Xbox Live Arcade Archives - Cane and Rinse

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Music Monday: NiGHTS into dreams…

December 29, 2014

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 […]

MUSIC MONDAY

Music Monday: Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse

November 24, 2014

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 […]

MUSIC MONDAY

Music Monday: Spelunky

November 17, 2014

I remember hearing a Scottish games journalist (whose name escapes me – many apologies) enthusing about the original, free PC version of Spelunky on his […]

MUSIC MONDAY

Music Monday: Sonic 3

October 6, 2014

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 […]

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BattleBlock Theater Quick Rinse

August 22, 2014

Darren Gargette is your puppet on a stick for this vignette of Behemoth’s XBLA and PC (this version) platformer, BattleBlock Theater. If you like these […]

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Music Monday: Banjo-Kazooie

July 21, 2014

In the latest issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast dedicated entirely to Rare’s bear and bird we feature some of and celebrate Grant Kirkhope’s […]

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Music Monday: Rez

May 12, 2014

With genius videogames auteur (and University Challenge question subject) Tetsuya Mizuguchi announcing his imminent return to game development, what better time to feature this outstanding […]

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Music Monday: The Secret of Monkey Island

May 5, 2014

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 […]

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Music Monday: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

April 7, 2014

In issue 122 of the Cane and Rinse podcast Tony, Josh, Karl and I talk at length about Starbreeze’s touching Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. […]

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Music Monday: Mr Driller

March 10, 2014

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 […]