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New podcast: Escape from Monkey Island
“Pick up the moon? Are you nuts?”
By the year 2000 the popularity of the traditional point and click adventure was waning. However, Lucasfilm felt there was enough left in the well for one last jaunt to hang with the pirates of the Caribbean.
Leon, Ryan and Tony – along with contributors from the listenership – wrestle with the keyboard-based tank controls, moon-logic puzzles and Monkey Kombat in their attempts to Escape from Monkey Island.
Available now for free in the usual podcast places.
Links in bio.
2 days ago
New podcast: Dark Cloud (early access and extended)
Dark Cloud remains a slightly odd beast. Chris Worthington, Brian Edwards and Chris O'Regan unpack it all here.
Support Cane and Rinse for just $2 (or equivalent) per month to get every new podcast four weeks early.
Links in bio.
3 days ago
New podcast: November's Monthly
A podcast about a podcast that funds a podcast.
Looking back at October.
Discussed:
Blood: The Last Vampire
Demon Slayer
Jujutsu Kaisen
The Fire Hunter
Presence
The Long Walk
Good Boy
K-Foodie Meets J-Foodie
IT: Welcome to Derry
Ghost of Yotei
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Deep Rock Galactic
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
$2 a month!
Links in bio.
7 days ago
New podcast: Judgment (early access)
Kamurochō is overflowing with yakuza. The police are swamped and the legal system is on its knees.
Who can the city turn to in its hour of need but Brian, James, Leah and Michiel - the Cane and Rinse Detective Agency.
Ryu Ga Gotoku studio spin-off from Yakuza again, this time it’s Judgment… or is it Judge Eyes?
Available now from our $2 per month Patreon.
Links in bio.
2 weeks ago
Our Syberia podcast
Your perfect accompaniment to Syberia - Remastered - out now.
“Automatons do not have bugs, Kate Walker. They simply display functional idiosyncracies.”
In the aftermath of the golden age of graphic adventure games, the early 2000s offered plenty of ammunition for those who declared the genre to be dead. Microids was intent on changing the narrative when it released spiritual successor to cult-hit Amerzone, Syberia.
Chris Worthington, James, Michiel and Tony ask themselves if it was successful.
Available to listen for free from podcast providers, Spotify and our website.
Links in bio.
2 weeks ago
New podcast: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Wario’s debut! That’s perhaps the most significant element of this 1992 handheld entry into the Mario canon, but there’s plenty more to talk about as well.
Leon, Brian, Leah and Sean, along with oodles of nostalgic memories from our forum and Patreon communities, hop, skip and jump through this wacky and off-kilter but fully fledged platform adventure for the good old Game Boy.
Available now for free from podcast places, Spotify and caneandrinse dot com.
Links in bio.
2 weeks ago
New podcast: Amnesia: The Bunker (early access)
Originally intended as DLC for Amnesia: Rebirth, Amnesia: The Bunker marks a step change for gameplay in the series.
Chris Worthingon, Jon and Leah take a look at whether the changes were for the better, and what this means for the future for Frictional games.
Available now through our $2 Patreon, four weeks before its wider release.
Links in bio.
2 weeks ago
Our Mortal Kombat podcast
“Come here!”
From the ropey blue-skreen of the 1992 original to the konklusion of the truly 2D years with Mortal Kombat Trilogy, we konsider kharakters, mekhaniks and kontrols.
Your perfect akkompaniment to Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
Links in bio.
3 weeks ago
New podcast: Alan Wake II
“We can find our way through the darkness. We will break through the surface and crash into the light.”
Sit with us as we recount the recursive, multidimensional and meta tale of Alan Wake II.
Parautilitarians unite with Leon, Karl (who forgot which mic to record with!) and Leah – and community correspondents – as we attempt to unfold and unpick the meshed manuscripts of Remedy’s pulpy protagonist.
Available now, for free, from podcast providers (or our website)!
Links in bio.
3 weeks ago
New podcast: Castlevania Legends (early access)
iterally one person requested this podcast, so here it is. How's that for service?
In our latest Castlevania series podcast, we land on the late OG Game Boy offering, Castlevania Legends.
Leon, Brian, Leah and Ryan ask just why this prequel was eradicated from the canon, never to be restored.
Support the podcast for as little as $2 per month to listen today, and get every new release four weeks early!
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4 weeks ago
New podcast: Amnesia: Rebirth
After handing over development duties on the previous entry in the series to The Chinese Room, Frictional Games had the unenviable task of creating a follow-up to SOMA.
In an attempt to merge the horror of the Amnesia series with the heavy narrative aspects of SOMA, Frictional risked not pleasing anybody.
Chris Worthington, Jon and Sean look at how Amnesia: Rebirth stands up in its own right.
Available now for free on podcast platforms, Spotify and/or our website.
Links in bio.
4 weeks ago
New podcast: Escape from Monkey Island (early access)
By the year 2000 the popularity of the traditional point and click adventure was waning.
However, Lucasfilm felt there was enough left in the well for one last jaunt to hang with the pirates of the Caribbean.
Leon, Ryan and Tony wrestle with the keyboard-based tank controls, moon-logic puzzles and Monkey Kombat in their attempts to Escape from Monkey Island.
Available now (one month early) from our $2 Patreon.
Links in bio.
1 month ago