Top Down Perspective

DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TWELVE MINUTES SPOILED. Paul and Sean are joined by a special guest for this special Twelve Minutes focused episode. We run through the entire story. Discussions include what we enjoyed, William Defoe's performance, and knife stunts. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at  https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

It's Final Fantasy week as Jon continues his way through FFX and Paul reaches Heavensward in FFXIV. Sean plays through Twelve Minutes and starts into Psychonauts 2. News is packed this week since Gamescom is on. We run down the various livestreams but also discuss the Tim Hortons x esports concept, the Frogger TV show, and a bizarre Fortnite event. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at  https:...

We're keeping things chill this week and starting off with a discussion about 12 Minutes from Paul. Jon talks about his time with Axiom Verge 2. Sean tries out Maquette and Splitgate. News this week includes discussion about several Quake games being remastered and released, we run through the recent Pokemon livestream, Skyrim is coming out yet again. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at  htt...

Everyone's on camera this week and Jon is continuing through Picross S Sega Genesis and Master System. Paul tries out Back 4 Blood, Blaster Master Zero 3, and Boyfriend Dungeon. Sean discusses Dodgeball Academia, Art of Rally, and Dirt 4. The biggest news this week is Idris Elba being cast as the voice of Knuckles, we also chat about a heavily rumored GTA trilogy popping up, and PAX Australia swit...

Sean returns to us this week with tales of his incredible injury (skip to around 7:50 if you don't want to hear about it). While away he played through Last Stop, Raji: An Ancient Epic, and Omno, as well as finished Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and started into The Great Ace Attorney. Paul has been playing The Ascent and Grime. Jon starts into Picross S Genesis & Master System. News is another co...

Sean is still out but that's OK. Paul gets super into Death's Door, refunds Idol Manager and breaks out the phone to play Contra Returns and NieR Re[in]carnation. Jon starts up Final Fantasy X again to play through for a project. In news, lots of games get updates, a few new studios form, Tokyo Olympics play video game music and Activision Blizzard updates! Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it a...

Paul and Jon hold the fort down as Sean is out with injury. Jon hasn't really been playing much but is able to now talk about Blaster Master Zero 3, which he does. Paul, on the other hand, has been continuing through FFXIV, checks out the beta for New World, gets enthralled with Cris Tales, gets disappointed in Pokemon Unite's monetization and falls in love with Death's Door. News is a bummer. Act...

Jon is busy playing games on stream, but checks out Null Drifter in his spare time. Sean tries to finish CrossCode from start the end before Wednesday (and almost does it!) while Paul spends a lot of time in Final Fantasy XIV. Valve tries to out-Nintendo Nintendo by announcing the Steam Deck while Netflix tried to out-Stadia Google by getting into video games?   Enjoy the show? Consider supporting...

The vaxxed boys are in the house! Yay science. Jon has been recovering all week so he's been playing Gears 5, and Jumanji: The Video Game, as well as finishing Mario Golf: Super Rush. Sean plays through Space Jam: A New Legacy and starts into CrossCode. Paul begins Everhood and Yakuza 0. We start news off by discussing the announcement of the Nintendo Switch OLED model, we run through Sony's lates...

It's Mario Golf Super Rush week and Sean is real disappointed, it also didn't help that the Pirates of the Caribbean/Sea of Thieves game mode also frustrated him. Paul wraps up Nier once and for all. Lots of developer news this week including the acquisition of Housemarque, Remedy announces a new Left 4 Dead-style shooter in the Control universe, and some updates on what's coming this month at EA'...

Things have gotten more calm now as we enter the lull of post-E3. Paul talks about the disappointing Dungeons & Dragons Dark Alliance. Jon finishes Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart. Sean plays through Zombie Army 4 Dead War and a bunch of Knockout City. News is scarce but we discuss Cyberpunk 2077 returning to the PSN and Microsoft ending its special refund option for the game. Sonic is being turned i...

It's video game Christmas and the boys are discussing whether or not they've been good this year. Jon starts off talking about Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart. Paul dives into the first Mario + Rabbids. Sean plays through all of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. The hosts then run through their personal top five games they saw during the E3 week. Afterwards we run down the news from the various m...

It's Pre E3 week here and we're all excited for what's to come. Join us as we run through a number of predictions for next week. Sean returns and talks about his new UMD of the Lost pilot. Jon has finished the Resident Evil 7 DLC and checks out Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World. Paul continues with Nier and No Toilet Paper. News has us running through the Summer Games Fest livestream. We also disc...

