An appreciation of Archer Maclean’s peerless Defender tribute In the 1980s, when dedicated coin-op PCB’s lead the technological gaming charge (and before many of the […]
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And Then There Was One… (Video Game Classification in the UK)
We interview Dirk Bosmans of PEGI and take a closer look at their ratings system. I have often found myself the port of call for […]
The Unglamorous Jackie Estacado
WARNING: this article includes plot spoilers for The Darkness, The Darkness II and The Godfather (film). For more on The Darkness and its sequel, pleasure […]
Darksiders II Pre-release Hands-on at THQ
Darren G. ventures forth to THQ to sample Darksiders II Darksiders was a ‘sleeper hit’ for me. I remember hearing about it on various podcasts […]
Going Silver
Darren G. ponders a life without Gold for Xbox Live. At the time of writing this, Microsoft no longer consider the phrase “Silver” acceptable for […]
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
There aren’t many games out there that can claim to be adaptations of novels, or at least novels that haven’t already been adapted to film or […]
American McGee’s Alice
That this 11 year old game still manages to effectively disturb despite suffering from several key signs of ageing is a testament to the distorted […]
Between GoldenEye 007 and Halo: Combat Evolved – the console first-person shooter 1998-2001
Conventional wisdom, and a couple of throwaway comments on our recent Halo Anniversary podcast Issue, say that after Rare’s 1997 Bond smash and before Bungie’s 2001 […]
2012: Bring It On – Part Two
So we return to Wild Speculation Corner, where this week I’ll round up a few of the other incoming games of 2012 that for whatever […]
2012: Bring It On – Part One
As a rule at Cane And Rinse we try to avoid unqualified speculation about the future of gaming. However, in the spirit of embracing the […]
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Whether we’ve loved or hated the decisions Nintendo have made this console generation, I think we’ve all been surprised by the Wii’s level of success. […]
eSports in Gaming
This article was originally written by Scott Eunson, although some will know him by his more commonly used moniker of Darth Cuddles and was […]