The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

A less structured than usual and festively combative issue this week as Leon, Tony, Jay and Karl assemble to trade shots over EA/DICE’s Battlefield 3. […] The post Battlefield 3 – Cane and Rinse No.13 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

In this issue Leon, Tony, Josh and Darren revisit two full-on action games from Japanese ‘super-group’ developer PlatinumGames. Bookending 2010, Bayonetta and Vanquish embraced their […] The post Bayonetta and Vanquish – Cane and Rinse No.12 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Leon, James, Josh, Sean and Ready-Up’s Dan Bendon return to review Square Enix’ late summer 2011 smash, Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Did Eidos Montreal’s prequel […] The post Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Cane and Rinse No.11 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Leon, James, Josh and Sean are joined by Ready-Up's Dan Bendon to air and share their views and opinions of one of 2011's stand-out downloadable releases, SuperGiant Games' Bastion. Sublimely artful, playable and important title or "artsy", pretentious bobbins with mediocre mechanics? Find out what each of us thinks in this week's Issue. Music used in this show is as follows; Track 1: What's Left...

In this issue Leon, Jay, Darren and Josh brave a return to the USG Ishimura, then later pop to The Sprawl for some last minute shopping and religious indoctrination in Dead Space. The crew also take a squint at the many Dead Space spin-offs: games, animations, comics and books. Music used in this issue: Track 1: Canonical Aside by Jason Graves Cane and Rinse 9 was edited by Jay Taylor

“Demon keeps a-dreamin’ of a demon town…” In part one Leon, Tony, Joshua Garrity and newcomer Sean O’Brien take an express elevator to Hell and […] The post Shadows of the Damned – Cane and Rinse No.8 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

The gloves are off this week as no fewer than five panellists tear it up over Ninja Theory’s passion-inspiring pair. Hosts Leon and Tony are […] The post Heavenly Sword / Enslaved – Cane and Rinse No.7 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

This week, in preparation for the forthcoming Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Tony Atkins, Jay Taylor, Karl Moon and James Carter discuss Ubisoft's popular Assassin's Creed franchise, from their thoughts on the ongoing story to the various gameplay elements. Does the series still have the ability to keep scaling the lofty heights of the charts or does it risk losing its footing and plummet unceremo...

An uncommonly up-to-date show this week as we cast eight compound eyes over Epic's Locust-infested trilogy-completer. Leon and Tony are joined by Darren Forman and Karl Moon to discuss all aspects of the title, from the dramatic campaign through to the competitive multiplayer via Horde and Beast modes.

These two great stories of four young people: ICO, Yorda, Wander, Mono and the eerie yet beautiful land(s) they live in have been rewarded with a sumptuous HD rerelease on PlayStation 3. What better time for a Cane and Rinse retrospective? Leon, Tony and Jay are joined by devout Team ICO fan Joshua Garrity to discuss both ICO and Shadow of the Colossus; their gameplay, aesthetics and narrative as...

Our first interview subject on Cane and Rinse is the multi-talented industry veteran James Mielke. He describes his remarkable career path from comic illustrator to […] The post James Mielke interview – Cane and Rinse No.3 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Leon Cox is joined by Jay Taylor, Darren Forman and Joshua Garrity to worship and/or butcher this most sacred of videogaming ganados, resident evil 4. We explore the game's protracted development, discuss where it fits - or doesn't - within the BioHazard canon and consider what direction the franchise might take next. Cane and Rinse 5 was edited by Jay Taylor

For the first show proper Leon, Tony and Jay are joined by Darren Forman to discuss Sony Santa Monica's God of War III. We also turn our thoughts to other games in the God of War franchise and discuss Kratos' future. As well as this we then investigate the respective design decisions made within the so-called 'hack and slash' genre by Western and Eastern developers: Are they really so different or...

A shorter than usual podcast allowing us to introduce ourselves and give a little background on both our gaming and podcasting histories as well as setting out our aims for the show proper and accompanying blog. Do you have an opinion about this podcast in genera or maybe you have something to say about a particular game? Then why not venture into our forum and leave us your feedback. Whilst there...