The original Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (or Circle of Blood if you’re in the US) is one of those games of which I retain immensely lucid memories. Almost as if the protagonist’s […]
Tag: Mac
Music Monday: Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
It’s been over a year since SEGA Studios Australia released their (to me) hugely disappointing remake for contemporary platforms, but, as is not unusual, I woke up feeling nostalgic for the music of AM7’s Mega […]
Music Monday: Spelunky
I remember hearing a Scottish games journalist (whose name escapes me – many apologies) enthusing about the original, free PC version of Spelunky on his “Best Worst Games” feature on the One Life Left podcast, […]
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 to the game after all […]
Crypt of the NecroDancer Quick Rinse
In which Darren sings The Great Mighty Poo song while playing an RPG where the ‘R’ stands for ‘Rhythm’: Crypt of the NecroDancer by Brace Yourself Games. http://necrodancer.com/ If you like these Quick Rinse videos […]
Stick It to The Man!
The comedic adventure game has become somewhat of a rarity as of late. There was a time, in the late 80s and 90s, when the PC gaming landscape was dotted with frequent releases of marvelously […]
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 breezy reggae theme to LucasArts’ […]
Door Kickers alpha Quick Rinse
Find out what happens when the lives of many professional killers are put in the hands of Darren Gargette. Door Kickers on PC from KillHouse Games. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can […]
Electronic Super Joy Quick Rinse – Lady sex noises
“Ooh la-laaa!” Darren Gargette plays the in-your-face 2D platformer formerly known as Techno Ninja: Electronic Super Joy. This is the Windows version of the game which is also available for Linux and Mac OS X […]
StarCraft II multiplayer Quick Rinse – Now with added friends
“Burning… doing… the neutron… DANCE…” Darren Gargette delivers a post-game commentary of a multiplayer match between four players on Blizzard Entertainment‘s celebrated real time strategy game StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. This Quick Rinse ties […]