The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast episodes:

• 04.23.2024

  Super Mario Land – Cane and Rinse No.611

  Four years since we covered Super Mario Odyssey, and 35 years after its release, it's time for Super Mario Land to get the Cane and Rinse podcast treatment. Leon, Chris Worthington, James and Leah raid the cupboards in search of...

  
• 04.16.2024

  Yakuza: Like A Dragon – Cane and Rinse No.610

  From the Dragon of Dojima to the Hero of Yokohama, what was old is new again. Join Brian, Karl, Leah and Rich as they examine Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Are the shifts in genre and protagonist enough to elevate this...

  
• 04.09.2024

  NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… – Cane and Rinse No.609

  "Version Upgrade" NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… arrived just over a decade after the original(s), promising a slicker experience and new lore to add to Yoko Taro's intricate mix. Leon, Leah (who nominated this one for the podcast having missed out on...

  
• 04.02.2024

  Bruce Lee – Cane and Rinse No.608

  More than a decade after his untimely death, Datasoft released this 8-bit computer game based upon the legend of Hong Kong/US martial arts movie star, Bruce Lee. Leon, Chris O'Regan and Jesse - along with contributions from the wonderful Cane...

  
• 03.26.2024

  Castlevania: Rondo of Blood – Cane and Rinse No.607

  Leaping back over the drawbridge of doom and into the castle of mystery, we dance a do-si-do to the Rondo of Blood. Leon, Leah, Michiel, Rich(ter) and community contributors analyse and review the appeal of this cult, hipster classic, as well...

  
• 03.19.2024

  Metroid Prime 3: Corruption – Cane and Rinse No.606

  We round off our coverage of Retro Studios' Phazon trilogy with our Metroid Prime 3: Corruption deep-dive review. Leon, Brian and Leah - along with contributions from our faithful community crew - suit up and blast off to strange, new alien...

  
• 03.12.2024

  Brave Fencer Musashi – Cane and Rinse No.605

  In the late 1990s, a swashbuckling and experimental Square released a Zelda-like action RPG based on historic samurai, Miyamoto Musashi.  Why not, eh?  Join Chris Worthingon, Brian, Dan and Leah as we look at whether the game (like the legend...

  
• 03.05.2024

  Katamari Damacy series – Cane and Rinse No.604

  Cane and Rinse is on a roll this week as Ryan, Jesse, Leah, and Chris take a twenty-year trip through the history of Katamari Damacy, from the PlayStation 2 original to the PS Vita conclusion and all of the spinoffs...

  
• 02.27.2024

  Hi-Fi Rush – Cane and Rinse No.603

  A relatively up-to-date title for our latest podcast, and the second team selection of 2024. It's Hi-Fi Rush! Leon, Brian, Leah and Tony (who picked this game for the show) - along with contributions from the Cane and Rinse Patreons...

  
• 02.20.2024

  Stacking – Cane and Rinse No.602

  The first team-curated selection of the year goes to Double Fine's Stacking. Leon, Brian (who chose this one for the volume), Ryan, Tony and contributors from the Cane and Rinse community nestle into director Lee Petty's marvelous marriage of matryoshka...

  
• 02.13.2024

  Strider Hiryu – Cane and Rinse No.601

  We're back, yet again, for our thirteenth year of podcasts, and we kick off 2024 with a look at a 35 year-old arcade stunner. Leon, Chris Worthington, Michiel and Sean dash and slash their way through Capcom's coin-op of choreographed set-pieces, Strider...

  
• 01.23.2024

  Demon’s Souls – Cane and Rinse No.600

  Wrapping up another year of Cane and Rinse podcasts, we revisit Demon's Souls, this time focusing on the PlayStation launch remake from 2020, put together by Bluepoint Games. Leon, James, Rich, Tom and community contributors drift about the Nexus, boasting...

  
• 01.16.2024

  Into the Breach – Cane and Rinse No.599

  When we covered Subset's previous game, FTL back in... wait, what? Apparently we didn't. Perhaps in the future then. Anyway, here we are with mech vs. Vek strategic manoeuvres in Subset's sophomore effort, Into the Breach. Leon, Brian, Chris O'Regan, James and...

  
• 01.09.2024

  Slay the Spire – Cane and Rinse No.598

  Seattle didn’t invent grunge or coffee shops, but it certainly popularised them. Seattle's Mega Crit didn’t invent roguelike deck builders, but… you get the idea. Chris, James, Jesse, and Leah venture ever upwards to confront the Corrupted Heart and ultimately...

  
• 01.02.2024

  Yakuza 6: The Song of Life – Cane and Rinse No.597

  Is this really the end of Kiryu’s journey?  Well, we know it’s not, but at the time of release, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life was the final chapter in Kiryu’s story.  Join Brian, Leah and Michiel as they examine...

