Top Down Perspective

We're figuring out what to do with a third thumb this week. While in our free time Jon is playing Fortnite and getting ready for a Pokemon tournament. Sean finishes Fire Emblem Engage. As for news, we discuss Ghostwire Tokyo coming to Xbox next month, some new NSO games, and the Steam Deck getting a surprise sale. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at  https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspectiv...

With Colosseum behind him, Jon is back and telling some behind the scenes stories from the event. He's also been playing Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe and Grim/Gal Guardians: Demon Purge. Sean tries out Wo Long and Dead Cell's Return to Castlevania DLC. Suicide Squad gets a delay until later in 2023, Starfield gets a release date, and the Playdate gets a few new updates. Enjoy the show? Consi...

Back again for another day of recording this week. Jon is on his way to Colosseum. Paul has been playing the Wo-Long's demo as he awaits the full release tomorrow, he's also playing Grim Guardians. Sean continues with Fire Emblem Engage. We start news off with discussing The Wolf Among Us 2's delay, then news of Elden Ring's DLC, and we run through some highlights from the Pokemon Presents stream....

The polar vortex is keeping Jon stuck on his plane so he's missing this week. Paul chats about Wild Hearts and various GameBoy games added to the Nintendo Switch Online. Sean is playing Atomic Heart and Like a Dragon Ishin. News starts off with a mention of the fantastic Double Fine series, PsychOdyssey. We then talk about the State of Play livestream and a crazy story surrounding Angry Birds. Enj...

Paul finishes Hi-Fi Rush this week and dives into a bunch of Steam Next Fest demos. Sean is playing through A Space for the Unbound and Rhythm Sprout. Over on the news side, it's pretty much Nintendo all the way down after their major Direct livestream that happened. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at  https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

We start off the show this week by mentioning a very special, bonus podcast episode going on over on our Patreon. If you're interested in submitting a game to our master list, go check it out. Jon finishes up Xenoblade Chronicles and tries out Piczle Puzzle & Watch Collection. Paul is playing the Dead Space remake and Pizza Tower. Sean starts into Hi-Fi Rush and talks about his Like a Dragon: Ishi...

We start this week off with some show and tell from Sean and his recently reviewed DualSense Edge controller for the PS5. He also finishes up Horizon Forbidden West and Crisis Core Reunion, while starting up Fire Emblem Engage. Paul tries out the Forspoken demo and Hi-Fi Rush. Jon eventually remembers that he played SteamWorld Build. In news we chat about the ongoing Justin Roiland situation, the...

Fresh off a day of streaming, Jon is here to talk about his new Persona lamps (as well as Vengeful Guardian Moonrider and Turrican Anthology). Sean is trying out Jett: The Far Shore and Ghostwire Tokyo, as well as wrapping up Pokemon Violet. Paul is watching That 90s Show. Stadia shut down for good this week, we also chat about a huge number of layoffs from Microsoft and a Rainbow Six movie being...

Jon's back from a less than ideal MAGfest. While there he also got to play F-Zero AX. Sean plays through Gotham Knights and starts up FF7: Crisis Core Reunion, and Paul is playing Salamander County Public Television, Dwarf Fortress, and Chained Echoes. In news we discuss the next Pokemon Scarlet/Violet patch coming, Ubisoft cancelled a few more games and delayed Skull and Bones for the sixth time,...

Happy New Years! We're back to talk about the games we played over the holidays. Jon is away attending MAGfest. Paul is trying to speedrun Amok Runner. Sean sprints to finish God of War Ragnarok and tires out Song Pop Party. In news we talk about the odd Steam Awards, a couple more unions forming in the games industry, and Sony announces an accessibility controller. Enjoy the show? Consider suppor...

Another year is in the books and we're here to celebrate our favorite and not-so-favorite games that came out. Join, along with Nathan Rohr, as we run down the biggest surprises, worst disappointments, coziest of games, and more. And, of course, we each have our Top 10 games of 2022 that we share. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at  https://www.patreon.com/topdownperspective

It's the week before Game of the Year and we're slowing finalizing everything. Make sure to check out next week's episode where we'll run down our favorite and least favorite games of 2022. Jon's playing more Picross this week with the release of Picross X: Picbits vs Uzboross. Paul finishes God of War Ragnarok and tries out Citizen Sleeper. For news we talk about Risk of Rain Returns getting anno...

