Episodes

6d ago

“The Dark Genie’s power surges—stand or be erased.” In 2000, Sony needed an RPG for its new powerhouse console, the PlayStation 2. Perhaps surprisingly, it […] The post Dark Cloud – Cane and Rinse No.694 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 9

“It’s Yagami. Take a good look.” Kamurocho? is overflowing with yakuza. The police are swamped and the legal system is on its knees. Who can […] The post Judgment – Cane and Rinse No.693 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 2

“Down here, in the dark, it’s not just the monster you have to fear — it’s yourself.” Originally intended as DLC for Amnesia: Rebirth, Amnesia: […] The post Amnesia: The Bunker – Cane and Rinse No.692 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 25

“There are as many legends in the world that deserve retelling as there are stars in the night sky.” Literally one person requested this podcast, […] The post Castlevania Legends – Cane and Rinse No.691 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 18

“Pick up the moon? Are you nuts?” By the year 2000 the popularity of the traditional point and click adventure was waning. However, Lucasfilm felt there […] The post Escape from Monkey Island – Cane and Rinse No.690 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 4

“N&B” Wario’s debut! That’s perhaps the most significant element of this 1992 handheld entry into the Mario canon, but there’s plenty more to talk about as […] The post Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins – Cane and Rinse No.689 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 28

“We can find our way through the darkness. We will break through the surface and crash into the light.” Sit with us as we recount […] The post Alan Wake II – Cane and Rinse No.688 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 21

“I will not live like this. I am trapped. I will die here. We are already dying.” After handing over development duties on the previous […] The post Amnesia: Rebirth – Cane and Rinse No.687 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 14

“Another challenger… it has been ages.” You find some GPS coordinates that lead to a buried trove of floppy disks. What could go wrong? Brian, […] The post Inscryption – Cane and Rinse No.686 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 7

“You’ve been naughty.” Latterly emerging from PlatinumGames’ cauldron, Bayonetta 3 conjured a multiverse of magic onto Nintendo Switch in 2022. Leon, Brian, Leah, community contributors […] The post Bayonetta 3 – Cane and Rinse No.685 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 30

“Contender eliminated.” Celebrating 30 years of high-speed anti-gravity racing and combat with our Wipeout series podcast. Leon, Darren, Karl and Ryan – along with the […] The post Wipeout series – Cane and Rinse No.684 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 23

“TIME TAKEN: TOO LONG” Our latest Sonic series show sees us arrive in 1996, and the azure Erinaceidae’s final outing on the Mega Drive/Genesis – Sonic 3D Blast […] The post Sonic 3D Blast (Sonic 3D: Flickies’ Island) – Cane and Rinse No.683 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 16

“You must exterminate the Metroids once and for all!” Our third podcast on the second Metroid game, sort of. On this occasion, it’s MercurySteam’s official 2017 remake, […] The post Metroid: Samus Returns – Cane and Rinse No.682 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 9

“DON’T SCREW THIS ONE UP!” Our latest Contra (or Probotector) series show is here, and this time we’re all-in on the SEGA Mega Drive (or […] The post Contra: The Hard Corps – Cane and Rinse No.681 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 2

“Everyone’s here! Yes, even that guy!” Joy, creativity, and PlayStation memories abound in Team Asobi’s post-Playroom tour de force. Join Tom, Chris O’Regan and Karl […] The post Astro Bot – Cane and Rinse No.680 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 26

“It will only cost you your life, and you got that for free!” A notable cult classic, an idiosyncratic game, a commercial failure and a […] The post EarthBound (Mother 2) – Cane and Rinse No.679 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 19

“Someone shot the food!” Your life force is running out! So quickly, join us for a deep-delve into the darkest dungeons of the original Gauntlet […] The post Gauntlet, Gauntlet II and Gauntlet IV – Cane and Rinse No.678 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 12

I’ll kick yer sorry arse so hard you’ll kiss the moons! Time jumping, legendary dragons, and an arsenal of playable characters. Join Brian, Chris Worthington, […] The post Chrono Cross – Cane and Rinse No.677 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 5

“What friendly little guys!” Pikmin skipped a full generation as Miyamoto and co. bided their time before unleashing the third instalment on the Wii U […] The post Pikmin 3 – Cane and Rinse No.676 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 29

“Not really the kind of person you wanna hang out with, right?” Caprine capers with Sybil in rittzler’s love-letter to the fifth generation of games […] The post Pseudoregalia – Cane and Rinse No.675 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 23

“Drop it!” So how could a 40-year-old film about a dystopia in which capitalism has run amok and the overreach and militarisation of the police […] The post RoboCop – Cane and Rinse No.674 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 15

“Put away your irons and wedges.” Put away your irons and wedges. Ryan, Chris O’Regan, James and Jesse talk Mighty Coconut’s Walkabout Mini Golf, both […] The post Walkabout Mini Golf – Cane and Rinse No.673 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 8

“Primary Objective: Exterminate all Metroid organisms on Planet SR388.” Hot on the space boots of our – oh – 2021 podcast on the original (and […] The post AM2R: Return of Samus – Cane and Rinse No.672 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 1

“BATTLE…OVER. NOW…SLEEP…” Our Darren rightfully and righteously nominated the venerable Bomberman (also known by several other names) series for inclusion in our 2025 roster. Blasting […] The post Bomberman – Cane and Rinse No.671 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 24

“Didactically speaking, seminal evidence seems to explicate the fact that your repudiation of entropy supports my theory of space-time synthesis. Of this, I am irrefutably […] The post Mother (Earthbound Beginnings) – Cane and Rinse No.670 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 17

“We got a letter from Mr. Owsaki. He asks “How do I get rid of these nasty roaches?” Easy, just burn your house down.” Perhaps […] The post Jet Set Radio – Cane and Rinse No.669 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 10

“Weak minds don’t stop them from conquering the galaxy.” Somehow Cane and Rinse returned. We draw our blasters and lightsabers as we venture once more […] The post Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Cane and Rinse No.668 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 3

“Dedicated to the last generation who has to watch the world die.” Somewhere between the Australian bushfires of 2019 and the Covid breakout, Umurangi Generation […] The post Umurangi Generation – Cane and Rinse No.667 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 27

“We can tell the difference between god and the devil; finding god is pretty easy. He’s 109.8FM.” If you ever felt like playing along with […] The post We Know the Devil – Cane and Rinse No.666 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 20

“It was really a very beautiful journey. Now it is time to say ‘farewell’.” Syberia and Syberia II were originally planned as a single release […] The post Syberia II – Cane and Rinse No.665 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 13

“The greatest racing game of all time is coming.” From simple beginnings as one of around 100 pitches to Sony seniors, turning into a flagship […] The post Gran Turismo and Gran Turismo 2 – Cane and Rinse No.664 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 6

“Where’s everyone going? Bingo?” We realised there haven’t been enough Cane and Rinse podcasts dedicated to Resident Evil 4, so here we are. Leon, Brian, […] The post Resident Evil 4 (2023) – Cane and Rinse No.663 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 29

“Proceed north to big gun area.” Behold the Bitterman, in id Software’s archetypal ‘boomer shooter’ sequel, Quake II. Strogg-blasting vets Leon, Chris O’Regan, Darren and […] The post Quake II – Cane and Rinse No.662 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 22

“Cut off their limbs.” Perhaps not the most pressing candidate for the remake treatment, nevertheless, EA Motive found itself remaking 2008’s sci-fi horror shooter Dead […] The post Dead Space (2023) – Cane and Rinse No.661 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 15

“This could be interesting.” Star Wars + DOOM = awesome success. A simple enough equation for mid-90s LucasArts, but is there more to Dark Forces […] The post Star Wars: Dark Forces – Cane and Rinse No.660 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 8

“Good luck! You’ll need it!” The twin-stick shooter never fully caught on in the arcade’s golden age, and yet, some years after the beloved Robotron […] The post Smash TV – Cane and Rinse No.659 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 1

“Wake up little one. The corruption has emerged… The Unchosen is back!“ In this issue of Cane and Rinse, Chris, Jon, Leah and Sean discuss […] The post Minishoot’ Adventures – Cane and Rinse No.658 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 25

“We just gotta get to the vault, get the weapon, kick the Combine off Earth — super easy — and they’re — and there’s sandwiches, […] The post Half-Life: Alyx – Cane and Rinse no.657 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 18

“Hi. Why are you here?” Our Tony’s nomination for the 14th year of podcasts is 2007’s first-person survival horror, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl. Leon, Jon and […] The post S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl – Cane and Rinse No.656 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 11

“Dear Player. You’ve come a long way, haven’t you?” Lead developer Andrew Shouldice stuffed every single corner of Tunic’s world with secrets and mysteries, and […] The post Tunic – Cane and Rinse No.655 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 4

“It’s big.” Presented explicitly as the world’s first “stupid game” or “baka game”, Segare Ijiri is a pretty well known cultural touchstone in Japan, but […] The post Segare Ijiri – Cane and Rinse No.654 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 25

“Now you have a friend in the paper business.” A vintage game about an anachronistic job delivering a dying medium. Atari’s arcade hit Paperboy is 40! […] The post Paperboy – Cane and Rinse No.653 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 18

“It is the year 1999, and our game development House, Koch Games, has been hired by The Oikospielen Opera to adapt the novel Tristram Shandy, […] The post Oikospiel Book I – Cane and Rinse no.652 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 13

Back for a fourteenth year of deep-dive videogame review podcasts, and the first subject for 2025 is SEGA’s Panzer Dragoon. Leon, Chris O’Regan, Chris Worthington […] The post Panzer Dragoon – Cane and Rinse No.651 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 21

“Shouldn’t have wished to live in more interesting times.” We conclude our thirteenth year of podcasts by covering the all-conquering, 2023 game of the year […] The post Baldur’s Gate 3 – Cane and Rinse No.650 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 14

“Automatons do not have bugs, Kate Walker. They simply display functional idiosyncracies.” In the aftermath of the golden age of graphic adventure games, the early 2000s […] The post Syberia – Cane and Rinse No.649 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 7

“The powers of the Gold Armlet are now yours to wield.” Team Ancient turned its attention from the urban grime of Streets of Rage 2 […] The post The Story of Thor (Beyond Oasis) – Cane and Rinse No.648 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 31, 2024

“That old coot had me locked up tight in his lab… But guess what? I GOT OUT!” This week’s destination is the Last Resort hotel. […] The post Luigi’s Mansion 3 – Cane and Rinse No.647 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 24, 2024

“We might make a name for ourselves after all…” In a pre-prequel, pre-Disney’s Star Wars world, almost any game featuring George Lucas’ galaxy-spanning space opera […] The post Star Wars: Rogue Squadron trilogy – Cane and Rinse No.646 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 17, 2024

“EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG” Mark Cerny’s first full project as a prodigious teen game creator (after coding a ‘mushroom growing algorithm’ for Millipede) was Atari’s […] The post Marble Madness – Cane and Rinse No.645 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 10, 2024

“The evil hand of BASHTAR has seized the lovely MIHO.” Representing the tiny overlap in the Venn diagram of at least two niche subgenres (prehistoric […] The post JuJu Densetsu (Toki) – Cane and Rinse No.644 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 3, 2024

“…” Installation artist, juggler, balloon artist and first-time game developer William Chyr told himself it would take three months to design a Portal-sized puzzle game. […] The post Manifold Garden – Cane and Rinse No.643 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 26, 2024

“If you make like you’re a DeathMatch hotshot you should be able to bluff your way into the party.” After a tumultuous few years of company […] The post Perfect Dark Zero – Cane and Rinse No.642 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 24, 2024

“If you love a character, you give them pain, ruin their lives, make them suffer.” Just ahead of the release of the fourth instalment in […] The post Dragon Age: Inquisition – Cane and Rinse No.641 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 13, 2024

“Throw me back.” What better way to spend time in the ocean than to fish while trying not to succumb to ancient malices from the deep? […] The post Dredge – Cane and Rinse No.640 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 5, 2024

“Good speech. Blast him.” Marvel’s relatively obscure comic book sci-fi misfits received a huge boost in recognition with their first MCU movie in 2014. Following a […] The post Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – Cane and Rinse No.639 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 29, 2024

“TWO YOUNG VAMPIRE HUNTERS SET OUT TO FULFILL THEIR DESTINY….” New protagonists for a new era. Initially, officially, considered to be a gaiden, Konami’s second […] The post Vampire Killer / Castlevania: Bloodlines / The New Generation – Cane and Rinse No.638 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 22, 2024

“Go! Go! Go! Go-go!” It could have been Sonic 3D, but the tech wasn’t ready. In fact, the game itself wasn’t entirely ready when it […] The post Sonic 3 & Knuckles – Cane and Rinse No.637 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 15, 2024

“Thank you Poe, but the vampire is in another coffin.” Vampire Survivors started off as a solo developer effort that turned into a huge indie […] The post Vampire Survivors – Cane and Rinse No.636 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 8, 2024

“HOT FIGHTING HISTORY” Yie Ar Kung-Fu marked the first appearance of many core one-on-one fighting game tenets that remain in use fully 40 years later. […] The post Yie Ar Kung-Fu – Cane and Rinse No.635 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 1, 2024

“Guess what. This house has an illusion wall.” This week, we put the “cane” back in Cane and Rinse with our discussion of DuckTales on […] The post DuckTales – Cane and Rinse No.634 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 24, 2024

“Good morning.” Covering all the main games from thirty years of Iron Fisting, we relive the mad, bad Mishima saga and recall its many combatants. […] The post Tekken series – Cane and Rinse No.633 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 17, 2024

