“Super State.” Stephen Cakebread’s Geometry Wars may have started life as a Project Gotham Racing Easter egg but has since taken on an intensely glowing, neon life of its own. Leon, James, Ryan and guest […]
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Bully (Canis Canem Edit) – Cane and Rinse No.187
“Oh my God! Corn! I didn’t have corn for dinner! This is awful!” In 2006, Rockstar Vancouver introduced us to Bulworth Academy and the adventures of the delinquent Jimmy Hopkins in the tabloid-baiting Bully (Canis […]
Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Cane and Rinse No.186
“We must strive to cherish their memory and never forget.” With Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Ubisoft Montpellier took on the daunting task of making an accessible, informative interactive experience based around the First World […]
Halo 3 – Cane and Rinse No.185
“Wake me… when you need me.” Halo 3 saw the Master Chief’s debut on the Xbox 360, surfing in on a tidal wave of hype. Though Bungie didn’t even quite manage to bestow the ‘next […]
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors – Cane and Rinse No.184
“The dark, reddish-black pool of blood… The scattered pieces of flesh… Organs strewn across the floor like the blossoming of a grotesque flower…” It’s a sadistic and mind-bending romp through sci-fi horror as Ryan Hamann, […]
Transistor – Cane and Rinse No.183
“I love you so much, Red. You know that right?” As a follow up to their critically well-received first game Bastion, Supergiant Games came up with the distinctly stylised Transistor. Ryan, James and Sean sit […]
FreQuency / Amplitude – Cane and Rinse No.182
“I’m a science genius girl. I won the science fair. I wear a white lab coat. DNA strands in my hair.” A pair of PlayStation 2 games that, as we discover, were vital precursors to […]
Halo 2 – Cane and Rinse No.181
“I… I am a monument to all your sins…” With Halo 5: Guardians scheduled to arrive later this year, Cane and Rinse company drop from orbit down to the surface of the second Halo. It’s […]
Killer7 – Cane and Rinse No.180
“I’m talking guys who beat off, four times a day!” Goichi Suda teamed up with co-writer Shinji Mikami to create one of the ‘Capcom Five’ for Nintendo GameCube in the early-mid 2000s. The result was […]
Silent Hill: Downpour – Cane and Rinse No.179
“Weatherman says there’s a storm coming our way to spoil the fun.” The Cane and Rinse podcast concludes its Silent Hill cycle where it began, with a panel of Leon, Josh, Karl and Sean. Silent […]
Too Human – Cane and Rinse No.178
“This one red hour will make your reputation or mine… are you right with your maker?” Silicon Knights‘ 2008 Xbox 360 exclusive, Too Human, was supposed to be the first in a trilogy of games. […]
God Hand – Cane and Rinse No.177
“You can wax on, wax off all you like. I’m still kicking your ass.” A late-generation cult classic or a ridiculous, slapstick B-movie take on the 3D brawler? Clover Studio wanted their cake and eat […]