“To my mother, brothers and sister, with whom I survived the monster in my father.” In this issue of the podcast Leon, Tony, James and […]
Author: Leon Cox
Music Monday: Bubble Bobble
Not only do I find Taito’s cutesy 1986 platformer Bubble Bobble to be a timelessly brilliant and utterly delightful game, but the soundtrack has been […]
Music Monday: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
In issue 122 of the Cane and Rinse podcast Tony, Josh, Karl and I talk at length about Starbreeze’s touching Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. […]
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons – Cane and Rinse No.122
“Naiee.” “Nyaa.” A change of pace and tone for Starbreeze with their downloadable story of symbiotic siblings, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, affecting many […]
Music Monday: The Walking Dead Season Two
A real life actual song type song type song this week. A real old song too, one that dates back to some time around the […]
Super Mario Sunshine – Cane and Rinse No.121
“What happened? Did the perpetrator get away?” In the fourth of our six podcast ‘core’ Super Mario series, Leon, Tony and Darren G jet off […]
Music Monday: PaRappa the Rapper
Rather than select one of the legendary playable songs from NanaOn-Sha’s PaRappa the Rapper I thought I’d go for a slightly left-field selection from Masaya […]
PaRappa the Rapper / UmJammer Lammy – Cane and Rinse No.120
“Slurp it, suck it, I know we all like it.” PaRappa the Rapper, Masaya Matsuura’s little lovelorn dog that could (rap) pretty much kick-started the […]
Music Monday: Turrican II – The Final Fight
German studio Factor 5 produced a series of sci-fi arcade run ‘n’ gun platform shooters starring the titular Turrican in the early 1990s. Technically dazzling, […]
Manhunt / Manhunt 2 – Cane and Rinse No.119
“Do exactly as I say, and I promise this will be over before the night is out.” Manhunt and Manhunt 2 have garnered a fair […]
Music Monday: Mr Driller
I’ve always found the juxtaposition between Mr Driller, an innocuously simple up, down, left, right, dig arcade action puzzle game and its grand, intricate soundtrack […]
Super Mario 64 – Cane and Rinse No.117
“Ah spaghetti… Ah ravioli… Ah mamma mia…” In the third of our ‘core’ Super Mario series podcasts we arrive at the dawn of the 64-bit […]