“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 […] The post Fable – Cane and Rinse No.632 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 10, 2024

“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 […] The post Power Stone – Cane and Rinse No.631 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 3, 2024

“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 […] The post Untitled Goose Game – Cane and Rinse No.630 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 27, 2024

“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 […] The post Metroid: Other M – Cane and Rinse No.629 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 20, 2024

“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 […] The post Area 88 (U.N. Squadron) and U.S. Navy (Carrier Air Wing) – Cane and Rinse No.628 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 13, 2024

“You were my friend, the very best I could have asked for.” That game with the cat. Actually – as we briefly discuss in this […] The post Stray – Cane and Rinse No.627 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 6, 2024

“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, […] The post The Ninja Warriors – Cane and Rinse No.626 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 30, 2024

“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 […] The post Policenauts – Cane and Rinse No.625 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 23, 2024

“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 […] The post Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – Cane and Rinse No.624 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 16, 2024

“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 […] The post Lunar Lander and Lunar Rescue – Cane and Rinse No.623 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 9, 2024

“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 […] The post Elden Ring – Cane and Rinse No.622 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 2, 2024

“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 […] The post Torment: Tides of Numenera – Cane and Rinse No.621 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 25, 2024

“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 […] The post Ghostbusters: The Video Game – Cane and Rinse No.620 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 18, 2024

“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 […] The post Star Raiders – Cane and Rinse No.619 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 11, 2024

“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 […] The post 428: Shibuya Scramble – Cane and Rinse No.618 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 4, 2024

“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 […] The post Ghostbusters – Cane and Rinse No.617 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 28, 2024

“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 […] The post Loom – Cane and Rinse No.616 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 21, 2024

“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 […] The post Pikmin 2 – Cane and Rinse No.615 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 14, 2024

“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 […] The post A Plague Tale: Innocence – Cane and Rinse No.614 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 7, 2024

“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 […] The post Cyberpunk 2077 – Cane and Rinse No.613 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 30, 2024

“A bridge to nowhere, mon frère. Au revoir!” James, Karl, Leah, and Tony go on an intrepid adventure through the Angolan jungle and Canadian Rockies […] The post X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Cane and Rinse No.612 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 26, 2024

Chris O’Regan interviews Mariona Valls and Jordi Garcia of Mango Protocol about the design and development of CLeM, a comedy horror adventure game. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/sausage/TSF_Episode490.mp3 Music […] The post The Sausage Factory: 490 – CLeM by Mango Protocol appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 23, 2024

“OH! DAISY DAISY” Four years since we covered Super Mario Odyssey, and 35 years after its release, it’s time for Super Mario Land to get […] The post Super Mario Land – Cane and Rinse No.611 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 16, 2024

“I’m Sure All Of Us Here Are A Little Crazy” From the Dragon of Dojima to the Hero of Yokohama, what was old is new […] The post Yakuza: Like A Dragon – Cane and Rinse No.610 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 9, 2024

“These things happen the second time around.” “Version Upgrade” NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… arrived just over a decade after the original(s), promising a slicker experience and […] The post NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… – Cane and Rinse No.609 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 2, 2024

“When you finally reach the wizard keep away from the fireballs streaming from his eyes.” More than a decade after his untimely death, Datasoft released […] The post Bruce Lee – Cane and Rinse No.608 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 26, 2024

“Driven by madness, they made a pact with the devil…” Leaping back over the drawbridge of doom and into the castle of mystery, we dance […] The post Castlevania: Rondo of Blood – Cane and Rinse No.607 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 19, 2024

“Suit diagnostic complete: All systems functional.” We round off our coverage of Retro Studios’ Phazon trilogy with our Metroid Prime 3: Corruption deep-dive review. Leon, […] The post Metroid Prime 3: Corruption – Cane and Rinse No.606 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 12, 2024

“Stupid costumes? Take that back! You… You little turd!” In the late 1990s, a swashbuckling and experimental Square released a Zelda-like action RPG based on […] The post Brave Fencer Musashi – Cane and Rinse No.605 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 5, 2024

“The katamari. The Prince. Where the first rolls the second follows. Roll, roll, roll.” Cane and Rinse is on a roll this week as Ryan, […] The post Katamari Damacy series – Cane and Rinse No.604 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 27, 2024

“Do you have ANY idea how difficult it is to make something people actually want to buy?” A relatively up-to-date title for our latest podcast, […] The post Hi-Fi Rush – Cane and Rinse No.603 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 20, 2024

“Ain’t no Mess we Can’t Address!!” The first team-curated selection of the year goes to Double Fine’s Stacking. Leon, Brian (who chose this one for […] The post Stacking – Cane and Rinse No.602 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 13, 2024

“THEY CAME FROM THE THIRD MOON WITH ANCIENT MONSTERS.” We’re back, yet again, for our thirteenth year of podcasts, and we kick off 2024 with a look […] The post Strider Hiryu – Cane and Rinse No.601 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 23, 2024

“Let strength be granted, so the world might be mended.” Wrapping up another year of Cane and Rinse podcasts, we revisit Demon’s Souls, this time […] The post Demon’s Souls – Cane and Rinse No.600 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 16, 2024

“Retrieving Compliment: ‘Jolly good show!’” When we covered Subset’s previous game, FTL back in… wait, what? Apparently we didn’t. Perhaps in the future then. Anyway, here […] The post Into the Breach – Cane and Rinse No.599 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 9, 2024

“At least… confront the first boss…” Seattle didn’t invent grunge or coffee shops, but it certainly popularised them. Seattle’s Mega Crit didn’t invent roguelike deck […] The post Slay the Spire – Cane and Rinse No.598 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 2, 2024

“I will bury all of you” Is this really the end of Kiryu’s journey? Well, we know it’s not, but at the time of release, […] The post Yakuza 6: The Song of Life – Cane and Rinse No.597 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 26, 2023

“Know it’s not what happened but it’s what I wanted.” It’s the near future. The town of Norco has been driven to the brink of […] The post Norco – Cane and Rinse No.596 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 19, 2023

“It did appear that they might be onto something but not so.” After almost thirty years of (more than) annual releases, EA Sports’ FIFA series […] The post FIFA – Cane and Rinse No.595 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 12, 2023

“Shiny World” SEGA AM2 doubled down on an icon in 2003 when it finally released OutRun 2 into the arcades. Updates, expansions and follow-ups came – […] The post OutRun 2 – Cane and Rinse No.594 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 5, 2023

“It’s enough.” It’s been a while since we covered Halo 5 (check out that and our other Halo podcasts in the archive), but now it’s […] The post Halo Infinite – Cane and Rinse No.593 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 28, 2023

“May the Light of Aether shine upon you!” Our last adventure with Samus for this year as we travel back to 2004 for the GameCube sequel, […] The post Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Cane and Rinse No.592 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 21, 2023

“You got boost power!” When we scheduled this show, it had been over 18 years since the most recent release of a new F-Zero game. […] The post F-Zero series – Cane and Rinse No.591 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 14, 2023

“Cheers to your mustaches!” We all know that Mario and Luigi have been on RPG adventures before, but in their first adventure on the GBA, […] The post Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga – Cane and Rinse No.590 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 7, 2023

“By the Spires you made it!” Few would pick a game, based on a theme park experience based on a movie, to be a standout […] The post Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge – Cane and Rinse No.589 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 31, 2023

“DRACULA HAS REVIVED MANY TIMES.” Back on board the spooky train with the beloved action platform series, as we arrive in the 16-bit era and […] The post Super Castlevania IV – Cane and Rinse No.588 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 24, 2023

“Are you all set?” From the arcades of 1993, through the console generations, we drift through every single iteration of Ridge Racer. OK, we haven’t […] The post Ridge Racer series – Cane and Rinse No.587 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 17, 2023

“When you hit the ground, tell ’em Nathan Zachary sent you!” A riveting tale of aerial derring-do is our focus in this podcast, as we […] The post Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge – Cane and Rinse No.586 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 10, 2023

He who makes a beast of himself removes himself from the pain of being human.” The Chinese Room had a difficult path ahead of them […] The post Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs – Cane and Rinse No.585 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 3, 2023

“Toot-Toot Sonic Warrior deep in space and time, Toot-Toot Sonic Warrior forever in your mind” Our third Sonic the Hedgehog show comes on a shiny […] The post Sonic CD – Cane and Rinse No.584 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 26, 2023

“There are no free lessons here.” Fore! Ryan, Jon, Sean and Jesse tee up for a bunker-chipping, birdie-flopping, caddyshacking conversation about Australian indie darling Golf […] The post Golf Story – Cane and Rinse No.583 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 19, 2023

“Questions about whose hands might one day hold my Myst Book are unsettling to me.” After 30 years, we release Chris, James, Jesse and Jon […] The post Myst – Cane and Rinse No.582 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 12, 2023

“PULL IT OUT OF THE SKY!” Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was marketed as an opportunity for players to live out their ultimate (Dark) Jedi […] The post Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and The Force Unleashed II – Cane and Rinse No.581 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 5, 2023

“Goodest idea, underqualified gun man!” Colt and Juliana go head to head, life or death, day after and day and for what? Leon, Tom, Tony […] The post Deathloop – Cane and Rinse No.580 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 29, 2023

“The Zodiac Brave Story” Following two delays (one long, one short), we can finally bring you our in-depth discussion of Final Fantasy Tactics (and The […] The post Final Fantasy Tactics – Cane and Rinse No.579 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 22, 2023

“SOMETIMES HE HIDES IN MUD.” Our fourth Shinobi series podcast sees Joe Musashi come to the end of his 16-bit era with – after a […] The post Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master – Cane and Rinse No.578 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 15, 2023

“People like you are the reason why we have middle fingers” Should we fear death or should we embrace it? Join Brian, Jon, Rich and […] The post Spiritfarer – Cane and Rinse No.577 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 8, 2023

“The Belmont family has a long history of Vampire Hunters.” In our latest Castlevania show we land At Konami’s second attempt at bringing the full-fat horror […] The post Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge – Cane and Rinse No.576 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 1, 2023

“Once upon a time… in a wild, wild world… there were two wolf brothers…” For brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz, the bond they share might […] The post Life Is Strange 2 – Cane and Rinse No.575 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 25, 2023

“BRAVE FOR ENTER BOSOM” Treasure’s 10th release was also its first out-and-out shmup, and what an impact it made. A niche title made in small […] The post Radiant Silvergun – Cane and Rinse No.574 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 18, 2023

“You found a shiny medallion!” Flicky, Agony, Alfred Chicken, Dynamite Dux, Untitled Goose Game. These are just some of the titles we think of when we […] The post Death’s Door – Cane and Rinse No.573 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 11, 2023

“Shall we find something to kill to cheer ourselves up?” Star Wars plus BioWare RPG sounded like manna from heaven to many of us when […] The post Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Cane and Rinse No.572 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 4, 2023

“You have died from dysentery.” Well, not really, but one of your party members probably did. In this installment we cover the edutainment game The Oregon […] The post The Oregon Trail – Cane and Rinse No.571 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 27, 2023

“IT SEEMED AS IF THE WORLD HAD RETURNED TO PEACE…” The Cane and Rinse ninjas shimmy their way across Japan and the USA taking down […] The post The Revenge of Shinobi – Cane and Rinse No.570 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 20, 2023

“Lead on, adventurer. Your quest awaits!” Forty years ago our eyes were blown from their sockets as they witnessed what appeared to be Disney cartoon […] The post Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace – Cane and Rinse No.569 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 13, 2023

“The fire still burns. Hope still burns.” Not such a long time after the sequel hit stores, we got the crew together to review Respawn’s […] The post Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Cane and Rinse No.568 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 6, 2023

“Why, if it isn’t my old pal Luigi! Or is it Baby Luigi? I can’t tell the difference.” This week, the Cane and Rinse podcast […] The post Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon – Cane and Rinse No.567 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 30, 2023

“Could I survive long enough to escape?“ The Game Boy Advance game library featured many renowned Super Nintendo titles released on a handheld device for […] The post Metroid: Zero Mission – Cane and Rinse No.566 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 23, 2023

“The constant fighting between prisoners seems to be getting worse.” The game that gave its name to an industry-changing engine (or was it the engine […] The post Unreal – Cane and Rinse No.565 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 16, 2023

“Better run home to mama now.” Another long standing ‘wrong’ righted, as the Cane and Rinse podcast finally covers a SEGA made Fighting game. Leon, […] The post Fighters Megamix – Cane and Rinse No.564 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 9, 2023

“We’re here to kill chaos.” Square Enix’s beloved Final Fantasy series collides with hardcore action gameplay from Team Ninja, the studio famous for Dead or […] The post Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin – Cane and Rinse No.563 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 2, 2023

“The Force will be with you. Always.” For the first time in its 11 plus year history, Cane and Rinse covers a game based upon […] The post Star Wars (1983) – Cane and Rinse No.562 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 25, 2023

Our Michiel’s pick for this year’s Volume of shows is Konami’s series of cute, comedy shmup capers, Parodius. Leon, Chris Worthington, Michiel (obviously), Ryan and […] The post Parodius series – Cane and Rinse No.561 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 18, 2023

“Life is like a trampoline. The lower you fall, the higher you go.” Six down, two to go! The most epic Ryu ga Gotoku game […] The post Yakuza 5 – Cane and Rinse No.560 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 11, 2023

“Oh my… Who do we have here?” Another case of, “This game is how old already!?” as Guacamelee! turns 10 (ten). Leon, Brian, Leah, new […] The post Guacamelee! – Cane and Rinse No.559 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 4, 2023

