Top Down Perspective
714 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsThe video game ramblings of Jon Wheeler, Sean Booker, and Paul Fleck.
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Top Down Perspective 07 - 07 - 12
July 07, 2012 18:40 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBThis week Nathan is off being social, like a loser so Jon and Sean are left to pick up the slack. Jon started and is way into Final Fantasy Theatrhythm and Sean starts American Mcgee's Alice and the follow-up: Alice Madness Returns. As for news, the 3DS has two new colors in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Final Fantasy 7 is being released on Steam, Activision is putting out a first-person shooter Walking Dead game and Call of Duty Online becomes a real thing.
Top Down Perspective 03 - 07 - 12
July 04, 2012 16:43 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBThis week Nathan is playing more Skyrim (of course) as well as some older XBLA games. Sean checks out the new Mass Effect 3 ending, finishes Max Payne 3 and plays through The Walking Dead episode 2. Jon starts his time with 999. As for news, most of Radical Entertainment has been laid off, more information on The Cave comes up and we run through the official winners of E3.
Top Down Perspective 25 - 06 - 12
June 27, 2012 22:18 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBJon's computer crashes so we get a big issue with the audio (and the ending) this week. So please keep that in mind as this episode is basically being held together with duct tape. This week Sean gushes over Pokemon Conquest, and explains why you probably wont want to play Brave. Nathan is WAY deep into Skyrim and I'm really surprised he even stopped to record this episode and Jon plays a bit more Lollipop Chainsaw as well as Mighty Switch Force and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. As for the ne...
Top Down Perspective 19 - 06 - 12
June 20, 2012 04:19 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBEverything E3 is now over and we've settled back into things. Sean is trying out Max Payne 3 and finishing the last bit of Mario Kart 7, Nathan is playing more Jetpack Joyride as well as finally jumping into Skyrim and Jon is playing some downloadable 3DS game and Lollipop Chainsaw. As for the small bit of news: Draw Something is being turned into a game show and a brief WiiU price sighting takes place.
Top Down Perspective - E3 2012 Edition
June 13, 2012 22:12 - 2 hours - 68.9 MBThe group (Nathan and Jon) are back from L.A. and the 2012 E3 event with a ton to talk about. We run through the various press conferences that were showed last week as well as discuss many of games that the guys played on the show floor.
Top Down Perspective 04 - 06 - 12
June 05, 2012 04:03 - 1 hour - 38.2 MBIt's the day before E3 (June 3rd) so we don't talk about anything that was in the conferences. Keep that in mind when wondering why we aren't going over that stuff. It's the weekend before everything starts and Nathan and Sean are here with what they played, the news already coming out from E3 and what they want to see announced, shown and whatever else at the convention.
Top Down Perspective 29 - 05 - 12
May 30, 2012 04:30 - 58 minutes - 27.1 MBThis week Nathan continues with Animal Crossing as well as returning to another GCN classic: Metroid Prime. Jon continues with Mario Tennis Open and Sean finishes The Darkness 2, Iron Brigade and plays some Happy Action Theater. In the news section we discuss the further developments of 38 Studios, Ron Gilbert's new Double Fine game and Nathan mentions something about a pony documentary.
Top Down Perspective 22 - 05 - 12
May 23, 2012 05:17 - 1 hour - 36.7 MBThis week Nathan has been fully absorbed in Animal Crossing for the GameCube, but finds time to play through Max Payne 3. Jon is trying out Mario Tennis Open and Sean finishes Skyward Sword, The Darkness, ends his time with Super Mario 3D Land and starts up The Darkness 2. As for news, more games continue to get pushed into 2013, the Devil May Cry reboot gets a release date, Bungie's next game gets somewhat detailed and 38 Studios gets into some serious financial trouble.
Top Down Perspective 15 - 05 - 12
May 15, 2012 20:37 - 1 hour - 34 MBIt's the launch night of Max Payne 3 and Diablo 3 and we're all here, indoors, to talk about it. Over the last week Sean finished Asura's Wrath along with its first piece of DLC and started up Skyward Sword again; Jon played more Kid Icarus as well as some older games which I can't really remember the names of. One is Bee 52 (sp?). Nathan tried out a My Little Pony and Ace Attorney cross over game and started a new town in the original Animal Crossing. As for news, Tomb Raider and Bioshock I...
