The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

These two great stories of four young people: ICO, Yorda, Wander, Mono and the eerie yet beautiful land(s) they live in have been rewarded with a sumptuous HD rerelease on PlayStation 3. What better time for a Cane and Rinse retrospective? Leon, Tony and Jay are joined by devout Team ICO fan Joshua Garrity to discuss both ICO and Shadow of the Colossus; their gameplay, aesthetics and narrative as well as speculating on how the two relate to one another. Music used in this issue: Track 1:Castle in the Mist by Michiru Oshima and Pentagon Track 2: Prologue: To the Ancient Land by Ko Otani Track 3: Swift Horse by Ko Otani Cane and Rinse 4 was edited by Jay Taylor Do you have an opinion about this particular game or maybe about our podcast in general? Then why not venture into our forum and leave us your feedback. Whilst there you could also interact with our ever-growing and friendly community, in discussing past, present and future videogames (and lots of other stuff too!) and perhaps even arrange some games with like-minded individuals. Sound good? Come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

Our first interview subject on Cane and Rinse is the multi-talented industry veteran James Mielke. He describes his remarkable career path from comic illustrator to producer at Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Q-Entertainment, via (amongst other things) clothes designer and bar manager, not to mention Editor-In-Chief of Electronic Gaming Monthly & 1UP.com. We also explore Q’s output past and future, we talk turkey about the commercial performance of Child of Eden, we even get an exclusive regarding the forthcoming Vita release of Lumines: Electronic Symphony, and much more besides. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_three.mp3   Cane and Rinse 3 was edited by Jay Taylor Do you have an opinion about this particular game or maybe about our podcast in general? Then why not venture into our forum and leave us your feedback. Whilst there you could also interact with our ever-growing and friendly community, in discussing past, present and future videogames (and lots of other stuff too!) and perhaps even arrange some games with like-minded individuals. Sound good? Come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

Leon Cox is joined by Jay Taylor, Darren Forman and Joshua Garrity to worship and/or butcher this most sacred of videogaming ganados, resident evil 4. We explore the game's protracted development, discuss where it fits - or doesn't - within the BioHazard canon and consider what direction the franchise might take next. Cane and Rinse 5 was edited by Jay Taylor

For the first show proper Leon, Tony and Jay are joined by Darren Forman to discuss Sony Santa Monica's God of War III. We also turn our thoughts to other games in the God of War franchise and discuss Kratos' future. As well as this we then investigate the respective design decisions made within the so-called 'hack and slash' genre by Western and Eastern developers: Are they really so different or is that a commonly perpetuated myth? Cane and Rinse 1 was edited by Jay Taylor Do you have an opinion about this particular game or maybe about our podcast in general? Then why not venture into our forum and leave us your feedback. Whilst there you could also interact with our ever-growing and friendly community, in discussing past, present and future videogames (and lots of other stuff too!) and perhaps even arrange some games with like-minded individuals. Sound good? Come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

A shorter than usual podcast allowing us to introduce ourselves and give a little background on both our gaming and podcasting histories as well as setting out our aims for the show proper and accompanying blog. Do you have an opinion about this podcast in genera or maybe you have something to say about a particular game? Then why not venture into our forum and leave us your feedback. Whilst there you could also interact with our ever-growing and friendly community, in discussing past, present and future videogames (and lots of other stuff too!) and perhaps even arrange some games with like-minded individuals. Sound good? Come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum