Cane And Rinse

“Why not pay the tavern a visit first?” From oaks to acorns. The Fable series began life as O.G. Xbox exclusive, released under the weight of some big talk of tantalising concepts in 2004. Leon, James, Tony and a returning Darren Gargette - along with contributions from the Cane and Rinse listenership - relive the legend of the first Fable, and replay the game in a post Dragon Age, post Witcher III, post Elden Ring, post Baldur's Gate III landscape. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_632.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Oakvale by Russell Shaw2. Bowerstone by Russell Shaw edited by Jay TaylorYou can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the lis

“Oh no!” All-but abandoned after just two critically successful entries, Capcom's Power Stone is a series that - until a recent announcement - lived on only in the hearts of those who played it quarter of a century ago. Leon, Karl, Michiel and Ryan - along with contributors from the listening community - bash out what made Power Stone such a blast, and ponder what the sequel was an eternal party favourite for some, yet an over-egged pudding for others. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_631.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Player Select by Tetsuya Shibata2. Continue by Tetsuya Shibata edited by Jay TaylorYou can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and

"Honk!" Terror most fowl or anserine champion? James, Brian and Leah are going to find out if House House’s goose is cooked or whether they laid the golden egg with 2019’s Untitled Goose Game. There sure are a lot of goose idioms, huh? http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_630.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Debussy: Préludes / Book 1, L. 117 by Dan Golding2. Untitled Goose Radio by Dan Golding edited by Jay TaylorYou can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots

“Any objections, Lady?” The infamous odd-one out. Nintendo SPD collaborated with Tecmo's Team Ninja for the Wii-exclusive follow-up to the Prime trilogy, with results that weren't greeted entirely enthusiastically by press or punters alike. Leon, Chris Worthington, Leah, Rich and community correspondents get to grips with Metroid: Other M - its quirky cameras and unintuitive interface, and perhaps most controversially, its character-changing portrayal of series hero, Samus Aran. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_629.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Title Theme by Kuniaki Haishima2. Piano Medley by Kuniaki Haishima edited by Jay TaylorYou can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then ven

“The fighting in this area is ferocious.” Two shoot 'em ups with two names each, from Capcom's arcade heyday of the late 80s/early 90s. Leon, Chris Worthington, Michiel and expert guest Ed Tremblay equip formidable loadouts and launch into the skies of Area 88 / U.N. Squadron and U.S. Navy / Carrier Air Wing. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_628.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Introduction by Manami Matsumae2. Final Boss by Manami Matsumae edited by Jay TaylorYou can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all

“You were my friend, the very best I could have asked for.” That game with the cat. Actually - as we briefly discuss in this podcast - there are loads of games with cats. But we're talking about this one: Stray. Leon, Jay, Tom, Tony and community contributors chime in on BlueTwelve Studio's underground feline hopepunk adventure, and its furmidable protagonist. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_627.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Inside the Wall by Yann van der Cruyssen2. Rikonium by Yann van der Cruyssen edited by Jay TaylorYou can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join i

“BUT THE PEACE DID NOT CAME.” A trio of games, but not a trilogy, make up our The Ninja Warriors series podcast. Leon, Chris Worthington, Michiel and guest Bog Hog stomp and slice their way through the arcade original, the Super Famicom/SNES ground-up reimagining and the contemporary remake of that. The Ninja Warriors, The Ninja Warriors Again and The Ninja Warriors Once Again (AKA Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors) all get the usual analysis, including some passionate paeans contributed by the community. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_626.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Opening (The Ninja Warriors Again) by Hiroyuki Iwatsuki2. Last Boss (The Ninja Warriors Again) by Hiroyuki IwatsukiYou can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game

"We still have a long way to go yet, we can talk, if you'd like?" We return to Hideo Kojima's back catalogue in the 1994 Japan-only title Policenauts. Rich, Chris Worthington and Leah look into the mind of Kojima before he took the world by storm with Metal Gear Solid. Borrowing heavily from 1980s cinema, blending visual novel and point-and-click, as well as science fact and fiction, Policenauts tells a near future crime drama about life, thriving and surviving in space. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_625.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Opening theme by Tappi Iwase/Masahiro Ikariko/Motoaki Furukawa2. No, No, No! by Tappi Iwase/Masahiro Ikariko/Motoaki Furukawa Edited by Jay TaylorYou can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're cov

“Alas, this twilit world is too full of pain and contradiction, too full of broken dreams.” It's the newest game we've ever covered on Cane and Rinse. Probably. But also, it's 20 years old. What gives? Leon, Brian, Leah and Ryan - along with contributions from the listenership - jump right back into Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, hyphen and all. The panel gets into the usual forensic dissection of the 2004 follow-up to the N64 original Paper Mario - and we talk about the 2024 version for the Switch too. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_624.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Yoshito Hirano/Yuka Tsujiyoko2. Rogueport by Yoshito Hirano/Yuka Tsujiyoko Edited by Ryan ZhaoYou can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an

“YOU CREATED A TWO MILE CRATER” A double game 'twofer' show, as we look back at the start of the so-called 'Golden Age' of arcade games and two titles depicting similar concepts with wildly different approaches. Leon, Brian, Chris Worthington and Tony touch down with Atari's 1979 Lunar Lander, a vector graphics-based sim of sorts. Then the crew turns its attention to the Japanese developed Space Invaders spin-off, Lunar Rescue from Taito - also from 1979. Accompanied by a couple of intrepid correspondents, we hark back to a time when the original moon landing was fresh in people's minds, and interactive digital technology was new and thrilling. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_623.mp3   Audio featured taken from the Apollo 11 moon landing edited by Jay TaylorYou can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum o

“Are you quite finished?” It's Elden Ring. In the lead-up to the long-awaited Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, Leon, Brian, Jay and Thomas summon collaborators and take on the daunting quest of podcasting about a game with just so much to it. With a collective play time of 750 hours or so  - thousands if you include our community contributors - we attempt to encapsulate the scale and scope of FromSoft's epic open-world RPG, share the highs and lows of our times in The Lands Between and even address the feeling shared by some that there was, if anything, too much game... http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_622.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Song of Honor by Tsukasa Saitoh/Shoi Miyazawa/Tai Tomisawa/Yuka Kitamura/Yoshimi Kudo2. Song of Lament by Tsukasa Saitoh/Shoi Miyazawa/Tai Tomisawa/Yuka Kitamura/Yoshimi Kudo Edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early,

"Having power makes the ones you love vulnerable." Rich, James and Jon are joined by Sean Bell of The Computer Game Show as they come together to discuss Inxile Entertainment's spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment, 2017's Torment: Tides of Numenera. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_621.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Main Title by Mark Morgan2. Final Confrontation by Mark Morgan edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of o

“Well, this looks inviting.” For our second look at a Ghostbusters videogame (there are plenty of others that didn't make the cut), we look at - er - Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Leon, Brian, Karl, Tony and community contributors look at the canonical third story - at least it was until the recent movies came along and changed some stuff. We focus on the PS3/360/PC version and its subsequent remaster, rather than the Wii, PS2, PSP, DS incarnations. Did bustin' make us feel good? Listen to find out. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_620.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Firehouse Loop 01 by Kyle Richards2. Main Title Theme by Elmer Bernstein Edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd

“GALACTIC COOK” "Ahead of its time" is a barely adequate phrase with which to describe Star Raiders. Doug Neubauer's 1979 space combat simulator was a sensation at the time, and still manages to impress 45 years later. Leon, Chris O'Regan and Jesse activate shields and take on the might of the evil Zylon empire, before diving into the game's incredible legacy, including long-range scans of its various conversions, spin-offs and follow-ups. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_619.mp3   Edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our fr

"When the tongue slips, grab it, and yank out the truth." A visual novel about ten hours in Shibuya, Tokyo. Not much could possibly happen, right? Spike Chunsoft’s cult classic, originally released for the Nintendo Wii in 2008, would tell you differently.  Join Chris Worthington, Brian, Karl and Leah as they peel back the layers. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_618.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Main Theme by Hideki Sakamoto/Naoki Sat?2. Echo by Hideki Sakamoto/Naoki Sat? edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with o

“MAYOR AWARDS YOU $2000 FOR AVERTING MARSHMALLOW CATASTROPHE.” The summer of 1984 and Activision lights a fire under Davd Crane's butt, giving him and his team six weeks to get a computer game out to ride the hype-wave of smash hit supernatural comedy movie, Ghostbusters. 40 years later, Leon, Chris O, Chris W, Jesse and community contributors fire up unlicensed nuclear accelerators and wave P.K.E. Meters at the C64 resulting software, as well as its many conversions to other formats. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_617.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Ghostbusters (C64 version) by Russell Lieblich/Ray Parker Jr.edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? The

“This reckless defiance is intolerable.” Lucasfilm Games teamed up with Infocom's visionary creative Brian Moriarty in 1990 for the fifth of the studio's SCUMM-based point and click adventures, the whimsical and musical Loom. Leon, Chis Worthington, Jesse (who selected this game as his pick for the Volume) and Ryan - along with contributions from the Cane and Rinse community - pick their way stitch-by-stitch through this unusual and accessible yarn. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_616.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. The Overture by Tchaikovsky/George Sanger/Eric Hammond2. Main Theme by Tchaikovsky/George Sanger/Eric Hammond Edited by Ryan Zhao You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on t

“Ready for another day of toiling for the profit of your company?” Somehow, nearly six years has passed since we covered the original Pikmin back in podcast issue 321. 20 years on from the sequel's original GameCube release in Japan, we get cosy with Pikmin 2. Leon, Brian, Chris O'Regan plus community contributors weigh in on Nintendo's much-expanded and divisive follow-up. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_615.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Title Screen by Hajime Wakai/Kazumi Totaka2. Treasure Salvation Results by Hajime Wakai/Kazumi Totaka Edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games

"I won't ask again. Where is your son?" A lovable set of siblings, a journey of hope, and a billion rats. Brian, James, Jon and Karl revisit A Plague Tale: Innocence to examine whether or not the story of Hugo and Amicia remains relevant. Come for the discussion, stay for the rat tornadoes. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_614.mp3   Music featured in this Issue: 1. A Plague Tale by Olivier Deriviere2. Freedom by Olivier Deriviere Edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relat

“To our dreams. For they alone keep us sane.” With the game having been released for over three years, and actually finished for a few months now (at the time of recording), we felt we could finally take a proper look at Cyberpunk 2077. Leon, Jay, Rich and Ryan head down to Night City's scuzzy streets for a full and frank appraisal of CDPR's expensive and expansive future-GTA. We also hear from the Cane and Rinse community and assess what ambitious DLC expansion Phantom Liberty brought to the party. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_613.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. V by Marcin Przyby?owicz/P.T. Adamczyk/Paul Leonard-Morgan2. Phantom Liberty by Dawid Podsiadlo/P.T. Adamczyk/Marcin Przybylowicz Edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do y