I briefly mention a game from my distant 8-bit youth in the latest issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast: ElektraGlide. On doing my research for that first Burnout show […]
Tag: music monday
Music Monday: Rez
With genius videogames auteur (and University Challenge question subject) Tetsuya Mizuguchi announcing his imminent return to game development, what better time to feature this outstanding track from Rez on 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 […]
Music Monday: Super Mario Galaxy 2
If it sounds like I’m ever so slightly down on Super Mario Galaxy 2 in issue 125 of the Cane and Rinse podcast, it’s only really because it isn’t my […]
Music Monday: Bubble Bobble
Not only do I find Taito’s cutesy 1986 platformer Bubble Bobble to be a timelessly brilliant and utterly delightful game, but the soundtrack has been lodged in my head since […]
Music Monday: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
In issue 122 of the Cane and Rinse podcast Tony, Josh, Karl and I talk at length about Starbreeze’s touching Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. As usual you get to […]
Music Monday: The Walking Dead Season Two
A real life actual song type song type song this week. A real old song too, one that dates back to some time around the 1870s. Perhaps the best known […]
Music Monday: PaRappa the Rapper
Rather than select one of the legendary playable songs from NanaOn-Sha’s PaRappa the Rapper I thought I’d go for a slightly left-field selection from Masaya Matsuura’s adorable OST. Funny Love […]
Music Monday: Turrican II – The Final Fight
German studio Factor 5 produced a series of sci-fi arcade run ‘n’ gun platform shooters starring the titular Turrican in the early 1990s. Technically dazzling, the Turrican series didn’t look […]
Music Monday: Strider
I’m rather enjoying the recent downloadable Strider title that’s been put together by Double Helix in association with Capcom. It’s a slick, briskly-paced dash’n’slash ‘metroidvania’ type game that’s closer to […]
Music Monday: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Put together with Nintendo by Monolith Soft, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds feels like a fan remake in the best possible way; a slick, pacy and contemporary […]
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 […]