Top Down Perspective 07 - 05 - 12
May 08, 2012 20:39 - 1 hour - 39.2 MBAfter a week of post-convention illness and work woes, we are back with another helping of video-game-related anecdotes and news. Kicking it off, the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo was last week, so Sean, Jon and Nathan summarize their highlights from Western Canada’s BIGGEST nerd-friendly expo (so…many…bronies). Then they go over the pros and cons of “Indie Game: The Movie” before it is revealed that Nathan has a great dislike of Space Viking Wizards and, by proxy, the films in which t...
Top Down Perspective 24 - 04 - 12
April 24, 2012 04:10 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBIt's a long one this week since we got a million questions sent into us - which is great! Jon's been playing some 3DS downloadable games while Sean tries out more shitty Kinect Fun Labs games, L.A. Noire DLC, Mass Effect 3's new multiplayer DLC and plays through all of Fez. Nathan returns from his road trip which means more WTF. As for news, Prey 2 is still alive, Nintendo held an event in Japan an announced a number of things, Darksiders 2 gets delayed, Halo 4 gets a release date and a WHOL...
Top Down Perspective - PAX East 2012 Edition
April 15, 2012 21:09 - 47 minutes - 21.9 MBThis week Nathan is off at some music festival but Jon is back from PAX East. He goes over his time at the convention as well as Mario Tennis Open and Dust. Sean plays through Journey again and tries out a small bit of Fez. As for news, Resident Evil 6 is getting an insane collector's edition and Gamestop's in California have to advertise the loss of bonus content for used games.
Top Down Perspective 09 - 04 - 12
April 10, 2012 19:02 - 49 minutes - 22.8 MBThis week Jon is away at PAX East so it is up to Nathan and Sean to hold down the fort. Sean finishes up Kid Icarus: Uprising and gives his final thoughts on the game while Nathan continues to attempt artistry with Draw Something. The season three finale of the Tester aired last week so we finish up our coverage of that...until next year hopefully. As for the news we discuss Harmonix's recently announced Rock Band Blitz as well as the third Penny Arcade game's future and the cancellation of...
TDP Spoilin' Games: Mass Effect 3
April 07, 2012 01:45 - 1 hour - 28.8 MBDO NOT LISTEN TO THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT MASS EFFECT 3 SPOILED! We rip this game apart and ruin almost every plot point we can think of, if you're playing or plan to ever play Mass Effect 3 and don't want the story spoiled for you then do not listen to this episode. As for the content. Sean, Nathan and Game Guiders' and Media Monks co-host Paul Fleck gather to discuss all things Mass Effect 3. We talk about how we played, what we chose, who we let live and die and, of course, our feelings on...
Top Down Perspective 02 - 04 - 12
April 03, 2012 10:04 - 1 hour - 36.9 MBWe found Jon so we're all accounted for! Jon is finishing Return to Dreamland and playing (incorrectly) Kid Icarus: Uprising, while Sean is also playing it (correctly). Nathan played the new hotness: Draw Something. As for news, the CEO of OMGPOP went kind of crazy, Fez gets a release date and Obsidian pitches in to help with Wasteland 2.
Top Down Perspective 26 - 03 - 12
March 27, 2012 01:21 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBThis week Jon is mysteriously missing but that doesn't stop Sean and Nathan from discussing a little more Mass Effect 3 and the plans for a spoilercast. We also briefly mention Kid Icarus: Uprising, The Hunger Games iOS game and Mario RPG. As for news: the The Walking Dead game is detailed, information on Bioware and Mass Effect 3's ending is brought up and LittleBigPlanet Karting is announced for some reason.
Top Down Perspective 18 - 03 - 12
March 18, 2012 23:55 - 1 hour - 28.5 MBThis week Sean and Nathan are talking about Mass Effect 3 again as well as the recently released Journey on the PSN. Jon plays through some Kirby's Return to Dreamland. As for news, a new highly popular Kickstarter has popped up to make a sequel to Wasteland after seeing the success of Double Fine, XBLA games are soon going to be getting a significant gamerscore update, Diablo 3 release dates and news about an ongoing Pokemon event.
