Top Down Perspective

We return to Jon playing more Picross e6. Sean continues with Lifeline, plays through Journey on PS4, and tries out Pac-Man 256. Paul is playing Relic Hunter Zero and getting upset with Skyforge.News is scarce but we talk about the 2DS's price drop, the 3DS's NFC reader coming soon, and Picross 3D 2 being announced.

With Fallout Shelter coming out on Android this week, that's basically the only new thing Paul has been playing besides Olympia Rising. Meanwhile, Sean has been trying out his own mobile game Lifeline and is still playing Rocket League while Jon streams a bunch of games and chats about that!In news, PacMan is getting the endless runner treatment, Resident Evil 2 remake is finally official, John Wick gets a game and World of Warcraft: Legion was announced!

It's all about Rare Replay this week as Sean and John discuss the games they have played from it. Sean also brings up the board game Flash Point.News is mostly Gamecon, specifically Microsoft's press conference. We also talk about awful Konami work conditions and a couple game delays.

We're all together again as the schedules sync up and Jon returns from his double convention trip. We discuss the Screw Attack game convention and ConBravo. Paul and Sean really enjoy Life is Strange episode 4 as well as Rocket League. Jon has been playing a lot of Shantae.For news we talk about August's Games with Gold and PS+, the WiiU's TVii feature shutting down, and Razer buying the Ouya.

Things come up this week and Sean and Paul do their solo thing again! Paul has been playing Guild of Dungeoneering, a whole lot of Terraria and is hating on the Binding of Isaac Rebirth Nintendo 3DS port. Sean has gotten huge into Rocket League, enjoys his time with Where Is My Heart? and Tembo the Badass Elephant.Not a lot of news; Hearthstone expansion was announced, the ESL has started drug-testing eSport contenders and Life is Strange is out next week!

With Jon away, Paul at work and Sean busy this week, we take unconventional methods to make sure we get you the utmost quality podcast out that you're used to by having Sean and Paul record their parts separately and mashing them together like potatoes! Paul plays more Rocket League and gets down with Odallus: The Dark Call while Sean finishes Batman: Arkham Knight, plays around with Monument Valley: Ida's Memory and jumps into Rocket League himself!Tragic news hits the world on Iwata's death this week and we couldn't be sadder about the news. 

This week we're talking about a lot of mini-golf. Everyone discusses more Batman. Jon is also playing Sonic Dash and FF Record Keeper. Paul is very excited about Rocket League and checks back in with Terraria. Sean tries out Alphabear and Entwined.We discuss the reveal of an old Nintendo PlayStation, Zero Escape 3 being announced, and go through the E3 2015 Critic Awards. 

Happy Canada Day! This week we're all playing Batman and enjoying it quite a bit. Jon also write about Final Fantasy Record Keeper and Sonic Dash. Paul plays through Her Story. Sean continues with Minish Cap and episode three of Tales from the Borderlands.We discuss July's Games with Gold and PS+ games, Club Nintendo finally being finished, and some rumors about Nintendo.

Jon returns from his trip to California with tales of E3 2015. We run through every press conference that went on, discussing everything they mentioned. Bethesda, Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Sony, Nintendo, and Square Enix. We mention our favorites, least favorites and what we are most excited for.

It's the week after E3 and we aren't talking about any of it at all. (That will come next week). Sean returns from his trip to Europe and he talks about Puzzle and Dragons Mario/Z, Fallout Shelter, and Minish Cap. Paul is playing Duck Game, Hearthstone, and Akiba's Trip.

Sean is away this week travelling the globe, so Paul and Jon call to Hank (@comicpanels on twitter) to fill the void in the podcast and their hearts in Sean's absence. Hank has been enjoying the new Double Fine turn-based tactic game Massive Chalice, being a cowboy out for revenge in Westerado: Double Barreled and trying to kill God in Devil Survivor: Overclocked. Jon has been in the ink playing a bunch of Splatoon between bouts of Stretchmo and streaming games such as Hotel Mario and Super Castlevania. Paul? Well, he's mainly been doing handheld games and finally started the Phoenix Wright games for the first time ever when he hasn't been addicted to The Witcher 3.In news, Ouya is selling to Razer, Hearthstone adds a cool sounding new Tavern Brawl mode while trying to steal your money for new characters, Xbox One gets a price drop, YouTube competes with Twitch and... The Last Guardian might be at E3?!

In this rather over-stuffed episode, Jon is back to talk about MomoCon and where he's been hiding out for the last two weeks. In the time away, he's been playing Mario Puzzle and Dragons and Stretchmo while Sean finally starts up Axiom Verge. The two also talk at length about Splatoon. Paul, on the other hand, has been playing MMOs he can't read (Blade & Soul) and is actually super excited about it.In the news, Twitch hates Hatred, Fallout 4 is announced, Steam issues a refund program and Disney XD is working on... this thing: http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/3/8711975/disney-gamers-guide-to-everythingP.S. Thank you everyone who continually supports the show by listening and sending in questions/comments and news. We go through a whole lot of those in this episode and love every minute of it!News:New Xbox One controller with a normal headphone jackTwitch bans A/O gamesRumor that Nintendo’s NX will use Android......Nintendo says this is falseGames with Gold games for JuneNintendo put up a micro-directLego World is released on early access1TB PS4Dark Souls 3 at E3Steam refund programFallout 4 announcedDisney XD is making the best looking thingUncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection announcedFirst Steam Machine hits Oct 16 and on Shelves Nov 10

Sean played and finished a lot of games this week, including VLR, Splatoon, Game of Thrones episode 4, and Life is Strange episode 3. Paul played the last one as well and tried out Elite: Dangerous.As for news we bring up a possible Need for Speed release date, the first Nintendo Humble Bundle, and stolen Amiibos.

Jon is away at MomoCon and Sean just continues to work through VLR. Paul plays a good chunk of Axiom Verge and tries out Dungeons and Dragons.The next Need for Speed game gets announced, a weird pack in deal with Splatoon is mentioned and we discuss the removal of the 8GB WiiU as an option in Japan.

A break in his apartment's water pipe makes Jon too busy this week. Sean however is here and continues to talk about VLR, he also checks out the latest update to Mario Kart 8 and plays some Pushmo World. Paul is trying out Axiom Verge.Nintendo announces a lot of their E3 plans, as well as their plans for smart phone games. Gears of War Remastered is leaked to some interesting outcomes. We also discuss the Ratchet and Clank reboot and the Bloodstained kickstarter.