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Shenmue – Cane and Rinse No.62 Dec 23, 2012

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“Heh… you like me that much?” A developer whose hallmark is technical wizardry, Yu Suzuki’s AM2 were responsible for eye-popping innovation throughout the 80s and 90s with […]

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Okami – Cane and Rinse No.61 Dec 17, 2012

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During its relatively short existence, Clover Studio produced a triumvirate of significant and memorable titles; Viewtiful Joe, God Hand (each a candidate for a future Issue of this podcast), and in between those two, their theological folk tale of the wolf deity Amaterasu and her ‘poncle’ - a diminutive humanoid artist familiar named Issun, cleansing Nippon of demons with an array of celestial paintings and powers: Okami. Leon, James, Josh and special guest Sean Bell of Midnight Resistance are your panel this Issue. There's plenty of forum feedback and Twitter Three Word Reviews as well. Track 1: True Strength by Hiroshi Yamaguchi Track 2: Reset (Thank You) by Hiroshi Yamaguchi Track 3: Agata Forestby Masami Ueda Track 4: Ryoshima Plainsby Hiroshi Yamaguchi Cane and Rinse 61 was edited by Sean O'Brien

Half-Life 2: Episode One and Episode Two – Cane and Rinse No.60 Dec 09, 2012

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“Prepare for unforseen consequences.” In the last of our Half-Life series of podcasts, we review both Half-Life 2: Episode One and Episode Two. Beyond this […]

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Pac-Man Championship Edition DX – Cane and Rinse No.59 Dec 02, 2012

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I've got Speedy on my tail, and I know it's either him or me. So I'm heading out the back door and in the other side; Gonna eat the cherries up and take them all for a ride. Leon, Josh, Karl and Joystiq's Sinan Kubba successfully avoid all reference to Marcus Brigstocke's infamous Pac-Man gag as they trawl through the lengthy and patchy history of the most successful coin-op of all time, arriving at and dissecting 2010's Pac-Man Championship Edition DX Music used in this issue: Track 1: Entrance Track 2: DX Title Screen The sound designer for the original Pac-Man was Toshio Kai and obviously a lot of his iconic effects and tunes run through the series. Credited musicians for Championship Edition are Junko Ozawa and for Championship Edition DX Akitaka Tohyama, Hiroshi Okubo, Hiroyuki Kawada, Taku Inouea. Unfortunately we are unable to ascertain which composers contributed which tracks. Cane and Rinse 59 was edited by Sean O'Brien

Binary Domain – Cane and Rinse No.58 Nov 25, 2012

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“Am I the only one who understands the meaning of the word “covert?”” Thick-necked, wise-cracking future soldiers shooting the crap out of robots with big guns. […]

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Cave Story – Cane and Rinse No.57 Nov 18, 2012

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Doukutsu Monogatari The late 1990s: Inspired by a host of classic Japanese titles, printer operating systems programmer, Daisuke Amaya, has a dorm-mate teach him how to code […]

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Half-Life 2 – Cane and Rinse No.56 Nov 11, 2012

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“Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and shine.” Some twenty years after defeating the Nihilanth on Xen, Dr. Gordon Freeman is brought out of stasis […]

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Syndicate (2012) – Cane and Rinse No.55 Nov 04, 2012

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They will vie for the minds of a populace helpless to escape their grasp. The dystopia imagined by Starbreeze earlier this year in Syndicate bears more than a passing resemblance to that imagined by Peter Molyneux's Bullfrog in 1993. In the more modern dystopia, however, isometric view has been supplanted by a first-person perspective and tactical strategy has been switched out in favour of shooter mechanics with RPG elements and a co-op upgrade. A four-man squad of Tony, Darren, James and Karl get suited and booted to take on the Syndicates on their own turf. Leave no man, or chip upgrade, behind. Music used in this show is as follows: 1: Syndicate by Skrillex 2: Digitalism by Digitalism Cane and Rinse 55 was edited by Sean O'Brien

Mickey and Donald’s Mega Drive trilogy – Cane and Rinse No.54 Oct 28, 2012

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“Hurry! Before Mizrabel uses her powers of illusion to make herself look like Minnie, and make Minnie look evil like her.” Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette […]

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Asura’s Wrath – Cane and Rinse No.53 Oct 21, 2012

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“Stop praying. This is pathetic.” Asura’s Wrath doesn’t so much defy description as demand a lengthy one: The game, produced by CyberConnect2 (best known for […]

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