The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

<p>“You were my friend, the very best I could have asked for.” That game with the cat. Actually – as we briefly discuss in this […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/stray/">Stray – Cane and Rinse No.627</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“BUT THE PEACE DID NOT CAME.” A trio of games, but not a trilogy, make up our The Ninja Warriors series podcast. Leon, Chris Worthington, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/ninja-warriors/">The Ninja Warriors – Cane and Rinse No.626</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“We still have a long way to go yet, we can talk, if you’d like?” We return to Hideo Kojima’s back catalogue in the 1994 […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/policenauts/">Policenauts – Cane and Rinse No.625</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Alas, this twilit world is too full of pain and contradiction, too full of broken dreams.” It’s the newest game we’ve ever covered on Cane […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door/">Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – Cane and Rinse No.624</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“YOU CREATED A TWO MILE CRATER” A double game ‘twofer’ show, as we look back at the start of the so-called ‘Golden Age’ of arcade games […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/lunar-lander/">Lunar Lander and Lunar Rescue – Cane and Rinse No.623</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Are you quite finished?” It’s Elden Ring. In the lead-up to the long-awaited Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, Leon, Brian, Jay and Thomas summon collaborators […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/elden-ring/">Elden Ring – Cane and Rinse No.622</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Having power makes the ones you love vulnerable.” Rich, James and Jon are joined by Sean Bell of The Computer Game Show as they come […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/torment-tides-of-numenera/">Torment: Tides of Numenera – Cane and Rinse No.621</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Well, this looks inviting.” For our second look at a Ghostbusters videogame (there are plenty of others that didn’t make the cut), we look at […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/ghostbusters-video-game/">Ghostbusters: The Video Game – Cane and Rinse No.620</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“GALACTIC COOK” “Ahead of its time” is a barely adequate phrase with which to describe Star Raiders. Doug Neubauer’s 1979 space combat simulator was a sensation […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/star-raiders/">Star Raiders – Cane and Rinse No.619</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“When the tongue slips, grab it, and yank out the truth.” A visual novel about ten hours in Shibuya, Tokyo. Not much could possibly happen, right? Spike […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/428-shibuya-scramble/">428: Shibuya Scramble – Cane and Rinse No.618</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“MAYOR AWARDS YOU $2000 FOR AVERTING MARSHMALLOW CATASTROPHE.” The summer of 1984 and Activision lights a fire under Davd Crane’s butt, giving him and his team […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/ghostbusters/">Ghostbusters – Cane and Rinse No.617</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“This reckless defiance is intolerable.” Lucasfilm Games teamed up with Infocom’s visionary creative Brian Moriarty in 1990 for the fifth of the studio’s SCUMM-based point and […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/loom/">Loom – Cane and Rinse No.616</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Ready for another day of toiling for the profit of your company?” Somehow, nearly six years has passed since we covered the original Pikmin back […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/pikmin-2/">Pikmin 2 – Cane and Rinse No.615</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“I won’t ask again. Where is your son?” A lovable set of siblings, a journey of hope, and a billion rats. Brian, James, Jon and […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/a-plague-tale-innocence/"> A Plague Tale: Innocence – Cane and Rinse No.614</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“To our dreams. For they alone keep us sane.” With the game having been released for over three years, and actually finished for a few months […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/cyberpunk-2077/">Cyberpunk 2077 – Cane and Rinse No.613</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“A bridge to nowhere, mon frère. Au revoir!” James, Karl, Leah, and Tony go on an intrepid adventure through the Angolan jungle and Canadian Rockies […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/x-men-origins-wolverine/">X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Cane and Rinse No.612</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>Chris O’Regan interviews Mariona Valls and Jordi Garcia of Mango Protocol about the design and development of CLeM, a comedy horror adventure game. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/sausage/TSF_Episode490.mp3 Music […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/clem/">The Sausage Factory: 490 – CLeM by Mango Protocol</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“OH! DAISY DAISY” Four years since we covered Super Mario Odyssey, and 35 years after its release, it’s time for Super Mario Land to get […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/super-mario-land/">Super Mario Land – Cane and Rinse No.611</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“I’m Sure All Of Us Here Are A Little Crazy” From the Dragon of Dojima to the Hero of Yokohama, what was old is new […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/yakuza-like-a-dragon/">Yakuza: Like A Dragon – Cane and Rinse No.610</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“These things happen the second time around.” “Version Upgrade” NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… arrived just over a decade after the original(s), promising a slicker experience and […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/nier-replicant/">NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… – Cane and Rinse No.609</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“When you finally reach the wizard keep away from the fireballs streaming from his eyes.” More than a decade after his untimely death, Datasoft released […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/bruce-lee/">Bruce Lee – Cane and Rinse No.608</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Driven by madness, they made a pact with the devil…” Leaping back over the drawbridge of doom and into the castle of mystery, we dance […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/castlevania-rondo-of-blood/">Castlevania: Rondo of Blood – Cane and Rinse No.607</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Suit diagnostic complete: All systems functional.” We round off our coverage of Retro Studios’ Phazon trilogy with our Metroid Prime 3: Corruption deep-dive review. Leon, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/metroid-prime-3-corruption/">Metroid Prime 3: Corruption – Cane and Rinse No.606</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Stupid costumes? Take that back! You… You little turd!” In the late 1990s, a swashbuckling and experimental Square released a Zelda-like action RPG based on […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/brave-fencer-musashi/">Brave Fencer Musashi – Cane and Rinse No.605</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“The katamari. The Prince. Where the first rolls the second follows. Roll, roll, roll.” Cane and Rinse is on a roll this week as Ryan, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/katamari-damacy/">Katamari