Cane And Rinse

“Am I the only one who understands the meaning of the word “covert?”” Thick-necked, wise-cracking future soldiers shooting the crap out of robots with big guns. In the minds of gamers, SEGA Yakuza Studio’s Binary Domain is […] The post Binary Domain – Cane and Rinse No.58 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

Doukutsu Monogatari The late 1990s: Inspired by a host of classic Japanese titles, printer operating systems programmer, Daisuke Amaya, has a dorm-mate teach him how to code video games. The result – five years later – is […] The post Cave Story – Cane and Rinse No.57 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and shine.” Some twenty years after defeating the Nihilanth on Xen, Dr. Gordon Freeman is brought out of stasis by the mysterious G-Man to defend humanity (and the Vortigaunt) […] The post Half-Life 2 – Cane and Rinse No.56 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“By 2069 the world will be controlled by giant mega-corporations called Syndicates.” They will vie for the minds of a populace helpless to escape their grasp. The dystopia imagined by Starbreeze earlier this year in […] The post Syndicate (2012) – Cane and Rinse No.55 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Hurry! Before Mizrabel uses her powers of illusion to make herself look like Minnie, and make Minnie look evil like her.” Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette and special guest/Mega Drive (Genesis) guru Dan Clark of the […] The post Mickey and Donald’s Mega Drive trilogy – Cane and Rinse No.54 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Stop praying. This is pathetic.” Asura’s Wrath doesn’t so much defy description as demand a lengthy one: The game, produced by CyberConnect2 (best known for the .hack and Naruto series’ as well as Solatorobo on the […] The post Asura’s Wrath – Cane and Rinse No.53 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Fascinating! I never suspected such things could be.” In 1996 Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington founded Valve Corporation. Employing a team plucked from the cream of the Quake mod scene, they began work on a […] The post Half-Life – Cane and Rinse No.52 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

It’s still alive, and cannot apologise: Mirror’s Edge We mantle into Volume Two by reflecting on the strange time of 2008, when Electronic Arts were championing new ideas, first-person shooters didn’t need guns and freerunning […] The post Mirror’s Edge – Cane and Rinse No.51 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“C’mon everybody, check me out: I’m dancin’! I’m dancin!” Oh, there ain’t no rest for the wicked, money don’t grow on trees. I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed, there ain’t nothing […] The post Borderlands – Cane and Rinse No.50 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

We’ve finally reached the end (for now?) of our Metal Gear series retrospective. In the epic conclusion to our six part Metal Gear 25th Anniversary series Leon, Tony and Jay review 2008’s spectacular but polarising […] The post Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Cane and Rinse No.49 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“You can look me in the eye when I kill you.” Melding the comic book stylings of Joe Madureira with Hebrew mythology while lifting structure and mechanics wholesale from other popular franchises, Vigil’s assured 2010 […] The post Darksiders – Cane and Rinse No.48 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

Superbrothers: A tale of Sword & Sworcery, eternally retold Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is a collaboration between designer Craig Adams, developer Capybara and musician Jim Guthrie. A ‘none more indie’, multiple high-concept piece which […] The post Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP – Cane and Rinse No.47 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“I don’t know about angels, but it’s fear that gives men wings.” Leon, Tony, James and Karl slo-mo dive – sideways – into their recording seats and review Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment’s second game, 2001’s […] The post Max Payne / The Fall of Max Payne – Cane and Rinse No.46 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Don’t get your hopes up… Not all humans… look as good as me!” Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette and Josh review Nintendo Software Planning and Development’s (so far) trilogy of Rhythm Heaven/Paradise/Tengoku games for Game Boy […] The post Rhythm Heaven series – Cane and Rinse No.45 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“We abandoned our countries. Nothing more.” In the penultimate of our six Metal Gear 25th anniversary specials, Leon, Tony, James and Paul Rooney of Ready-Up arrive at the Central America of the 1970’s for Kojima […] The post Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker – Cane and Rinse No.44 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

Cute and fluffy: that’s the team talking Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette and James get cute with Kirby’s Epic Yarn. HAL Laboratories’ pink blob without attitude (unless you regard some of the US […] The post Kirby’s Epic Yarn – Cane and Rinse No.43 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“Ha ha! I died again!” Leon, Tony, James and Josh discuss Capcom’s unusual afterlife puzzle adventure – Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective – from Shu Takumi, the designer who brought you the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney/Turnabout […] The post Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective – Cane and Rinse No.42 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“If I become number one, will you do it with me?” Leon, Darren Forman, Josh and Sinan Kubba discuss the tenth game by Goichi Suda’s Grasshopper Manufacture – No More Heroes. The Wii original game […] The post No More Heroes – Cane and Rinse No.41 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

This week we discuss LostWinds and it’s sequel. Frontier Developments’ 2008 WiiWare launch title LostWinds remains one of the highest profile releases for that service, and has since been rewarded with a sequel – also […] The post LostWinds / LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias – Cane and Rinse No.40 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.

“So this is the legendary Boss? We meet at last.” In the fourth of our six Metal Gear 25th anniversary series specials Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette, Josh Garrity and Ready-Up’s Paul Rooney are inserted into […] The post Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – Cane and Rinse No.39 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.