The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

<p>“We will be watching” Once again you’re put in charge of defending the Earth from an extraterrestrial incursion, only this time you have an army […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/xcom-enemy-unknown/">XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Cane and Rinse No.78</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“I know this tunnel, and it knows me.” Would you Adam ‘n’ Eve it? Another nuclear apocalypse, and this one’s due in 2013! Leon, Tony, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/metro-2033/">Metro 2033 – Cane and Rinse No.77</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“YOU DEFEATED” In the Age of Ancients, The world was unformed, shrouded by fog A land of grey crags, archtrees, and everlasting dragons But then […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/dark-souls/">Dark Souls – Cane and Rinse No.76</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“You motherf**kers think you’re too good for these?!” Grand Theft Auto IV was of course in fact the eleventh GTA title. Five years and three […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/grand-theft-auto-iv/">Grand Theft Auto IV – Cane and Rinse No.75</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Hello. Um…allow me to introduce myself…” “The name’s Resetti. Mr. Resetti. Have we…met before? At the…post office, perhaps? Yeah, whatever. Anyway, let me just say thanks for […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/animal-crossing/">Animal Crossing – Cane and Rinse No.74</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“This is not a sermon. I will offer no insight.” It took four studios to make BioShock 2: 2K Marin, 2K China, Arkane and Digital […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/bioshock-2/">BioShock 2 – Cane and Rinse No.73</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Like it or not, the world has changed.” In Ubisoft’s I Am Alive you play as an unnamed man trying to reach his partner and […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/i-am-alive/">I Am Alive – Cane and Rinse No.72</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Hell, it’s about time.” From 1998 South Korea would never be the same again. It was that year that Blizzard decided to put aside their […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/starcraft-ii-wings-of-liberty/">StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty – Cane and Rinse No.71</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Ground Upper!” In the 80’s and 90’s you could hardly move through town for badly dressed punks being flying kicked by vigilantes with terrible haircuts. […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/streets-of-rage/">The Streets of Rage trilogy – Cane and Rinse No.70</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“I am Andrew Ryan, and I’m here to ask you a question.” “Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? ‘No!’ says […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/bioshock/">BioShock – Cane and Rinse No.69</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“If you want guarantees, buy a toaster.” Formed by the three Yerli brothers, Frankfurt’s Crytek burst onto the PC gaming scene with the technically impressive FarCry […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/crysis-crysis-2/">Crysis / Crysis 2 – Cane and Rinse No.68</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“It takes a strong man to deny what’s right in front of him.” Released in June 2012 for 360, PS3 and PC, Yager Development’s Spec […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/spec-ops-the-line/">Spec Ops: The Line – Cane and Rinse No.67</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>Long Road Ahead Is anyone out there? Tony, Josh, Sean and James are still in the Cane and Rinse bunker as they try desperately to […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/the-walking-dead-part-2/">The Walking Dead – Cane and Rinse No.66 part 2</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Clementine will remember that.” From a secure location, Cane and Rinse continue to podcast to any and all survivors. Be warned, point-and-click adventures have risen […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/the-walking-dead-part-1/">The Walking Dead – Cane and Rinse No.66 part. 1</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Remember that pain! Next time it will be worse!” On the day that the snow turned into rain we recorded the second and final of […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/shenmue-ii/">Shenmue II – Cane and Rinse No.65</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>In the first of an occasional series of bonus podcast industry interviews, Leon speaks with Jim Crawford of San Francisco’s Twinbeard Studios. Creator of the […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/an-interview-with-jim-crawford/">Podcast special: An Interview with Jim Crawford</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Guess that one saw the light!” Following a protracted period in well-publicised ‘development hell’, Max Payne developer Remedy’s David Lynch/Stephen King/Rod Serling homage Alan Wake […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/alan-wake/">Alan Wake – Cane and Rinse No.64</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Now you’ve really crossed the line.” The Resident Evil follow-up that metamorphosed into its own IP during development, Hideki Kamiya’s Devil May Cry arrived on […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/devil-may-cry-3/">Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening Special Edition – Cane and Rinse No.63</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Heh… you like me that much?” A developer whose hallmark is technical wizardry, Yu Suzuki’s AM2 were responsible for eye-popping innovation throughout the 80s and 90s with […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/shenmue/">Shenmue – Cane and Rinse No.62</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Origin of all that is good and mother to us all” During its relatively short existence, Clover Studio produced a triumvirate of significant and memorable titles; […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/okami/">Okami – Cane and Rinse No.61</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Prepare for unforseen consequences.” In the last of our Half-Life series of podcasts, we review both Half-Life 2: Episode One and Episode Two. Beyond this […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/half-life-2-episode-one-two/">Half-Life 2: Episode One and Episode Two – Cane and Rinse No.60</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>I’ve got all the patterns down, up until the ninth key… …I’ve got Speedy on my tail, and I know it’s either him or me. So […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/pac-man-championship/">Pac-Man Championship Edition DX – Cane and Rinse No.59</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Am I the only one who understands the meaning of the word “covert?”” Thick-necked, wise-cracking future soldiers shooting the crap out of robots with big guns. […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/binary-domain-2/">Binary Domain – Cane and Rinse No.58</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>Doukutsu Monogatari The late 1990s: Inspired by a host of classic Japanese titles, printer operating systems programmer, Daisuke Amaya, has a dorm-mate teach him how to code […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/cave-story/">Cave Story – Cane and Rinse No.57</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and shine.” Some twenty years after defeating the Nihilanth on Xen, Dr. Gordon Freeman is brought out of stasis […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/half-life-2/">Half-Life 2 – Cane and Rinse No.56</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“By 2069 the world will be controlled by giant mega-corporations called Syndicates.” They will vie for the minds of a populace helpless to escape their […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/syndicate-2012/">Syndicate (2012) – Cane and Rinse No.55</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Hurry! Before Mizrabel uses her powers of illusion to make herself look like Minnie, and make Minnie look evil like her.” Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/mickey-donalds-mega-drive-trilogy/">Mickey and Donald’s Mega Drive trilogy – Cane and Rinse No.54</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Stop praying. This is pathetic.” Asura’s Wrath doesn’t so much defy description as demand a lengthy one: The game, produced by CyberConnect2 (best known for […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/asuras-wrath/">Asura’s Wrath – Cane and Rinse No.53</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Fascinating! I never suspected such things could be.” In 1996 Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington founded Valve Corporation. Employing a team plucked from the cream […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/half-life/">Half-Life – Cane and Rinse No.52</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>It’s still alive, and cannot apologise: Mirror’s Edge We mantle into Volume Two by reflecting on the strange time of 2008, when Electronic Arts were […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/mirrors-edge-2/">Mirror’s Edge – Cane and Rinse No.51</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“C’mon everybody, check me out: I’m dancin’! I’m dancin!” Oh, there ain’t no rest for the wicked, money don’t grow on trees. I got bills […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/borderlands/">Borderlands – Cane and Rinse No.50</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>We’ve finally reached the end (for now?) of our Metal Gear series retrospective. In the epic conclusion to our six part Metal Gear 25th Anniversary […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/metal-gear-solid-4/">Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Cane and Rinse No.49</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“You can look me in the eye when I kill you.” Melding the comic book stylings of Joe Madureira with Hebrew mythology while lifting structure […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/darksiders/">Darksiders – Cane and Rinse No.48</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>Superbrothers: A tale of Sword & Sworcery, eternally retold Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is a collaboration between designer Craig Adams, developer Capybara and musician […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/superbrothers/">Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP – Cane and Rinse No.47</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“I don’t know about angels, but it’s fear that gives men wings.” Leon, Tony, James and Karl slo-mo dive – sideways – into their recording […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/max-payne/">Max Payne / The Fall of Max Payne – Cane and Rinse No.46</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Don’t get your hopes up… Not all humans… look as good as me!” Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette and Josh review Nintendo Software Planning and Development’s […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/rhythm-heaven-series/">Rhythm Heaven series – Cane and Rinse No.45</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“We abandoned our countries. Nothing more.” In the penultimate of our six Metal Gear 25th anniversary specials, Leon, Tony, James and Paul Rooney of Ready-Up […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/peace-walker/">Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker – Cane and Rinse No.44</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>Cute and fluffy: that’s the team talking Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette and James get cute with Kirby’s Epic Yarn. HAL Laboratories’ pink […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/kirbys-epic-yarn/">Kirby’s Epic Yarn – Cane and Rinse No.43</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Ha ha! I died again!” Leon, Tony, James and Josh discuss Capcom’s unusual afterlife puzzle adventure – Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective – from Shu Takumi, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/ghost-trick-phantom-detective/">Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective – Cane and Rinse No.42</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“If I become number one, will you do it with me?” Leon, Darren Forman, Josh and Sinan Kubba discuss the tenth game by Goichi Suda’s […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/no-more-heroes/">No More Heroes – Cane and Rinse No.41</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>This week we discuss LostWinds and it’s sequel. Frontier Developments’ 2008 WiiWare launch title LostWinds remains one of the highest profile releases for that service, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/lostwinds/">LostWinds / LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias – Cane and Rinse No.40</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“So this is the legendary Boss? We meet at last.” In the fourth of our six Metal Gear 25th anniversary series specials Leon, Tony, Darren […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/metal-gear-solid-3-snake-eater/">Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – Cane and Rinse No.39</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“I know, so much for clean underwear.” Take a trip with Tony, James and Josh as the Cane and Rinse team venture through a rift […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/ratchet-clank-a-crack-in-time/">Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time – Cane and Rinse No.38</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Ain’t seen anything like this before…” Grabbin’ pills! Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette and special guest David Turner of Joypod discuss Valve’s zombie opus Left 4 Dead […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/left-4-dead/">Left 4 Dead / Left 4 Dead 2 – Cane and Rinse No.37</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>A different sort of a show of this Issue as Cane and Rinse returns to the ever-evolving world of DICE‘s Battlefield 3 online multiplayer. Leon […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/battlefield-3-mp/">Battlefield 3 multiplayer – Cane and Rinse No.36</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>Leon, James, Karl and Sean emerge from the Vault to relive their time with Bethesda’s Armageddon RPG Fallout 3. Was the mutation from Black Isle’s isometric third […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/fallout-3/">Fallout 3 – Cane and Rinse No.35</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>Tony, James, Josh and Darren are your panel for two contrasting titles. Strange Loop’s Vessel is a puzzle-platformer with a steampunk aesthetic and an emphasis on physics. […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/vessel-dear-esther/">Vessel / Dear Esther – Cane and Rinse No.34</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“The world has room for only one big boss!” In the third of our six Metal Gear 25th anniversary specials Leon, Tony, James and Ready-Up‘s […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty/">Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty – Cane and Rinse No.33</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“I’ll give you a mouthful of love, punk!” Leon, Tony, Karl and Darren Forman don their muscle suits and slogan-daubed space armour while reloading their […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/bulletstorm/">Bulletstorm – Cane and Rinse No.32</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>This week we deliberate over Thatgamecompany’s offerings. In this Issue Leon, Tony, Josh and Sean review the outstanding, innovative titles produced during Thatgamecompany’s three game […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/thatgamecompany/">Thatgamecompany (flOw, Flower and Journey) – Cane and Rinse No.31</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>