Team Silent, the developer behind the first four Silent Hill games, were a major player in the survival horror genre in the early 2000s. Though their personnel changed substantially during the department’s five years, under […]
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Music Monday: Metroid Prime
Last Thursday, 29th January 2015, was a day worthy of celebration. It was a red letter day for gamers, particularly those who hadn’t previously managed to buy a copy of the Metroid Prime Trilogy compilation […]
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 […]
Super Smash Bros. series – Cane and Rinse No.154
“Wow! Incredible!” Leon, Darren, Josh and Ryan explore the vast, chaotic world of Super Smash Bros. from its pre-millennial inception on N64 up to and including Brawl on Wii. There’s plenty of talk about the […]
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 […]
Paper Mario Quick Rinse – If all the world were paper
Darren Gargette generally finds RPGs challenging to his noggin, even this one, which is clearly just for children (it isn’t). Here our dez is playing the N64 ROM of Paper Mario as emulated on a […]
Music Monday: Mario Kart
Having sunk something like thirty to forty happy, if sometimes sweary, hours into Mario Kart 8 this past week and a half or so (including a highly successful Cane and Rinse online session last Saturday […]
Music Monday: Super Mario Galaxy 2
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 really because it isn’t my beloved Super Mario Galaxy 1. […]
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 quite thrilling. All of the eclectic and complex music from […]
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 […]
Super Mario Kart Quick Rinse
Darren Gargette karties like its 1992 in the original SNES (Super Famicom) Super Mario Kart from 1992, emulated here on PC. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find many more (plus a […]
Mario Kart 64 Quick Rinse – BATTLE! VERSUS?
“I’M THE BEST!” Darren Gargette plays the second of Nintendo’s Mushroom Kingdom racing games, Mario Kart 64. Here Darren is playing the game on PC via emulation. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you […]