Top Down Perspective

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 p...

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...

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 N...

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 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 t...

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 Kore...

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 kn...

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 d...

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 Isla...

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...

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 Bl...

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 Me...

We kick things off with sharing our feelings of Jon's disinterest in Uncharted 2 and his time with Microsoft's Game Room. Nathan discusses his incredibly long play with with Just Cause 2 while Sean admits he may have been wrong about the game. Pokemon is once again brought up along with Sean, Nathan and (special guest) Dustin's opinions of Blue Toad Murder Files. The seventh episode of the Tester...

This week we start off with a discussion about God of War 3 and Nathan reveals his purchase of Pokemon HeartGold. From there we get into a debate about whether or not Just Cause 2 is any good and Jon continues to play Uncharted.....1. We finish off our played games with a discussion about Microsoft's Game Room and run down the games we all bought on launch. The sixth episode of The Tester is out a...

This week we run down Pokemon SoulSilver and HeartGold as Sean and Jon enjoy it far beyond Nathan's comprehension. We also touch base on Final Fantasy XIII and discuss our opinions on God of War 3. Nathan brings up his time with the new Perfect Dark for the Xbox Live Arcade along with his and Sean's choice to play NBA 2K6. Region distribution for Pokemon is discussed along with the fifth episode o...

This week Sean brings up his time with Final Fantasy XIII and we discuss our opinions of the games and whether we will play more or not. Nathan shares his time with Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 1943, and continues to love Deadly Premonition (you should buy it). Jon claims to have finished with Resident Evil 5 once and for all and wraps up Heavy Rain. The Tester episode four is release...

The gang kicks off this week’s podcast with two special guests as we recap the last two weeks of games we’ve been playing. Bioshock 2 is discussed along with Heavy Rain and it’s first piece of downloadable content: The Taxidermist. Jon mentions his love for Resident Evil 5 while Nathan goes over his time with Battlefield Bad Company 2. Sean brings up Borderlands’ Secret Armory of General Knoxx and...

With the Interactive Achievement Awards behind us, the gang gets in their opinions on some of the finalists and the nominees they were put up against. Along with the release of the pilot episode of Sony's The Tester coming out, we share our thoughts on the premiere and what we would like to see come from it. We also talk about The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, Bioshock 2 and Jon chooses to b...

The inaugural episode of the Top Down Perspective introducing your three hosts: Nathan, Sean and Jon We talk about the latest news in the gaming industry while also talking about new releases such as No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Mass Effect 2, and more. Any questions, comments, feedback, fan/hate mail, etc... can be sent to topdownperspective@hotmail.com and who knows, maybe we'll read it...

This week we get in deep about the new Heavy Rain demo, Nathan's opinion of Dante's Inferno and Jon's list of old GameBoy games that (for some reason) he is running through. Also, we wrap up any unfinished business regarding No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle and Jon beats, once again, another game while we chat - this time Contra. On the news side we discuss Microsoft's X10 event. This brings u...

This week's episode has taken some of the feedback from the first episode to heart and is a little more structured. A smaller file, shorter length (At 1 hour 10 minutes instead of 2 hours) and just a little bit more focused (but only a bit). We're also trying out a new sound setup and meeting in person to do these, so bear with us. This week's episode deals with the closing of the Xbox Live server...