  
• 12.26.2023

  Norco – Cane and Rinse No.596

  It's the near future. The town of Norco has been driven to the brink of devastation by the Shield Corporation. Ryan, Leah, Jon, and Jesse venture back home to uncover the secrets of the town and the supernatural powers hiding...

  
• 12.19.2023

  FIFA – Cane and Rinse No.595

  “It did appear that they might be onto something but not so.” After almost thirty years of (more than) annual releases, EA Sports' FIFA series of football (soccer) games ended in 2022. Leon, Chris Worthington, Tony and a team of listeners...

  
• 12.12.2023

  OutRun 2 – Cane and Rinse No.594

  SEGA AM2 doubled down on an icon in 2003 when it finally released OutRun 2 into the arcades. Updates, expansions and follow-ups came - and went, thanks to elapsed licensing - but it's now been 14 years since a new game...

  
• 12.05.2023

  Halo Infinite – Cane and Rinse No.593

  It's been a while since we covered Halo 5 (check out that and our other Halo podcasts in the archive), but now it's been a couple of years since the release of its successor, so we felt it was time...

  
• 11.28.2023

  Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Cane and Rinse No.592

  Our last adventure with Samus for this year as we travel back to 2004 for the GameCube sequel, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Leon, Brian, Leah and Rich - along with contributors from the Patreon and forum - revisit Retro Studios' divisive dark middle...

  
• 11.21.2023

  F-Zero series – Cane and Rinse No.591

  When we scheduled this show, it had been over 18 years since the most recent release of a new F-Zero game. Then Nintendo threw us for a loop with the shadow-drop of the free-to-play battle royale F-Zero 99! Nevertheless, as...

  
• 11.14.2023

  Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga – Cane and Rinse No.590

  We all know that Mario and Luigi have been on RPG adventures before, but in their first adventure on the GBA, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, it’s a whole new quest with new friends, new enemies, and all new abilities...

  
• 11.07.2023

  Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge – Cane and Rinse No.589

  Few would pick a game, based on a Theme Park experience based on a movie, to be a standout launch title for PSVR2, but is that what we got?  Join Chris Worthington, Karl, James and Chris O’Regan as we look...

  
• 10.31.2023

  Super Castlevania IV – Cane and Rinse No.588

  Back on board the spooky train with the beloved action platform series, as we arrive in the 16-bit era and Super Castlevania IV. Leon, Leah, Michiel and community correspondents weigh in on this remake/'requel' of the original Akumajo Dracula. There's...

  
• 10.24.2023

  Ridge Racer series – Cane and Rinse No.587

  From the arcades of 1993, through the console generations, we drift through every single iteration of Ridge Racer. OK, we haven't played every mobile version and pachi-slot, but Leon, Chris Worthington, Tony and community contributors have hundreds of hours of...

  
• 10.17.2023

  Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge – Cane and Rinse No.586

  A riveting tale of aerial derring-do is our focus in this podcast, as we revisit Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, twenty years on. Leon, Brian, Chis Worthington and Tony are your swashbuckling sky pirates, as we dogfight about how...

  
• 10.10.2023

  Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs – Cane and Rinse No.585

  The Chinese Room had a difficult path ahead of them when they were tasked with creating a follow-up to Frictional Games’ massively successful - and massively scary - Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Does 2013’s Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs rise to the challenge?...

  
• 10.03.2023

  Sonic CD – Cane and Rinse No.584

  Our third Sonic the Hedgehog show comes on a shiny silver plastic platter, as we alight upon Sonic CD. Leon, Tony, returning guest Dan Clark and community correspondents attempt to decipher SEGA's time warp mechanics, 3D special stages and races...

  
• 09.26.2023

  Golf Story – Cane and Rinse No.583

  Fore! Ryan, Jon, Sean, and Jesse tee up for a bunker chipping, birdie flopping, caddyshacking conversation about Australian indie darling Golf Story. Does this game land cleanly on the green, or is it a bogey? This conversation will go a fairway...

  
• 09.19.2023

  Myst – Cane and Rinse No.582

  After 30 years, we release Chris, James, Jesse and Jon from their exile in D’ni. As they step, blinking and nervous, into the light, they find themselves on a strange island. This wonderful place is a gateway to puzzling worlds...

  
• 09.12.2023

  Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and The Force Unleashed II – Cane and Rinse No.581

  Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was marketed as an opportunity for players to live out their ultimate (Dark) Jedi power fantasies. Did the game succeed? Well, it certainly did commercially, leading to a sequel just two years later. Leon, Brian,...

  
• 09.05.2023

  Deathloop – Cane and Rinse No.580

  Colt and Juliana go head to head, life or death, day after and day and for what? Leon, Tom, Tony and Jay relive Arkane Lyon's recursive immersive sim and, with some broadly rather negative community correspondence, attempt to explain where...

  
• 08.29.2023

  Final Fantasy Tactics – Cane and Rinse No.579

  Following two delays (one long, one short), we can finally bring you our in-depth discussion of Final Fantasy Tactics (and The War of the Lions). Leon, Leah, Rich - and a returning Josh Garrity - have all completed this lengthy,...

