The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

<p>“You come from a world that’s been gone for 50 years…” Hideo Kojima’s Snatcher isn’t quite 50 years old, but James, Sean, Karl and special […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/snatcher/">Snatcher – Cane and Rinse No.142</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Talking about me? Never wise.” Darren Gargette, Darren Forman and Brian Tarran discuss interplanetary anti-hero Richard B. Riddick and his break-out critical hit, 2004’s first-person […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/the-chronicles-of-riddick/">The Chronicles of Riddick – Cane and Rinse No.141</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Your flesh is an insult to the perfection of the digital.” Leon, James and Karl were unfazed by the task of having to complete Looking […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/system-shock-2/">System Shock 2 – Cane and Rinse No.140</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Mya ha! They’ll remember ME once I drive my axe into their… Wait… my axe! Where’s my axe?!” Nintendo‘s near-quarter-of-a-century-old tactical, turn-based fantasy battle RPG […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/fire-emblem-awakening/">Fire Emblem Awakening – Cane and Rinse No.139</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Yes, that’s it! Embrace the path of uncertainty! Jump!” Media Molecule‘s Vita-feature utilising Tearaway is the subject of this issue of the podcast. Traversing a […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/tearaway/">Tearaway – Cane and Rinse No.138</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“It really does sound quite absurd, adventure of a bear and bird!” Rare’s ursine-avian twosome are the subject of this issue of the podcast. Not […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/banjo-kazooie/">Banjo-Kazooie – Cane and Rinse No.137</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“You’re so fine, I want you mine, you’re so delicious, I think about you all the time, you’re so addictive…” Bringing our journey through the […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/burnout-paradise/">Burnout Paradise – Cane and Rinse No.136</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Hey, wanna hear the new dubstep song I wrote? Wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub. DROP! Wub […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/borderlands-2/">Borderlands 2 – Cane and Rinse No.135</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Because, y’know, that’s what grown-ups do. They make things up.” Leon, Tony, Josh and Ryan plug into old Johnny’s brain to experience the RPG Maker […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/to-the-moon/">To the Moon – Cane and Rinse No.134</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“The fight is everything.” With some trepidation but no little enthusiasm Leon, Josh, Sean and guest Dan Clark take on the phenomenon that was Street […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/street-fighter-ii/">Street Fighter II – Cane and Rinse No.133</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Can you guys believe this?! DJ Atomika from Race Radio just called and told me to turn the down the volume!” A new publisher, new […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/burnout-3/">Burnout 3: Takedown / Revenge – Cane and Rinse No.132</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Names are for friends, so I don’t need one!” Karl, Brian, James and Jay dust off their silverballers, check their fiber wires and discuss the […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/hitman-blood-money/">Hitman: Blood Money – Cane and Rinse No.131</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Oh, hey. Hiya, pretty lady. Name’s Rick. So, you out having yourself a little adventure?” Leon, Tony, James and Josh awake after 999999 days of […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/portal-2/">Portal 2 – Cane and Rinse No.130</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“This way!” Concluding our (first) Super Mario marathon, Leon, Darren Gargette and James attempt to resolve the quandary that is the (not so) New Super […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/new-super-mario-bros/">The New Super Mario Bros. series – Cane and Rinse No.129</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“High speed, high risk, drive to the limit.” In the first of a trio of podcasts dedicated to Criterion’s Burnout racers Leon, Darren Gargette, James […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/burnout/">Burnout / Burnout 2: Point of Impact – Cane and Rinse No.128</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Life was never easy in the tunnels, but it was our home.” We return to the post-apocalyptic waste land of Moscow in 4A Games’ 2013 […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/metro-last-light-2/">Metro: Last Light – Cane and Rinse No.127</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Have I lied to you? …I mean, in this room?” From Narbacular origins to Orange Box unveiling, Leon, Josh, Karl and the Cane and Rinse […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/portal/">Portal – Cane and Rinse No.126</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Yes, it’s undeniable! We’re detecting Power Star energy patterns in the nearest galaxy.” In this, the penultimate podcast of our six month long Super Mario […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/super-mario-galaxy/">Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Cane and Rinse No.125</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“To my mother, brothers and sister, with whom I survived the monster in my father.” In this issue of the podcast Leon, Tony, James and […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/papo-and-yo/">Papo & Yo – Cane and Rinse No.124</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Dropped out of college and got a job as a bike courier. Mostly just to piss off my parents.” An electro-charged double-header this issue as […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/infamous/">inFAMOUS / inFAMOUS 2 – Cane and Rinse No.123</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Naiee.” “Nyaa.” A change of pace and tone for Starbreeze with their downloadable story of symbiotic siblings, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, affecting many […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/brothers-tale-two-sons/">Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons – Cane and Rinse No.122</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“What happened? Did the perpetrator get away?” In the fourth of our six podcast ‘core’ Super Mario series, Leon, Tony and Darren G jet off […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/super-mario-sunshine/">Super Mario Sunshine – Cane and Rinse No.121</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Slurp it, suck it, I know we all like it.” PaRappa the Rapper, Masaya Matsuura’s little lovelorn dog that could (rap) pretty much kick-started the […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/parappa-rapper/">PaRappa the Rapper / UmJammer Lammy – Cane and Rinse No.120</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Do exactly as I say, and I promise this will be over before the night is out.” Manhunt and Manhunt 2 have garnered a fair […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/manhunt/">Manhunt / Manhunt 2 – Cane and Rinse No.119</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“No interest eh? I can tell you’re not going to last long here.” In Issue 76, Cane and Rinse visited Lordran to discuss of Dark […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/demons-souls/">Demon’s Souls – Cane and Rinse