“Filthy lucre!” Not before time, a Vanillaware game finds itself under the Cane and Rinse microscope. Leon, Brian, Leah and Michiel party up in order […] The post Dragon’s Crown – Cane and Rinse No.558 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 28, 2023

“Your time has come at last, dear reader.” In this podcast we explore the world of Moss and its anthropomorphic inhabitants. Delving into the world […] The post Moss and Moss: Book II – Cane and Rinse No.557 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 21, 2023

“But we don’t do things because they are easy, hm? We do them because they are profitable!” Nearly 10 years on from our previous Animal […] The post Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Cane and Rinse No.556 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 14, 2023

“That’s me, Ethan Thomas… Drunk, tired and pissed off.” Time to tackle your fears and crack some skulls in Condemned 2: Bloodshot. Join Brian, Jon, […] The post Condemned 2: Bloodshot – Cane and Rinse No.555 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 7, 2023

“SHOOT ALL NINJAS!” Continuing our coverage of SEGA’s side-scrolling ninja series, Shinobi, we arrive at the second instalment – Shadow Dancer. This time he’s brought […] The post Shadow Dancer – Cane and Rinse No.554 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 28, 2023

“No-one cares about your love life, Marker Boy.” More than 11 years since we covered the original Dead Space and its first sequel, a different […] The post Dead Space 3 – Cane and Rinse No.553 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 21, 2023

“You should not go outside without a hat on a cold day like this” In which we explore Simogo’s 2013 metatextual point and click adventure, […] The post Year Walk – Cane and Rinse No.552 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 14, 2023

“Someone once told me learning is like a spiral staircase. The higher you go, the more you come around to the same challenges. But you’re […] The post Off-Peak, The Norwood Suite, Tales from Off-Peak City Vol. 1 – Cane and Rinse No.551 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 23, 2023

“You’re gonna have a great time this summer!” So we arrive at the conclusion of yet another mighty Volume of the Cane and Rinse videogames discussion […] The post A Short Hike – Cane and Rinse No.550 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 16, 2023

Just another day at the end of the world, chatting up demons, eating magic worms, and exploring labyrinths… so many labyrinths. Join Leah, Brian, Josh […] The post Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne – Cane and Rinse No.549 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 9, 2023

“The Belmont family has a long history of fighting evil.” Whether it’s the third, fifth, sixth or even seventh instalment in the series, Castlevania III: […] The post Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse – Cane and Rinse No.548 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 2, 2023

“I Have To Finish What They Started.” A shiny, new Spider-Man for a shiny, new console. Two years after his mentor thwipped onto the scene, […] The post Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Cane and Rinse No.547 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 26, 2022

“I am Astro Bot.” From Playroom to the PS5, it’s time to talk about Astro Bot. Join Brian, Jesse and Karl as they navigate virtual […] The post Astro Bot: Rescue Mission / Astro’s Playroom – Cane and Rinse No.546 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 19, 2022

“Welcome to Nintendo Land!” The park is open! Ryan, Michiel and Jesse have their tickets to Nintendo Land, the Wii U’s bundled-in launch title, and […] The post Nintendo Land – Cane and Rinse No.545 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 15, 2022

“Welcome to the Real World” The 32-bit SEGA Saturn is the subject of our latest single platform special. Leon, Chris, Karl, Michiel and community correspondents […] The post Console Special No.15 – SEGA Saturn appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 12, 2022

“Then, someone found a cure.” Metroid 4. Or Metroid IV. Coming off the back of Wario Land 4, Nintendo R&D 1’s crack team set about […] The post Metroid Fusion – Cane and Rinse No.544 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 5, 2022

“Well, have you fallen for me yet?” The team tackles Lost Odyssey, the 2007 JRPG from the mind of Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the […] The post Lost Odyssey – Cane and Rinse No.543 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 28, 2022

“A dragon ought to know it is unwise to rile a cat.” As you’ll hear in this podcast, the history of this one goes way […] The post Nioh – Cane and Rinse No.542 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 21, 2022

“Don’t just sit there and waste your precious time.” Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is 30 (thirty). Leon, Karl, Tony, guest Jamie Smith (Principal Game Designer […] The post Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – Cane and Rinse No.541 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 14, 2022

“DESTROY THE ENEMY NINJA GROUP” Heavily inspired by Namco’s Rolling Thunder, SEGA launched its cool, ninja-based response 35 years ago, in 1987. Leon, Michiel, Rich […] The post Shinobi – Cane and Rinse No.540 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 7, 2022

“Here, another chapter of that history will be written.” As well as excitement, there was palpable trepidation when Nintendo announced that Metroid was going not […] The post Metroid Prime – Cane and Rinse No.539 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 31, 2022

“Tell me what’s out there!” Josh is your host for this issue, accompanied by Brian and Leah as they discuss Capcom’s 2021 release to their […] The post Resident Evil Village – Cane and Rinse No.538 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 24, 2022

“REST” The fourth stop on our Castlevania series retrospective is the (generally maligned) first handheld incarnation, Castlevania: The Adventure. Leon, Brian, Jon, Michiel and community […] The post Castlevania: The Adventure – Cane and Rinse No.537 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 18, 2022

“Time bonus!” Looking back a bit further than we did in our previous SEGA arcade racer podcasts on Daytona USA and SEGA Rally, we take […] The post Virtua Racing – Cane and Rinse No.536 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 10, 2022

“Release The Hypno Drones“ Tom, James, Ryan and Jesse (who happens to be a former colleague of the game’s creator) take a break from furiously […] The post Universal Paperclips – Cane and Rinse No.535 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 3, 2022

“Don’t be a tuna head!” The creepy comedy tale of Maniac Mansion comprises the origin stories of point and click graphic adventures, cut-scenes in videogames […] The post Maniac Mansion – Cane and Rinse No.534 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 26, 2022

A great slam and then some! Perfectly tuned or punishingly difficult? Join Brian, James and Ryan as they dodge, dash, and dive their way through […] The post Cuphead – Cane and Rinse No.533 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 19, 2022

“The Olympians have all grown soft… would you not agree?” There is no escape for James, Leah, and Rich, but with Hermes’ help they can […] The post Hades – Cane and Rinse No.532 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 12, 2022

“Give a guy a gun, he thinks he’s Superman. Give him two and he thinks he’s God.” Here comes the medium-jumping sequel that was 15 […] The post John Woo presents Stranglehold – Cane and Rinse No.531 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 5, 2022

“Everyone go do their own thing, and we’ll reconvene here.” We’re up to the fifth show in our mainline Yakuza series of podcasts, which, therefore, […] The post Yakuza 4 – Cane and Rinse No.530 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 29, 2022

“Prime core fully seated.” Our second PlatinumGames joint of the year, comes in the form of 2019 Switch exclusive Astral Chain. In a sense – […] The post Astral Chain – Cane and Rinse No.529 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 22, 2022

“Where’d you learn how to make pancakes?” A long-awaited podcast sequel for a long-awaited game sequel, in the year 2022 we re-enter Tim Schafer’s mind […] The post Psychonauts 2 – Cane and Rinse No.528 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 15, 2022

“This is no place for a horse.” Almost a decade after we covered the original Darksiders, the Cane and Rinse panel reconvenes to review the […] The post Darksiders II – Cane and Rinse No.527 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 8, 2022

“None of us were there when it happened.” With some delay, we bring you our podcast about the Hungarian/Japanese developed shoot ’em up, Sine Mora. […] The post Sine Mora – Cane and Rinse No.526 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 1, 2022

“WINNER!” Welcome to the Blunderdome! Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout brought candy-coloured fun into millions of homes during the darkest hours of the COVID pandemic, and […] The post Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout – Cane and Rinse No.525 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 25, 2022

“By the Scribes, we gather in their names. To face the Nightwings here before the flames.” In 2017 Supergiant games returned with the launch of […] The post Pyre – Cane and Rinse No.524 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 18, 2022

“YOUR UNENDING THIRST WILL BE YOUR ULTIMATE DOWNFALL.” Deceptively wholesome dating sim by way of visual novel, Cane and Rinse covers some less well trodden […] The post Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator – Cane and Rinse No.523 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 11, 2022

“What kind of family finishes building a cemetery before starting the house?” An interactive rumination on what death means to the living, is one way […] The post What Remains of Edith Finch – Cane and Rinse No.522 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 4, 2022

“GOAL IN!” Although Taito ultimately followed up the original with some more formulaic, direct type sequels, Rainbow Islands tells the real and true Story of […] The post Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 – Cane and Rinse No.521 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 27, 2022

“You better go now or you won’t have to run with your head as your third leg.” Psychokinetic superhero Jesse Faden investigates the FBC’s X-Files […] The post Control – Cane and Rinse No.520 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 20, 2022

“It’s good to be back.” The World of Assassination Trilogy redefined Hitman for a new generation. It also redefined the position of IO Interactive in […] The post Hitman III – Cane and Rinse No.519 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 13, 2022

“You don’t have to be perfect for anyone to care about you.” Chicory is not the dog. Find out what (or whom) Chicory actually is […] The post Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Cane and Rinse No.518 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 6, 2022

“Oh, you smell nice. Like mock-apples.” Our Tony’s pick for the year’s podcasts is The Outer Worlds. Not to be confused with Outer Wilds (Issue […] The post The Outer Worlds – Cane and Rinse No.517 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 30, 2022

“Start your engines!” Getting on for five years since our first Super Mario Kart podcast (and five years on from the release of Mario Kart […] The post Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe – Cane and Rinse No.516 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 23, 2022

“Who are you calling sweaty!?” Why settle for controlling just a single solitary hero when you can wrangle a supergroup of 100? The Wonderful 101 […] The post The Wonderful 101 – Cane and Rinse No.515 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 16, 2022

“But hope wears all kinds of faces” Chris, James, Jesse and Jon discuss Innerspace VR’s Maskmaker, in which you play as a maskmaker’s apprentice, learning […] The post Maskmaker – Cane and Rinse No.514 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 9, 2022

“Attention. Hull failure imminent. All personnel abandon ship. Launch in 3…2…1…“ For this week’s issue, Tom, Ryan, Brian and Jon tackle Unknown Worlds Entertainment’s open […] The post Subnautica – Cane and Rinse No.513 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 2, 2022

“What about a person? Can a person be haunted?” This week, Ryan, Leah, Jon and James take the long journey home through the twilight roads and […] The post Kentucky Route Zero – Cane and Rinse No.512 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 25, 2022

“Not so cocky anymore, are ya? Huh? Huh!?” Buy One Get One Free co-op only multi-genre adventure It Takes Two is the subject of our latest […] The post It Takes Two – Cane and Rinse No.511 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 18, 2022

“You could think of things in your mind and then make them happen.” In honour of the legendary British coder’s 60th birthday, we bring you […] The post Jeff Minter – Cane and Rinse No.510 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 17, 2022

“Born to Play” In recognition of its 20th birthday, we recall the life, library and legacy of Nintendo’s noisy baby, the GameCube. Leon, Brian, Darren, Michiel […] The post Console Special No.14 – Nintendo GameCube appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 11, 2022

“ONE PLAYER ONLY” In the third of our current run of Castlevania series podcasts, we arrive at the 1988 arcade game, Haunted Castle. Although the […] The post Haunted Castle – Cane and Rinse No.509 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 4, 2022

“If I were to move from this spot, then the four that precede me would no longer precede me.” This week, Ryan, Jesse, and Jon […] The post The Fool’s Errand – Cane and Rinse No.508 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 29, 2022

Leon talks to returning guest, author David L. Craddock, about his forthcoming work Long Live Mortal Kombat: Round 1 – The Fatalities and Fandom of […] The post Interview Extra: Long Live Mortal Kombat: Round 1 – The Fatalities and Fandom of the Arcade Era appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 28, 2022

“I’ve been having these weird thoughts lately…. like, is any of this for real or not?” From Destiny Islands to The End of the World, […] The post Kingdom Hearts – Cane and Rinse No.507 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 21, 2022

“THE LAST METROID IS IN CAPTIVITY. THE GALAXY IS AT PEACE…” All back to Zebes for the third instalment of our Metroid series of podcasts. […] The post Super Metroid – Cane and Rinse No.506 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 14, 2022

*sigh* Bafanada! No mind to think, no will to break, no voice to cry suffering, born of God and Void… James, Jon, Josh and Tom […] The post Hollow Knight – Cane and Rinse No.505 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 7, 2022

“Clean up your acts.” Dad-mode Kiryu comes to the fore in our fourth Ryu ga Gotoku podcast. Leon, Brian, Leah, Michiel and community correspondents head […] The post Yakuza 3 – Cane and Rinse No.504 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 28, 2022

“Let’s attack aggressively.” Five years ago we covered the first two distinct entries in Konami’s Contra series of run and gun shmups. Now, on the […] The post Contra Spirits (Contra III: The Alien Wars) – Cane and Rinse No.503 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 21, 2022

“This must be where the hospital stores its huge fires” In this record-breaking issue, Ryan Leah, Tony and James strap in to discuss almost 20 […] The post LEGO series – Cane and Rinse No.502 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 14, 2022

“I’ll give you a TKO from Tokyo!” Join Brian, Michiel, Ryan and guest Ben Cartlidge as they look back over the journey of Little Mac […] The post Punch-Out!! series – Cane and Rinse No.501 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 24, 2022

“Oh, you launched! That’s great. Great job, you.” For our milestone 500th podcast we investigate 2019’s multi award-winning critical darling, Outer Wilds – an ambitious […] The post Outer Wilds – Cane and Rinse No.500 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 17, 2022

“RUN PROJECT 23” In the penultimate podcast of our tenth year, we mark the 30th anniversary of Eric Chahi’s Another World. Leon, Chris, Karl, Tony […] The post Another World – Cane and Rinse No.499 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 10, 2022

