#CRTWR: It's time for a show! Hit us up with your Three-Word Reviews of the much discussed and unforgettable Square Enix/Yuji Naka collaboration Balan Wonderworld by 3PM GMT for potential use in the recording!

Podcast: Rayman Leon, Jesse, Michiel and Tony remember the fun highs and the frustrating lows of this notoriously uncompromising adventure. Your perfect accompaniment to Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition. Download or stream from podcast feed providers, Spotify or our website.

My thoughts on #Defender and #Stargate featured on last week's Patreon @caneandrinse.com feed. Definitely old school hard and classic 80s arcade games.

New podcast: Rollcage and Rollcage Stage II (early access) Join host Rich and panellists Dan, Karl and Tony as they discuss this cult racer, its impact on late-90s gaming, and its legacy. Available right now for anyone who wants to support Cane and Rinse on Patreon - just $2 per month!

New Character Issues News Network for News is up now everywhere, including our new YouTube Channel. Link is below. Go watch it and subscribe, I guess? I dont know how YouTube works. youtu.be/U4wrelM3p5Y?...

Does any human being catch as many strays on @caneandrinse.com podcast than me? Legit just woke up on a plane listening to a show, to hear myself called a "Weird Masochist" Unreal scenes. Cracking listen as usual though.

Awesome episode! This episode will now forever be remembered as the episode that introduced me to the band Space! Thanks!

New podcast: Defender and Stargate (early access) @jazrignall.bsky.social joins us as special guest for this 45th anniversary celebration of Williams' Defender, and its sequel, Stargate. Available now via our great value $2 Patreon, or buy just this one pod. Support the podcast and listen today!

👿📣📁🙅‍♀️

#CRTWR: Both a prequel and a director's cut, can you encapsulate the curiosity of Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness in but three haunting words? By 20:00 GMT (UK) today (Friday), if you please...

#CRTWR: Both a prequel and a director's cut, can you encapsulate the curiosity of Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness in but three haunting words? By 20:00 GMT (UK) today (Friday), if you please...

Podcast: Paper Mario 25 years ago today Paper Mario was released for the N64 in the USA. Float into bed and join Leon, Darren and Leah in the Mushroom Kingdom circa 2001 for another tale of an imprisoned Princess Peach and the seeking of seven magical stars.

New podcast: January 2026 Monthly Two hours and fifteen minutes of such densely-packed waffle that even a Breville would struggle. Leon and Jay talk TV, films and - of course - videogames as thanks for you folks supporting the podcast. Join us for a brand new season of episodes for just $2!

Had a lot of fun talking in detail about Defender on this podcast. Real nerdy stuff. It's currently only available via Patreon, but will be available to listen to for free in a month or so. I'll repost when that version is available.

It was such a cool thing for me to have @jazrignall.bsky.social on here. Mean Machines and CVG were my introductions to proper video game critique and analysis and he and his fellow editors helped shape my tastes. Oh yeah, Defender is pretty awesome as well. 😁

New podcast: Defender and Stargate (early access) @jazrignall.bsky.social joins us as special guest for this 45th anniversary celebration of Williams' Defender, and its sequel, Stargate. Available now via our great value $2 Patreon, or buy just this one pod. Support the podcast and listen today!

My thoughts on the strange and trippy games that are #Please,TouchtheArtwork 1&2 as featured on @caneandrinse.com. Definitely a change of pace from the usual types of games I play.

#CRTWR: Up, down, who cares? Facing forward, driving fast, taking out fellow racers and enjoying the in-car entertainment is all that matters. Give us your Three-Word Reviews for Rollcage and Rollcage Stage II.

New podcast: Please, Touch The Artwork (early access) Leon, Chris W, Ryan and James (who selected these games for the podcast) head to the gallery for post-impressionist puzzles in these digital explorations of Mondrian and Ensor. Extended podcast available now on our $2 Patreon.

New podcast: Black Myth Wukong Concluding our 2025 roster with a 25+ million seller because, well, why not? Leon, Jay and Tony hop aboard their magic flying clouds to batter their way through Game Science’s mighty smash, Black Myth: Wukong. Available right now from your podcast platform.

New podcast: Black Myth Wukong Concluding our 2025 roster with a 25+ million seller because, well, why not? Leon, Jay and Tony hop aboard their magic flying clouds to batter their way through Game Science’s mighty smash, Black Myth: Wukong. Available right now from your podcast platform.