Damacy series – Cane and Rinse No.604</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Do you have ANY idea how difficult it is to make something people actually want to buy?” A relatively up-to-date title for our latest podcast, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/hi-fi-rush/">Hi-Fi Rush – Cane and Rinse No.603</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Ain’t no Mess we Can’t Address!!” The first team-curated selection of the year goes to Double Fine’s Stacking. Leon, Brian (who chose this one for […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/stacking/">Stacking – Cane and Rinse No.602</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“THEY CAME FROM THE THIRD MOON WITH ANCIENT MONSTERS.” We’re back, yet again, for our thirteenth year of podcasts, and we kick off 2024 with a look […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/strider-hiryu/">Strider Hiryu – Cane and Rinse No.601</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Let strength be granted, so the world might be mended.” Wrapping up another year of Cane and Rinse podcasts, we revisit Demon’s Souls, this time […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/demons-souls-remake/">Demon’s Souls – Cane and Rinse No.600</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Retrieving Compliment: ‘Jolly good show!’” When we covered Subset’s previous game, FTL back in… wait, what? Apparently we didn’t. Perhaps in the future then. Anyway, here […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/into-the-breach-2/">Into the Breach – Cane and Rinse No.599</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“At least… confront the first boss…” Seattle didn’t invent grunge or coffee shops, but it certainly popularised them. Seattle’s Mega Crit didn’t invent roguelike deck […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/slay-the-spire/">Slay the Spire – Cane and Rinse No.598</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“I will bury all of you” Is this really the end of Kiryu’s journey? Well, we know it’s not, but at the time of release, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/yakuza-6/">Yakuza 6: The Song of Life – Cane and Rinse No.597</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Know it’s not what happened but it’s what I wanted.” It’s the near future. The town of Norco has been driven to the brink of […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/norco/">Norco – Cane and Rinse No.596</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“It did appear that they might be onto something but not so.” After almost thirty years of (more than) annual releases, EA Sports’ FIFA series […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/fifa/">FIFA – Cane and Rinse No.595</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Shiny World” SEGA AM2 doubled down on an icon in 2003 when it finally released OutRun 2 into the arcades. Updates, expansions and follow-ups came – […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/outrun-2/">OutRun 2 – Cane and Rinse No.594</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“It’s enough.” It’s been a while since we covered Halo 5 (check out that and our other Halo podcasts in the archive), but now it’s […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/halo-infinite/">Halo Infinite – Cane and Rinse No.593</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“May the Light of Aether shine upon you!” Our last adventure with Samus for this year as we travel back to 2004 for the GameCube sequel, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/metroid-prime-2-echoes/">Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Cane and Rinse No.592</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“You got boost power!” When we scheduled this show, it had been over 18 years since the most recent release of a new F-Zero game. […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/f-zero/">F-Zero series – Cane and Rinse No.591</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Cheers to your mustaches!” We all know that Mario and Luigi have been on RPG adventures before, but in their first adventure on the GBA, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/mario-luigi-superstar-saga/">Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga – Cane and Rinse No.590</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“By the Spires you made it!” Few would pick a game, based on a theme park experience based on a movie, to be a standout […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/star-wars-tales-from-galaxys-edge/">Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge – Cane and Rinse No.589</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“DRACULA HAS REVIVED MANY TIMES.” Back on board the spooky train with the beloved action platform series, as we arrive in the 16-bit era and […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/super-castlevania-iv/">Super Castlevania IV – Cane and Rinse No.588</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Are you all set?” From the arcades of 1993, through the console generations, we drift through every single iteration of Ridge Racer. OK, we haven’t […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/ridge-racer-series/">Ridge Racer series – Cane and Rinse No.587</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“When you hit the ground, tell ’em Nathan Zachary sent you!” A riveting tale of aerial derring-do is our focus in this podcast, as we […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/crimson-skies/">Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge – Cane and Rinse No.586</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>He who makes a beast of himself removes himself from the pain of being human.” The Chinese Room had a difficult path ahead of them […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/amnesia-a-machine-for-pigs/">Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs – Cane and Rinse No.585</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Toot-Toot Sonic Warrior deep in space and time, Toot-Toot Sonic Warrior forever in your mind” Our third Sonic the Hedgehog show comes on a shiny […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/sonic-cd/">Sonic CD – Cane and Rinse No.584</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“There are no free lessons here.” Fore! Ryan, Jon, Sean and Jesse tee up for a bunker-chipping, birdie-flopping, caddyshacking conversation about Australian indie darling Golf […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/golf-story/">Golf Story – Cane and Rinse No.583</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Questions about whose hands might one day hold my Myst Book are unsettling to me.” After 30 years, we release Chris, James, Jesse and Jon […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/myst/">Myst – Cane and Rinse No.582</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“PULL IT OUT OF THE SKY!” Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was marketed as an opportunity for players to live out their ultimate (Dark) Jedi […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/the-force-unleashed/">Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and The Force Unleashed II – Cane and Rinse No.581</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“Goodest idea, underqualified gun man!” Colt and Juliana go head to head, life or death, day after and day and for what? Leon, Tom, Tony […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/deathloop/">Deathloop – Cane and Rinse No.580</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>

<p>“The Zodiac Brave Story” Following two delays (one long, one short), we can finally bring you our in-depth discussion of Final Fantasy Tactics (and The […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://caneandrinse.com/final-fantasy-tactics/">Final Fantasy Tactics – Cane and Rinse No.579</a> appeared first on <a href="https://caneandrinse.com">Cane and Rinse</a>.</p>