Chris O’Regan chats to Jim Dirschberger of Wide Right Games about the design and development of their arcade shoot’em up, Freedom Finger. Freedom Finger is a funny and satirical side-scrolling shmup featuring the ability to […]
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Sound of Play: 219 – Jeremy Nathan Tisser
Joining Leon Cox this week is the composer for the fantasy naval combat title, Battlewake – Jeremy Nathan Tisser. Our aim with the Sound of Play podcast is to offer a diverse sample of some […]
Galaxian/Galaga series – Cane and Rinse No.388
“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 and guest Dan Clark recall the thrill of swooping alien […]
Console special No.5: Commodore Amiga
“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 32-bit Commodore Amiga. Leon, Chris, Jesse and One Credit Classics‘ […]
The Sausage Factory Episode 248: Caustic Reality
Host Chris O’Regan chats to Clinton McCleary of Caustic Reality about the design and development of Infliction When developing horror games Caustic Reality decided to focus on the use of sound, distorted images and a […]
Sound of Play: 218 – The videogame music podcast
This week, Sound of Play brings you a musical collage — a constellation of audio memories from the year 2001. Rediscover favourites from 2001 or encounter tunes for the first time. This mix contains excerpts […]
DJ Hero and DJ Hero 2 – Cane and Rinse No.387
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 Blower discuss FreeStyle Games’ foray into the world of plastic […]
PAX West 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 attended the event, both of whom are veterans of it. […]
The Sausage Factory Episode 247: Flight School
Chris O’Regan chats to Bohdon Sayre of Flight School about the design and development of Creature in the Well. Did you know that the key to success with pinball is to use precision to aim […]
Sound of Play: 217 – The videogame music podcast
Our aim with Sound of Play is to offer a diverse sample of some of our favourite pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we’ve heard over the years. For this […]
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – Cane and Rinse No.386
“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 new generation was on the horizon. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black […]
The Sausage Factory Episode 246: Triplevision Games
Chris O’Regan chats to Andrew Stewart of Triplevision Games about the design and development of Mable and the Wood. What happens when you make a platform game that has a character that actually cannot jump? […]