Brian Tarran loses himself in the latest entry in BioWare’s Dragon Age series. You know those games: the ones that are so brilliant that when you start playing them you […]
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Dragon Age: Inquisition Quick Rinse
Or: “How Not To Do It”. Josh attempts to take down one of Dragon Age: Inquisition’s titular wyverns… it doesn’t go well. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you […]
Music Monday: Dragon Age: Origins
A blindingly obvious but frankly essential Music Monday this week. In the latest Cane and Rinse the podcast (issue 149) we review BioWare’s five-year-old (how?!) RPG, Dragon Age: Origins. Returning […]
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 Paradise’s extensive playlist features a […]
Music Monday: The Secret of Monkey Island
Inspired just somewhat by BBC Radio 6 music I’ve decided to make this Bank Holiday (at the time and in the place of writing) a skank* holiday. Michael Z. Land’s […]
Mirror’s Edge
A second run through DICE’s first-person parkour game confirms its status as a last-gen gem. If you’ve played Mirror’s Edge, you’ll know what it’s all about. You run. That’s what […]
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Quick Rinse – Hotpot Pursuit
Darren G. shows us why he should never be allowed on the road in the real world whilst pondering chocolate bars and impatient gamers in 2010’s Need For Speed: Hot […]
Quake III: Arena Quick Rinse – Server browser fear
In his latest id Software Quick Rinse, Darren Gargette bottles out of playing Quake III: Arena veterans online in favour of some low skill AI. PC version shown.
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2012) – Turn on, tune in and cop out
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2012) promised to be a return to open-world racing, and was lauded as a spiritual successor to Burnout Paradise. Why then does it seem to […]
SSX (2012) Quick Rinse
Josh slides down the steep slopes of EA’s 2012 SSX reboot. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find many more (plus a few other bits and bobs) […]
Mass Effect 3
There is no arguing that Mass Effect has become one of the more significant franchises to come out of this generation. BioWare managed to create a detailed and intelligently crafted […]
Syndicate (2012) Quick Rinse
Darren hacks into his own network with Starbreeze’s 2012 first-person reboot of Bullfrog’s 16-bit action/strategy classic, Syndicate (on PC). This Quick Rinse ties in with issue 55 of the Cane […]