“Don’t touch that dial now, we’re just getting started.” More than five years since the last Silent Hill issue, Ryan, Leah, Brian, and Jon trepidatiously walk the winding hallways of […]
Tag: Hideo Kojima
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – Cane and Rinse No.393
“Why are we still here? Just to suffer?” In very probably our last ever podcast on the venerable series, we finally give Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain the […]
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner – Cane and Rinse No.348
“Use power for the right things. At least for the things that you believe in.” We follow up Issue 322’s Zone of the Enders podcast with a show all about […]
Zone of the Enders – Cane and Rinse No.322
“HIGH SPEED ROBOT ACTION” Ahead of the sequel’s latest re-release, we revisit Konami’s 2001 sci-fi mech action game Zone of the Enders. Leon, Karl and Michiel ponder Hideo Kojima’s level […]
Team Silent and their Silent Hill legacy
Team Silent, the developer behind the first four Silent Hill games, were a major player in the survival horror genre in the early 2000s. Though their personnel changed substantially during […]
Haunted mansions
Playing through this year’s Mario Kart 8, it is difficult to not be distracted by the incredible attention to detail that Nintendo has paid when designing its racetracks. Whether it […]
Snatcher – Cane and Rinse No.142
“You come from a world that’s been gone for 50 years…” Hideo Kojima’s Snatcher isn’t quite 50 years old, but James, Sean, Karl and special guest Brad Gallaway (GameCritics.com) take […]
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Raiden’s solo adventure might be cut from the Metal Gear cloth, but it offers a different slice of action to what we’ve seen before from the series. Fans of the […]
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Cane and Rinse No.115
“Am I not beautiful?” Starting with the Nintendo 64 and working our way through Dreamcast and PS2 we trace the murky history of 3D Castlevania titles before arriving at MercurySteam’s […]
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Few things are more comforting than the voice of Patrick Stewart. The fact that his narration is the first thing that greets you in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow lends an […]
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Cane and Rinse No.49
We’ve finally reached the end (for now?) of our Metal Gear series retrospective. In the epic conclusion to our six part Metal Gear 25th Anniversary series Leon, Tony and Jay […]
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker – Cane and Rinse No.44
“We abandoned our countries. Nothing more.” In the penultimate of our six Metal Gear 25th anniversary specials, Leon, Tony, James and Paul Rooney of Ready-Up arrive at the Central America […]