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Music Monday: ElektraGlide

May 19, 2014

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 […]

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Music Monday: Rez

May 12, 2014

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 […]

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Music Monday: The Secret of Monkey Island

May 5, 2014

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 […]

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Music Monday: Super Mario Galaxy 2

April 28, 2014

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 […]

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Music Monday: Bubble Bobble

April 14, 2014

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 […]

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Music Monday: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

April 7, 2014

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. […]

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Music Monday: The Walking Dead Season Two

March 31, 2014

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 […]

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Music Monday: PaRappa the Rapper

March 24, 2014

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 […]

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Music Monday: Turrican II – The Final Fight

March 17, 2014

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, […]

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Music Monday: Strider

February 24, 2014

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’ […]