Cane And Rinse

“Squad 7, move out!” Alright squad, listen up. The objective is to assist Josh, Michiel and Simon Cole in successfully evaluating Sega’s 2008 Tactics RPG, Valkyria Chronicles. They’ll be under heavy fire from difficulty spikes […] The post Valkyria Chronicles – Cane and Rinse No.333 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Knights do it two-handed!” The Final Fantasy that was initially deemed too hardcore for the West. Leon, Josh, Jon and Leah have got the job to work out if Square’s decision to keep this on […] The post Final Fantasy V – Cane and Rinse No.332 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Blue, blue skies…” Just why is SEGA’s 25 year old coin-op racer still relatively easy to find in (what passes for) arcades in 2018? Leon, Michiel, new contributor Marvin Alexis and the Cane and Rinse […] The post Daytona USA – Cane and Rinse No.331 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“It’s gonna be dangerous from here on in, why don’t we cooperate?” Perhaps appropriately, the last ‘classic’ style Resident Evil game (for a long while at least) would be the official, canonical prequel – Resident […] The post Resident Evil 0 – Cane and Rinse No.330 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Time flows like a river… and history repeats…” On a mid-90s roll, some of the team behind the Final Fantasy games broke off to create a follow-up to Square’s 1991 Game Boy title, Seiken Densetsu […] The post Secret of Mana – Cane and Rinse No.329 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Tim is off on a search to rescue the Princess. She has been snatched by a horrible and evil monster. This happened because Tim made a mistake.” Josh, Tony, Darren and new contributor Brian Edwards […] The post Braid – Cane and Rinse No.328 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Here we go!” It’s the third of our sporadic but ongoing series on the Mario Kart franchise and so we arrive at 2001’s Mario Kart: Super Circuit (aka Mario Kart Advance) on the GBA. This […] The post Mario Kart: Super Circuit (Mario Kart Advance) – Cane and Rinse No.327 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“HARNESSING A GREAT WELLSPRING, A PERFECT IMMORTAL CELL WAS CRAFTED TO BE IMBUED WITHIN ALL SENTIENT LIFE A NOBLE GOAL, THOUGH SUCH A POWER TERRIFIED OTHERS, AND BROUGHT RUIN AS ITS PURPOSE WAS TRANSMOGRIFIED THE […] The post Hyper Light Drifter – Cane and Rinse No.326 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to Gary Kirby and Ogulcan “Ojo” Gunel about their Rapture Gaming Festival http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/rapture_gaming_festival.mp3   Edited by Jay Taylor (@JaySevenZero). The post Interview extra: Rapture Gaming Festival appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Sharpen thy shovel!” Hoist your gardening implement of choice and strike the earth as we explore a game grounded in the 8-bit era with Shovel Knight! Leah, Darren and Josh dig deep into Yacht Club […] The post Shovel Knight – Cane and Rinse No.325 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks again to author David L. Craddock (@davidlcraddock), author of Stay Awhile and Listen: Book II a documentary-style book continuing the history of Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard North, and […] The post Interview extra: David L. Craddock appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Oh yes, dear. Just like this.” All back to the Spencer Mansion for a rerun of the events of the 1996 original Resident Evil. Leon, Karl, Michiel and Sean replay the events of the REmake […] The post Resident Evil (2002) – Cane and Rinse No.324 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“You spoony bard!” Final Fantasy leaps the generation gap like a nimble young chocobo, and sets up camp on the Nintendo’s new for the 90s 16-bit behemoth. Leon, Leah, Sean and Jon Salmon ruminate on […] The post Final Fantasy IV – Cane and Rinse No.323 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“HIGH SPEED ROBOT ACTION” Ahead of the sequel’s latest re-release, we revisit Konami’s 2001 sci-fi mech action game Zone of the Enders. Leon, Karl and Michiel ponder Hideo Kojima’s level of involvement, whether the game […] The post Zone of the Enders – Cane and Rinse No.322 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to the game urbanist, designer, and writer Konstantinos Dimopoulos (@gnomeslair), author of the forthcoming book Virtual Cities.* *Apologies for the drop in sound quality during this interview, […] The post Interview extra: Konstantinos Dimopoulos appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“The Pikmin are as curious as children!” Leon, Darren, Leah and Michiel have finally recovered all 30 parts of their ship and succeeded in escaping this strange world! To think, all the times we almost […] The post Pikmin – Cane and Rinse No.321 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“PLAY PLAYER” Cane and Rinse celebrates the 40th (fortieth!) anniversary of one of the most important and influential videogames of all time, Space Invaders. Leon, Karl, Michiel and returning guest Dan Clark try to decipher […] The post Space Invaders – Cane and Rinse No.320 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“You want it? You aren’t worthy of its power.” In the fourth of our ten show series on the core Resident Evil games, we take a trip to mysterious Rockfort Island and a desolate Antarctic […] The post Resident Evil – CODE: Veronica – Cane and Rinse No.319 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“In here, I can be happy, forever. I will be happy.” Stanley popped his headphones on and started listening to his favourite podcast, Cane and Rinse. Disappointingly, this issue was hosted by “Diet Leon Cox” […] The post The Stanley Parable – Cane and Rinse No.318 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to the writer Richard Moss (@MossRC), author of the book The Secret History of Mac Gaming, recently published by Unbound http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_interview_richard_moss.mp3   Edited by Jay Taylor (@JaySevenZero). The post Interview extra: Richard Moss appeared first on Cane and Rinse.