“Here comes the Meat Train” Leah, Josh, Brian and Ryan discuss Austin Jorgensen’s post-apocalyptic role-playing videogame LISA: The Painful. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_498.mp3 Music featured in this […] The post LISA: The Painful – Cane and Rinse No.498 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 3, 2022

“If we don’t all come together again, humanity will not survive.” In a genre-defying podcast, we bend at the knees and keep our backs straight […] The post Death Stranding – Cane and Rinse No.497 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 27, 2021

“WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE.” The ‘difficult second album’ middle child of the NES Castlevania trilogy. Leon, Josh, Leah, Michiel and community […] The post Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest – Cane and Rinse No.496 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 20, 2021

“Too many have suffered in these dark times. The smallest among us the most.” Moon Studios’ magical Metroidvania sequel demands our attention in this follow […] The post Ori and the Will of the Wisps – Cane and Rinse No.495 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 13, 2021

“Is it our destiny to defy destiny? It’s an interesting question.” When a beloved game is remade, there’s always the question: what will it be […] The post Final Fantasy VII Remake – Cane and Rinse No.494 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 6, 2021

“It doesn’t sound like civil disobedience. It’s too quiet.” Regrettably late for Halloween and the game’s 15th anniversary (as well as the fifth anniversary of […] The post Dead Rising – Cane and Rinse No.493 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 29, 2021

“Come on, let’s go. Body’s rottin’ as we speak.” Tony’s the host this week aided and abetted by Karl, Jon and Darren as they switch […] The post Condemned: Criminal Origins – Cane and Rinse No.492 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 22, 2021

“Wait! We’re talking about the artifact here?” 25 years have passed since a fresh, if flat-face Lara Croft made her first graceful bow. Leon, Jon, […] The post Tomb Raider – Cane and Rinse No.491 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 15, 2021

“So the Galactic Federation called it’s members to an urgent conference to find a way to overcome this menace. They quickly came to one conclusion, […] The post Metroid II: Return of Samus – Cane and Rinse No.490 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 11, 2021

“IT ONLY DOES EVERYTHING.” In our latest single platform, one console podcast we cast our minds back to the mid-2000s and Sony’s entry into the […] The post Console Special No.13 – Sony PlayStation 3 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 8, 2021

“Oh, yeah! Mario, wahoo!” Our seventh and penultimate – at least until they make a new game – Mario Kart podcast sees us arrive at […] The post Mario Kart 7 – Cane and Rinse No.489 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 1, 2021

“YOU PLAYED THE GREATEST ROLE IN THIS STORY.” Recording on the day of the 35th anniversary of the game’s launch in Japan, we embark upon […] The post Castlevania – Cane and Rinse No.488 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 25, 2021

“So we have this hostility to the external world because of the superstition, the myth, the absolutely unfounded theory that you, yourself, exist only inside […] The post Everything – Cane and Rinse No.487 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 18, 2021

“It’s rough and coarse and it gets everywhere.” Artyom’s search for the truth about the world outside Moscow picks up steam in the third of […] The post Metro Exodus – Cane and Rinse No.486 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 11, 2021

“In the beginning, the Earth was without form, and void.” While MicroProse didn’t exactly break the mould with the original Civ, they certainly kept hold […] The post Sid Meier’s Civilization & Civilization II – Cane and Rinse No.485 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 4, 2021

“NOW, YOU FOUND THE IMPORTANT MAGIC IN THE WORLD” So simple on the surface, Taito’s cutesy single screen puzzle platformer, Bubble Bobble, hides abyss-like depths. […] The post Bubble Bobble – Cane and Rinse No.484 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 27, 2021

“PAGE TEXT REMOVED DUE TO VIOLATION OF HYPNOSPACE LAW” Put on your Beefbrain Shield Pro. We’re going back to 1999 to rediscover (2019’s) bizarre retro […] The post Hypnospace Outlaw – Cane and Rinse No.483 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 20, 2021

“Stop Street Fighting!” It’s time for SNK’s team battle-focused fighter to shine in our The King of Fighters series podcast. Leon Cox is joined by […] The post The King of Fighters series – Cane and Rinse No.482 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 13, 2021

“Eating grub, sleeping, laughing, crying. Sometimes arguing. Sounds all right!” Sometimes we cover a game that lasts barely the length of one of our podcasts, […] The post Xenoblade Chronicles – Cane and Rinse No.481 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 6, 2021

“EMERGENCY ORDER” To mark the fearless space hunter Samus Aran’s 35th anniversary we embark upon what will be another long-running series of podcasts covering the […] The post Metroid – Cane and Rinse No.480 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 30, 2021

“Comedy? There’s no place for comedy in a Yakuza story…” Our third Yakuza series podcast brings us up to the second title in the original […] The post Yakuza Kiwami 2 – Cane and Rinse No.479 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 23, 2021

“A storm is coming” On its one year anniversary, it is time to revisit the isle of Tsushima. Brian, Leah and Ryan wax poetic about […] The post Ghost of Tsushima – Cane and Rinse No.478 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 16, 2021

“Very long, easy left, maybe.” Over jumping out of SEGA’s arcade heyday comes the mighty SEGA Rally Championship. Leon, Karl, Michiel and community correspondence buckle […] The post SEGA Rally Championship series – Cane and Rinse No.477 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 9, 2021

“You can’t stop this.” One year on from its release, we take on Naughty Dog’s dark and divisive sequel. Leon, Josh, Karl, Thomas and a […] The post The Last of Us Part II – Cane and Rinse No.476 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 2, 2021

“YOU ARE THE MASTER NOW” We couldn’t let the 25th birthday of id Software’s phenomenally influential fps Quake go uncelebrated. Leon, Darren, Karl, Jesse and […] The post Quake – Cane and Rinse No.475 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 28, 2021

“Change the System” In our latest single platform special we remember the awesome power of the Nintendo 64 during its brief but bright spell in […] The post Console Special No.12 – Nintendo 64 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 26, 2021

“How hard could it be for thieves like you to get us out of a place like this?” Of the many (many!) JRPGs on the […] The post Koudelka – Cane and Rinse No.474 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 19, 2021

“SEGA” The very deserving recipient of an anniversary podcast, Sonic the Hedgehog turns 30 years old in 2021. Leon, Darren, Leah and guest John Linneman […] The post Sonic the Hedgehog – Cane and Rinse No.473 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 12, 2021

“Take a bite of Duke’s special pain cake!” What do you get when you take Duke Nukem 3D, add a dash of Half-Life, smother it […] The post Duke Nukem Forever – Cane and Rinse No.472 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 5, 2021

“Enviromental hazard detected” Part of Ubisoft and Red Storm Entertainment’s initial foray into the VR market, Star Trek: Bridge Crew recreated one of pop culture’s […] The post Star Trek: Bridge Crew – Cane and Rinse No.471 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 28, 2021

“Wait a minute! We are not going back to Misty Island! Are we?” In the years between the Crash Bandicoot trilogy and Uncharted, Naughty Dog […] The post Jak and Daxter: The Precurser Legacy – Cane and Rinse No.470 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 21, 2021

“Never accept the world as it appears to be. Dare to see it for what it could be.” Join Josh, Brian, Jesse and Rich as […] The post Overwatch – Cane and Rinse No.469 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 14, 2021

“You are extreme, all-engulfing madness. A volatile simian nervous system, ominously new to the planet” A mystery is afoot. Ryan converses with the voices in […] The post Disco Elysium – Cane and Rinse No.468 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 7, 2021

“Of course, there’s the problem of causality…” For the first time in the ten-year history of the Cane and Rinse videogame podcast, we deep-dive into […] The post Trinity – Cane and Rinse No.467 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 31, 2021

“Bring it on!” Eight years on from our original Streets of Rage trilogy podcast, we are finally able to bring you the sequel. Daring revivalist […] The post Streets of Rage 4 – Cane and Rinse No.466 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 24, 2021

“Go, go, go, go!” The biggest selling racing game of all time (at the time of recording), and the sixth mainline entry in Nintendo’s character […] The post Mario Kart Wii – Cane and Rinse No.465 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 17, 2021

“What are you thinking!?” Between an early showing and its release, transforming powerboats became personal watercraft (i.e. jet skis) and Nintendo had itself a massively upgraded […] The post Wave Race 64 – Cane and Rinse No.464 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 13, 2021

Just as the videogame industry began to implode in North America, Milton Bradley set out to try and grab a piece of the pie by […] The post Console Special No.11 – Vectrex appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 10, 2021

“There is corruption here. It beckons you. Promises riches and power. So much temptation.” Join Josh, Brian, James and Tom as they slink through blood-soaked […] The post Dishonored 2 – Cane and Rinse No.463 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 3, 2021

“We were born of nightmares…” Back to the island of slumber and seashells as we return to the island of Koholint for Grezzo’s Switch remakening […] The post The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (2019) – Cane and Rinse No.462 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 26, 2021

“Won’t you be my rotting corpse, Miss Tosaka?” Go to class, join the track team, date a pigeon. The average life of a high school […] The post Hatoful Boyfriend: A School of Hope and White Wings – Cane and Rinse No.461 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 19, 2021

“Welcome home, great Slayer.” As the red dust continues to settle after Doomguy’s latest landing, Cane and Rinse keeps pace with the mythical space marine. Leon, […] The post DOOM Eternal – Cane and Rinse No.460 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 12, 2021

“Cowabunga!” A duo of cartoon capers in this show with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) and The Simpsons (1991). Leon, Brian, Michiel and returning guest […] The post Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/The Simpsons – Cane and Rinse No.459 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 5, 2021

“You’ve been here before, haven’t you?” 2011: Crunch time for BioWare as EA’s corporate wyvern demands a prompt sequel to the successful Dragon Age: Origins, […] The post Dragon Age II – Cane and Rinse No.458 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 29, 2021

“The sooner we come to terms with our mortality, the more time we can spend really living in the here-and-now.” The fecund soil of Stardew […] The post Stardew Valley – Cane and Rinse No.457 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 22, 2021

“This world is inhabited by creatures called Pokémon! For some people, Pokémon are pets. Others use them for fights. Myself… I study Pokémon as a […] The post Pokémon – Cane and Rinse No.456 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 15, 2021

“Hey, what do you know about that monster?” In which we do our best to keep pace with Capcom’s ever-expanding Biohazard series by reviewing its […] The post Resident Evil 3 (2020) – Cane and Rinse No.455 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 10, 2021

In this interview extra podcast, author David L. Craddock returns to talk to Leon about his latest book, Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: […] The post Interview Extra: David L. Craddock, author of Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 8, 2021

“It’s hard to believe that it’s over, isn’t it? Funny, how we get attached to the struggle.” Join Josh, Brian, Rich and Tony as they […] The post Celeste – Cane and Rinse No.454 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 1, 2021

“Your face. Your ass. What’s the difference?” 90s throwback 80s throwback Duke Nukem is the subject of our latest podcast, as the big lunk’s first […] The post Duke Nukem 3D – Cane and Rinse No.453 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 22, 2021

“Gather ’round people, we have much to discuss” A decade after the release of Monster Hunter, Capcom set out to bring the fifth mainline game […] The post Monster Hunter: World – Cane and Rinse No.452 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 15, 2021

“Do what you do best, man!” On the eve of the completion of the World Of Assassination trilogy, join James, Jon, Josh and Ryan as […] The post Hitman 2 (2018) – Cane and Rinse No.451 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 26, 2021

“Live In Your World, Play In Ours.” At the time of recording, 20 years after its launch, the PlayStation 2 remains the best-selling videogame console […] The post Console Special No.10 – Sony PlayStation 2 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 25, 2021

“I wanna be a heroControl my life’s eventsI’ll use my song to prove them wrongAnd make a difference” To conclude our ninth year of shows […] The post Wandersong – Cane and Rinse No.450 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 18, 2021

“Goodness! Look at the size of that thing!” Friendly and fun family frolics in our penultimate podcast of our ninth year, as we catch up […] The post Super Mario Odyssey – Cane and Rinse No.449 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 11, 2021

“Rest in peace, little chicken. It’s been a bash.” Join Josh, James and Leah as we reunite with the Sparda family to remove a overgrown […] The post Devil May Cry 5 – Cane and Rinse No.448 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 4, 2021

“Running… isn’t… the answer…” In our second show on SEGA’s multi-generational crime saga, we take a look at Yakuza Kiwami as well as look back at […] The post Yakuza Kiwami – Cane and Rinse No.447 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 28, 2020

“RIDE FAST, EXPLORE MORE.” Join Karl, Rich and Charlotte as they venture to the Alps to tackle Ubisoft’s latest take on open world game’s design […] The post Steep – Cane and Rinse No.446 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 21, 2020

“Here we go!” The beginning of the Nintendo Dual Screen’s heyday in 2005 saw the not insignificant release of a new, handheld Mario Kart. Mario Kart […] The post Mario Kart DS – Cane and Rinse No.445 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 14, 2020

“You bastards may take… exactly what I give you!” Nine years ago the good ship Cane and Rinse set sail; 443 issues later it has […] The post Return of the Obra Dinn – Cane and Rinse No.444 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 7, 2020

“We’re all connected in this life.” Following on from our (at the time of recording) all-encompassing Tetris show (podcast issue 270), we catch up with […] The post Tetris Effect and Tetris 99 – Cane and Rinse No.443 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 30, 2020

“A spark of humanity somewhere. Always that wretched little spark.” Bleak, dystopian, depressing – and that’s just 2020. It’s not funny because it’s true. To […] The post I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream – Cane and Rinse No.442 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 23, 2020

