The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

The quality videogame discussion podcast

Episodes

Gran Turismo and Gran Turismo 2 – Cane and Rinse No.664

May 13, 2025 • 119 mins
“The greatest racing game of all time is coming.” From simple beginnings as one of around 100 pitches to Sony seniors, turning into a flagship Sony series selling upwards and above 90 million copies. These games have their origins in early-90s cartoon kart genre, and now boast to be the self proclaimed, "greatest racing game of all time". In this issue, host Rich and his co-drivers Karl, Tom and Tony start at the beginning of So...
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Resident Evil 4 (2023) – Cane and Rinse No.663

May 6, 2025 • 119 mins
“Where’s everyone going? Bingo?” We realised there haven't been enough Cane and Rinse podcasts dedicated to Resident Evil 4, so here we are. Leon, Brian, Leah and Sean once again invade the mysterious Spanish (?) village of the so-called Ganados, to once again rescue 'Baby Eagle' THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER. Along with a broad spread of opinions from the Patreon and forum, the panelists endeavour to convey their experiences with th...
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Quake II – Cane and Rinse No.662

April 29, 2025 • 119 mins
“Proceed north to big gun area.” Behold the Bitterman, in id Software's archetypal 'boomer shooter' sequel, Quake II. Strogg-blasting vets Leon, Chris O'Regan, Darren and Karl - along with contributions from the Cane and Rinse community - recount their bloody campaigns through Quake II's 1997 PC original, the somewhat miraculous console ports to N64 and PS1, as well as the much more recent Nightdive remaster package, including D...
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Dead Space (2023) – Cane and Rinse No.661

April 22, 2025 • 91 mins
"Cut off their limbs." Perhaps not the most pressing candidate for the remake treatment, nevertheless, EA Motive found itself remaking 2008's sci-fi horror shooter Dead Space for 'current gen' in 2023. Leon and Jon - along with contributors for the Cane and Rinse community - consider the changes and differences from the original to the all-singing, all-dancing update. Was the whole project worthwhile? Listen in and find out what...
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Star Wars: Dark Forces – Cane and Rinse No.660

April 15, 2025 • 105 mins
“This could be interesting.” Star Wars + DOOM = awesome success. A simple enough equation for mid-90s LucasArts, but is there more to Dark Forces than that? Leon, Chris Worthington, Darren and Tony blast and puzzle their way through this first-person shooter adventure, with missives from Cane and Rinse's community alliance along the way. From the MS-DOS original to the recent Nightdive remaster, we have all planet-destroying bas...
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Smash TV – Cane and Rinse No.659

April 8, 2025 • 117 mins
“Good luck! You’ll need it!” The twin-stick shooter never fully caught on in the arcade's golden age, and yet, some years after the beloved Robotron 2084, Eugene Jarvis and his team returned to that particular mechanical interface wellspring for another go round, with 1990's spiritual successor Smash TV. Leon, Jesse, Michiel and community contributors scream bloody murder at Smash TV's ultraviolent, loud, frenetic, brutal and re...
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Minishoot’ Adventures – Cane and Rinse No.658

April 1, 2025 • 109 mins
"Wake up little one. The corruption has emerged… The Unchosen is back!" In this issue of Cane and Rinse, Chris, Jon, Leah and Sean discuss 2024's Minishoot' Adventures. A notable PC/Mac exclusive (at the time of recording), made by SoulGame Studio. This top-down action adventure borrows heavily from The Legend of Zelda and mixes it with bullet-dodging, dexterity-based gameplay normally found in bullet hell shoot 'em ups. http...
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Half-Life: Alyx – Cane and Rinse no.657

March 25, 2025 • 117 mins
"We just gotta get to the vault, get the weapon, kick the Combine off Earth — super easy — and they're — and there's sandwiches, there's gonna be sandwiches…" The oft-cited standard-bearer of VR gaming, Half-Life: Alyx offered gamers near total immersion in the Half-Life universe when many were experiencing the first Covid-19 lockdown. The game also carried the weight of being the first Half-Life game in 13 years, and the reason...
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl – Cane and Rinse No.656

March 18, 2025 • 119 mins
“Hi. Why are you here?” Our Tony's nomination for the 14th year of podcasts is 2007's first-person survival horror, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl. Leon, Jon and James join him in immersing themselves in this notoriously demanding and spiky - if ultimately rewarding - FPS. We also hear tales from The Zone via our trusty community contributors. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_...
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Tunic – Cane and Rinse No.655

March 11, 2025 • 118 mins
“Dear Player. You've come a long way, haven't you?” Lead developer Andrew Shouldice stuffed every single corner of Tunic's world with secrets and mysteries, and created a wonderfully faithful, detailed and devious retro-style game manual to help and/or baffle players. Tom, Brian and Chris delve deep into this intriguing adventure, assessing its controversial combat and celebrated soundtrack. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandri...
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Segare Ijiri – Cane and Rinse No.654