Top Down Perspective 12 - 03 - 12
March 13, 2012 01:39 - 1 hour - 28.5 MBIt's Mass Effect 3 week so Sean and Nathan proceed to talk about that for a good chunk of time. Along with this Nathan and Jon have been playing the Home Improvement game as well as Street Fighter X Tekken. The fifth episode of the Tester is discussed as we get ever closer to the end of this season. As for news, we recap how Double Fine's kickstarter is going, discuss a delay for Counter-Strike GO and talk about Peter Molyneux's decision to leave Lionshead studios.
Top Down Perspective 05 - 03 - 12
March 06, 2012 04:10 - 1 hour - 31.7 MBMake sure you listen to all of the show this week as there's a special ending on this one made by Nathan. Jon is playing some Dillon's Rolling Western as well as Twisted Metal with Nathan. Sean finishes up Rhythm Heaven Fever, Halo Anniversary, Alan Wake's American Nightmare and some old launch Kinect Games. As for news, we got Nintendo's newest employee, information on Assassin's Creed 3 and a launch date for Bioshock Infinite. We DO NOT own the ending theme, it is not TDP's in anyway. Pl...
Top Down Perspective 26 - 02 - 12
February 26, 2012 18:45 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBNathan starts off (and continues to bring up) this week's show with more pony talk. Jon is playing some old NES games along with Ratchet and Clank All-for-One. Nathan tries out some Kinect games including Double Fine's Happy Action Theatre and Sean finishes Warp and starts up Alan Wake's American Nightmare. We continue our coverage of the third season of The Tester and discuss Nintendo recent string of announcements, the new Medal of Honor title and the first piece of Mass Effect 3's controv...
Top Down Perspective 20 - 02 -12
February 21, 2012 23:39 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBThis week Jon is sick so he sniffles a lot but he talks about Tekken 3D and Twisted Metal. Nathan has some some opinions about the Mass Effect 3 demo and Sean talks about Warp and Rhythm Heaven Fever. As for news, there isn't really any.
Top Down Perspective 13 - 02 - 12
February 14, 2012 04:45 - 54 minutes - 24.8 MBThis week Jon is finishing up some games as well as checking out the recent XBLA port of The Simpsons Arcade, Nathan is playing Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale and Sean is playing Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and revisiting Borderlands. As for the news, we detail the upcoming Mass Effect 3 iOS apps and talk to great length about some interesting deals going on over at Double Fine.
Top Down Perspective 06 - 01 - 12
February 08, 2012 15:07 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBThe 3DS continues to being the heat as Jon discusses Sakura Samurai and Mutant Mudds. Nathan is trying out Puzzle Juice as well as returning to the PS2 for some Marc Echo's Getting Up and Sean continues through Skyward Sword. In the news category: the latest Mass Effect novel has some weird stuff going on, as well as BioWare announcing a mobile version of Mass Effect 3 and Capcom releases Ghost Trick on iOS and announces some more mobile games to come.
Top Down Perspective 30 - 01 - 12
January 30, 2012 22:25 - 1 hour - 38.5 MBWe're back with a ton of stuff to talk about! Nathan is playing Cave Story + as well as trying out Star Trek Online; Jon plays some old SNES games I can't remember as well as the majority of Shadows of the Damned and Sean is trying out the XBLA version of Ticket to Ride and the new iOS hit: Puzzle Juice. As for the news, we're talking about a ton of WiiU stuff as well the recently release Resident Evil 6 trailer, the new Steam mobile app and a ton more.
TDP Diet! 16 - 01 - 12
January 16, 2012 15:26 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MBThere's still nothing really going on this week in games but we've been playing stuff. Sean tried out 2010's Fluidity as well as put in some real time with Skyward Sword and Jon is playing Zen Pinball on the 3DS.
Top Down Perspective 10 - 01 - 12
January 11, 2012 00:20 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBThis week is all about playing through the backlog. Sean talks about his time with Lost in Shadow, Kirby's Return to Dreamland and You Don't Know Jack. Jon is playing some SNES games as well as more Mario Kart 7 and Nathan is going through and enjoying Driver: San Francisco. As for news, the trailer for the third season of the Tester is out (and it's GREAT) and Microsoft announces information on this year's Block Party.
Top Down Perspective - GOTY 2011 Edition
January 02, 2012 21:24 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBSPOILER WARNING! We spoil a ton of games for people during this. We don't even warn people at some points. So, if we start talking about a game that you don't want to be spoiled in anyway, it's safer to just assume we spoiled it at some point. Otherwise, take your chances. Games we spoil for sure: Ghost Trick, Catherine and Portal 2 (those are off the top of my head). In this show each of us discuss our personal top ten lists of games that came out in 2011. We also decide on an official TDP ...
