Cane and Rinse’s James Carter considers what worked for him and what didn’t among the new videogames that he played during 2016. What on Earth […]
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The real fake difficulty
Michiel Kroder discusses the idea that some videogames that are touted as being difficult actually lack real consequence for failing To summarise my previous piece […]
Thumper interview – “Profound dread in a cosmic scale”
Thumper is Drool’s first effort – a nightmarish, pounding labyrinthine roller-coaster ride that I found utterly captivating. You can check out Ryan Hamann’s review here […]
Keyboard Sports – the final tribute
Games built around a specific piece of hardware or control scheme aren’t out of the ordinary, just look at Nintendo’s output for the past decade. […]
Conversational: Grand Theft Auto Online
In this Conversational Richard Davison (@Follow_My_Ruin), Chris Hayes (@hazeredmist) and Jay Taylor (@JaySevenZero) discuss Rockstar games‘ Grand Theft Auto Online. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/conversational/conversational_gtao.mp3 This is a […]
Art of Atari
Unfortunately I don’t have the money or the space to keep a museum of legacy consoles and games. So for me, one of the happiest […]
An interview with Ghost Town Games
If you’re like me, the thought of playing any sort online multiplayer game sends you into a crippling spiral of frustration. Your eyes gloss over, […]
Grand Theft Auto Online
Picture this: I’m preparing to spend my tenth day, twenty third hour and third minute on GTA Online. I’ve selected the Western Daemon, my chopper […]
Thumper
I have had my eye on Thumper from the very beginning. The premise was intriguing, even if I was nervous about how well it would […]
*Right Stick* to interact
Control schemes are crafted across different games, across multiple generations to form part of the lexicon of gaming. First person shooter? It’ll play like Call […]
A look inside The Talos Principle with Jonas Kyratzes
Last month I played through Croteam’s The Talos Principle and its expansion Road To Gehenna. The game, in my opinion, sits among the greats in […]
Batman: The Telltale Series Episode 1 – Realm of Shadows
One of the creakiest old clichés in any discussion of comic books is that superheroes are the modern equivalent to ancient mythologies. DC Comics allude […]