“Don’t touch that dial now, we’re just getting started.” More than five years since the last Silent Hill issue, Ryan, Leah, Brian, and Jon trepidatiously […] The post P.T. (Playable Teaser) – Cane and Rinse No.441 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 16, 2020

“Across the level, you will meet the Tribals.” Knee deep in the “golden era” of the Nintendo 64’s lifespan, its most expert second party developer […] The post Jet Force Gemini – Cane and Rinse No.440 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 9, 2020

“Calm down.” Ready those hug buttons as Leon, Leah, Rich and Tony flick jellybeans in your general direction for our A Boy and His Blob podcast. 2D […] The post A Boy and His Blob – Cane and Rinse No.439 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 2, 2020

“Sometimes the face we show to the world needs to be one of strength, despite the chaos we harbor beneath” Join Josh, Jay, Karl and […] The post Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Cane and Rinse No.438 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 26, 2020

“All the princess’s hopes now rest on the brave youth she loves.” There’s much more to the story of the original Prince of Persia than […] The post Prince of Persia (Classic) – Cane and Rinse No.437 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 22, 2020

“Jump In” In our latest free-for-all console special podcast we look at Microsoft’s Xbox 360. Leon, Jay, Tony, Jon and community contributors remember the flawed […] The post Console Special No.9 – Microsoft Xbox 360 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 19, 2020

“Time to take a little magic trip to cupcake town“ Josh, James, Charlotte and Jon head to Edwards Island to join Alex and her crew […] The post Oxenfree – Cane and Rinse No.436 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 12, 2020

“The other humans are approved for passage. Regretfully, you are not.” It’s been more than five years since we covered a Halo title, when we […] The post Halo 5: Guardians – Cane and Rinse No.435 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 5, 2020

“We’re just another group of migrants.” Conceived after reading a 2015 article about the Syrian refugee experience, already several years into the country’s civil war, […] The post Bury me, my Love – Cane and Rinse No.434 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 28, 2020

“No problem!” Less than a decade after the French studio was founded, Ubi Soft Entertainment (as it was then), released colourful and seemingly armless character […] The post Rayman – Cane and Rinse No.433 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 21, 2020

Arina’s room The Gardens Between ponders the transient nature of friendships through the lens of the ability to time travel and pull memories together from […] The post The Gardens Between – Cane and Rinse No.432 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 14, 2020

You think this is a dream? Well then maybe it’s time to wake up? With a complex storyline that chronologically twists around its predecessor, Dennaton […] The post Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number – Cane and Rinse No.431 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 7, 2020

“Great, just great. You’re on an exciting adventure with Mario. Talk about unfair.” Scheduled for the game’s 20th birthday, in this podcast we look back […] The post Paper Mario – Cane and Rinse No.430 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 31, 2020

“Gather round all of you who would listen.” Years prior to Sony San Diego becoming the MLB: The Show studio, the team made its debut […] The post The Mark of Kri – Cane and Rinse No.429 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 24, 2020

“Only when we let strangers in can we find new ways to be ourselves.” If you want to be the last player standing in Shibuya’s […] The post The World Ends With You – Cane and Rinse No.428 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 17, 2020

“LeChuck is your schnoobums!?” Further piratical shenanigans abound as the dread ship Cane and Rinse returns to the Caribbean sea to break The Curse of […] The post The Curse of Monkey Island – Cane and Rinse No.427 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 10, 2020

“Coo coo. (I hear you’ve been busy, Mario.)” Create or Play? That is the big question asked of anyone who starts a game in the […] The post Super Mario Maker series – Cane and Rinse No.426 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 3, 2020

“The End” It’s been fully four decades since Dave Theurer turned his apocalyptic nightmares into an arcade game. Missile Command told a darker story than […] The post Missile Command – Cane and Rinse No.425 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 27, 2020

“You don’t need a potion to win me over! You already have!” Steel thy shovel….. again! We’ve discussed Yacht Club Games’s Shovel Knight before, but […] The post Shovel Knight DLC – Cane and Rinse No.424 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 22, 2020

“Now you’re playing with power; SUPER POWER!” Everything about our latest single format special podcast is just super. Leon, Brian, Michiel and returning guest Ben […] The post Console Special No.8 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 20, 2020

“How many more bones would you crush? How many lives will you destroy in pursuit of what you call justice?” Concluding our Batman: Arkham series […] The post Batman: Arkham Knight – Cane and Rinse No.423 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 13, 2020

“Through recondite arts, the Alchemists had created Shardbinders.” The fruits of substantial crowdfunding and the labour of a supergroup of game devs were harvested in […] The post Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon / Ritual of the Night – Cane and Rinse No.422 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 6, 2020

“Well, would you look at that?” Wrapping up our Uncharted coverage, for now at least, we end up at standalone adjunct, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. […] The post Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – Cane and Rinse No.421 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 29, 2020

“Shoot The Core!” The venerable side-scrolling space shoot ’em up series Gradius celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2020. Leon, Michiel, Ben Cartlidge and Dan Clark run […] The post Scramble and the Gradius series – Cane and Rinse No.420 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 22, 2020

“All that matters now is what we do next” What does it take to truly be a person? Is it how you were created? What […] The post Detroit: Become Human – Cane and Rinse No.419 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 15, 2020

“We’re playin’… We’re playin’… We’re playin’…” Whether it’s Guitar Hero by way of Fruit Ninja or a chance to live out the Star Wars Kid […] The post Beat Saber – Cane and Rinse No.418 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 8, 2020

“Nice entrance. Solid eight out of ten… Nine out of ten.” Welcome to “Just the Facts” with J. Jonah Jameson. Alerting you to the threats […] The post Marvel’s Spider-Man – Cane and Rinse No.417 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 1, 2020

“The invading Snowmads have locked Donkey Kong Island in a deep freeze, and it’s up to the Kongs to thaw things out!” Our run of […] The post Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Cane and Rinse No.416 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 25, 2020

“We make the world what it is by what we do. All of us.” Bikers vs Zombies may sound like a late night made-for-TV movie, […] The post Days Gone – Cane and Rinse No.415 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 18, 2020

“Life. Afterlife. Real. Virtual. Dream. Nightmare. It’s a thin line.” Before the deluge of Metroidvania type games came Axiom Verge. Thomas Happ’s intriguing alternate reality […] The post Axiom Verge – Cane and Rinse No.414 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 11, 2020

“Yeah, I know.” After his work on Monument Valley, Ken Wong scaled the heights of creating his own studio, Mountains. With the publishing expertise of […] The post Florence – Cane and Rinse No.413 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 4, 2020

“You come to us, like a snake in the grass, here… in a city of lies, you… are the biggest liar of all” Techland’s five […] The post Dying Light – Cane and Rinse No.412 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 29, 2020

“Come out and play” In our latest single format special, Leon, Chris, James and Leah review “The Walkman of the 21st Century”, Sony’s PlayStation Portable. […] The post Console Special No. 7: Sony PlayStation Portable appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 27, 2020

“Hesitate and you lose, that is the way of war.” Can shadows die? Can they die twice? And what is a Loaded Spear actually useful […] The post Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – Cane and Rinse No.411 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 20, 2020

“Let’s give DK our biggest Kong-gratulations!” In our latest show on Nintendo’s necktied primate, we swing back to the mid-2000s to go ape with Donkey […] The post Donkey Kong Jungle Beat – Cane and Rinse No.410 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 13, 2020

“He’s a… whatchacallit. A fisting artist.” As recommended by fans of the series, we begin our Japanese organised crime odyssey at its chronological beginning – […] The post Yakuza 0 – Cane and Rinse No.409 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 6, 2020

“I have the shiniest meat bicycle.” For this week’s podcast, Jesse Fuchs makes his Cane and Rinse hosting debut with a discussion focused on Telltale […] The post Tales from the Borderlands – Cane and Rinse No.408 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 30, 2020

“A stranger you are… and strange looking at that!” Just before Square got into bed with Sony, their relationship with Nintendo seemed to be firing […] The post Super Mario RPG – Cane and Rinse No.407 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 23, 2020

“Raise thy sword by the light, and head to the place where the sword’s light gathers.” The Cane and Rinse podcast returns to The Forbidden […] The post Shadow of the Colossus (2018) – Cane and Rinse No.406 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 16, 2020

“Jungle Boogie!” Nintendo wanted in on the ‘BeMani’ action in the early-mid 2000s, and so roped in Taiko no Tatsujin producers Namco to reskin their […] The post Donkey Konga trilogy – Cane and Rinse No.405 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 9, 2020

“I serve no one, and I fight for everyone.” In this issue, Karl, Brian, Jay and Rich travel back to Ancient Egypt to the origin […] The post Assassin’s Creed Origins – Cane and Rinse No.404 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 2, 2020

“Enough with this cat and mouse game.” After almost two decades of feverish speculation, Capcom finally brought us the remake of Resident Evil 2 that […] The post Resident Evil 2 (2019) – Cane and Rinse No.403 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 24, 2020

“Keep your expectations low boy, and you’ll never be disappointed.” A serious assessment of Sony Santa Monica’s soft reboot of the successful but stagnating God […] The post God of War (2018) – Cane and Rinse No.402 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 17, 2020

“This whole thing is pretty much done. We’re more ghosts than people.” Welcome home, pardners. The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast returns for its ninth […] The post Red Dead Redemption II – Cane and Rinse No. 401 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 14, 2020

“Up to 6 billion players” The latest of our single platform podcast specials focuses on SEGA’s final console, the Dreamcast. Leon, Karl and guests Ben […] The post Console special No.6: SEGA Dreamcast appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 30, 2019

“My hair does not look like a chocobo butt.” In this issue, Josh, Leah, Charlotte and Tom hop into a convertible and embark on an […] The post Final Fantasy XV – Cane and Rinse No.400 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 30, 2019

It’s the end of the year, and Cane and Rinse are celebrating another year in videogaming with not one but five 2019-in-review shows of epic […] The post Cane and Rinse – 2019 in Review: Part 5 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 29, 2019

It’s the end of the year, and Cane and Rinse are celebrating another year in videogaming with not one but five 2019-in-review shows of epic […] The post Cane and Rinse – 2019 in Review: Part 4 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 28, 2019

It’s the end of the year, and Cane and Rinse is celebrating another year in videogaming with not one but five 2019-in-review shows of epic […] The post Cane and Rinse – 2019 in Review: Part 3 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 27, 2019

It’s the end of the year, and Cane and Rinse is celebrating another year in videogaming with not one but five 2019-in-review shows of epic […] The post Cane and Rinse – 2019 in Review: Part 2 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 26, 2019

It’s the end of the year, and Cane and Rinse is celebrating another year in videogaming with not one but five 2019-in-review shows of epic […] The post Cane and Rinse – 2019 in Review: Part 1 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 23, 2019

“Get bananas back from the Tikis!” In our latest podcast on the bequiffed ape, we land late in the Wii era with Donkey Kong Country […] The post Donkey Kong Country Returns – Cane and Rinse No.399 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 16, 2019

“Time is not your enemy, forever is.” A rare foray into the world of the Western CRPG for us, but 1999’s Planescape: Torment ticks a […] The post Planescape: Torment – Cane and Rinse No.398 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 9, 2019

“1 COIN 1 PLAY” Marking its 40th birthday, we celebrate one of Atari’s most iconic, influential and successful arcade games from the so-called ‘golden age’: […] The post Asteroids series – Cane and Rinse No.397 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 2, 2019

“Fear… radiates from you. It’s beautiful, but not yet finished.” Having sunken into a drunken stupor since the previous Tango Gameworks title, the lure of […] The post The Evil Within 2 – Cane and Rinse No.396 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 25, 2019

“Hey, Been a long time, Donkey-Dude!” After the rousing success of Diddy Kong Racing and Banjo-Kazooie, it was time for Rare to step up to […] The post Donkey Kong 64 – Cane and Rinse No.395 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 18, 2019

“Eight long years to bounce back here, I’ll win this time and make you cheer!” Eekum Bokum! It’s another Banjo-Kazooie adventure but this time almost […] The post Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts – Cane and Rinse No.394 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 11, 2019

“Why are we still here? Just to suffer?” In very probably our last ever podcast on the venerable series, we finally give Metal Gear Solid […] The post Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – Cane and Rinse No.393 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 4, 2019

“There’s no such thing as a Bat Man.” Join us as we go back before City, before Asylum, before the Joker, to when Batman was […] The post Batman: Arkham Origins – Cane and Rinse No.392 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 28, 2019

“If you only knew how satisfying that look on your face is.” Shinji Mikami brought back some of the survival and all of the horror […] The post The Evil Within – Cane and Rinse No.391 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 21, 2019

“There is no hope. Not for l’Cie.” We’re closing in on the final entries in our Final Fantasy series, and as the first game released […] The post Final Fantasy XIII – Cane and Rinse No.390 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 14, 2019

“You big ape! I could hear you coming from miles away!” There’s a rumble in the jungle as Ryan, Darren, Michiel, and Brian barrel their […] The post Donkey Kong Country trilogy – Cane and Rinse No.389 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 7, 2019

“MISSION: DESTROY ALIENS” October 1979 saw Namco’s brash, dynamic and eye-scorchingly colourful Space Invaders spiritual successor landed with a loud bang in arcades. Leon, Michiel […] The post Galaxian/Galaga series – Cane and Rinse No.388 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 6, 2019

“Only Amiga makes it possible” For the first time in our series of single format special podcasts, we reminisce about a computer, the 16, later […] The post Console special No.5: Commodore Amiga appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 30, 2019