  
• 08.22.2023

  Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master – Cane and Rinse No.578

  Our fourth Shinobi series podcast sees Joe Musashi come to the end of his 16-bit era with - after a faltering start - what some consider to be the franchise's coup de grace. Leon, Chris Worthington, Jon and returning guest Dan Clark ...

  
• 08.15.2023

  Spiritfarer – Cane and Rinse No.577

  Should we fear death or should we embrace it?  Join Brian, Jon, Rich and Tom as they explore the existential meaning of Spiritfarer, the death-centric management sim by Thunderlotus. Do the management sim aspects of this game bolster or hinder the...

  
• 08.08.2023

  Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge – Cane and Rinse No.576

  In our latest Castlevania show we land At Konami's second attempt at bringing the full-fat horror platformer experience to handheld in Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge. Leon, Brian, Jon, Leah and listener contributors find a slightly yet significantly upgraded protagonist - and...

  
• 08.01.2023

  Life Is Strange 2 – Cane and Rinse No.575

  For brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz, the bond they share might be the only thing they can really count on when a terrible accident changes their lives forever. Join Brian, Jon, Leah, and Tony as they follow the brothers’ trail...

  
• 07.25.2023

  Radiant Silvergun – Cane and Rinse No.574

  Treasure's 10th release was also its first out-and-out shmup, and what an impact it made. A niche title made in small numbers on an unpopular machine (in the West at least) that became a legendary game. Leon, Chris Worthington, James...

  
• 07.18.2023

  Death’s Door – Cane and Rinse No.573

  Flicky, Agony, Alfred Chicken, Dynamite Dux, Untitled Goose Game. These are just some of the titles we think of when we try to recall videogames with avian protagonists. Manchester studio Acid Nerve added another feathered hero in 2021 with the release of...

  
• 07.11.2023

  Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Cane and Rinse No.572

  Star Wars plus BioWare RPG sounded like manna from heaven to many of us when it was announced in 2001. Happily, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - created by a number of the same folks who had worked...

  
• 07.04.2023

  The Oregon Trail – Cane and Rinse No.571

  You have died from dysentery. Well, not really, but one of your party members probably did. In this installment we cover the edutainment game The Oregon Trail. Join Brian, Jesse, Rich and Ryan as they head west on a...

  
• 06.27.2023

  The Revenge of Shinobi – Cane and Rinse No.570

  The Cane and Rinse ninjas shimmy their way across Japan and the USA taking down IP-infringing baddies (Spider-Man, Batman, Rambo, The Terminator and even Godzilla) in their third Shinobi series podcast. Leon, Chris Worthington, Michiel and returning guest Ben Cartlidge...

  
• 06.20.2023

  Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace – Cane and Rinse No.569

  Forty years ago our eyes were blown from their sockets as they witnessed what appeared to be Disney cartoon quality graphics arrive in the arcades. Of course, we soon found out that the reality of actually playing these LaserDisc games...

  
• 06.13.2023

  Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Cane and Rinse No.568

  Not such a long time after the sequel hit stores, we got the crew together to review Respawn's first movie franchise license game, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Leon, Brian, James and Karl have all wanted to be Jedis (or...

  
• 06.06.2023

  Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon – Cane and Rinse No.567

  This week, the Cane and Rinse podcast journeys back to the Year of Luigi to cover a sequel twelve years in the making - Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, also known as Luigi's Mansion 2 on the Nintendo 3DS. Host Ryan...

  
• 05.30.2023

  Metroid: Zero Mission – Cane and Rinse No.566

  The Game Boy Advance game library featured many renowned Super Nintendo titles released on a hand held device for a newer and more portable generation. After the success of Metroid Fusion, Nintendo R&D1 opted not to port the beloved Super...

  
• 05.23.2023

  Unreal – Cane and Rinse No.565

  The game that gave its name to an industry-changing engine (or was it the engine that gave the game its name?): Unreal. Before it spun off into mainly multiplayer arenas, Unreal started life as another echelon-defining PC fps. Leon, Chris...

  
• 05.16.2023

  Fighters Megamix – Cane and Rinse No.564

  Another long standing 'wrong' righted, as the Cane and Rinse podcast finally covers a SEGA made Fighting game. Leon, Michiel, returning guest Dan Clark and Karl - whose pick for the show this was - team up to recall the...

  
• 05.09.2023

  Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin – Cane and Rinse No.563

  Square Enix's beloved Final Fantasy series collides with hardcore action gameplay from Team Ninja, the studio famous for Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden and Nioh. Do these two styles come together like peanut butter and jelly or clash like oil...

  
• 05.02.2023

  Star Wars (1983) – Cane and Rinse No.562

  For the first time in its 11 plus year history, Cane and Rinse covers a game based upon the popular space opera franchise, Star Wars. Leon, Chris Worthington, Tony and guest Dean Swain of The Retro Asylum podcast climb into...