“We fell through a TV! Actually, uh… what is going on here?” Shin Megami Tensei has been around for awhile, standing just outside the industry spotlight, quietly releasing unusually Japanese RPGs desperately searching for… Signs of Love. Despite garnering only [...]

In his latest id Software Quick Rinse, Darren Gargette bottles out of playing Quake III: Arena veterans online in favour of some low skill AI. PC version shown.

“Now you’ve really crossed the line” The Resident Evil follow-up that metamorphosed into its own IP during development, Hideki Kamiya’s Devil May Cry arrived on the PlayStation 2 to largely rapturous acclaim in 2001. Two years after 2003’s much maligned [...]

“Origin of all that is good and mother to us all” During its relatively short existence, Clover Studio produced a triumvirate of significant and memorable titles; Viewtiful Joe, God Hand (each a candidate for a  future Issue of this podcast), and in between [...]

“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 horror fps (inspired by Stephen [...]

A personal perspective on why the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona games stand out from the crowd This article is something I’ve wanted to write for a long time. And with the recent release of Persona 4 Arena, and the soon [...]

Remedy’s bullet-time ballet noir starring Max Payne as Baryshnikov Leon, Tony, James and Karl slo-mo dive – sideways – into their recording seats and review Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment’s second game, 2001’s Max Payne (published by 3D Realms/Rockstar). Mashing up [...]

Josh gives a lesson in survival in Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PlayStation 3 version shown, SD video). This Quick Rinse ties in with Issue Thirty-Nine of the Cane & Rinse Podcast.

In this show we exchange our views on Metal Gear Solid 3. 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 Soviet jungle [...]

Josh sneaks his way through Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. This Quick Rinse ties in with Issue Thirty-Three of the Cane & Rinse Podcast.