The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

“Because, y’know, that’s what grown-ups do. They make things up.” Leon, Tony, Josh and Ryan plug into old Johnny’s brain to experience the RPG Maker […] The post To the Moon – Cane and Rinse No.134 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“The fight is everything.” With some trepidation but no little enthusiasm Leon, Josh, Sean and guest Dan Clark take on the phenomenon that was Street […] The post Street Fighter II – Cane and Rinse No.133 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“Can you guys believe this?! DJ Atomika from Race Radio just called and told me to turn the down the volume!” A new publisher, new […] The post Burnout 3: Takedown / Revenge – Cane and Rinse No.132 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“Names are for friends, so I don’t need one!” Karl, Brian, James and Jay dust off their silverballers, check their fiber wires and discuss the […] The post Hitman: Blood Money – Cane and Rinse No.131 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“Oh, hey. Hiya, pretty lady. Name’s Rick. So, you out having yourself a little adventure?” Leon, Tony, James and Josh awake after 999999 days of […] The post Portal 2 – Cane and Rinse No.130 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“This way!” Concluding our (first) Super Mario marathon, Leon, Darren Gargette and James attempt to resolve the quandary that is the (not so) New Super […] The post The New Super Mario Bros. series – Cane and Rinse No.129 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“High speed, high risk, drive to the limit.” In the first of a trio of podcasts dedicated to Criterion’s Burnout racers Leon, Darren Gargette, James […] The post Burnout / Burnout 2: Point of Impact – Cane and Rinse No.128 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“Life was never easy in the tunnels, but it was our home.” We return to the post-apocalyptic waste land of Moscow in 4A Games’ 2013 […] The post Metro: Last Light – Cane and Rinse No.127 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“Have I lied to you? …I mean, in this room?” From Narbacular origins to Orange Box unveiling, Leon, Josh, Karl and the Cane and Rinse […] The post Portal – Cane and Rinse No.126 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

In this, the penultimate podcast of our six month long Super Mario bonanza, we discuss the first and third highest-rated videogames of all time (according to GameRankings), Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Could Nintendo EAD Tokyo helmed by Yoshiaki Koizuki bounce back five years after the (slight) disappointment of Super Mario Sunshine? Leon, Darren Gargette, Josh and a host of Cane a...

“To my mother, brothers and sister, with whom I survived the monster in my father.” In this issue of the podcast Leon, Tony, James and […] The post Papo & Yo – Cane and Rinse No.124 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“Dropped out of college and got a job as a bike courier. Mostly just to piss off my parents.” An electro-charged double-header this issue as […] The post inFAMOUS / inFAMOUS 2 – Cane and Rinse No.123 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

A change of pace and tone for Starbreeze with their downloadable story of symbiotic siblings, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, affecting many who played it. Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette and Karl attempt to wrap their minds and thumbs around the concept of single-player co-op, aided admirably by some excellent contributions from the Cane and Rinse community via our forum and Twitter. Music used in this...

“What happened? Did the perpetrator get away?” In the fourth of our six podcast ‘core’ Super Mario series, Leon, Tony and Darren G jet off […] The post Super Mario Sunshine – Cane and Rinse No.121 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

PaRappa the Rapper, Masaya Matsuura's little lovelorn dog that could (rap) pretty much kick-started the rhythm-action genre single-pawed. NanaOn-Sha followed up with the twisted tale of a rocking ungulate destined to take a trip to Hell and back - UmJammer Lammy - before PaRappa the Rapper returned for one (apparently) final showdown on PS2. Leon, Darren Gargette and new Cane and Rinser Ryan Haman...

“Do exactly as I say, and I promise this will be over before the night is out.” Manhunt and Manhunt 2 have garnered a fair […] The post Manhunt / Manhunt 2 – Cane and Rinse No.119 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“No interest eh? I can tell you’re not going to last long here.” In Issue 76, Cane and Rinse visited Lordran to discuss of Dark […] The post Demon’s Souls – Cane and Rinse No.118 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“Ah spaghetti… Ah ravioli… Ah mamma mia…” In the third of our ‘core’ Super Mario series podcasts we arrive at the dawn of the 64-bit […] The post Super Mario 64 – Cane and Rinse No.117 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“Isaac and his Mother lived alone in a small house, on a hill…” In our second podcast covering an Edmund McMillen designed videogame, James Carter, […] The post The Binding of Isaac – Cane and Rinse No.116 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“Am I not beautiful?” Starting with the Nintendo 64 and working our way through Dreamcast and PS2 we trace the murky history of 3D Castlevania […] The post Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Cane and Rinse No.115 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“It’s like looking after a bunch of misbehaving kids…” Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Mistwalker attempted to ring in some changes to the traditional JRPG template for Wii […] The post The Last Story – Cane and Rinse No.114 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

“Thank you for rescuing me. My name is Yoshi. On my way to rescue my friends!” In the second of our ‘core’ Super Mario Bros. […] The post Super Mario World – Cane and Rinse No.113 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Danmaku fuss about it but we’re covering a whole load of games in this issue instead of the usual one. This time out we turn […] The post Cave shoot ’em ups – Cane and Rinse No.112 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

James Carter and Darren Forman along with Joystiq's Sinan Kubba and The AI Bots' Dan Clark gather together to confer about Cavia's third-person action role playing game Nier, which was published by Square Enix back in April of 2010 for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. Music used in this issue: Track 1: Snow in Summer by Keiichi Okabe Track 2: Emil (Sacrifice) by Keiichi Okabe Cane and Rinse 111...

“Magical spell is Ei-Ei-Poo!” Tony ‘AiAi’ Atkins, Darren ‘GonGon’ Gargette and Leon ‘MeeMee’ Cox are your guides on this whistle-stop tour of SEGA Amusement Vision’s […] The post Super Monkey Ball – Cane and Rinse No.110 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .