The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

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Another World – Cane and Rinse No.499 Jan 17, 2022

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In the penultimate podcast of our tenth year, we mark the 30th anniversary of Eric Chahi's Another World. Leon, Chris, Karl, Tony and community contributors recall being blasted from the comfort of their swanky science bunker to the cold, dark, tentacle filled water of an alien realm, and beyond. Furthermore we talk about the game's remarkable prescience and legacy, as well as a little on its SEGA CD only sequel, Heart of the Alien. It's out of this world!

LISA: The Painful – Cane and Rinse No.498 Jan 10, 2022

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Leah, Josh, Brian and Ryan discuss Austin Jorgensen's post-apocalyptic role-playing videogame LISA: The Painful.

Death Stranding – Cane and Rinse No.497 Jan 03, 2022

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In a genre-defying podcast, we bend at the knees and keep our backs straight in order to deliver our take on Hideo Kojima's first post-Konami game, Death Stranding. Leon, Brian, Leah and a swathe of correspondents (with wildly differing opinions), get into the loopy lore and many mechanics of this unusual, intriguing and divisive title.

Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest – Cane and Rinse No.496 Dec 27, 2021

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The 'difficult second album' middle child of the NES Castlevania trilogy. Leon, Josh, Leah, Michiel and community contributors raise their eyebrows at the solutions to some of the puzzles made famous by the notoriously byzantine Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps – Cane and Rinse No.495 Dec 20, 2021

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Moon Studios' magical Metroidvania sequel demands our attention in this follow up to our Ori and the Blind Forest show from some five years ago. Ori and the Will of the Wisps boasts sumptuous new graphics, significantly revised gameplay and a lavish new score, but does it tell the same old story? Leon and a vintage Cane and Rinse panel of James, Josh and Ryan - along with contributors from the community - twirl nimbly among the trees to untangle the entrancing from the tedious.

Final Fantasy VII Remake – Cane and Rinse No.494 Dec 13, 2021

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When a beloved game is remade, there’s always the question: what will it be when it comes out...again? So many people have been asking that same question since the original Final Fantasy VII came out in 1997 that the long (long, long) awaited Final Fantasy VII Remake couldn’t help but be a pretty big deal. But is it really a remake? Or a sequel? Or something in between? Join Leah, Brian, James, and Tom as they try to figure it out, and examine how the game got to where it is now.

Dead Rising – Cane and Rinse No.493 Dec 06, 2021

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Regrettably late for Halloween and the game's 15th anniversary (as well as the fifth anniversary of its last-gen rerelease), we tardily tackle Capcom's zombie-infested mall simulator, Dead Rising. Leon, Jon, Karl and community contributors ruminate upon whether the notoriously bounce-offable 2006 title was in fact ahead of the curve, with its RPG roguelite elements and emphasis on learning by doing, dying and retrying.

Condemned: Criminal Origins – Cane and Rinse No.492 Nov 29, 2021

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Tony's the host this week aided and abetted by Karl, Jon and Darren as they switch on their black lights to forensically pick over what's left of Monolith Productions' 2005 first-person survival horror Condemned: Criminal Origins

Tomb Raider – Cane and Rinse No.491 Nov 22, 2021

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25 years have passed since a fresh, if flat-face Lara Croft made her first graceful bow. Leon, Jon, Karl and community contributors swan dive into the cavernous depths of her debut adventure, the original Tomb Raider.

Metroid II: Return of Samus – Cane and Rinse No.490 Nov 15, 2021

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Five years after the release of Metroid, Gunpei Yakoi and the team at Nintendo R&D1 sought to utilise the then new Gameboy platform to bring the graphics and explorative gameplay from the original NES title to the new handheld device. Join Rich, Leah and returning contributor Johannes Nichell as they discuss Samus’s second mission, the eradication of the Metroid life forms and the Legacy of Metroid II: Return of Samus.

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