The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

In this little podcast extra to kick off 2017, Leon Cox, Leah Haydu, Josh Garrity, Darren Gargette and Ryan Hamann look back and reminisce about their personal 2016 gaming experiences. A look back at 2016 was edited by Ryan Hamann Do you have an opinion about a particular game or maybe about our regular podcasts in general? Then why not venture into our forum and leave us your feedback. Whilst the...

Leon talks to talented young actor Raphael Corkhill about making a living, including providing a variety of vocal performances for high profile games including Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Titanfall 2 and The Elder Scrolls Online. Raphael tells us about the methods, the practicalities and the working conditions, including what he thinks of the recent industrial action and the work of his fellow per...

We conclude our fifth year of the podcast with our fourth FromSoftware show. Leon, Josh, Sean and - making his Cane and Rinse debut - guest Gareth 'Gary Dooton' Dutton go to tahn on Hidetaka Miyazaki's gruesome gothica, Bloodborne. Though time is against them before the bad moon rises, the panel wades through the fluid gameplay and viscous lore with equal relish, before transfusing to the communit...

In this Cane and Rinse interview special Leon talks to Game Informer Senior Editor Jeff Cork about his new book, Limitless Sky: No Man’s Sky Unofficial Discovery Guide. Jeff and Leon talk at length about the No Man's Sky saga so far, their hopes and dreams for the future of the game and what Jeff's book might bring to the table for the lapsed to disillusioned player. NB: This podcast was recorded...

Not D-pads nor analogue sticks but styluses. Or should that be stylii? Either way, a contentious change of control method as we conclude the first year of our complete run through of Zelda reviews with The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Leon, Josh and Leah discuss Daiki Iwamoto's directorial debut, including - of course - its innovative but controversial conceit of a repeating 'central' dunge...

Leon, Tony and Sean display their Mighty Deep Knowledge of Shiny's bizarre 1997 3D run and gunner and consider the game's origins, technical achievements and legacy, as well as considering whether or not hero Kurt Hectic's phallus-headed bondage suit is the Most Daringly Kinky element of the experience. Will MDK receive a Mildly Derogatory Kicking or Mainly Decisive Kudos? Listen in to find out. M...

Join Karl, Tony and guest Gary Blower as they race through the city streets of London, San Francisco and Tokyo, giving kudos to the origins of videogame street racing in Bizarre Creations highly influential, yet also troubled, Dreamcast release, Metropolis Street Racer - aka MSR. Music used in this issue: Track 1: Intro by Richard Jacques Track 2: Menu by Richard Jacques Cane and Rinse 247 was edi...

Honest hearts Josh, Sean and James take a long journey down the lonesome road towards Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas. Will the bright lights of the big city still dazzle in this post-apocalyptic wasteland, or will they be dulled by old world blues? Music used in this issue: Track 1: In the Shadow of the Valley by the Lost Weekend Western Swing Band Track 2: (I've Got Spurs That) Jingle Jangle Jingl...

Join Josh, Leah, Sean and special guest Simon Cole, as they explore the dilapidated halls of Brennenburg Castle and face the Lovecraftian monstrosities found within. Can we keep our cool when confronted with horrors that decay the mind, simply by baring witness to them? A seminal horror title, that may well have had a hand in crafting the beginnings of the "Let's Play" YouTube culture. Keep your l...

Swansong for Nintendo's GameCube and curtain raiser for its Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess arrived at the end of 2006 to critical rapture. Leon, Josh, newly 'permanent' Cane and Rinse member Leah and the departing (for Nintendo) Ryan consider whether a game can be simultaneously "underrated", "overrated", "the best Zelda game ever" and "the worst Zelda ever", like some folks on the in...

Released in 1996, Revolution Software's third game span a yarn surrounding the intriguing history of the Knights Templar. Leon, James, Karl and guest Chris Spann of Midnight Resistance point and click as they attempt to unravel the mystery, express their affection towards protagonists George and Nicole and their fondness for the palpable atmosphere and evocative locations depicted in Broken Sword:...

In this issue Josh, Tony and Sean, along with special guest and writer for PC Gamer Andy Kelly, step aboard the dilapidated space station the Sevastopol, and encounter the monstrous alien life form that emerged from H.R. Giger's imagination. Drawing more from the 1979 original feature film than its sequel, Creative Assembly's 2014 release puts the focus on surviving one Alien, rather than killing...

It's a very extreme issue of Cane and Rinse as Ryan, Karl, and guest Dan Clark take to talking about the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater core series. An extensive history of Hawk's video game ventures from the PlayStation to the Xbox One are given with lots of skate stories, manual memories, and community contributions! We guarantee more grinding than your average JRPG! Music used in this issue: Track 1: S...