March 4, 2025 • 112 mins
“It's big.” Presented explicitly as the world's first "stupid game" or "baka game", Segare Ijiri is a pretty well known cultural touchstone in Japan, but virtually unknown outside of it, even among fans of Japanese gaming obscura. Michiel, Brian, Leah and Sean attempt to cross language and cultural barriers to delve into this strange piece of software... and surprisingly discover meaning in what was purposefully created as somet...
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Paperboy – Cane and Rinse No.653

February 25, 2025 • 119 mins
“Now you have a friend in the paper business.” A vintage game about an anachronistic job delivering a dying medium. Atari's arcade hit Paperboy is 40! Leon, Brian, Chris Worthington, Dan and community contributors grip tasselled BMX handlebars and brave the gamut of suburban challenges faced daily by our intrepid news disseminator. As is the custom for these type of shows, we also hear of its many conversions, ports, spin-offs a...
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Oikospiel Book I – Cane and Rinse no.652

February 18, 2025 • 120 mins
"It is the year 1999, and our game development House, Koch Games, has been hired by The Oikospielen Opera to adapt the novel Tristram Shandy, into a computer 'eco opera' for a fee of infinity." This week, Cane and Rinse is on strike! It is your choice whether you will salt or scab. Follow Ryan, Chris, James and Jon into the perplexing but provocative pillar of the modern videogame avant-garde, David Kanaga's enigmatic Oikospiel ...
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Panzer Dragoon – Cane and Rinse No.651

February 13, 2025 • 119 mins
Back for a fourteenth year of deep-dive videogame review podcasts, and the first subject for 2025 is SEGA's Panzer Dragoon. Leon, Chris O'Regan, Chris Worthington and Michiel - along with contributions from the Cane and Rinse community - look back at the Saturn CD that spawned a four-game series of dragonborn blasters (and one RPG). Here we focus on the 30-year-old original, as well as its various ports and 2020 remake. http://m...
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Baldur’s Gate 3 – Cane and Rinse No.650

January 21, 2025 • 119 mins
“Shouldn't have wished to live in more interesting times.” We conclude our thirteenth year of podcasts by covering the all-conquering, 2023 game of the year awards-sweeping, Baldur's Gate III. Leon, Jay, Leah and Rich - along with contributions from the mighty Cane and Rinse community, attempt to do justice to - and even pick a few holes in - this cosmically well-regarded RPG. From our relationships with the characters, to our r...
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Syberia – Cane and Rinse No.649

January 14, 2025 • 119 mins
“Automatons do not have bugs, Kate Walker. They simply display functional idiosyncracies.” In the aftermath of the golden age of graphic adventure games, the early 2000s offered plenty of ammunition for those who declared the genre to be dead. Microids was intent on changing the narrative when it released spiritual successor to cult-hit Amerzone, Syberia.  Chris Worthington, James, Michiel and Tony ask themselves if it was succe...
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The Story of Thor (Beyond Oasis) – Cane and Rinse No.648

January 7, 2025 • 108 mins
“The powers of the Gold Armlet are now yours to wield.” Team Ancient turned its attention from the urban grime of Streets of Rage 2 to the lush meadows, dry deserts and atmospheric caverns of Oasis for its Mega Drive follow-up, The Story of Thor. Leon, Chris Worthington, Michiel and community contributors' quest for the four spirits is on! As usual we discuss the art, the audio and the mashed-up mechanics of this action/RPG hybr...
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Luigi’s Mansion 3 – Cane and Rinse No.647

December 31, 2024 • 119 mins
"That old coot had me locked up tight in his lab... But guess what? I GOT OUT!" This week's destination is the Last Resort hotel. Luxury, decadence, and packed to the rafters with happy haunts. Ryan, Leah and James brave the halls of the haunted hotel in Luigi's Mansion 3. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_647.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. 2F: Mezzanine by Chad ...
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Star Wars: Rogue Squadron trilogy – Cane and Rinse No.646

December 24, 2024 • 119 mins
“We might make a name for ourselves after all…” In a pre-prequel, pre-Disney's Star Wars world, almost any game featuring George Lucas' galaxy-spanning space opera was greeted with fervour. So it was with Star Wars: Rogue Squadron for the N64 and PC in 1998. Leon, Chris Worthington and Jon - along with contributions from you, the listeners - suit up and blast through the entire trilogy, focusing on the original, and GameCube seq...
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Marble Madness – Cane and Rinse No.645

December 17, 2024 • 119 mins
“EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG” Mark Cerny's first full project as a prodigious teen game creator (after coding a 'mushroom growing algorithm' for Millipede) was Atari's surreal and challenging Marble Madness. Leon, Brian and Chris Worthington run all six courses, albeit over considerably longer than the two odd minutes in which it's possible to beat the game. Along with community contributors, we also take a look at the hit arca...
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