Back from attending The Game Awards, Sean has some stories to tell! While on break he played High on Life, Melatonin, and Swordship. Jon has been trying out Marvel's Midnight Suns, Bots are Stupid, and Elevator Action Returns S-Tribute. Paul plays through Callisto Protocol and tries out Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion. We run down the winners and announce...

We start off the show this week by trying to guess the winners of every Spike TV Game Awards from 2003-2013. From there Jon talks to us about The Knight Witch and Billion Road. Paul is playing Darktide. Sean checks out the second Citizen Sleeper DLC, Need For Speed Unbound, and The Devil In Me. The Epic Game Store is doing is annual christmas giveaway again this year, we also chat about the new Ma...

Happy Thanksgiving! Sean is away on assignment to eat a bunch of turkey but makes some time to play Pokemon Violet and work through Pentiment a bunch. Paul also has been playing Violet and we all have some opinions on that. Jon got Astlibra working on the Steam Deck and has been poking on that in between some Picross and Guilty Gear Strive/DNF Duel. No real news this week so we just take a bunch o...

Jon returns to talk to us about all the games he played and watched at IndieLand. Paul continues with God of War Ragnarok and Sonic Frontiers. Sean tries out the Atari 50th Anniversary Collection, Somerville, and Pentiment. During news we obviously run through our predictions for the upcoming Game Awards, we also discuss the ongoing Mick Goron/id Software drama, and we mention how Call of Duty is...

We're joined by Nathan this week as Jon flies down to LA for an event. He's been playing Vampire Survivors, I Expect You to Die, and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Sean and Paul having been playing God of War Ragnarok. Paul also finishes Signalis and tries out Sonic Frontiers. We start news off with the Nintendo indie livestream from this week, we then dive into the ongoing id Software/Mick G...

This week we recap how the Halloween's we had and the spooky games we played. Paul plays through Resident Evil 8's new DLC as well as Signalis. Sean is joining the masses in Marvel Snap as well as checking out Shatter Remastered Deluxe. We start news off with info about the release date and price for PSVR2, we also get some interesting PS+ and Xbox sales numbers, as hopefully put this Bayonetta VO...

Everyone is here! After several globe trotting adventures, the boys are back! Come here about Sean's horrible nightmarish airlines issues. He's also been playing Frog Detective, Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope, and A Plague Tale Requiem. Jon has been playing Dragon Ball The Breakers and Picross S8. In news we discuss the ongoing Bayonetta voice actor drama, the recent Silent Hill news, and Phil S...

The crew is gone so the pinch-hitter Nathan is brought in to hit some dingers. First we answer the question of if Return to Monkey Island is any good from one of the biggest adventure game fans in the crew. Next, Splatoon fever has hit Nathan and he visits a bunch of Nintendo stuff like Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, Yoshi's Woolly World and Pikmin 3 before jumping into a terrible game called Aer...

Since Sean and Jon can legally never be in the same place at the same time, we sent Sean across the world and brought Jon back from the eye of the storm to talk about his trip and some of his more interesting games he's been playing for stream and while travelling. Paul has been Boning up on Trombone Champ and throwing in some time in Grounded now that it's hit version 1.0. Little news as importan...

It's the night before Sean travels across the globe and he's here talking about Overwatch 2 and Beacon Pines. He and Paul have also been playing Moonscars. Stadia is shutting down for good! We also discuss E3 announcing it's return dates for next year, Skull & Bones getting yet another delay, and Shatter Remastered will finally be free. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at  https://www.patreo...

The big game this week is Metal Hellsinger that Paul and Sean are playing. He's also been enjoying No Place for Bravery, Desta: The Memories Between, and Spider Heck. We start news off with the giant GTA6 leak that happened, we also discuss PSVR1 games not working up the upcoming PSVR2 and Twitch implementing new revenue split metrics. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting it at  https://www.patreon...

All together again to talk about some video games. Paul plays through Asura's Wrath again and finishes The Ascent and Vampire Survivors (again). Jon continues to struggle through Conker's Bad Fur Day. Sean is playing The Big Con and Outriders: Worldslayer. News is pretty much dominated by livestreams this week as we run through what Ubisoft, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft had to show. Enjoy the sho...

We trade Paul for Sean this week as he returns from his trip to Seattle. Sean talks about a number of game's he enjoyed on the show floor and what interviewing Reggie Fils-Aime was like. Jon's been playing Anno Mutationem. In news we discuss some new features already out on the PS5, a cheaper Xbox Elite controller being announced, and some possible Ubisoft leaks ahead of their Forward event this w...