“Use power for the right things. At least for the things that you believe in.”

We follow up Issue 322's Zone of the Enders podcast with a show all about the sequel, Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner (aka Anubis: Zone of the Enders). Leon, Josh, Karl, Michiel and our support team of community contributors debate the pros and cons of the sequel over the original; its enhancements, refinements and those areas where perhaps we feel that it didn't quite succeed in making a great leap forward.

http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_348.mp3

Music used in this issue:

1. Beyond the Bounds by Akihiro Honda/Daisaku Kume/Maki Kirioka/Mitsuto Suzuki/Norihiko Hibino/Toshiyuki Kakuta

2. Vic Viper Boss Battle by  Akihiro Honda/Daisaku Kume/Maki Kirioka/Mitsuto Suzuki/Norihiko Hibino/Toshiyuki Kakuta

Cane and Rinse 348 was edited by Ryan Hamann (@InsrtCoins)

Don't forget, you can get the Cane and Rinse podcast a week early if you support our Patreon for just $1 a month!

Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read out on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of other stuff too. Sound good? Then come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

In this interview extra, Darren Gargette (@dezm0nd) talks to the two brainboxes behind Gory Detail (@gorydetail). They discuss games past (Conker), present (Rusty Pup) and future (‘Project3’).

Focusing mainly on their most recent release; The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup, Chris Seavor (@conkerhimself) and Shawn Pile (@gorydetail)go into detail about the game’s narrative, level design and the upcoming ports to both iOS and Nintendo Switch.

Oh, and Darren tries once more to find out just who 'the gimp' really is.

http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/gory_detail_interview.mp3

About Gory Detail

"A little 2 man indie company formed by Chris Seavor (Conker's Bad Fur Day, CL&R, KI) Working on a 'Spiritual Successor' aka #Project3"

About The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup

"From the original creators of Conker's Bad Fur Day, comes a delicately told tale of a dog which thinks it's a toy, or is it a toy that thinks it's a dog?

Lost and alone in a richly detailed 2D world, you must help lead our sad pooch back home again... Just in time for tea."

Interview Extra: Gory Detail was edited by Darren Gargette(@dezm0nd)

“And that is how it ended.”

In this issue, Josh, Jacob, Jay and Tony wake up in the middle of an ancient ruin and find themselves covered in unusual tattoos. Beside them slumbers the most adorable cat/bird/megafauna any of them have ever seen. And guess what? IT WANTS TO BE OUR FRIEND! We discuss the long journey our new friend Trico took to reach our PS4s, the artists and animators that helped bring the creature to life, how we feel about navigating the world he inhabits and... oh my god Trico! Where are you going!? Bad Trico! All this and more as we cover Fumito Ueda's third game and genDESIGN's first, the 2016 release The Last Guardian.

http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_347.mp3

Music used in this issue:

1. Panorama by Takeshi Furukawa

2. Epilogue by Takeshi Furukawa

Cane and Rinse 345 was edited by Jay Taylor (@JaySevenZero)

Don't forget, you can get the Cane and Rinse podcast a week early if you support our Patreon for just $1 a month!

Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read out on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of other stuff too. Sound good? Then come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

“You've made it this far, haven't you?”

In our penultimate Resident Evil series show, Leon, Karl, Leah and a host of community contributors partake in a cathartic session of group therapy. We speculate on what internal and external machinations led Resident Evil 6 to turning out the way that it did, as well as doing our best to articulate why this game seemingly disappointed so many players. We even find a few things to about the package to like, and share a few laughs along the way.

http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_346.mp3

Music used in this issue:

1. Main Theme by Laurent Ziliani and Thomas Parisch

2. At The End of a Long Escape by Suleputer, arranged by Stephen McKnight, vocal by Kieron Cashell

Cane and Rinse 346 was edited by Sean O'Brien (@Xer0Signal).

Don't forget, you can get the Cane and Rinse podcast a week early if you support our Patreon for just $1 a month!

Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read out on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of other stuff too. Sound good? Then come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

In this Sound of Play Ryan Hamann (@insrtcoins) is joined by Cane and Rinse contributor Jacob Geller (@yacobg42)

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of some of our favourite pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years.

http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/sound/sound_of_play_174.mp3

 

Track listing for this show is as follows:

1: The Queen's High Seas (Beast's Theme) by Borislav Slavov - Divinity: Original Sin II, 2017

2: Vs. Tina by Masaaki Iwasaki/Taihei Sato/Seiji Momoi/Shogo Sakai - Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend, 1995

3: Castle Steiner Theme by Jason Graves/Rod Abernethy - Dead Head Fred, 2007

4: Lusitania by The Cromagnon Band - Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers, 2012

5: Tressa Boss Battle 2 (For Treasure + Decisive Battle II) by Yasunori Nishiki - Octopath Traveler, 2018

6: Theme of Angelo Bronte by Woody Jackson - Red Dead Redemption II, 2018

7: Keep Your Rifle by Your Side by Dan Romer featuring Wil Farr - Far Cry 5, 2018

8: Lake of Oblivion by Goomin Nam - Monarch: Heroes of a New Age, 2014

9: Scattered and Lost by GENTLE LOVE and Maiko - Celeste, 2018

Sound of Play 174 was edited by Ryan Hamann (@JaySevenZero)

Remember, it’s not just about what we like, so venture over to our forum at caneandrinse.com and put forward your own suggestions so that we might include them in future shows.

