East and will return t...

This week Jon runs through some Bulletstorm, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and Hard Corps: Uprising. Nathan goes through some more Ace Attorney and tried out indie game: Impossible Game. Sean wraps up our games with the new Pokemon Black. As for news, we run through some of the stories to come out of this year's GDC. A new Super Mario is announced for the 3DS along with some more news from Nintendo. We Dare...

This week Nathan and Sean run through some Killzone 3. Along with Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and Dragon Age: Origins and they get ready for Dragon Age 2. Sean also mentions some Bulletstorm at the very end. As for news, Gears of War 3 gets a release date and beta announcement as well as Command & Conquer getting brought forward by a new developer. Nintendo announces the 3DS's North American launch line...

In honor of our 50th episode we get the WORST technical difficulties we've encountered so far. BUT! Nathan demands this broken as hell show be published so I apologize in advance for Sean broken as ASS audio (luckily only for about a third of it). On the bright side Sean talks about finishing Mass Effect and the disappointment that is Pinnacle Station. He and Jon also played Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. J...

It's Valentine's Day, so we're talking about the video games we played over the last week. And you're listening. Jon continued with Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 and (along with Nathan) tried out the new You Don't Know Jack. Nathan also finished up with his Mirror's Edge adventure, played through Stacking, went back to Dragon Age: Origins and started Ghost Trick. Sean continued his Mass Effect 1 run b...

Unfortunately, due to some odd technical issues, the last third of the podcast had to be cut (this included the news and emails portion of the show). Sorry for the short episode this week and the abrupt cut off ending, we will address any email questions we received on next week's show. In terms of games, Jon is playing Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 while Nathan plays through Wolfenstien, wraps up Dea...

This week Nathan discusses his issues with Dead Space 2 and more on Miner Dig Deep, Jon finishes up Dead to Rights Retribution and Sean continues with Rock Band 3 and starts his Mass Effect 1 playthrough. On the news end we're looking at a ton of information on the recently announce PlayStation NGP and some cloud saving support for the PS3.