The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Another entry into the subset of textile-based platformers(!), Yoshi's Woolly World arrived on Wii U in 2015 to moderate acclaim and success.

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to the creator of Point & Clickbait Tim Colwill (@burgerdrome) about his time as a game developer, game journalist and the formation of his humorous videogame satire site

1998 was a big year for stealth games, and Tenchu: Stealth Assassins was the first to draw its weapon.

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to the gaming historian David L. Craddock (@davidlcraddock), author of the popular online book Rocket Jump: Quake and the Golden Age of First-Person Shooters.

The development of Hideki Kamiya's Resident Evil 2 is also put under the microscope along with, of course, the aborted 'Resi 1.5'.

In the second of at least fifteen podcasts on the series, Leon, Josh, Leah, and drop-in fourth party member Jon Salmon take Final Fantasy's difficult sophomore outing to task.

As the N64 original turns 20, Leon, Darren, Michiel and Tony wrap up warm for another few runs down the mighty twin peaks of 1080 Snowboarding and 1080 Avalanche.

In anticipation of the series' forthcoming third instalment, Leon, Leah, Tony and guest David Turner from The Computer Game Show podcast revisit Realtime Worlds' 2007 Crackdown.

Belatedly following on from issue 3 of the podcast(!) - in which we spoke to producer James Mielke about Child of Eden - we finally get around to taking a deep dive into that game's synaesthesiac predecessor, Rez.

Dashing, dodging, and dashing again through a hail of bullets are James, Darren, and Karl. Bosses will fall, time will slow, and hair will be dyed pink, as Bootdisk Revolution's Bleed and Bleed 2 rise from XBLIG beginnings and are inducted into the Cane And Rinse Hall Of Heroes.

The Cane and Rinse podcast's seventh year commences with our look at the original 1996 incarnation of Capcom's Biohazard - AKA Resident Evil.

The entire Cane and Rinse team takes an epic look back at 2017 to reflect on all of the games that released that year that they had the opportunity to play. These are fresh opinions and not the thorough, historical perspective that the team usually takes, but consider this a sampling plate of some our favourite (and sometimes least favourite) 2017 games! A Look Back at 2017 was edited by Ryan Hama...

Cane and Rinse concludes its epic sixth year by closing off our run with The Witcher, specifically the two substantial pieces of downloadable content for The Witcher III; Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. Leon, Josh, Leah and guest Mike Diver (@MikeDiver) discuss the new stories and features that these extra chapters brought to the already fulsome Wild Hunt experience. As usual we hear from the...

Thank you to all of our Patreon patrons and supporters. We didn’t hit our ambitious target, but we still thrive on your support. We knew […] The post Our Patreon update for December 2017 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Following on from our Medal of Honor: Allied Assault podcast back in 2014, we move on to Infinity Ward's first ever game, the original Call of Duty. Leon, Karl, Sean and Tony return to WWII as the theatre of conflict - just as Activision has done itself with its latest entry into the franchise - and see what this once technical tour de force and critical darling has left to offer in 2017. Music us...

Cane and Rinse rejoins the race in 1996, as we review Mario Kart 64 - a wildly divisive entry in a much-loved but polarising series. Leon, Darren, Leah and Michiel discuss the transition from Mode 7 to polygons as well as many other significant (including some still controversial) alterations to mechanics and handling Nintendo made for this, their first kart sequel. As usual we also hear of the co...

In the first podcast of what we intend to be several years' worth of Final Fantasy coverage, we return to the original 1987 title. Warriors of Light Leon, Josh, Leah and Jon Salmon have ground their way through the 'bare bones' of Square's business-saving epic across various formats and have survived to recount the tale. We also hear from some members of the community who saved the world from Chao...

OLD MAN Leon, DUTCH MAN Michiel and COOL MAN Sean each has their own take on the earliest games in the long-running Mega Man series, as do many contributors from the Cane and Rinse community who weigh in with reviews of three words and more.

Moving onto the last lap, Karl, Tony and returning guest Gary Blower round out the final two iterations in the Project Gotham Racing series. Project Gotham Racing 3, launch showcase title for the Xbox 360, a technical tour de force, but did it live up to the fond memories of PGR2 (as discussed in podcast issue 262)? Then Project Gotham Racing 4 introduced bikes into the series, but was it necessar...

Are you ready, true believers? This jam-packed show spans a whole slew of fighting games released between December 1994 and September 2017, untangling the relationships between Marvel, Tatsunoko, SNK, Tekken and Capcom's various properties, as well as the developers behind the various mash-ups and their evolving and diverging aesthetics and mechanics. Mahvel baybee!sor. Music used in this issue: 1...

Attention Hillyans! Cane And Rinse Network members, Tony, Leah, Josh and James have been hard at work, uncovering a 14 year-old Ubisoft plan. You'll hear tale of agents operating in Montpellier, Milan and Shanghai, a secretive plot that grew bigger and bolder in the years that followed, and even whispers of a new plan to resurrect Project Beyond Good & Evil. Music used in this issue: 1. Shauni by...

In the third of our four podcasts on CD Projekt Red's celebrated RPG series, we arrive at 2015's legitimately epic The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. Leon, Jay, Josh, Leah - along with a wealth of community contributors - delve into Geralt's of Rivia's ultimate odyssey, discussing story, character, aesthetic and technical elements in the time-honoured Cane and Rinse tradition. One final podcast dedicated...

Tim Schafer's final game for LucasArts was his much-loved noir meets the Mexican Day of the Dead mashup, Grim Fandango. Has Manny Calavera's four year undead odyssey proved timeless, or - even when Remastered - have the visuals and puzzles seen better days? Leon and Karl plus returning guest Brian Tarran and Sound of Play Extra's Thomas Quillfeldt remember trying to resist consulting walkthroughs,...

Here's our latest update to our ongoing Patreon campaign to try and raise enough to allow us to make Cane and Rinse a full-time concern and to double the amount of Cane and Rinse podcasts we make each year. Remember, you need only to commit as little as 75p or $1 per month and if enough of you respond to this appeal we'll achieve our goal to bring you five hours of Cane and Rinse and Sound of Play...

Autumn 2014 saw PlatinumGames' Bayonetta 2 arrive as a Wii U exclusive, reviewed well and showcased the Japanese developer's talents for creating mind boggling set-pieces, deeply technical combat and naked ladies summoning hair demons. Leon, Leah, Michiel and special guest - hardcore Bayonetta player and superfan Yoshesque (@yoshesque) - discuss the game in both its own right and as a sequel to th...