Cane and Rinse embody their inner Daft Punk as we review 2009’s DJ Hero and 2010’s DJ Hero 2. Karl, Rich and returning guest Gary […] The post DJ Hero and DJ Hero 2 – Cane and Rinse No.387 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 29, 2019

From 30th August 2019 through to 2nd September 2019 at the Washington State Convention Centre and Cane and Rinse hosts Ryan Hamann and Chris O’Regan […] The post PAX West 2019 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 23, 2019

“In a world without gold, we might have been heroes!” Back aboard Ubisoft’s titanic franchise for a return journey to the heady times when the […] The post Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – Cane and Rinse No.386 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 16, 2019

“They want to live inside us, like a disease.” Trapped on a 1960s space station in 2035, surrounded by homicidal crockery and are victims of […] The post Prey (2017) – Cane and Rinse No.385 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 13, 2019

Leon speaks to David L. Craddock about his new book Arcade Perfect: How Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat, and Other Coin-Op Classics Invaded the Living Room. David […] The post Interview Extra: David L. Craddock appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 9, 2019

“Promise you won’t launch superhot.exe again.” Time moves when you move. That might explain why James spent the first 20 minutes of this podcast recording […] The post SUPERHOT – Cane and Rinse No.384 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 7, 2019

In this Interview Extra episode, Charlotte chats to Benn Powell about the ins and outs of designing randomisers for REmake Remastered and the remake of […] The post Interview Extra: Benn Powell appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 2, 2019

“Kept you waiting, huh?” Almost seven years on from our last Metal Gear Solid podcast, Leon, Jay, Karl and new member Richard Davison pick up […] The post Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – Cane and Rinse No.383 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 26, 2019

“At least we thought to bring entertainment.” The eleventh show in our 13 podcast series about the mainline (and non-MMO) Final Fantasy series is all […] The post Final Fantasy XII – Cane and Rinse No.382 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 19, 2019

“Quantum physics tells us that nothing that is observed is unaffected by the observer.” First person cyberpunk noir police procedural stealth survival horror walking simulator […] The post >observer_ – Cane and Rinse No.381 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 12, 2019

“You earned a perfect score!!” The Big N roped in simulation and silicon graphics specialists Paradigm to assist them with N64 launch title, Pilotwings 64. […] The post Pilotwings 64 – Cane and Rinse No.380 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 5, 2019

Dyad is one of those titles that defies easy genre-identification, but in essence it is a psychedelic racer/shooter – if that helps! Tony, Darren and […] The post Dyad – Cane and Rinse No.379 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 29, 2019

As the dark, eerie follow-up to Playdead’s dark, eerie platformer LIMBO, 2016’s INSIDE was exactly what one might expect – or was it? For a […] The post INSIDE – Cane and Rinse No.378 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 22, 2019

“The world is full of stories, and from time to time they permit themselves to be told.” Before Duke Nukem Forever… in fact before Duke […] The post Prey (2006) – Cane and Rinse No.377 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 15, 2019

“That’s disgusting” Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A crack team of specially trained operatives are sent to investigate the mysterious goings on […] The post Dino Crisis – Cane and Rinse No.376 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 9, 2019

“Life is short, play more” In the fourth of our single format console special podcasts, we look back at Microsoft’s big fat toe in the […] The post Console Special No.4: Microsoft Xbox appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 8, 2019

“HOW HIGH CAN YOU GET?” In the first of a series of podcasts about Nintendo’s iconic simian, Leon, Darren and Michiel find out who among […] The post Donkey Kong – Cane and Rinse No.375 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 1, 2019

“Pull yourself together. Get out of prison. Kill the Jailer.” Furiously fast, furiously precise, and a furiously thumping synthwave soundtrack, Jacob, Charlotte, Michiel, and James […] The post Furi – Cane and Rinse No.374 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 25, 2019

In this interview extra podcast, Charlotte Cutts interviews Metako, a speedrunner who regularly bashes through 80+ hour marathons of the Final Fantasy series JRPG speedruns […] The post Interview Extra: Metako appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 24, 2019

“You’ll cry, you’re gonna cry, you always cry. See? You’re crying.” Final Fantasy X heralded the series’ much anticipated debut on the the ‘next gen’ […] The post Final Fantasy X – Cane and Rinse No.373 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 18, 2019

Leon speaks to actor, writer, voice artist, musician and black belt karateka Tod Fennell (and his Siberian Husky, Havok) about his work in videogames and […] The post Interview Extra: Tod Fennell appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 17, 2019

“Prepare to board Robo-Freighter Paradroid to eliminate all rogue robots.” Andrew Braybrook’s Paradroid garnered plaudits and captured imaginations upon its 1985 release, before going on […] The post Paradroid – Cane and Rinse No.372 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 10, 2019

“A woodchuck should chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood, as long as a woodchuck would chuck wood.” Having left Guybrush hanging for over three […] The post Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge – Cane and Rinse No.371 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 4, 2019

In this interview extra podcast, Charlotte Cutts interviews Edenal, chief organiser of the European Speedrunner Assembly The European Speedrunner Assembly has gone from strength to […] The post Interview Extra: Edenal appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 3, 2019

“It works. It actually works!” We revel in two decades of recapturing rampant primates by casting our net over the original Ape Escape (aka Saru! […] The post Ape Escape – Cane and Rinse No.370 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 29, 2019

For our 200th Sound of Play, members of the Cane and Rinse team have assembled to share some of the tracks from all throughout videogame […] The post Sound of Play: 200 – The videogame music podcast appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 27, 2019

“A cave of wonders…” Separate licensing deals meant that both of the major 16-bit consoles received a bespoke game to tie-in with Disney’s 1992 animated […] The post Disney’s Aladdin – Cane and Rinse No.369 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 20, 2019

“Let us start the game.” In this issue Josh, Leah, Charlotte and Cane and Rinse newcomer Jesse uncover the treasures and dark desires of the […] The post Persona 5 – Cane and Rinse No.368 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 13, 2019

“None could stand before the horde but the Doom Slayer.” Three years on from the release of id Software’s sequel-cum-soft-reboot we ask just how DOOM […] The post DOOM (2016) – Cane and Rinse No.367 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 6, 2019

“INSERT YOUR SOUL TO CONTINUE.” Obviously it’s a simple game about breeding and dressing up cute ponies. Or is it? In the spirit of the […] The post Pony Island – Cane and Rinse No. 366 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 29, 2019

“Doesn’t it feel nice to let yourself go under the stars?” We conclude the PlayStation one era Final Fantasy triptych with our Final Fantasy IX […] The post Final Fantasy IX – Cane and Rinse No.365 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 22, 2019

“Do you ever dream of flying?” For the first of two podcasts on this lesser-known Nintendo IP, we swoop on Super Famicom showpiece title, Pilotwings. […] The post Pilotwings – Cane and Rinse No.364 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 15, 2019

“In modern war… you will die like a dog for no good reason.” In which we are joined by War Child Gaming’s Wayne Emanuel, for […] The post This War of Mine – Cane and Rinse No.363 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 8, 2019

“Come and f**king get me, you…white ass fascist Nazi pigs!“ It’s time for Nazi punks to GTFO as Tony, Jon, Karl, and Jacob discuss MachineGames’ […] The post Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – Cane and Rinse No.362 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 2, 2019

“Now you’re playing with power; PORTABLE POWER!” In the third of our series of single format console special podcasts, Leon, James and Leah stock up […] The post Console Special: Nintendo Game Boy appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 1, 2019

“Ashen One, hearest thou my voice still?” In March 2016, FromSoftware released Dark Souls III, their fourth game in the space of little more than […] The post Dark Souls III – Cane and Rinse No.361 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 25, 2019

“Courage need not be remembered, for it is never forgotten.” Two years on from its release – and from the conclusion of our original epic […] The post The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Cane and Rinse No.360 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 23, 2019

With the community push behind Def Jam: Fight for NY growing ever stronger, Michiel (@MKStayOnTarget) speaks with one of the key, driving figures in the […] The post Interview Extra: Joseph Bagi a.k.a. Joey Bag O’ Donuts appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 18, 2019

“TAKE A KEY FOR COMING IN!” After a few months’ respite we throw ourselves back into the maw of Capcom’s legendarily cruel series. Super Ghouls […] The post Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts – Cane and Rinse No.359 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 11, 2019

“Ready for adventure!” In 2014 Nintendo decided to spin off Super Mario 3D World’s jumpless puzzling minigame into it own, full-blown title, Captain Toad: Treasure […] The post Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Cane and Rinse No.358 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 4, 2019

“There is no good, there is no bad. Just perspective and opinion.” It is my great honour to congratulate Josh, Leah, Brian and Tom for […] The post Final Fantasy VIII – Cane and Rinse No.357 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 25, 2019

“We are alive, after all. And being alive is pretty much a constant stream of embarrassment.” We turn our attention to one of 2017’s most […] The post NieR:Automata – Cane and Rinse No.356 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 19, 2019

To tie in with issue 355 of the podcast, Cane and Rinse’s own Michiel (@MKStayOnTarget) speaks with old school competitor, fighting game analyst, extra prolific […] The post Interview Extra: James Chen appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 18, 2019

“The weak lose and the strong win! Which of these fighters will prove the old axiom today?” Don’t call it a comeback. Nearly a decade […] The post Street Fighter IV series – Cane and Rinse No.355 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 11, 2019

“Sir, don’t sneak around like that, it makes you look suspicious.” Join Josh, Brian, Jon and James as they go undercover at IO Interactive. What […] The post HITMAN – Cane and Rinse No.354 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 4, 2019

“A red apple fell from the sky…” Getting used to a whole new town is tough for anyone – but when you also have gravity […] The post Gravity Rush 2 – Cane and Rinse No.353 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 28, 2019

“Press A to begin journey” Join Karl, Jon, Jacob and James on an investigation into exactly what happened in Kingdom, Virginia in late summer 1992. […] The post Virginia – Cane and Rinse No.352 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 21, 2019

“Between the switch, fade through the blitz, and the strongest quits, burn through the kiss.” Cane and Rinse returns for its eighth year with by […] The post Nex Machina – Cane and Rinse No.351 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 7, 2019

“Do Not Underestimate The Power of PlayStation” Leon is joined by Jay, Karl and Tony for the second of our single format console special podcasts. […] The post Console Special: Sony PlayStation appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 31, 2018

“There ain’t no gettin’ offa this train we’re on, till we get to the end of the line.” Appropriately – for the earth-shattering conclusion to […] The post Final Fantasy VII – Cane and Rinse No.350 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 24, 2018

“Welcome to the family, son!” And so after a year’s worth of zombies, spooky mansions, scary laboratories, definitely not zombies, horrific scripts and shocking performances, we reach […] The post Resident Evil VII: Biohazard – Cane and Rinse No.349 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 17, 2018

“Use power for the right things. At least for the things that you believe in.” We follow up Issue 322’s Zone of the Enders podcast […] The post Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner – Cane and Rinse No.348 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 14, 2018

In this interview extra, Darren Gargette (@dezm0nd) talks to the two brainboxes behind Gory Detail (@gorydetail). They discuss games past (Conker), present (Rusty Pup) and future […] The post Interview Extra: Gory Detail appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 10, 2018

“And that is how it ended.” In this issue, Josh, Jacob, Jay and Tony wake up in the middle of an ancient ruin and find […] The post The Last Guardian – Cane and Rinse No.347 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 3, 2018

“You’ve made it this far, haven’t you?” In our penultimate Resident Evil series show, Leon, Karl, Leah and a host of community contributors partake in […] The post Resident Evil 6 – Cane and Rinse No.346 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 26, 2018

“On top of the mazic power, Arthur obtaihed the Psycho Cannon from ST. Michael, then after a dreadful batlle, he finally defeater Lucifer.” Marking its […] The post Ghouls ‘n Ghosts – Cane and Rinse No.345 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 19, 2018

“Play nice! Play nice!” Leon, Brian, Darren and Michiel pair up for a frantic session of the fourth game in Nintendo’s cartoon racer series, Mario […] The post Mario Kart: Double Dash!! – Cane and Rinse No.344 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 12, 2018

“There’s so much to discover before the world ends.” An uncommonly recent (at the time of recording) ‘AAA’ title gets the Cane and Rinse treatment, […] The post Horizon Zero Dawn – Cane and Rinse No.343 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 5, 2018

“The world before the fall, Lovely is the light of dawn, Noble is the heart of man…” Josh, Leah, Jon and Maya Santandrea continue our […] The post Final Fantasy VI – Cane and Rinse No.342 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 29, 2018

“You’re merely postponing the inevitable!” For the eighth of our ten podcasts on the mainline Resident Evil games, we return to Kijuju for potentially the […] The post Resident Evil 5 – Cane and Rinse No.341 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 22, 2018

““Just check the guest list. I’m under the section for fellas that ain’t ugly freaks.”” In this issue, Josh, Sean, Michiel and Jacob take a […] The post Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth – Cane and Rinse No.340 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 15, 2018

“These militia, they come into our country, steal everything, and leave us nothing.” Darren and James buddy up to tackle the notoriously-hostile Far Cry 2. […] The post Far Cry 2 – Cane and Rinse No.339 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 14, 2018

“Welcome To The Next Level” In the first of our extra-length single-platform specials, Leon (@ratsoalbion) is joined by Mega Drive enthusiast and expert Dan Clark […] The post Console Special: Sega Mega Drive appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 8, 2018

“You cannot overcome suffering if you refuse to look at it.” Following up previous podcasts on Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and DmC […] The post Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Cane and Rinse No.338 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 1, 2018

