In the second of his pieces from the Toronto independent development scene, Ryan Hamann meets the man behind To the Moon. In early August, 2015, I had the chance to travel to Toronto for the […]
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The Wolf Among Us
The runaway success of The Walking Dead made Telltale Games an industry darling. But how does its fairy tale follow-up fare? Fresh from the mean streets of Fabletown, Brian Tarran delivers his verdict Does it […]
Music Monday: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
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 […]
The Talos Principle Quick Rinse video review
Darren Gargette liked Croteam’s intriguing new 3D puzzle adventure The Talos Principle enough to make this ten minute Quick Rinse-cum-video review of it. Please enjoy. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find […]
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 […]
Gang Beasts Quick Rinse – Doughboys, Jelly Babies or Morphs?
Darren Gargette talks over pre-recorded multiplayer games of Gang Beasts – a ridiculously funny physics-based drunken brawler (?!) We dunno. It’s off the hook either way. Windows PC Pre-Alpha version 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.3. Probably. If you like […]
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 […]
Music Monday: NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
I love this. Steven Gutheinz‘s 20 minute soundtrack for inventive Spanish platform-puzzler NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits (formerly Icarian: Kindred Spirits) has haunted me – in the best way possible – since I first heard it upon […]