Top Down Perspective 19 - 12 - 11
December 19, 2011 22:43 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBIt's back log time and Sean is playing Dance Central 2, The Gunstringer, some crappy Kinect Fun Labs games, getting angry at Fruit Ninja Kinect and the recent 3DSWare hit: Pushmo. Jon is also playing some Pushmo as well as getting progressively angrier at Mario Kart 7 and Nathan deletes Tiny Tower during the recording! As for news, there are some Q1 release dates from Nintendo announced, DeadMau5 pretends to lose a Vita and the GBA Ambassador games are launched!
Top Down Perspective 13 - 12 - 11
December 14, 2011 08:05 - 1 hour - 38.5 MBThis week Sean has finished up Rayman Origins. tested out Mirror's Edge iOS and continued, along with Jon, to play Mario Kart 7. Nathan tries some Kinect games and we discuss the 360 and 3DS's latest updates. As for news, we talk about some of the reveals on the Spike TV Video Game Awards, Bastion getting some interesting DLC and Club Nintendo offering some news prizes.
Top Down Perspective 5 - 12 - 11
December 05, 2011 18:14 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBThe year is slowly wrapping up and that means games aren't really coming out anymore. However, we're talking about this week's one big release: Mario Kart 7. Sean also finishes Assassin's Creed Revelations and Saints Row the Third, Jon plays some Cave Story 3D and Nathan has toe shoes! As for news, we discuss Xenoblade coming stateside, Notch stepping down as lead of Minecraft and Obsidian's plans to release a South Park RPG.
Top Down Perspective 28 - 11 - 11
November 30, 2011 16:45 - 58 minutes - 27.1 MBThe games keep rolling in as Nathan and Sean discuss Saints Row the Third and Jon is finishing up Super Mario 3D Land. We also discuss Fruit Ninja Kinect and a bit of Kinect Adventures as well as the first-party Vita launch line-up in Europe and the next 360 dashboard update.
Top Down Perspective 21 - 11 - 11
November 21, 2011 18:53 - 1 hour - 34.8 MBThere are a ton of games out! We're playing a lot of them. This week we're discussing Super Mario 3D Land, Rayman: Origins, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Bit. Trip Saga and much much more. As for news we discuss the rumor of Metal Gear Solid 5, Call of Duty Elite is still down and Sony has released information on their UMD Passport.
Top Down Perspective 08 - 11- 11
November 09, 2011 02:10 - 55 minutes - 26.3 MBUncharted 3 is here and Nathan and Sean are free to talk all about it. Along with that we're discussing the recently released GTA5 trailer as well as some of the nominees for the Spike TV Video Game Awards and other information you should expect to hear coming out of it.
TDP Diet! 31 - 10 - 11
October 31, 2011 14:58 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBWe're here for a short Halloween episode. Sean finally got Arkham City in the mail so he plays through that as well as trying out the previous Batman game, Arkham Asylum. He's also playing more Last Specter and the hot title: Bakugan Battle Brawlers. Jon is just continuing on with Arkham City, same with Nathan as well as 30 Second Life on iOS. Grand Theft Auto 5 is discussed and your questions are read on the air.
Top Down Perspective 24 - 10 - 11
October 24, 2011 15:21 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBBatman: Arkham City is out and while everyone is having fun and playing it, Sean is still waiting for it to show up in the mail....He is playing Professor Layton and the Last Specter though, as well as The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary (along with Jon). Jon's here and telling us about his time at the Toy Convention and what he all got from it.
Top Down Perspective 16 - 10 - 11
October 16, 2011 21:51 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBWe're back with a full length episode! Unfortunately Nathan got too busy and isn't able to join in. However Jon and Sean are here with several games to talk about. Jon is playing Tetris Axis, Catrap, and Super Mario Land 2; while Sean is still enjoying Gears of War 3, finishing up Age of Empires Online and returning to Golden Sun Dark Dawn. As for news, Twisted Pixel was recently bought by Microsoft, the multiplayer in Mass Effect 3 has been announced, pricing for Japanese PS Vita games has ...
