Cane And Rinse

“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 up to our Ori and the Blind Forest show from some five years ago. Ori and the Will of the Wisps boasts sumptuous new graphics, significantly revised gameplay and a lavish new score, but does it tell the same old story? Leon and a vintage Cane and Rinse panel of James, Josh and Ryan - along with contributors from the community - twirl nimbly among the trees to untangle the entrancing from the tedious. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_495.mp3   Cane and Rinse 495 edited by Ryan ZhaoYou can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to

“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 when it comes out... again? So many people have been asking that same question since the original Final Fantasy VII came out in 1997 that the long (long, long) awaited Final Fantasy VII Remake couldn’t help but be a pretty big deal. But is it really a remake? Or a sequel? Or something in between? Leah, Brian, James and Tom try to figure it out, and examine how the game got to where it is now. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_494.mp3   Cane and Rinse 494 edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check

“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 its last-gen rerelease), we tardily tackle Capcom's zombie-infested mall simulator, Dead Rising. Leon, Jon, Karl and community contributors ruminate upon whether the notoriously bounce-offable 2006 title was in fact ahead of the curve, with its RPG roguelite elements and emphasis on learning by doing, dying and retrying. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_493.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Mall Music 3 by Hideki Okugawa2. Adam (Crazy Clown) by Hideki Okugawa Cane and Rinse 493 edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the pod

"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 on their black lights to forensically pick over what's left of Monolith Productions' 2005 first-person survival horror Condemned: Criminal Origins http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_492.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Main Theme by Nathan Grigg2. Burnback Alley Brawl by Nathan GriggCane and Rinse 492 edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to vide

“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, Karl and community contributors swan dive into the cavernous depths of her debut adventure, the original Tomb Raider. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_491.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Main Theme by Nathan McCree2. St. Francis Folly by Nathan McCreeCane and Rinse 491 edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along w

“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, which was unanimous and simple…give Samus Aran the order to exterminate the Metroids!” Five years after the release of Metroid, Gunpei Yakoi and the team at Nintendo R&D1 sought to utilise the then new Gameboy platform to bring the graphics and explorative gameplay from the original NES title to the new handheld device. Join Rich, Leah and returning contributor Johannes Nichell as they discuss Samus’s second mission, the eradication of the Metroid life forms and the Legacy of Metroid II: Return of Samus. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_490.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Surface of SR388 by Ryoji Yoshitomi2. Metroid II Staff Credits by Ryoji YoshitomiCane and Rinse 490 edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, a

“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 seventh generation. Leon, Karl, Ryan and Thomas dust off their PS3's and, along with contributions from the Cane and Rinse community, debate the strengths and weaknesses of this once highly desirable piece of hardware. We also look at the machine's infrastructure, UI and peripherals, as well as many of the noteworthy exclusives and digital treasures in the bulging library of games released throughout the 10-year lifespan of the PlayStation 3. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/con_spec_ps3.mp3   Console Special No.13 edited by Jay Taylor

“Oh, yeah! Mario, wahoo!” Our seventh and penultimate - at least until they make a new game - Mario Kart podcast sees us arrive at the 3DS entry. Mario Kart 7 landed a frightening 10 years ago, to great reviews and healthy sales, but what is its legacy? Leon, Darren, Leah, Michiel and community correspondents discuss 3D sliders, circle pads, gyro controls and first person modes. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_489.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Title Theme by Kenta Nagata/Satomi Terui2. Wario Shipyard by Kenta Nagata/Satomi TeruiCane and Rinse 489 edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're co

“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 a terrifying journey through the Akumaj? Dracula series. Leon, Josh, Leah and Ben Cartlidge (One Credit Classics and Video Wizards) - along with community correspondents - give Dracula's children of the night whiplash in the original 1986 Castlevania. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_488.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Vampire Killer by Kinuyo Yamashita/Satoe Terashima2. Ending Theme Voyager by Kinuyo Yamashita/Satoe TerashimaCane and Rinse 488 edited by Jay Taylor  You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the

“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 your skin.” In this issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast, we cover Everything. Really no other way to say it. Ryan is joined by Jesse, Brian and Thomas to discuss David OReilly's unusual 2017 life and philosophy simulator. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_487.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. Opening by Ben Lukas Boysen/Sebastian Plano2. You're Everything by Ben Lukas Boysen/Sebastian Plano Cane and Rinse 487 was edited by Ryan Hamann You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcom

“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 4A Games' Metro trilogy. Leon, Josh, Leah, Tony and community contributors journey beyond the confines of the wasteland in our Metro Exodus podcast. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_486.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Exodus by Alexei Omelchuk 2. Overture by Alexei Omelchuk Cane and Rinse 486 was edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relati

“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 of the mould once it was made. Sid Meier's Civilization (30 years ago) and Sid Meier's Civilization II (five years later), offered deep and endlessly compelling yet accessible aeon-spanning strategy that would become a multi-generational franchise. Leon, Chris, Josh and community contributors keep taking just one more turn. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_485.mp3   Music featured in this podcast: 1. Civilization Introduction (Part One) by Jeff Briggs2. Civilization II Menu Music by Jeff Briggs/Roland J. Rizzo Cane and Rinse 485 was edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game w

“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. Leon, Chris, Michiel and community correspondents reflect upon three and a half decades of fizzy, frothy and fun arcade action. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_484.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. The True Ending by Tadashi Kimijima2. Start Demo / Main Theme by Tadashi Kimijima Cane and Rinse 484 was edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in dis

“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 internet mystery Hypnospace Outlaw. Counselor Ryan is joined by Josh "SquisherZ" Garrity, The Chowder Jon, and Sean "Seepage" Bell to enforce the rules of Hypnospace, track down malicious software, and solve the mystery of the Smoulder Boulder once and for all. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_483.mp3   Music from Hypnospace Outlaw featured in this issue:1. Nothing Left for Me by Seepage2. Snub the Nub by Counselor RonnieCane and Rinse 483 was edited by Ryan Hamann You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check o

“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 Michiel ‘NOOD HOOG’ Kroder as well as KoF scenesters/players/commentators Chris ‘Hellpockets’ Fields and (recent International Video Game Hall Of Fame Inductee) Ryan ‘Prodigal Son’ Hart to review 27 years of aggressive and crunchy 2D 3-on-3. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_482.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1.  Intro (Cipher) The King of Fighters '98 OST by Hideki Asanaka/Marimo/Yasuo Yamate2. NE! (England Stage) by SNK Sound TeamCane and Rinse 482 was edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum an

“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, and other times we cover a JRPG like Xenoblade Chronicles. Leon, Leah and guest Ellie Rhodes (@elliejoypanic) - along with contributors from the Cane and RInse community - immerse themselves on what starts out as a simple revenge mission and eventually (90 to several hundred hours later) becomes an exploration into the very nature of existence. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_481.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Main Theme by Yoko Shimomura/Manami Kiyota/ACE+ 2. Gaur Plain by Yoko Shimomura/Manami Kiyota/ACE+Cane and Rinse 481 edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a g

“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 Metroid games. Leon, Leah, Michiel, Rich and community contributors begin the mission with perhaps still the most desolate and daunting title in the franchise, the 1986 Famicom Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System's original Metroid. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_480.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Title (Famicom Disk System Ver.) by Hirokazu Tanaka2. Kraid's Lair music by Hirokazu TanakaCane and Rinse 480 was edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out th

“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 series, as well as its 'extreme' 2017 remake. Leon, Brian, Leah, Michiel and community contributors unpick and unpack this third-person crime fiction melodrama absurdist romance/bromance soap opera RPG brawler - with minigames - sequel, Yakuza 2, and Yakuza Kiwami 2. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_479.mp3   Music featured in this podcast:1. Roar of the Twin Dragons (Title) by Hidenori Shoji 2. Mad Dog by Hidenori ShojiCane and Rinse 479 edited by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of up

“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 Lord Sakai's transformation into the titular Ghost, examining if Sucker Punch's open world offering lived up to the hype. Enjoy the verbal duels of the panel, with slightly fewer decapitations. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_478.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. The Way of the Ghost by Ilan Eshkeri/Shigeru Umebayashi2. Sacrifice of Tradition by Ilan Eshkeri/Shigeru Umebayashi Cane and Rinse 478 edited by Ryan Hamann. You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you

“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 up for a bumpy tour of the blistering original, as well as its small selection of sequels and successors. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_477.mp3   Music from SEGA Rally Championship featured in this issue:1. Power Games by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi2. My Dear Friend, Rally by Takenobu MitsuyoshiCane and Rinse 477 edited by Ryan Hamann. You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT).  Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly communi