“On top of the mazic power, Arthur obtaihed the Psycho Cannon from ST. Michael, then after a dreadful batlle, he finally defeater Lucifer.”

Marking its 30th anniversary, Leon, Karl, Michiel and Ben Cartlidge from One Credit Classics embark once again on that most treacherous of journeys from the Great Demon World Village of Ghouls 'n Ghosts. Tokuro Fujiwara is the cruel director at this theatre of blood, where only countless gruelling auditions will see Knight Arthur get the part, and win back Princess Prin Prin's heart.

http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_345.mp3

 

Music used in this issue:

1. Stage One by Ayako Mori/Tamayo Kawamoto2. End by Tamayo Kawamoto

Cane and Rinse 345 was edited by Jay Taylor (@JaySevenZero)

Don't forget, you can get the Cane and Rinse podcast a week early if you support our Patreon for just $1 a month!

Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read out on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of other stuff too. Sound good? Then come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

“Play nice! Play nice!”

Leon, Brian, Darren and Michiel pair up for a frantic session of the fourth game in Nintendo's cartoon racer series, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! The game launched to great anticipation but a mixed reception in 2003. Was the GameCube game too gimmicky, too chaotic for its own good, or is it only right and proper that this was the instalment that locked in the aesthetic and handling templates for the next 15 years and five instalments (or more)?

http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_344.mp3

Music used in this issue:

1. Main Theme by Shinobu Tanaka and Kenta Nagata

2. Rainbow Road by Shinobu Tanaka and Kenta Nagata

Cane and Rinse 344 was edited by Sean O'Brien (@Xer0Signal).

Don't forget, you can get the Cane and Rinse podcast a week early if you support our Patreon for just $1 a month!

Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read out on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of other stuff too. Sound good? Then come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

“There's so much to discover before the world ends.”

An uncommonly recent (at the time of recording) 'AAA' title gets the Cane and Rinse treatment, as just over a year and a half after its release we turn our attentions to Guerrilla's post-post-apocalyptic metallic monster hunt, Horizon Zero Dawn. A panel of Leon, Jacob, Jay and Sean mostly enthuse, in between some outstanding listener correspondence and Three Word Reviews.

http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_343.mp3

Music used in this issue:

1. Aloy's Theme (feat. Julie Elven) by Joris de Man

2. Your Hand of Sun and Jewels (Carja traditional) by The Flight

Cane and Rinse 343 was edited by Jay Taylor (@JaySevenZero)

Don't forget, you can get the Cane and Rinse podcast a week early if you support our Patreon for just $1 a month!

Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read out on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of other stuff too. Sound good? Then come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

"The world before the fall, Lovely is the light of dawn, Noble is the heart of man..."

Josh, Leah, Jon and Maya Santandrea continue our journey through the Final Fantasy series with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System's final entry. Hironobu Sakaguchi, who has been intimately involved with the series up to this point, takes a reduced role as Producer for this title and instead Yoshinori Kitase and Hiroyuki Ito take on directing duties. With this change in responsibilities came a change of style and approach as compared with series up to this point. This would ultimately shape the trajectory of Final Fantasy as it moved onto new devices. We discuss how we feel about these changes, plus our responses to the largest cast of playable characters in the series entire history and a villain that represents a very different kind of evil than we've seen up this point. This and more, as we cover Square's 1994 release, Final Fantasy VI.

http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_342.mp3

Music used in this issue:

1. Forever Rachel by Nobuo Uematsu

2. Dancing Mad by Nobuo Uematsu

Cane and Rinse 342 was edited by Ryan Hamann (@InsrtCoins)

Don't forget, you can get the Cane and Rinse podcast a week early if you support our Patreon for just $1 a month!

Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read out on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of other stuff too. Sound good? Then come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

“You're merely postponing the inevitable!”

For the eighth of our ten podcasts on the mainline Resident Evil games, we return to Kijuju for potentially the most controversial and divisive entry in the series. Leon, Charlotte, Jacob and Michiel decide whether or not Resident Evil 5 retained enough of its mighty predecessor's DNA to stay relevant, or if - Uroboros like - the franchise was starting to eat its own tail as a 'me-too' Gears of War type affair. The panel and our contributors also discuss the thorny issue of the game's African setting and accompanying imagery.

http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_341.mp3

Music used in this issue:

1. Item Box by Kota Suzuki

2. Gigantic Attack by Kota Suzuki

Cane and Rinse 341 was edited by Jay Taylor (@JaySevenZero)

Don't forget, you can get the Cane and Rinse podcast a week early if you support our Patreon for just $1 a month!

Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read out on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of other stuff too. Sound good? Then come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum