The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

One year on from its release, we take on Naughty Dog's dark and divisive sequel. Leon, Josh, Karl, Thomas and a passionate faction of community correspondents express what they loved, and what they hated, about the already much talked about The Last of Us Part II.

“YOU ARE THE MASTER NOW” We couldn’t let the 25th birthday of id Software’s phenomenally influential fps Quake go uncelebrated. Leon, Darren, Jesse, Karl and […] The post Quake – Cane and Rinse No.475 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

In our latest single platform special we remember the awesome power of the Nintendo 64 during its brief but bright spell in the limelight in the mid-to-late 90s. Leon, Chris, Darren, Jay and community correspondents grapple with curious controllers, Vaseline visuals and exciting innovations, as well as taking a tour of some of the noteworthy titles in the N64's diminutive but bejeweled library.

Of the many (many!) JRPGs on the PS1, there isn’t another one quite like Sacnoth’s predecessor to the Shadow Hearts series: Koudelka. Join Leah, Rich and Brian as they explore haunted corridors and battle feisty furniture in this horror-infused adventure. Don’t forget your pendant!

The very deserving recipient of an anniversary podcast, Sonic the Hedgehog turns 30 years old in 2021. Leon, Darren, Leah and guest John Linneman of Digital Foundry recall their formative experiences with the Blue Blur on both 16-bit and 8-bit systems, as well as the many, many conversions and emulations released since. We also hear from community correspondents with their positive and negative me...

What do you get when you take Duke Nukem 3D, add a dash of Half-Life, smother it in different engines and put it in the oven for 12 years? Duke Nukem Forever. Come and join Darren, Brian, Leah and Tony on the return of the king as we ponder on the game which took, well... a long time to bake.

Part of Ubisoft and Red Storm Entertainment’s initial foray into the VR market, Star Trek: Bridge Crew recreated one of pop culture’s most memorable open-plan office spaces in the service of asymmetrical cooperative action. But how does it hold up four years later? Chris, Tony, Jesse, and special guest Captain Doctor James Farley settle into their comfy chairs on the virtual bridge of the USS Aegi...

In the years between the Crash Bandicoot trilogy and Uncharted, Naughty Dog were primarily the Jak and Daxter studio. While the series would go on to darker sequels and less successful spinoffs, it began with 3D platform open world collect 'em up adventure, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor legacy. In this podcast, Leon, Brian, Josh, Ryan and community correspondents clamber and kick their way through...

Join Josh, Brian, Jesse and Rich as we slip into some brightly coloured spandex, use unstable sci-fi contraptions to defend our position and get angry at Josh for picking Hanzo…again. What does superhero theming and Pixar style animation bring to the multiplayer FPS genre? Does the meshing of a Team Fortress structure with a MOBA approach to the large roster of characters work? What complications...

A mystery is afoot. Ryan converses with the voices in his head; Josh, Leah, and Jon, to discover the grim political realities at the heart of 2019's CRPG classic Disco Elysium.

For the first time in the ten-year history of the Cane and Rinse videogame podcast, we deep-dive into a text adventure: Infocom's Trinity. Leon, Jesse, Jon and Sean Bell from The Computer Game Show use only their brains, fingers and keyboards to attempt to unravel a complex sci-fi narrative that features no graphics whatsoever. The crew also looks back at the origins of the form, with reference to...

Eight years on from our original Streets of Rage trilogy podcast, we are finally able to bring you the sequel. Daring revivalist developers Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games, under the publisher umbrella of retro specialists Dotemu, brought us the long awaited Streets of Rage 4 in 2020. Leon, Brian, Michiel and community correspondents head out once again to tear up the seedy sidewalks of Wood Oak...

The biggest selling racing game of all time (at the time of recording), and the sixth mainline entry in Nintendo's character racing series, Mario Kart Wii. Leon, Brian, Jesse and community correspondents remember wrangling Wii Wheels and wilful wifi connectors to go karting with Miis around the world.

Between an early showing and its release, transforming powerboats became personal watercraft (i.e. jet skis) and Nintendo had itself a massively upgraded sequel to US only niche Game Boy title, Wave Race. Leon, Brian, Darren, Michiel and community contributors recall just what a splash Wave Race 64 made with its debut, and how Nintendo Software Technologies followed up with the GameCube launch tit...

Just as the videogame industry began to implode in North America, Milton Bradley set out to try and grab a piece of the pie by buying the rights to the Vectrex console from General Consumer Electronics. Chris, Jesse, Michiel and Dean Swain from the Retro Asylum podcast explore their experiences with the machine as well as the huge roster of 28 games that was released for it. Officially at least. O...

Join Josh, Brian, James and Tom as they slink through blood soaked alleys and jump over the sun kissed rooftops of Karnaca. Along our journey we encounter labyrinthine city streets and puzzle box structures, an assortment of dark magic trickery and an arsenal of weapons and gadgets. All the while a tale of political upheaval and revenge sets the stage as we cover Arkane's 2016 whalepunk, immersive...

Back to the island of slumber and seashells as we return to the island of Koholint for Grezzo's Switch remakening of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Leon, Darren, Jon, Leah and community correspondents guide their chibi Links through another eight or nine diorama dungeons in a quest to reawaken the Wind Fish. Music featured in this issue: 1. Player Select by Ryo Nagamatsu 2. Mambo's Mambo S...

Go to class, join the track team, date a pigeon. The average life of a high school student in 2187 might look fairly uneventful, but look a little closer and you’ll find that everybirdie is hiding a secret or two. Manga artist and writer, Hato Moa loves pigeons, and thanks to her visual novel/dating sim, Hatoful Boyfriend, maybe Jon, Leah and James will learn to love them too.

As the red dust continues to settle after Doomguy's latest landing, Cane and Rinse keeps pace with the mythical space marine. Leon, Brian, Darren, Josh and community contributors get to grips with the awesome arsenal, mighty moveset and diverse demons featured in 2020's frenetic DOOM Eternal.

A duo of cartoon capers in this show with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) and The Simpsons (1991). Leon, Brian, Michiel and returning guest Ben Cartlidge quarter feed (well, except Ben) their way through Konami's brace of brawlers as well as many happy memories from the ice rinks, chip shops, bowlplexes and "Frosty Putters" of the past from our faithful correspondents. Music featured in this i...

2011: Crunch time for BioWare as EA's corporate wyvern demands a prompt sequel to the successful Dragon Age: Origins, giving the development team less than a year to make another epic RPG worthy of the studio's celebrated history. Leon, Brian, Josh, Tony and community correspondents pick the bones out of the resulting meal - Dragon Age II. Music featured in this issue: 1. Main Theme by Inon Zur 2....

The fecund soil of Stardew Valley is where we plant ourselves for this rustic podcast. Leon, Brian, Leah and Ryan head for the rural idyll of Pelican Town to recollect their many days spent on Eric Barone's farming RPG. We also harvest a bumper crop of community correspondence and Three Word Reviews. Music featured in this podcast: 1. Stardew Valley Overture by Eric Barone 2. Winter (Ancient) by E...

25 years after the launch of the first games, Pokémon has become a worldwide sensation, and Ryan, Charlotte, Jon, and Rich look back at the first two generations that started it all. Join our panelists and community members as we take a look back at *takes deep breath* Pokémon: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition, Gold, Silver, and Crystal.

In which we do our best to keep pace with Capcom's ever-expanding Biohazard series by reviewing its most recent instalment, the 2020 remake of 1999's Resident Evil 3. Leo, Jon, Josh, Leah and community correspondents pick up where they left off with the previous Volume's Resident Evil 2 (2019) podcast, getting into the nitty gritty of RE3's modest runtime, the loss of Jill's tube top and the addit...

In this interview extra podcast, author David L. Craddock returns to talk to Leon about his latest book, Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense. David enjoyed access to Rebelstar, Chaos and UFO: Enemy Unknown's creator Julian Gollop and brings us tales from the series' development and origins.