No.118</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Ah spaghetti… Ah ravioli… Ah mamma mia…” In the third of our ‘core’ Super Mario series podcasts we arrive at the dawn of the 64-bit […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/super-mario-64/">Super Mario 64 – Cane and Rinse No.117</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Isaac and his Mother lived alone in a small house, on a hill…” In our second podcast covering an Edmund McMillen designed videogame, James Carter, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/the-binding-of-isaac/">The Binding of Isaac – Cane and Rinse No.116</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Am I not beautiful?” Starting with the Nintendo 64 and working our way through Dreamcast and PS2 we trace the murky history of 3D Castlevania […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-2/">Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Cane and Rinse No.115</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“It’s like looking after a bunch of misbehaving kids…” Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Mistwalker attempted to ring in some changes to the traditional JRPG template for Wii […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/the-last-story/">The Last Story – Cane and Rinse No.114</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Thank you for rescuing me. My name is Yoshi. On my way to rescue my friends!” In the second of our ‘core’ Super Mario Bros. […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/super-mario-world/">Super Mario World – Cane and Rinse No.113</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>Danmaku fuss about it but we’re covering a whole load of games in this issue instead of the usual one. This time out we turn […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/cave-shoot-em-ups/">Cave shoot ’em ups – Cane and Rinse No.112</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Makes you wonder what the point of everything is.” James Carter and Darren Forman along with Joystiq’s Sinan Kubba and The AI Bots’ Dan Clark […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/nier/">Nier – Cane and Rinse No.111</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Magical spell is Ei-Ei-Poo!” Tony ‘AiAi’ Atkins, Darren ‘GonGon’ Gargette and Leon ‘MeeMee’ Cox are your guides on this whistle-stop tour of SEGA Amusement Vision’s […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/super-monkey-ball/">Super Monkey Ball – Cane and Rinse No.110</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!” In the first of a six podcast series dedicated to the core games of the […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/super-mario-bros-series/">Super Mario Bros./2/3/The Lost Levels – Cane and Rinse No.109</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Rule number one: Don’t get me killed.” In 2012 Klei Entertainment released their love letter to the stealth genre in the form of Mark of the Ninja. […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/mark-of-the-ninja-2/">Mark of the Ninja – Cane and Rinse No.108</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>In addition to issue 107 of the podcast, and a coincidental update to Proteus this week, James sat down to chat with the game’s designer, Ed […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/interview-ed-key-designer-proteus/">Podcast special: An interview with Ed Key, designer of Proteus</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>Ed Key and David Kanaga’s collaborative musical exploration game Proteus raised eyebrows equally for its distinctive visual style and interactive music, as much as for […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/proteus/">Proteus – Cane and Rinse No.107</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“‘In and out within a month’ they said.” Taking in all of Guerrilla’s now six-game PlayStation-exclusive sci-fi FPS series but focusing on Killzone 2 and […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/killzone-2-3/">Killzone 2 / Killzone 3 – Cane and Rinse No.106</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“What’s next, Arkham County, Arkham Country, or even Arkham World?” We conclude our brief Caped Crusader series with in-depth analysis of Rocksteady‘s highly rated 2011 […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/batman-arkham-city/">Batman: Arkham City – Cane and Rinse No.105</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Don’t go throwing your controller at the cat, it could throw something back and it would only escalate from there!” Sack People of the world […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/littlebigplanet/">LittleBigPlanet / LittleBigPlanet 2 – Cane and Rinse No.104</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” Leon, James and Karl jump in the communal bath and swap boot-room stories […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/football-championship-manager/">Football Manager – Cane and Rinse No.103</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Gather round and I’ll tell you a story, of a castle that fills men with fear” Rare’s first game for Microsoft following their megabucks move […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/grabbed-ghoulies/">Grabbed by the Ghoulies – Cane and Rinse No.102</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Come on boys! He’s just one man! One man dressed like a lunatic and armed to the teeth.” Cane and Rinse returns for its third […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/batman-arkham-asylum/">Batman: Arkham Asylum – Cane and Rinse No.101</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“I’m trying to keep a handle on it. But… it’s difficult.” Concluding both our Quantic Dream series and Volume Two of the Cane and Rinse […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/heavy-rain/">Heavy Rain – Cane and Rinse No.100</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Now hold still, this will only hurt until your brains come flying out!” Ex-LucasArts employees Tim Schafer, David Dixon and Jonathan Menzies formed Double Fine […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/psychonauts/">Psychonauts – Cane and Rinse No.99</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Well you picked the right place, Cole, a city that needed an honest cop like a thirsty man needed water.” After the best part of […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/la-noire/">L.A. Noire – Cane and Rinse No.98</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>Using the foundations laid down by a 2008 flash game, Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes crafted what would become one of the most talked about […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/super-meat-boy/">Super Meat Boy – Cane and Rinse No.97</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“It all started right here… Where else could it happen?” James, Tony, Sean and special guest, GamerNode’s Eddie Inzauto contend with fourth wall breaking, multiple […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/fahrenheit/">Fahrenheit – Cane and Rinse No.96</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Agh! I knew it! I knew there were ninjas around here!” Two and a half years after they released the first of the Splinter Cell […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/splinter-cell-chaos-theory/">Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory – Cane and Rinse No.95</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“It’s about time you showed up, Fox. You’re the only hope for our world!” Corneria, fourth planet of the Lylat System. The evil Andross turned […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/the-starfox-saga/">The StarFox saga – Cane and Rinse No.94</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>