The heat is on! Literally, it's melting in Calgary so Paul and Jon keep it cool with some hot video games. Or something. Jon continues giving Resident Evil 7 a chance and ends up finishing the main game and most DLCs for it. The final verdict? Tune in. Paul finds a fun new podcast game loop in Necromunda: Hired Gun. In news, news is coming soon. E3 dates are given. The news of news is news!   Enjo...

NOTE: There are a few points in the recordings where all three of our mics unalign themselves due to our recording software. Sorry in advance. Sean is away this week but Nathan comes in to take his place. We catch up a bit on what he feels about revisiting Mass Effect and learn about Dr. Kawashima's birthday through Brain Age. Jon is trying his best to get through Resident Evil 7 while Paul gets d...

We're joined by special guest Jake Dekker this week to talk about Mass Effect Legendary Edition, he's also been enjoying Disco Elysium Director's Cut. Sean wraps up Outriders and Outer Wilds and starts into The Wild at Heart. Paul is playing Subnautica Below Zero. In news we discuss some of the earnings Apple has made from Fortnite alone, two new PS5 DualSense controller colors, and Super Bomberma...

Jon gives us a rundown of how his Colosseum weekend went. Paul talks to us about Resident Evil 8. Sean wraps up Eastshade and looks for more cozy gaming in Outer Wilds. We begin news with some updates from Remedy and the numerous games they're working on. Ubisoft gives more information on what they have lined up for the year while also delaying Skull and Bones again. We also discuss Legend of the...

With New Pokemon Snap out we discuss what's new, what's great, and what's frustrating about the sequel. Sean's also been playing the new season of Apex and Eastshade. Jon plays through Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion. Paul is anxiously waiting for Resident Evil 8 to drop while finishing Outriders. The big news this week (and probably for the next three) is everything coming out of the Epic vs. Appl...

We start this show off by discussing the recently released Mortal Kombat movie. From there Jon tells us about Pac-in-Time. Paul wraps up Narita Boy and tries out NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Sean plays through Wilmot's Warehouse and starts up Immortals: Fenyx Rising. In news we talk about some new Halo Infinite information and Microsoft's latest PC gaming blog post. We also discuss Stadia g...

Jon's wrapping up Kunai this week and talking about Say No! More. Paul dips back into some Binding of Isaac. Sean wraps up Spyro 3, Narita Boy, and Morkredd. In news we discuss PlayStation deciding not to shut down some of it's online stores, some CD Projekt Red sales numbers, and The Great Ace Attorney is coming to the west. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at  https://www.patreon.com/topdo...

This week Jon is encounter bug after bug while playing Oniken, Kunai, and Odallus: The Dark Call. Paul plays through Kaze and the Wild Masks and starts into Narita Boy. Sean finishes Bravely Default 2, Rain on your Parade, and The Complex. In news we run through the recent Nintendo Indie World livestream, Ubisoft announces their E3 presentation date and time, and the PS5 gets its first major updat...

Sean runs through his tale of getting vaccinated while also playing Outriders and Narita Boy. Jon checks out Pac-Man 99 and Paul plays some Binding of Isaac Repentance and Resident Evil RE:verse's beta. We start news off with a great looking trailer drop for Harold Halibut then we discuss some more E3 news and MLB the Show getting scooped for a day one release on Game Pass. Enjoy the show? Conside...

This week Paul is talking about Monster Hunter Rise while Jon can't get enough sleep. Sean tries out Bowser's Fury, It Takes Two, and Genesis Noir. In news we discuss some brief updates on 2021's E3 event, Sony confirming that they're closing older PSN stores, and Cyberpunk 2077's giant list of patch notes. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at  https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

We hyper analyze just what exactly a spinched Popeye could do to a Godzilla this week. And when we're not answering the important questions we're talking about Outer Worlds great new DLC, Fall Guys season 4, and Sean's continued frustration with Bravely Default 2. In news we discuss a Ghost of Tsushima movie, Xbox Live becoming Xbox network, and Reggie leaving the GameStop board of directors after...

Jon is talking about Fights in Tight Spaces this week, along with Space Otter Charlie and Pixel Puzzle Makeout League. Paul tries out the new Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos DLC and Sean gets into Deep Rock Galactic and the Outriders demo. News is loaded this week and includes the Square Enix livestream, our first images of the PSVR2's controllers, some big titles coming to Xbox Game Pass, and So...