The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

<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>

<p>“I’ve been through a lot of crazy situations, but that one… that one takes the cake.” After a four year absence following 2003’s Spy Fiction […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/deadly-premonition/">Deadly Premonition – Cane and Rinse No.93</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Breaking news, Bob! You’re fired!” Following mixed fortunes with Grin’s Bionic Commando and Blue Castle’s Dead Rising 2, Capcom decided to hand over another of […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/dmc-devil-may-cry-2/">DmC Devil May Cry – Cane and Rinse No.92</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Allow me to tell you a tale. It took place 360,000… No, 14,000 years ago.” Ignition Tokyo, with Okami’s Takeyasu Sawaki at the helm, set […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/el-shaddai/">El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron – Cane and Rinse No.91</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“A famous explorer once said, that the extraordinary is in what we do, not who we are.” In this podcast Leon, Tony, James and guest […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/tomb-raider/">Tomb Raider (2013) – Cane and Rinse No.90</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“In the end, you know it’s all just blocks.” Mojang Studios, based in Stockholm, Sweden created not only one of the most popular games in […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/minecraft/">Minecraft – Cane and Rinse No.89</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“We all start with innocence, but the world leads us to guilt.” Borrowing elements from Thief, Deus Ex, Half-Life and more, Arkane’s Dishonored debuted in […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/dishonored/">Dishonored – Cane and Rinse No.88</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“My mommy always said there were no monsters – no real ones – but there are.” Making an exciting videogame based around James Cameron’s 1986 […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/aliens-colonial-marines/">Aliens: Colonial Marines – Cane and Rinse No.87</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Today is special day.” After five years of development, would Phil Fish and his Polytron Corporation be able to create the indie darling that everyone […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/fez/">Fez – Cane and Rinse No.86</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“…be careful what you wish for. It might just get you.” To coincide with the release of The Last of Us – and to conclude […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/uncharted-3-drakes-deception-2/">Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Cane and Rinse No.85</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“What is a man? A Miserable little pile of secrets!” More than ten years after the series’ Famicom debut, director Toru Hagihara fully integrated exploration […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/castlevania-symphony-of-the-night/">Castlevania: Symphony of the Night – Cane and Rinse No.84</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Hell, what happened to you?” 2011’s Driver: San Francisco, the sixth game in the franchise. Were Ubisoft Reflections able to turn back the clock and […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/driver-san-francisco-2/">Driver: San Francisco – Cane and Rinse No.83</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Yeah, good luck pal, that’s almost impossible to – oh, you did it. Nice.” In the second of our Uncharted trilogy of issues, we turn […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/uncharted-2-among-thieves/">Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Cane and Rinse No.82</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>A couple of months ago I recorded an interview with C.Y. Reid, also known as failnaut. It took me longer than it should to edit […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/interview-with-c-y-reid-failnaut/">Podcast special: an Interview with C.Y. Reid (failnaut)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>Lo cunto de li cunti Independent developer, Tale Of Tales aims to create “emotionally rich interactive entertainment” whilst eschewing the “limitations of competitive play”. In […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/tale-of-tales/">Tale of Tales – Cane and Rinse No.81</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“We fell through a TV! Actually, uh… what is going on here?” Shin Megami Tensei has been around for awhile, standing just outside the industry […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/persona-4/">Persona 4 – Cane and Rinse No.80</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Are you sure you wanna be defiling your ancestor’s remains like that?” After ten years of working with Crash and Jak, Naughty Dog attempted to […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/uncharted-drakes-fortune/">Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune – Cane and Rinse No.79</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>