“That freight train that hit you? That was me!” Come and take a walk with Cane and Rinse, as Michiel, Tony, Karl and UFC judge […] The post Def Jam: Fight for NY – Cane and Rinse No.337 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 24, 2018

“You don’t seriously think a conservative mind can chart a new course for the world, do you?” For the first time ever – as we […] The post Resident Evil 4 – Cane and Rinse No.336 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 17, 2018

“GO AHEAD DAUNTLESSLY! MAKE RAPID PROGRES!” Strawberry print boxers all round as Cane and Rinse makes its first journey to the Demon World Village of […] The post Ghosts ‘n Goblins (Makaimura) – Cane and Rinse No.335 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 10, 2018

“Armageddon.” Veteran Finnish code aces Housemarque helped launch a new generation with their PS4 (then) exclusive, Resogun. Taking its cues from classics Defender, Drop Zone […] The post Resogun – Cane and Rinse No.334 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 3, 2018

“Squad 7, move out!” Alright squad, listen up. The objective is to assist Josh, Michiel and Simon Cole in successfully evaluating Sega’s 2008 Tactics RPG, […] The post Valkyria Chronicles – Cane and Rinse No.333 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 27, 2018

“Knights do it two-handed!” The Final Fantasy that was initially deemed too hardcore for the West. Leon, Josh, Jon and Leah have got the job […] The post Final Fantasy V – Cane and Rinse No.332 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 20, 2018

“Blue, blue skies…” Just why is SEGA’s 25 year old coin-op racer still relatively easy to find in (what passes for) arcades in 2018? Leon, […] The post Daytona USA – Cane and Rinse No.331 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 13, 2018

“It’s gonna be dangerous from here on in, why don’t we cooperate?” Perhaps appropriately, the last ‘classic’ style Resident Evil game (for a long while […] The post Resident Evil 0 – Cane and Rinse No.330 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 6, 2018

“Time flows like a river… and history repeats…” On a mid-90s roll, some of the team behind the Final Fantasy games broke off to create […] The post Secret of Mana – Cane and Rinse No.329 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 30, 2018

“Tim is off on a search to rescue the Princess. She has been snatched by a horrible and evil monster. This happened because Tim made […] The post Braid – Cane and Rinse No.328 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 23, 2018

“Here we go!” It’s the third of our sporadic but ongoing series on the Mario Kart franchise and so we arrive at 2001’s Mario Kart: […] The post Mario Kart: Super Circuit (Mario Kart Advance) – Cane and Rinse No.327 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 16, 2018

“HARNESSING A GREAT WELLSPRING, A PERFECT IMMORTAL CELL WAS CRAFTED TO BE IMBUED WITHIN ALL SENTIENT LIFE A NOBLE GOAL, THOUGH SUCH A POWER TERRIFIED […] The post Hyper Light Drifter – Cane and Rinse No.326 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 13, 2018

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to Gary Kirby and Ogulcan “Ojo” Gunel about their Rapture Gaming Festival http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/rapture_gaming_festival.mp3 Edited by Jay […] The post Interview extra: Rapture Gaming Festival appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 9, 2018

“Sharpen thy shovel!” Hoist your gardening implement of choice and strike the earth as we explore a game grounded in the 8-bit era with Shovel […] The post Shovel Knight – Cane and Rinse No.325 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 6, 2018

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks again to author David L. Craddock (@davidlcraddock), author of Stay Awhile and Listen: Book II a documentary-style […] The post Interview extra: David L. Craddock appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 2, 2018

“Oh yes, dear. Just like this.” All back to the Spencer Mansion for a rerun of the events of the 1996 original Resident Evil. Leon, […] The post Resident Evil (2002) – Cane and Rinse No.324 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 25, 2018

“You spoony bard!” Final Fantasy leaps the generation gap like a nimble young chocobo, and sets up camp on the Nintendo’s new for the 90s […] The post Final Fantasy IV – Cane and Rinse No.323 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 18, 2018

“HIGH SPEED ROBOT ACTION” Ahead of the sequel’s latest re-release, we revisit Konami’s 2001 sci-fi mech action game Zone of the Enders. Leon, Karl and […] The post Zone of the Enders – Cane and Rinse No.322 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 12, 2018

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to the game urbanist, designer, and writer Konstantinos Dimopoulos (@gnomeslair), author of the forthcoming book Virtual Cities.* […] The post Interview extra: Konstantinos Dimopoulos appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 11, 2018

“The Pikmin are as curious as children!” Leon, Darren, Leah and Michiel have finally recovered all 30 parts of their ship and succeeded in escaping […] The post Pikmin – Cane and Rinse No.321 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 4, 2018

“PLAY PLAYER ” Cane and Rinse celebrates the 40th (fortieth!) anniversary of one of the most important and influential videogames of all time, Space Invaders. Leon, […] The post Space Invaders – Cane and Rinse No.320 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 28, 2018

“You want it? You aren’t worthy of its power.” In the fourth of our ten show series on the core Resident Evil games, we take […] The post Resident Evil – CODE: Veronica – Cane and Rinse No.319 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 21, 2018

“In here, I can be happy, forever. I will be happy.” Stanley popped his headphones on and started listening to his favourite podcast, Cane and […] The post The Stanley Parable – Cane and Rinse No.318 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 15, 2018

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to the writer Richard Moss (@MossRC), author of the book The Secret History of Mac Gaming, recently […] The post Interview extra: Richard Moss appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 14, 2018

“You had it comin’” Leon, Darren, Karl and Tony embark on a whistlestop tour of Team 17’s prolific ballistic battler franchise, Worms. Tunneling through from […] The post Worms series – Cane and Rinse No.317 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 7, 2018

“Transcending history and the world, a tale of souls and swords, eternally retold.” One of our whirlwind tour type shows as we take on Namco’s […] The post Soul Edge/SoulCalibur series – Cane and Rinse No.316 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 30, 2018

“Maybe they’re out pillaging the countryside like good soldiers of doom?” Continuing our ongoing series, Josh, Leah and Jon say goodbye to the NES era […] The post Final Fantasy III – Cane and Rinse No.315 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 23, 2018

“Calling all Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Listen this week as Karl Moon, James Carter and guest, Brad Gallaway of GameCritics discuss Demiurge Studios’ 2013 title, Marvel […] The post Marvel Puzzle Quest – Cane and Rinse No.314 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 16, 2018

“S.T.A.R.S!” Leon, Josh and Michiel are pursued from beginning to end by the relentless, merciless and fashion-conscious Nemesis in our third Resident Evil podcast of […] The post Resident Evil 3: Nemesis – Cane and Rinse No.313 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 13, 2018

Gareth Damian Martin (@JumpOvertheAge) is a writer, game designer, and photographer. Early last year, he took his column at Kill Screen, entitled “Heterotopias” and fleshed […] The post Interview extra: Gareth Damian Martin of Heterotopias appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 9, 2018

“STILL AT LARGE… VERY LARGE!” Just ahead of the release of the 2018 movie version, Leon (George), Michiel (Lizzie) and Dan Clark (Ralph) team up […] The post Rampage – Cane and Rinse No.312 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 2, 2018

“This game is not a game: It’s a portrait.” James, Leah, Tony, and guest Charlotte Cutts (@ccuttsgames) are your panel this week, as Will O’Neill‘s […] The post Actual Sunlight – Cane and Rinse No.311 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 26, 2018

“It would seem the universe does not like its peas mixed with its porridge.” Comstock’s corrupt Columbia is the Cane and Rinse collective’s destination in […] The post BioShock Infinite – Cane and Rinse No.310 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 19, 2018

“Hrm? This tangle of yarn here looks familiar… …AH! IT’S A YOSHI! Another entry into the subset of textile-based platformers(!), Yoshi’s Woolly World arrived on […] The post Yoshi’s Woolly World – Cane and Rinse No.309 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 15, 2018

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to the creator of Point & Clickbait Tim Colwill (@burgerdrome) about his time as a game developer, […] The post Interview extra: Tim Colwill of Point & Clickbait appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 12, 2018

“I fight because I must.” 1998 was a big year for stealth games, and Tenchu: Stealth Assassins was the first to draw its weapon. Podcasting […] The post Tenchu: Stealth Assassins – Cane and Rinse No.308 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 8, 2018

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 […] The post Interview extra: David L. Craddock appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 5, 2018

“So… this is what everyone’s been dying for…” Raccoon City itself is under siege from the infected hordes and – wouldn’t you know it? – […] The post Resident Evil 2 – Cane and Rinse No.307 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 26, 2018

“Guy speak beaver.” In the second of at least fifteen podcasts on the series, Leon, Josh, Leah, and drop-in fourth party member Jon Salmon take […] The post Final Fantasy II – Cane and Rinse No.306 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 19, 2018

“Ricky Winterborn!” As the N64 original turns 20, Leon, Darren, Michiel and Tony wrap up warm for another few runs down the mighty twin peaks […] The post 1080 Snowboarding / 1080 Avalanche – Cane and Rinse No.305 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 12, 2018

“Skills for Kills, Agent. Skills for Kills.” In anticipation of the series’ forthcoming third instalment, Leon, Leah, Tony and guest David Turner from The Computer […] The post Crackdown – Cane and Rinse No.304 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 5, 2018

“aren’t you afraid?” Belatedly following on from issue 3 of the podcast(!) – in which we spoke to producer James Mielke about Child of Eden […] The post Rez – Cane and Rinse No.303 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 29, 2018

“Whatever dreams you have! You’ll do your best to make them come true!” It’s been a long time coming, but all heroes must eventually fall. […] The post Bleed / Bleed 2 – Cane and Rinse No.302 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 22, 2018

“How come you look so scared?” The Cane and Rinse podcast’s seventh year commences with our look at the original 1996 incarnation of Capcom’s Biohazard […] The post Resident Evil (1996) – Cane and Rinse No.301 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 9, 2018

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 […] The post A Look Back at 2017 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 24, 2017

“What the devil?” Cane and Rinse concludes its epic sixth year by closing off our run with The Witcher, specifically the two substantial pieces of […] The post The Witcher III: Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine – Cane and Rinse No.300 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 22, 2017

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 .

Dec 18, 2017

“Death to the fascists!” Following on from our Medal of Honor: Allied Assault podcast back in 2014, we move on to Infinity Ward’s first ever […] The post Call of Duty – Cane and Rinse No.299 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 11, 2017

“Battle.” Cane and Rinse rejoins the race in 1996, as we review Mario Kart 64 – a wildly divisive entry in a much-loved but polarising […] The post Mario Kart 64 – Cane and Rinse No.298 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 4, 2017

The people wait, their only hope, a prophecy….” In the first podcast of what we intend to be several years’ worth of Final Fantasy coverage, […] The post Final Fantasy – Cane and Rinse No.297 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 27, 2017

“FIGHT, MEGAMAN! FOR EVERLASTING PEACE!” Capcom’s Rockman – better known in the West as Mega Man – blasted his way onto the scene 30 years […] The post Mega Man and Mega Man 2 – Cane and Rinse No.296 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 20, 2017

“ROLLING START” Moving onto the last lap, Karl, Tony and returning guest Gary Blower round out the final two iterations in the Project Gotham Racing […] The post Project Gotham Racing 3 and 4 – Cane and Rinse No.295 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 13, 2017

“Don’t miss out on the enjoyment of a lifetime!” Are you ready, true believers? This jam-packed show spans a whole slew of fighting games released […] The post Capcom Versus series – Cane and Rinse No.294 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 6, 2017

“Maybe this old pig can’t fly… But he’s still got a bounce in his step!” Attention Hillyans! Cane And Rinse Network members, Tony, Leah, Josh […] The post Beyond Good & Evil – Cane and Rinse No.293 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 30, 2017

“Is this what you want?” In the third of our four podcasts on CD Projekt Red‘s celebrated RPG series, we arrive at 2015’s legitimately epic […] The post The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Cane and Rinse No.292 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 23, 2017

“My scythe… I like to keep it next to where my heart used to be.” Tim Schafer‘s final game for LucasArts was his much-loved noir […] The post Grim Fandango – Cane and Rinse No.291 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 20, 2017

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 […] The post Our October Patreon update appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 16, 2017

“Heaven condemned me, and hell deceived me. Now, it’s time to teach them both a lesson.” Autumn 2014 saw PlatinumGames’ Bayonetta 2 arrive as a […] The post Bayonetta 2 – Cane and Rinse No.290 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 14, 2017

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to William Collis (@William_Collis) the Co-Founder and President of esports coaching platform Gamer Sensei that provides personalized […] The post Interview extra: William Collis of Gamer Sensei appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 9, 2017

“…Who am I?” Join Josh, Tony and Sean as we travel to the year 2104 and try our best not to slip up on the […] The post SOMA – Cane and Rinse No.289 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 2, 2017

“The answers you seek are inside this box… You always were the smart one.” Fireproof Games‘ trilogy of mobile puzzle games is about to become […] The post The Room trilogy – Cane and Rinse No.288 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 25, 2017

“Gimme a hard copy of that” The acid rain beats the streets of L.A. like drums, marching me towards my next stop on the trail […] The post Blade Runner – Cane and Rinse No.287 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 22, 2017

In this interview extra, Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to Ben Cartlidge (@1creditclassics) the creator behind the YouTube channel One Credit Classics, a channel dedicated to […] The post Interview extra: Ben Cartlidge (One Credit Classics) appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 18, 2017

“Come here!” Kane and Rinse kovers the early years of one of videogames’ more kontroversial koncepts, Midway’s Mortal Kombat. From the ropey blue-skreen of the […] The post Mortal Kombat – Cane and Rinse No.286 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 11, 2017