Top Down Perspective Pinball Mini-Cast
October 06, 2011 05:53 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBNew Record! Its the shortest episode in the history of the podcast! Basically, Sean had a bunch of school stuff, Jon had to bounce in maybe thirty minutes but Nathan wanted to talk about Pinball at least a little bit so this is what there is. Not much beyond that is discussed, though "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" is chastised and "Tetris Axis" and "Resident Evil 4" manage to gain a mention. Our regular length podcast shall return shortly in a new (and improved?) format later in the week. Hope...
Top Down Perspective 26 - 09 - 11
September 26, 2011 23:45 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBGears of War 3 is out and we spend quite a bit of time talking about that. In addition, Nathan has been spending many hours with his new love: Dead Island and Sean and has some choice words about Burnout Crash. As for news: you'll hear about the recently announced Michael Phelps game, how Sony isn't going to let you sue them, a series of Uncharted comic books and a novel and a whole bunch more. A big thanks to "scinoid pro" for this weeks episode art!
Top Down Perspective 19 - 09 - 11
September 20, 2011 13:58 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBOn this week's show Jon is playing Mega Man Soccer as well as a bunch of Battletoads. Sean is playing more Age of Empires Online as well as the new Driver: San Fransisco. Nathan is trying out some more iOS games as well as searching the city for Dead Island. As for news, the 2011 Tokyo Game show happen so we're talking about all the 3DS and PlayStation Vita's future. All that and some information on Shadow Complex 2.
Top Down Perspective 12 - 09 - 11
September 13, 2011 05:01 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBThis week Jon is collecting games from sales all over town while Sean spends all his waking minutes on Age of Empires Online. Nathan is playing some of that too along with Tiny Tower. As for news, we're talking about The Last Guardian's absence from this year's upcoming Tokyo Game Show, Max Payne 3 still existing and Nintendo's newly announced second analog stick peripheral for the 3DS.
Top Down Perspective - Pax Prime 2011 Edition
September 04, 2011 02:39 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBThis week we're all back from our various trips and we're talking about Jon's time at Pax Prime 2011. Firefall, the Pax 10, Halofest, and everything else he did. Nathan's been playing Tiny Tower and, along with Sean, some Age of Empires Online. Sean and Jon has also been playing with some of the recently release 3DS Ambassador Program games. As for news, we're talking about the Uncharted 3 reality TV show, the announcement of the Persona fighting game, and much more.
Top Down Perspective 18 - 08 - 11
August 18, 2011 08:36 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBSorry its late, but that is almost entirely due to the fact that for the first time in the history of the podcast, SEAN isn't here this week! That means a two man show starring Jon and Nathan, which also means a slight change in the order of operations. That's right, new first THEN the games we played. Revolutionary I know. Stories were a bit light this week as we recorded right on the verge of Gamescom, which is where all the big stuff is going on (including a new Grasshopper game, but we do...
Top Down Perpsective 08 - 08 - 11
August 09, 2011 04:50 - 34 minutes - 24.6 MBThis week Nathan's computer has awful problems so we lose the "what are you playing?" segment of the show. But in terms of news, you'll get to hear about Borderlands 2, the PlayStation Vita being pushed back into 2012 for everywhere outside Japan, and (most importantly) the Tester season three has been announced!
Top Down Perspective 01 - 08 - 11
August 02, 2011 05:08 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBThis 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).
Top Down Perspective 18 - 07 - 11
July 18, 2011 19:49 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBWe'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 EA, a man finishes Dragon Quest 9 in 700+ hours and some of June's sales figures come through w...
Top Down Perspective 11 - 07 - 11
July 12, 2011 05:44 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBNothing 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 Nintendo talking 3D gaming on the WiiU and automatic downloads of game demos to your 3DS.
Top Down Perspective 05 - 07 - 11
July 05, 2011 17:08 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBWe'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 coming to the PS3 and PC. Disney is shutting down Pure and Split/Second developer Blackrock Stud...
Top Down Perspective 26 - 06 - 11
June 28, 2011 00:44 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBThis 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 and California is, once again, trying to ban violent video games.
Top Down Perspective - E3 2011 Edition
June 19, 2011 07:02 - 3 hours - 148 MBE3 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-game trade show on this planet. Every single press conference is discussed in detail (arguab...
TDP Spoilin' Games: L.A. Noire
June 09, 2011 03:53 - 59 minutes - 41.4 MBDO 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.