I got the platinum on Wolfenstein: The New Order! I know, it’s not the hardest to earn in the history of PlayStation Trophies but it’s […]
Tag: PlayStation
Puppeteer
The previous generation of game consoles followed an interesting arc. Introduced as serious, realistic, and “gritty” action games were nearing the height of their popularity, […]
Music Monday: Mr Driller
I’ve always found the juxtaposition between Mr Driller, an innocuously simple up, down, left, right, dig arcade action puzzle game and its grand, intricate soundtrack […]
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’ […]
WipEout 64 Quick Rinse
Our Darren Gargette floats gracefully on a cushion of air thanks mostly to his high-fibre diet. WipEout’s only N64 outing was ostensibly a cartridge-based port of […]
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero Quick Rinse
“Who are you to judge?” Darren Gargette plays one of the most critically reviled games of all time: Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero. Here Darren is […]
Parappa the Rapper Quick Rinse – Ribbet ribbet me can’t hold it
Darren Gargette lays down some rhymes with NanaOn-Sha’s 2D canine MC Parappa the Rapper. Originally released in Europe September 1997 on the original Sony PlayStation. […]
Die Hard Trilogy Quick Rinse – It’s like The Orange Box but not really
“Oh God, I hope that’s not a hostage!” Darren Gargette endures the aged graphics and dodgy voice samples to give us a Quick Rinse of […]
My first death: a Dark Souls tale (Ages 16+)
I stand in front of the imposing edifice that houses Anor Londo’s equally daunting Dragon Slayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough, and I am lost in […]
CaR Conversational – The PlayStation 4
Here’s the first of our Cane and Rinse Conversationals, where members of the C&R community discuss their thoughts about the wonderful world of videogames, starting […]
Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack!!!
Finding an interesting game for the PlayStation Vita on launch day should have been easy. Unfortunately, the selection of re-hashed and re-packaged games just didn’t […]
Between GoldenEye 007 and Halo: Combat Evolved – the console first-person shooter 1998-2001
Conventional wisdom, and a couple of throwaway comments on our recent Halo Anniversary podcast Issue, say that after Rare’s 1997 Bond smash and before Bungie’s 2001 […]