Top Down Perspective

This week we run through some Enslaved, Poker Night, Golden Sun, Machinarium, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and much more. We talk about the third and second last episode of the Tester as well as preorder Mortal Kombat business. Games you can play by peeing, the VGAs, a Gran Turismo reality TV show and GAMES YOU CAN PLAY BY PEEING.

This week the show continues without Jon. Nathan went back for some more Vin Diesel while Sean spent more time with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and DJ Hero 2. We also run through this week's episode of The Tester and discuss some recent game announcements. Team Meat is quite funny and photo taking is back in Dead Rising: Case Zero. We get some more information on the Uncharted movie and the US and UK get a pretty sweet Microsoft deal.

This week the show continues without Jon. Nathan went back for some more Vin Diesel while Sean spent more time with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and DJ Hero 2. We also run through this week's episode of The Tester and discuss some recent game announcements. Team Meat is quite funny and photo taking is back in Dead Rising: Case Zero. We get some more information on the Uncharted movie and the US and UK get a pretty sweet Microsoft deal.

It’s a four man show this week with Pixel Response’s own Paul Fleck joining the regular crew for some gabbin’ bout games (one of Nathan’s early ideas for a name for this very podcast, fun fact). Various games have been played including s’more of that Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, more Pac-Man CE DX and a dash of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood for good measure. Not to mention Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns marking Game Room’s return to awesomeness. No seriously, there are actually quality Game Room games on the way. As to why, no one truly knows but we speculate a bit. Also, Sean has officially fallen head over heels in love with ilomilo, an adorable little indie game that is worth jumping through some weird hoops to purchase. Oh, and Paul played Black Ops, so apparently the servers are still up for that one. Then we tackle some news, starting off with some bizarre casting decisions on the upcoming Uncharted film. In short, we ain’t happy. We also examine some Mass Effect 2 stats, catch up with Axl Rose and all the wonderful things he’s been doing, and discuss some happenings regarding Sonic 4, the upcoming Elder Scrolls V, and Nintendo’s CES plans. All that and some random discussions along the way on this week’s Top Down Perspective.

It’s a four man show this week with Pixel Response’s own Paul Fleck joining the regular crew for some gabbin’ bout games (one of Nathan’s early ideas for a name for this very podcast, fun fact). Various games have been played including s’more of that Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, more Pac-Man CE DX and a dash of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood for good measure. Not to mention Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns marking Game Room’s return to awesomeness. No seriously, there are actually quality Game Room games on the way. As to why, no one truly knows but we speculate a bit. Also, Sean has officially fallen head over heels in love with ilomilo, an adorable little indie game that is worth jumping through some weird hoops to purchase. Oh, and Paul played Black Ops, so apparently the servers are still up for that one. Then we tackle some news, starting off with some bizarre casting decisions on the upcoming Uncharted film. In short, we ain’t happy. We also examine some Mass Effect 2 stats, catch up with Axl Rose and all the wonderful things he’s been doing, and discuss some happenings regarding Sonic 4, the upcoming Elder Scrolls V, and Nintendo’s CES plans. All that and some random discussions along the way on this week’s Top Down Perspective.

Despite a smashed up arm, Sean joins Jon and Nathan to share his thoughts on some of this season’s big titles, such as Fable III and Criterion’s latest, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. All three of us managed to log some time with Pac Man Championship Edition DX (Deluxe?) and we gush over it thoroughly, perhaps to excess (you decide). In addition, we can safely say that Kirby loves him some cake, Vin Diesel loves him some explosions and Jon loves him some obscure NES games. The Tester continues to fill up our PS3 hard-drives as episode 3 hit this past week. While Sean wanders off in search of medical assistance, Jon and Nathan go over what news there was this past week, including some strange requests from the Canadian military, Portal 2’s completely unsurprising delay, Bizarre Creations’ current woes and the upcoming Spike VGA nominees. All this and more (well, not much more) on this week’s episode of the Top Down Perspective!

Despite a smashed up arm, Sean joins Jon and Nathan to share his thoughts on some of this season’s big titles, such as Fable III and Criterion’s latest, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. All three of us managed to log some time with Pac Man Championship Edition DX (Deluxe?) and we gush over it thoroughly, perhaps to excess (you decide). In addition, we can safely say that Kirby loves him some cake, Vin Diesel loves him some explosions and Jon loves him some obscure NES games. The Tester continues to fill up our PS3 hard-drives as episode 3 hit this past week. While Sean wanders off in search of medical assistance, Jon and Nathan go over what news there was this past week, including some strange requests from the Canadian military, Portal 2’s completely unsurprising delay, Bizarre Creations’ current woes and the upcoming Spike VGA nominees. All this and more (well, not much more) on this week’s episode of the Top Down Perspective!

Call of Duty: Black Ops is here! Sadly, none of the core crew has played it, but never you mind because we managed to drag Dustin away from the game long enough to share his thoughts while enduring Sean’s sarcastic barbs. We also discuss other recent releases such as Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage, a batch of Kinect titles and Fallout: New Vegas (what? it’s still newish!). Then we (well, Jon and I), tackle some news, including Viacom’s plans to sell off Harmonix, the top-selling consoles in the U.S. (at least according to Nintendo’s market research guys) and the M-rated Fight Night Champion. All this and more on this special, extra late episode of the Top Down Perspective!

Call of Duty: Black Ops is here! Sadly, none of the core crew has played it, but never you mind because we managed to drag Dustin away from the game long enough to share his thoughts while enduring Sean’s sarcastic barbs. We also discuss other recent releases such as Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage, a batch of Kinect titles and Fallout: New Vegas (what? it’s still newish!). Then we (well, Jon and I), tackle some news, including Viacom’s plans to sell off Harmonix, the top-selling consoles in the U.S. (at least according to Nintendo’s market research guys) and the M-rated Fight Night Champion. All this and more on this special, extra late episode of the Top Down Perspective!

THE TESTER SEASON TWO IS HERE! Along with the three of us talking about Costume Quest, Borderlands and Red Dead Redemption DLC, Fallout: New Vegas, Mario anniversaries and more!

THE TESTER SEASON TWO IS HERE! Along with the three of us talking about Costume Quest, Borderlands and Red Dead Redemption DLC, Fallout: New Vegas, Mario anniversaries and more!

This week the gang is all together to discuss DJ Hero 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Costume Quest, Alan Wake: The Writer and Super Meat Boy. Along with Kinect launch games, the Tester season 2's trailer and Red Dead Redemption's Sasquatch.

This week the gang is all together to discuss DJ Hero 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Costume Quest, Alan Wake: The Writer and Super Meat Boy. Along with Kinect launch games, the Tester season 2's trailer and Red Dead Redemption's Sasquatch.

This week Sean is away but the podcast goes on! Comic Jumper, GameDev Story, Raven Software and Duke Nukem demos are abound.

This week Sean is away but the podcast goes on! Comic Jumper, GameDev Story, Raven Software and Duke Nukem demos are abound.