The daring and diligent dudes of digital dialogue discuss the deviant, delerious Dark Dreams Don't Die. Does it demand devotion, or do the discussants dryly dismiss it as they are driven to delete its data? Ryan, Tony, James, and Sean disembark into SWERY's D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die. Dulcit ditties demoed in this issue: Track 1: Theme from D4 by MANYO Track 2: Detective of the Past by MANYO Cane a...

Capcom's dinky Game Boy Advance offering gets its own full-sized podcast of course. In the latest of our mammoth The Legend of Zelda series of shows, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap gets its feature presentation. Leon, Josh Ryan and guest Leah Haydu consider the qualities of this diminutive six-dungeon affair, as well as its depiction of the land of Hyrule and all of its Picori pixel art. We a...

Leon, James, Jay and Sean take on Rockstar Games' critical and commercial behemoth, Grand Theft Auto V. The panel dissect the open world, the gameplay mechanics and the unholy trinity of characters, as well as the game's story and script. Expanding online component GTA Online is also on the menu and up for discussion. As usual we also get to hear about the experiences of the ever-reliable and arti...

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, SEGA AM2's iconic coin-op racer Out Run is the subject of our latest podcast retrospective. Leon, Ryan (new to the game in 2016!) and returning guest Dan Clark talk arcade awe, sprite-scaling, Magical Sound Showers, and special techniques as well as touching upon the myriad - successful and unsuccessful - conversions over the decades. The panel also remember the g...

Dino Dini and Steve Screech collaborated in the late 80's to make the 16-bit footy phenomenon that was a ubiquitous multiplayer fixture for the next two to three years, at least until Sensible Soccer came and stole away its title. Soccer lovers Leon, Karl and guest CJ Black remember the original brace of Kick Off titles, as well as Kick Off's deep and compelling spin-off Player Manager and both Ki...

Our ninth The Legend of Zelda podcast sees us tackle the co-op multiplayer antics of Four Swords on the GBA and its sequel, Four Swords Adventures for GameCube. Leon, Josh, Ryan and Sean (along with contributions from the Cane and Rinse community) discuss the considerable barriers to entry - both then and now - needed to jump through to play these curious collaborative components of Nintendo's mig...

In 2014 Telltale Games applied its episodic, adventure game formula to a title based upon Bill Willingham's Fables comic book series. In this issue, Joshua Garrity, Tony Atkins, Ryan Hamann and Sean O'Brien discuss The Wolf Among Us, aided as always with excellent contributions from our community along with their three word reviews. Music used in this issue: Track 1: Opening Credits by Jared Emers...

A combo of Leon (guitar), Ryan (bass), Tony (drums) and full combo-meister Paul Shotton (vox) passionately recall their many, many hours with the various iterations of Rock Band, from the 2007 launch of the first band-in-a-box, via numbered sequels, LEGO and The Beatles, right up to its current gen revival in 2015. We also feature some wonderful contributions to the set-list from the Cane and Rins...

Pack your bags! Ryan, James, Tony, and special guest Sean Bell grab their train schedules, wool trousers, and iPhones to play the globe-trotting interactive fiction favorite, 80 Days. The wayward adventurers go under the hood with the game's deceptively complex mechanics and narrative structure and unearth treasure over 140 years in the making, with some helpful travel tips from the lovely Cane an...

Or Zelda IX. Or is it VIII? Seven-and-a-half? That's why no-one calls it that. Anyway, this is definitely the eighth of our 18 planned podcasts on Nintendo's fantasy franchise. Leon, Josh, Ryan and Leah Haydu consider and confer all aspects of the 2002/03 GameCube game, it's 'controversial' unveiling, divisive art style and its (perhaps surprisingly different) 2013 HD update. Messages in bottles f...

It's 1999 and arcade gamers are enjoying some Crazy Taxi, SEGA Hitmaker's loud and lurid take on the career of driving a Hackney Carriage. Leon, Karl, Ryan and returning guest Dan Clark talk Dreamcast and coin-op versions of the game in some depth and detail, as well as the game's relationship to its pop punk soundtrack and a whistle stop ride through Crazy Taxi's sequels and successors - aided an...

No-one had pitted flesh-eating vegetation against brain-eating cadavers before PopCap's George Fan, but that's exactly what he did in 2009's tower-defence-with-a-twist, Plants vs. Zombies. Your panel of Leon, James and Ryan have put hundreds of hours into pea-shooting pesky prowlers and are pleased to share their plantation procedures. We also hear from the CaR PvZ community, and talk a little bit...