One thing that bothers me about modern game design is the very small pool of inspiration creators choose to draw from. You can build skyscrapers with the number of space […]
Tag: Konami
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 […]
Interview with a Life Force: The Salamander super-fan
New contributor Joshua Robinson recently had the pleasure of talking with Salamander/Life Force obsessive Madd74 about his dedication to the classic shoot ’em up. Konami’s long-running shoot ‘em up series […]
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 […]
Music Monday: Silent Hill
Music Monday returns with guest contributor and Silent Hill/Akira Yamaoka superfan, Jon Salmon (@CatatonicNali). Let me preface this by saying that I’m something of a Silent Hill fanatic. I’ve played […]
Music Monday: World Cup classic footy special
I tend to measure my life out in World Cups along with the memories of what soccer sim(s) I was playing at the time. Now, before the advent of licensed […]
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
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 […]
Music Monday: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
In the run-up to recording issue 115 of the Cane and Rinse podcast I’ve been playing a lot of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. There is much for us to discuss […]
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night – The Fresh Prince of Belmont
“I will feast on your soul this night!” Now, this is a story all about how My castle got flipped-turned upside down And I’d like to take a minute Just […]
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Josh gets familiar with his combat cross
Josh takes a butcher’s hook at MercurySteam’s 2010 gem, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.