“TWO YOUNG VAMPIRE HUNTERS SET OUT TO FULFILL THEIR DESTINY….” New protagonists for a new era. Initially, officially, considered to be a gaiden, Konami’s second […]
Vol. 13
Sonic 3 & Knuckles – Cane and Rinse No.637
“Go! Go! Go! Go-go!” It could have been Sonic 3D, but the tech wasn’t ready. In fact, the game itself wasn’t entirely ready when it […]
Vampire Survivors – Cane and Rinse No.636
“Thank you Poe, but the vampire is in another coffin.” Vampire Survivors started off as a solo developer effort that turned into a huge indie […]
Yie Ar Kung-Fu – Cane and Rinse No.635
“HOT FIGHTING HISTORY” Yie Ar Kung-Fu marked the first appearance of many core one-on-one fighting game tenets that remain in use fully 40 years later. […]
DuckTales – Cane and Rinse No.634
“Guess what. This house has an illusion wall.” This week, we put the “cane” back in Cane and Rinse with our discussion of DuckTales on […]
Tekken series – Cane and Rinse No.633
“Good morning.” Covering all the main games from thirty years of Iron Fisting, we relive the mad, bad Mishima saga and recall its many combatants. […]
Fable – Cane and Rinse No.632
“Why not pay the tavern a visit first?” From oaks to acorns. The Fable series began life as O.G. Xbox exclusive, released under the weight […]
Power Stone – Cane and Rinse No.631
“Oh no!” All-but abandoned after just two critically successful entries, Capcom’s Power Stone is a series that – until a recent announcement – lived on […]
Untitled Goose Game – Cane and Rinse No.630
“Honk!” Terror most fowl or anserine champion? James, Brian and Leah are going to find out if House House’s goose is cooked or whether they […]
Metroid: Other M – Cane and Rinse No.629
“Any objections, Lady?” The infamous odd-one out. Nintendo SPD collaborated with Tecmo’s Team Ninja for the Wii-exclusive follow-up to the Prime trilogy, with results that […]
Area 88 (U.N. Squadron) and U.S. Navy (Carrier Air Wing) – Cane and Rinse No.628
“The fighting in this area is ferocious.” Two shoot ’em ups with two names each, from Capcom’s arcade heyday of the late 80s/early 90s. Leon, Chris […]
Stray – Cane and Rinse No.627
“You were my friend, the very best I could have asked for.” That game with the cat. Actually – as we briefly discuss in this […]