“All the princess’s hopes now rest on the brave youth she loves.” There’s much more to the story of the original Prince of Persia than the famous fact that creator Jordan Mechner rotoscoped his little […]
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Oxenfree – Cane and Rinse No.436
“Time to take a little magic trip to cupcake town“ Josh, James, Charlotte and Jon head to Edwards Island to join Alex and her crew of late teens to explore the spooky goings on that […]
Halo 5: Guardians – Cane and Rinse No.435
“The other humans are approved for passage. Regretfully, you are not.” It’s been more than five years since we covered a Halo title, when we covered the series thus far in the run-up to the […]
Bury me, my Love – Cane and Rinse No.434
“We’re just another group of migrants.” Conceived after reading a 2015 article about the Syrian refugee experience, already several years into the country’s civil war, Bury me, my Love tells the story of Majd and […]
Rayman – Cane and Rinse No.433
“No problem!” Less than a decade after the French studio was founded, Ubi Soft Entertainment (as it was then), released colourful and seemingly armless character platformer Rayman onto an unsuspecting world. Leon, Jesse, Michiel, Tony and […]
The Gardens Between – Cane and Rinse No.432
Arina’s room The Gardens Between ponders the transient nature of friendships through the lens of the ability to time travel and pull memories together from semi-abstract fragments. Leon, Chris, Jon, guest David Turner of TCGS […]
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number – Cane and Rinse No.431
You think this is a dream? Well then maybe it’s time to wake up? With a complex storyline that chronologically twists around its predecessor, Dennaton Games‘ Hotline Miami 2 might not be easy to follow, […]
Paper Mario – Cane and Rinse No.430
“Great, just great. You’re on an exciting adventure with Mario. Talk about unfair.” Scheduled for the game’s 20th birthday, in this podcast we look back at the Nintendo mascot’s second RPG outing, Paper Mario. Float […]
The Mark of Kri – Cane and Rinse No.429
“Gather round all of you who would listen.” Years prior to Sony San Diego becoming the MLB: The Show studio, the team made its debut with stealth/combat title The Mark of Kri. Leon, Chris, Leah, […]
The World Ends With You – Cane and Rinse No.428
“Only when we let strangers in can we find new ways to be ourselves.” If you want to be the last player standing in Shibuya’s deadliest game, you’ll need more than luck. You’ll need the […]
The Curse of Monkey Island – Cane and Rinse No.427
“LeChuck is your schnoobums!?” Further piratical shenanigans abound as the dread ship Cane and Rinse returns to the Caribbean sea to break The Curse of Monkey Island. Leon, Charlotte, Ryan and returning guest Dan Clark […]
Super Mario Maker series – Cane and Rinse No.426
“Coo coo. (I hear you’ve been busy, Mario.)” Create or Play? That is the big question asked of anyone who starts a game in the Super Mario Maker series. Join Michiel, Brian, Darren and Ryan […]