The game that was at one stage called Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers became this Rare GBA puzzle oddity, It’s Mr Pants. Listen out for Darren’s digression into the realms of revealing peanut packs and sordid visits to the lav. Here […]
In the latest issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast dedicated entirely to Rare’s bear and bird we feature some of and celebrate Grant Kirkhope’s wonderful Banjo-Kazooie music. Music plays a huge part in that game’s atmosphere, charm, theme – […]
“It really does sound quite absurd, adventure of a bear and bird!” Rare’s ursine-avian twosome are the subject of this issue of the podcast. Not only do Leon, Ryan, Brian and former Rare employee Darren discuss the original, much-loved Banjo-Kazooie, […]
Iain Angus was lead gameplay programmer on Burnout 3: Takedown, Burnout Revenge, Burnout Paradise and designer on Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010). Now at Konami, Iain kindly gave us some fascinating insight into the development of Burnout Paradise and […]
Away from headliners Guns N’ Roses and Avril Lavigne (pronounced La-vig-knee as far as I’m concerned) the selection of ‘EA Trax’ that make up Burnout Paradise’s extensive playlist features a smattering of quality tunes that I’m happy to have as […]
“You’re so fine, I want you mine, you’re so delicious, I think about you all the time, you’re so addictive…” Bringing our journey through the Burnout series to a close we come to Criterion’s final ‘proper’ game bearing the name, […]
Darren Gargette muses upon and celebrates the current resurgence of local multiplayer gaming.
To coincide with the latest issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast (Volume Three, number 135: Borderlands 2), here are some tracks – including those well-selected opening themes and some of those effective in-game ambient pieces – from Gearbox/2K’s brace […]
“Hey, wanna hear the new dubstep song I wrote? Wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub. DROP! Wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub wub.” For this weeks show […]
Guess what? Someone else (Loren Lemcke) made a game with zombies in it. Over 9000 Zombies! in fact. Darren Gargette takes a look. Over 9000 Zombies is available on Steam right now. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you […]
Darren shows you how to shovel your nights away. Explore the world map, the towns within and of course, enjoy some 8-bit style platforming in Yacht Club Games’ Shovel Knight. He apologises for the inconsistency in his pronunciation of console names. […]
The latest issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast closes with the tender, touching Everything’s Alright, composed by Laura Shigihara (a self-confessed “giant nerd”) for her friend Kan Gao’s game, To the Moon. Laura has also provided pieces for, and […]
“It really does sound quite absurd, adventure of a bear and bird!” Rare’s ursine-avian twosome are the subject of this issue of the podcast. Not only do Leon, Ryan, Brian and former Rare employee Darren discuss the original, much-loved Banjo-Kazooie, […]
MachineGames has turned the prototypical first-person shooter into a stealth-action-adventure game – with surprising results. I would have loved to have been in the room when MachineGames, the developer of Wolfenstein: The New Order, pitched their vision for the game […]
In the latest issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast dedicated entirely to Rare’s bear and bird we feature some of and celebrate Grant Kirkhope’s wonderful Banjo-Kazooie music. Music plays a huge part in that game’s atmosphere, charm, theme – […]
The game that was at one stage called Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers became this Rare GBA puzzle oddity, It’s Mr Pants. Listen out for Darren’s digression into the realms of revealing peanut packs and sordid visits to the lav. Here […]
Never mind the new generation, we have a new Periodical! Hey folks, it’s been a while but we can finally give you our fifth issue of The Cane and Rinse Periodical. As with our previous issues, this digital magazine is […]
Here’s another of our Cane and Rinse Conversationals, where members of the CaR community discuss their thoughts about the world of videogames. In this Conversational Ashguyver, Domsbeard and JaySevenZero discuss the recent Xbox One reveal from Microsoft. The idea behind […]