“Marian! Aw, man; not this again.” A subtly different show this issue as Leon, James and Michiel consider three different approaches to reviving or renewing […] The post Double Dragon Neon – Cane and Rinse No.285 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 8, 2017

Joining Leon for this interview extra are Jordan Erica Webber and Daniel Griliopoulos. Leon talks to Jordan Erica Webber and Daniel Griliopoulos about their new […] The post Interview extra: Jordan Erica Webber and Daniel Griliopoulos. appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 4, 2017

“This path should lead us straight to the grave.” From Earth to Mars and everywhere in between, join Guardians Leah and Karl, with guests CJ […] The post Destiny – Cane and Rinse No.284 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 28, 2017

“Our descendants will decide who we were when they see what we’ve left behind.” In the second of four podcasts on CD Projekt Red’s fantasy […] The post The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Cane and Rinse No.283 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 21, 2017

“SPECIAL CUP” As Super Mario Kart celebrates a quarter of a century of infuriating racing mania, we return to the Mode 7 madness Super Famicom/SNES […] The post Super Mario Kart – Cane and Rinse No.282 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 20, 2017

Here’s our second update to our ongoing Patreon campaign to try and raise enough to allow us to make Cane and Rinse a full-time concern […] The post Our latest update for the ongoing Patreon campaign appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 14, 2017

“AGAIN!” In this issue we test our nerve to the very limit in the face of colour and sound smashing together and the very walls […] The post Super Hexagon – Cane and Rinse No.281 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 11, 2017

Joining Leon for this interview extra is author of 100 Best Video Games (That Never Existed), Nate Crowley Originating from an idea that began on […] The post Interview extra: Nate Crowley appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 7, 2017

“I feel like someone’s watching us.” Karl, Tony, Josh and Leah discuss Supermassive Games first foray on Playstation 4 with the console exclusive, Until Dawn. […] The post Until Dawn – Cane and Rinse No.280 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 31, 2017

“I had faith in you. In your ability to hate, in your self-righteous indignation” 1999 saw the release of the second title in the Legacy […] The post Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver – Cane and Rinse No.279 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 24, 2017

“BUZZARD BAIT!” Recorded one day after the 35th anniversary of the game’s arcade debut, the Cane and Rinse crusty crew remembers Williams’ bizarre bird-battler Joust. […] The post Joust – Cane and Rinse No.278 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 17, 2017

“No wonder they call it a ‘web’ – nothing can ever get out.” Time travel is complicated. When time travel is the best hope you […] The post Life Is Strange – Cane and Rinse No.277 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 10, 2017

1987: Inspired by Aliens and Gradius, a compact but crack team at Irem produced a horizontally scrolling shoot-’em up that would become a genre icon, […] The post R-Type and R-Type II – Cane and Rinse No.276 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 3, 2017

“Am I… am I in-inside the movie?” As part of the once Nintendo GameCube exclusive Capcom 5 and Hideki Kamiya’s third directing job, following the […] The post Viewtiful Joe – Cane and Rinse No.275 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jul 1, 2017

Here’s our first update to our ongoing Patreon campaign to try and raise enough to allow us to make Cane and Rinse a full-time concern […] The post Help us DOUBLE the amount of Cane and Rinse podcasts! appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 26, 2017

“Old age is no jest!” The first of four podcasts covering CD Projekt Red’s celebrated series of RPGs. Leon, Josh and Sean each complete the […] The post The Witcher – Cane and Rinse No.274 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 19, 2017

“DUE TO A GENETIC ENGINEERING ERROR, YOU POSSESS SUPERHUMAN POWERS.” Robotron: 2084 – by Williams’ ‘Vid Kidz’ – may not have been the first twin-stick […] The post Robotron: 2084 – Cane and Rinse videogame No.273 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 12, 2017

“I can’t even win with a sword anymore.” For more than twenty years, the sprawling, lush titles of the Tales series have captivated JRPG fans […] The post Tales of Vesperia – Cane and Rinse No.272 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jun 5, 2017

“INVADE THE ENEMYS BASE” After the success of Nekketsu Koha Kunio-kun and Renegade, Yoshihisa Kishimoto of Technos Japan set about outdoing himself with Double Dragon. […] The post Double Dragon – Cane and Rinse No.271 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 29, 2017

“LINES LEFT” Tetris: Such a simple, elegant game with such a complex and convoluted back story. Leon, Josh, Karl and Leah recall the heights of […] The post Tetris – Cane and Rinse No.270 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 22, 2017

“Watch her… she’s sharp.” Following a protracted and disrupted development, Rare eventually launched its spiritual successor-cum-sci-fi-sequel to the ubiquitous GoldenEye 007 (see issue 200 of […] The post Perfect Dark – Cane and Rinse No.269 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 19, 2017

Joining Leon for this interview extra is WayForward Technologies‘ Game Director, Tomm Hulett. Recounting his remarkable career, Tomm tells us of his early days testing […] The post Interview extra: Tomm Hulett appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 16, 2017

Cane and Rinse announces its desire to make twice the amount of podcasts from 2018 with the support of its incredible listeners and community http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/patreon_appeal_full_2017.mp3 […] The post Help us DOUBLE the amount of Cane and Rinse podcasts! appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 15, 2017

“That’s my story, just the way I lived it…” We travel to the year 2140 and crash land on the planet Titan. Panellists Karl, Michiel, […] The post Flashback – Cane and Rinse No.268 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 8, 2017

“Here it comes… A MIGHTY DUSTER!” His name is Max and his world is fire and blood. Tony Atkins, Sean Bell (@CaptainToss), Jay Taylor and, […] The post Mad Max – Cane and Rinse No.267 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

May 1, 2017

“It seems I have greatly overestimated you.” The art of the Ninja is one of subtlety, patience and stealth. However, no one told Mr. Hayabusa […] The post Ninja Gaiden – Cane and Rinse No.266 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 24, 2017

“Stay awhile and listen.” In this three-man dungeon run Cane and Rinse, we delve deep on (almost) everything Diablo, briefly discussing the first two games […] The post Diablo III – Cane and Rinse No.265 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 21, 2017

In this interview special, Ryan talks to Mattia Traverso (@MattiaNotFound) about the 2016 Kinect oddity FRU, on which he is one of the designers. They […] The post Interview extra: Mattia Traverso appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 16, 2017

“Maybe I’ve done this one too many times.” Leon, Josh, Sean, Tony and the Cane and Rinse community lie to their spouses before slaughtering hundreds […] The post Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Cane and Rinse No.264 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 9, 2017

“Meow meow, meow meow meow.” Join Josh and guests Jon Salmon (@CatatonicNali) and Sean Bell (@CaptainToss), as we return to the family home on Arbor […] The post Gone Home – Cane and Rinse No.263 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Apr 2, 2017

“Hot cars, sweet moves…” The engines are revving and the lights are green as Karl, Tony and returning guest Gary Blower (@Xantiriad) discuss Bizarre Creations […] The post Project Gotham Racing / Project Gotham Racing 2 – Cane and Rinse No.262 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 26, 2017

“There’s no choice but to go.” In the final podcast of our Zelda run spanning the first 27 or so years of the series, Leon, […] The post The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – Cane and Rinse No.261 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 19, 2017

“We’re here to make you happy!” Another ‘cult classic’ comes under the Cane and Rinse microscope as we inspect skip Ltd.’s late entry into Nintendo’s […] The post Chibi-Robo! – Cane and Rinse No.260 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 12, 2017

“You’re just trying to impress me!” Former Rare man Darren is your host as a panel of Karl, Michiel and Tony cause environmental carnage in […] The post Blast Corps – Cane and Rinse No.259 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 5, 2017

“First we need to make sure that you can see in the darkness.” In a slightly different sort of Cane and Rinse podcast, Leon, James […] The post They Breathe – Cane and Rinse No.258 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Mar 4, 2017

Leon talks to Ben Clavin (@BenClavin) of Pewter Games Studios about their charming debut adventure, The Little Acre. An unusual point and clicker set in […] The post Interview extra: Ben Clavin (Pewter Games Studios) appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 26, 2017

“This news has just filled my heart with rainbows!” In our 14th of 15 podcasts covering The Legend of Zelda, we arrive at the most […] The post The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Cane and Rinse No.257 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 19, 2017

“You are the first human to come here in a long time.” It’s high time humans extended an olive branch to the monsters they exiled […] The post Undertale – Cane and Rinse No.256 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 12, 2017

“Never Accept. Always Question.” Tony, Leah, Sean and Jay take to the grimy, smog-filled streets of an alternative history Victorian era London to discuss Ready […] The post The Order: 1886 – Cane and Rinse No.255 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 6, 2017

To tie in with issue 254 of the podcast, we talk to the most successful European Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike player of all time, […] The post Interview extra: Ryan Hart appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Feb 5, 2017

“May the best fighter win and win again.” Following the earlier Street Fighter II and Street Fighter Zero/Alpha series podcasts, Leon and James – along […] The post Street Fighter III – Cane and Rinse No.254 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 29, 2017

“What is this place?” When the arcades ruled and legal teams didn’t, Konami went a long way to defining the run and gun genre with […] The post Contra and Super Contra – Cane and Rinse No.253 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 22, 2017

“Congratulations on your resurrection, Your Majesty!” We’re almost on the homeward stretch of our odyssey of Link, with this particular leg of the journey a […] The post The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – Cane and Rinse No.252 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 15, 2017

“I don’t know if anyone will ever hear this. It’s all over, I’m the only one left.” Volume Six begins at the end of all […] The post Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – Cane and Rinse No.251 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Jan 2, 2017

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 […] The post A look back at 2016 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 23, 2016

Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) talks to talented young actor Raphael Corkhill (@raphaelcorkhill) about making a living, including providing a variety of vocal performances for high profile […] The post Interview extra: Raphael Corkhill appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 4, 2016

“We are born of the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood.” We conclude our fifth year of the podcast with our […] The post Bloodborne – Cane and Rinse No.250 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Dec 2, 2016

In this Cane and Rinse interview special Leon (@ratsoalbion) talks to Game Informer Senior Editor Jeff Cork (@gijeff) about his new book, Limitless Sky: No […] The post Podcast special: An interview with Jeff Cork appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 27, 2016

“That’s enough out of you, Sparkles.” Not D-pads nor analogue sticks but styluses. Or should that be stylii? Either way, a contentious change of control […] The post The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass – Cane and Rinse No.249 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 20, 2016

“Good job Kurt, you saved Kirkcaldy (tourism is safe!)” Leon, Tony and Sean Bell display their Mighty Deep Knowledge of Shiny’s bizarre 1997 3D run […] The post MDK – Cane and Rinse No.248 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 13, 2016

“It seeks ambition… and it will change the way you think about driving. Forever.” Join Karl, Tony and guest Gary Blower (@Xantiriad) as they race […] The post Metropolis Street Racer – Cane and Rinse No.247 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Nov 6, 2016

“It’s… a thing. A science thing. It hurts robots.” Honest hearts Josh, Sean and James take a long journey down the lonesome road towards Obsidian’s […] The post Fallout: New Vegas – Cane and Rinse No.246 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 30, 2016

“There is nothing left, everything is gone.” Join Josh, Leah, Sean and special guest Simon Cole, as they explore the dilapidated halls of Brennenburg Castle […] The post Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Cane and Rinse No.245 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 23, 2016

“He’s not exactly what I had in mind, but… I guess he’ll do.” Swansong for Nintendo’s GameCube and curtain raiser for its Wii, The Legend […] The post The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Cane and Rinse No.244 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 16, 2016

“Paris in the fall, the last months of the year, at the end of the millennium. The city holds many memories for me, of music, […] The post Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars – Cane and Rinse No.243 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 9, 2016

“Working together for a safer, better connected Sevastopol.” In this issue Josh, Tony and Sean, along with special guest and writer for PC Gamer Andy […] The post Alien: Isolation – Cane and Rinse No.242 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Oct 2, 2016

“AAAAAHHH! They’re everywhere! Pink elephants are everywhere!” It’s a very extreme issue of Cane and Rinse as Ryan, Karl, and guest Dan Clark take to […] The post Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series – Cane and Rinse No.241 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 25, 2016

“I hate drugs and chewing gum.” The daring and diligent dudes of digital dialogue discuss the deviant, delerious Dark Dreams Don’t Die. Does it demand […] The post D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die – Cane and Rinse No.240 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 18, 2016

“It’s not big; we’re just small!” Capcom’s dinky Game Boy Advance offering gets its own full-sized podcast of course. In the latest of our mammoth […] The post The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – Cane and Rinse No.239 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 11, 2016

“Nothing looks more suspicious in America than someone who’s actually prepared to make something.” Leon, James, Jay and Sean take on Rockstar Games‘ critical and […] The post Grand Theft Auto V – Cane and Rinse No.238 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Sep 4, 2016

“Checkpoint!” 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 […] The post Out Run – Cane and Rinse No.237 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 28, 2016

“Penalty.” Dino Dini and Steve Screech collaborated in the late 80s to make the 16-bit footy phenomenon that was a ubiquitous multiplayer fixture for the […] The post Kick Off – Cane and Rinse No.236 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 21, 2016

“Even if you worms attack me as a group, I’ll skewer the lot of you on my mighty trident!” Our ninth The Legend of Zelda […] The post The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords – Cane and Rinse No.235 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .

Aug 14, 2016

“I can take care of myself. I’ve been doing it for centuries.” In 2014 Telltale Games applied its episodic, adventure game formula to a title […] The post The Wolf Among Us – Cane and Rinse No.234 appeared first on Cane and Rinse .