Top Down Perspective

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 through it. This moves to a discussion about Capcom's Captivate 2010 event. Announcements like Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Co-op in Dead Rising 2 and Ghost Trick are brought up. We finish off with a discussion about Japan's 3D Hidden Picture game coming to the states.

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 Black & White - is announced.

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 Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and our thoughts on collector's editions. Next we talk about the Professor Layton movie coming state side and how Deadly Premonition is doing since it's launch.

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 is discussed along with Microsoft's choice in not releasing more games for Game Room until late April. We also share our feelings of the gameplay and controls revealed for Metroid Other M. Finally, the Grand Theft Auto Hot Coffee checks are being sent out and this brings forth the question of the week: If you were mailed $5 from Rockstar Games due to San Andreas's Hot Coffee incident, what would you do with the check? Email in your answer at topdownperspective@hotmail.com and it may be read on the air.

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 and we run down what happened and how we felt about it. Nintendo announces its next handheld game platform and we share our feelings on the past and future of the PSP. Microsoft announces that the 360 will support USB drives and briefly mention Game Crush.

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 of Sony's The Tester. DJ Hero continues to put out mediocre track packs and Street Fighter creator, Yoshinori Ono, announces that he'd like to work on a Darkstalkers game.

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 released and Sean and Nathan continue to love it as Jon once again chooses to never take part in it. We then move into the beginning of the Game Developer's Conference and Sony's PlayStation Move controller. Assassin's Creed 2's DRM continues to be great and we run through the top ten selling games of February. If you would like to hear a special Heavy Rain spoiler edition of the Top Down Perspective, email in (topdownperspective@hotmail.com) and let us know. Also, send in any Heavy Rain questions you'd like us to answer or address that we wouldn't normally be able to talk about on a spoiler-free podcast.

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 briefly mentions The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom and Assassin’s Creed 2’s second DLC. Nathan proceeds to get way excited about the “janky but amazing” Deadly Premonition. As always we discuss this week’s Tester episode and talk about the recent events at Infinity Ward. The PS3 has a worldwide lock down and Valve confirms Portal 2.

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 break out his old Game Gear for some Ren and Stimpy fun. Wrapping up the show sees us discuss Ubisoft's choice to restrict the use of their games (such as Assassin's Creed 2) and as always we read your questions on the air. A brief update: The Top Down Perspective can be downloaded directly from the iTunes store, just search us up and begin subscribing.

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 out next time!

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 up our opinions on everything from the Xbox Live Game Room to the new Perfect Dark XBLA. Dead Rising Case Zero is also discussed along with Dead Rising 2 being talked about at length.

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 servers for original Xbox games, last year's top selling XBLA games and overall games, along with Project Needlemouse/Sonic the Hedgehog 4 and the new reality show on the PSN, The Tester.