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: Steam
Castle in the Darkness Quick Rinse
RemiNEScent of 8-bit times, Castle in the Darkness comes from Matt Kap, lead artist on The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Sir Darren of Gargette reports. Castle in the Darkness is available on Steam now: http://store.steampowered.com/app/262960/ […]
Overture Quick Rinse
Darren Gargette conducts a feel of Black Shell Games’ Overture, available now for a very reasonable £3.99 (or equivalent) on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/343100/ If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find many more (plus […]
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: NiGHTS into dreams…
I’d posit that NiGHTS into dreams… is as much of a synaesthetic experience as Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Rez. It’s inconceivable that the game would offer the option to mute the uplifting, symbiotic music provided by Tomoko […]
Alien: Isolation
In your living room, everyone can hear you scream. Brian Tarran reviews The Creative Assembly’s spiritual sequel to the classic space-based survival horror movie, Alien: Isolation The first time it appeared, I ran as fast […]
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 […]
Ziggurat Quick Rinse
Darren goes delving yet again, this time deep into Milkstone Studios’ Ziggurat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggurat). “Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! […]
Music Monday: Sonic 3
There are so many great tracks from the Mega Drive/Genesis Sonic games that I could share with you, but these particular selections from Sonic 3 have always resonated with my subconscious. Both themes for Marble […]
Tango Fiesta Quick Rinse
Darren Gargette tries to explain to you what Tango Fiesta is all about but really, that persistent attract mode does a far better job. http://store.steampowered.com/app/276730/ If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find […]
The Escapists Quick Rinse: First day in Center Perks
Darren Gargette rolls with the punches in The Escapists and shows you what day one will be like. All that stands between dez and his freedom is a perfectly executed escape plan. http://escapistgame.com/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/298630/ If […]