Cane And Rinse

“At least we thought to bring entertainment.”  The eleventh show in our 13 podcast series about the mainline (and non-MMO) Final Fantasy series is all about 12. Final Fantasy XII spent a (then) world record […] The post Final Fantasy XII – Cane and Rinse No.382 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Quantum physics tells us that nothing that is observed is unaffected by the observer.” First person cyberpunk noir police procedural stealth survival horror walking simulator Observer (‘>observer_’)  Daniel Lazarsky as he enters the minds of […] The post >observer_ – Cane and Rinse No.381 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“You earned a perfect score!!” The Big N roped in simulation and silicon graphics specialists Paradigm to assist them with N64 launch title, Pilotwings 64. The sequel to their 1990 ‘amateur flight simulation’ Pilotwings (itself […] The post Pilotwings 64 – Cane and Rinse No.380 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

Dyad is one of those titles that defies easy genre-identification, but in essence it is a psychedelic racer/shooter – if that helps! Tony, Darren and a returning Sean O’Brien peer into the tunnel of Shawn […] The post Dyad – Cane and Rinse No.379 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

As the dark, eerie follow-up to Playdead’s dark, eerie platformer LIMBO, 2016’s INSIDE was exactly what one might expect – or was it? For a game with no dialogue, INSIDE has quite a lot to […] The post INSIDE – Cane and Rinse No.378 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“The world is full of stories, and from time to time they permit themselves to be told.” Before Duke Nukem Forever… in fact before Duke Nukem 3D, an ambitious first-person shooter called Prey was conceived. […] The post Prey (2006) – Cane and Rinse No.377 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“That’s disgusting” Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A crack team of specially trained operatives are sent to investigate the mysterious goings on at a hidden research facility. However, something deadly has taken […] The post Dino Crisis – Cane and Rinse No.376 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Life is short, play more” In the fourth of our single format console special podcasts, we look back at Microsoft’s big fat toe in the water, the ‘OG’ Xbox. Leon, Karl, Michiel and Tony consider […] The post Console Special No.4: Microsoft Xbox appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“HOW HIGH CAN YOU GET?” In the first of a series of podcasts about Nintendo’s iconic simian, Leon, Darren and Michiel find out who among them is the king of Donkey Kong. As well as […] The post Donkey Kong – Cane and Rinse No.375 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Pull yourself together. Get out of prison. Kill the Jailer.” Furiously fast, furiously precise, and a furiously thumping synthwave soundtrack, Jacob, Charlotte, Michiel, and James discuss the furiously difficult Furi. Will The Game Bakers’ 2016 […] The post Furi – Cane and Rinse No.374 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

In this interview extra podcast, Charlotte Cutts interviews Metako, a speedrunner who regularly bashes through 80+ hour marathons of the Final Fantasy series JRPG speedruns are a bit of a strange beast: runners try to […] The post Interview Extra: Metako appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“You’ll cry, you’re gonna cry, you always cry. See? You’re crying.” Final Fantasy X heralded the series’ much anticipated debut on the the ‘next gen’ PlayStation 2. A large development team and budget afforded the […] The post Final Fantasy X – Cane and Rinse No.373 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

Leon speaks to actor, writer, voice artist, musician and black belt karateka Tod Fennell (and his Siberian Husky, Havok) about his work in videogames and the wider craft. Tod is the talent behind a wide […] The post Interview Extra: Tod Fennell appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Prepare to board Robo-Freighter Paradroid to eliminate all rogue robots.” Andrew Braybrook’s Paradroid garnered plaudits and captured imaginations upon its 1985 release, before going on to spawn a host of updates, sequels, spiritual successors and […] The post Paradroid – Cane and Rinse No.372 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“A woodchuck should chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood, as long as a woodchuck would chuck wood.” Having left Guybrush hanging for over three years since our 2015 show on The Secret of Monkey […] The post Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge – Cane and Rinse No.371 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

In this interview extra podcast, Charlotte Cutts interviews Edenal, chief organiser of the European Speedrunner Assembly The European Speedrunner Assembly has gone from strength to strength, raising huge amounts of money for charity while putting […] The post Interview Extra: Edenal appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“It works. It actually works!” We revel in two decades of recapturing rampant primates by casting our net over the original Ape Escape (aka Saru! Getchu!). Leon, Brian, Charlotte and Tony use all the gadgets […] The post Ape Escape – Cane and Rinse No.370 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

For our 200th Sound of Play, members of the Cane and Rinse team have assembled to share some of the tracks from all throughout videogame history that have meant the most to them. Come celebrate […] The post Sound of Play: 200 – The videogame music podcast appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“A cave of wonders…”  Separate licensing deals meant that both of the major 16-bit consoles received a bespoke game to tie-in with Disney’s 1992 animated feature, Aladdin. Dave Perry and his Virgin team employed actual […] The post Disney’s Aladdin – Cane and Rinse No.369 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Let us start the game.” In this issue Josh, Leah, Charlotte and Cane and Rinse newcomer Jesse uncover the treasures and dark desires of the fifth entry in Atlus and P-Studio’s Shin Megami Tensei offshoot […] The post Persona 5 – Cane and Rinse No.368 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.