I’m one of those who welcomes news of game remakes. Rather than seeing them as tired, lazy cash-in rehashes of boring, old titles I see […]
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Mario and Me
We were eight years-old when we first met, though he looked a lot older than me. He was kind of a friend-of-a-friend, I guess. I’d […]
Music Monday: Noby Noby Boy
Keita Nagahashi’s (Katamari Damacy) suggestive plaything Noby Noby Boy will most likely be remembered for – if anything – its surrealist planetscapes, all-but unachievable cooperative […]
Puppeteer
The previous generation of game consoles followed an interesting arc. Introduced as serious, realistic, and “gritty” action games were nearing the height of their popularity, […]
Music Monday: Tearaway
Even if Tony and I weren’t quite as enamoured as Jay and Sean with Media Molecule’s Tearaway (definitely not to be confused with the sub-Sonic-esque […]
Music Monday: Banjo-Kazooie
In the latest issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast dedicated entirely to Rare’s bear and bird we feature some of and celebrate Grant Kirkhope’s […]
Iain Angus Burnout Paradise interview
Iain Angus was lead gameplay programmer on Burnout 3: Takedown, Burnout Revenge, Burnout Paradise and designer on Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010). Now at […]
Music Monday: Burnout Paradise
Away from headliners Guns N’ Roses and Avril Lavigne (pronounced La-vig-knee as far as I’m concerned) the selection of ‘EA Trax’ that make up Burnout […]
Music Monday: Borderlands
To coincide with the latest issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast (Volume Three, number 135: Borderlands 2), here are some tracks – including those […]
Music Monday: Laura Shigihara
The latest issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast closes with the tender, touching Everything’s Alright, composed by Laura Shigihara (a self-confessed “giant nerd”) for […]
Music Monday: Smooth McGroove sings Street Fighter II
Not that he needs any promotion from us here at Cane and Rinse but because I like him – and his cat Charl – Smooth […]
Music Monday: World Cup classic footy special
I tend to measure my life out in World Cups along with the memories of what soccer sim(s) I was playing at the time. Now, […]