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 […]
Tag: OS X
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’ […]