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, […]
Tag: Xbox Live Arcade
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BattleBlock Theater Quick Rinse
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 Quick Rinse videos you can […]
Music Monday: Banjo-Kazooie
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 wonderful Banjo-Kazooie music. Music plays […]
Music Monday: Rez
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 track from Rez on a […]
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 […]
Music Monday: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
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. As usual you get to […]
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 […]
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Quick Rinse
James puts on his dunce’s cap and goes to the bottom of the class after the copious tutorials featured in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon put him to sleep. If […]
Girl Fight
Girl Fight, though. Girl Fight. A game about girls having a fight. Even the name is amazing, a bit like calling The Last of Us ‘Planthead Badness’ or naming Bioshock […]