New podcast: Please, Touch The Artwork (early access) Leon, Chris W, Ryan and James (who selected these games for the podcast) head to the gallery for post-impressionist puzzles in these digital explorations of Mondrian and Ensor. Extended podcast available now on our $2 Patreon.

Forgot to post this last week for the first episode of the new year/volume for @caneandrinse.com #TimeCrisis Fantastic in the arcade. Probably even fun with PS1 version on a CRT with the Guncon light gun controller. Not so much fun on emulation with d-pad or mouse support. Just not the same.

#CRTWR: Can you encapsulate the intensity of arcade Golden-Era classics Defender (or its sequel Stargate) into just three words?

New podcast: Turrican Leon, Chris W, Dan and Karl discuss this once highly-rated European product’s aspirations towards more elegant, Japanese-style design and sensibilities, as well as that legendary musical accompaniment. Available now for free from productive podcast pumps.

A lot of Mad Doggery going on in this one, I bet.

Since Schildmaid MX is out on consoles, we've got a lot of new players of our #shmup To get everyone up to speed we made a very YT video full of not so apparent info and even scoring tips: '11 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Schildmaid MX'. Watch the whole video here: youtu.be/ZXbDTcpo4dM

New podcast: Time Crisis (early access) Leon, Chris Worthington, Karl (who nominated this one for the show) and Tony - along with community correspondents are ready for ACTION! Get tuned into Volume 15 of the podcast today by supporting us for just $2 per month.

I played through easy & normal of Sin & Punishment. I’d been meaning to play through it for … 25 years?! Damn. Thanks to @caneandrinse.com for the inspiration with their recent episode. I played the recommended way with the left hand on the D-pad and the right on the analog stick, and it clicked.

The listing for our upcoming Volume 15 is now available via our site caneandrinse.com/full-podcast... Please leave a like below and let us know what you think.

#CRTWR: Please, touch us with your Three-Word Reviews of Please, Touch The Artwork (or its sequel) by 1800 UK today.

#CRTWR: Please, touch us with your Three-Word Reviews of Please, Touch The Artwork (or its sequel) by 1800 UK today.

The listing for our upcoming Volume 15 is now available via our site caneandrinse.com/full-podcast... Please leave a like below and let us know what you think.

To me it always felt that it carried the spirit of NES-era Rare (think R.C. Pro-Am and Cobra Triangle) way more than the likes of Banjo-Kazooie, which was basically them iterating on Mario 64. We did 2hr @caneandrinse.com podcast discussion on it, back in 2017: caneandrinse.com/blast-corps/

New podcast: Sin and Punishment Leon, Chris Worthington, Michiel, Ryan and guest S&P superfan Mark MSX of The Electric Underground dissect Treasure’s year 2000 blast in the usual Cane and Rinse fashion. Available now from the likely podcast purveyors.

A reminder that if you support the show for just $2 per month, you can listen to all the games we have coming up on the podcast in 2026!

#CRTWR: It's time for the one-man army! Shoot us your Three-Word Reviews of the original Time Crisis by 20:00 GMT (UK) today (Wednesday)! ACTION!

#CRTWR: It's time for the one-man army! Shoot us your Three-Word Reviews of the original Time Crisis by 20:00 GMT (UK) today (Wednesday)! ACTION!

New podcast: Sin and Punishment Leon, Chris Worthington, Michiel, Ryan and guest S&P superfan Mark MSX of The Electric Underground dissect Treasure’s year 2000 blast in the usual Cane and Rinse fashion. Available now from the likely podcast purveyors.

The only news source that matters is live with episode 2! Get it in your ears! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

New podcast: Rescue on Fractalus! Leon, Chris O’Regan, Chris Worthington and Jesse clamber aboard their Valkyrie-class rescue ships to see if, 40 years on, there’s anything worthy of note that remains. Beware of Jaggis in disguise. Available now from your podcast provider/RSS feed/Spotify.

My favorite indie video game I played this year Schildmaid MX My take: A shoot-me-up shmup @hitpstudio.bsky.social www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

My favorite podcast of 2025 Cane and Rinse My take: Sensational, not sensationalist, discussions about video games @caneandrinse.com caneandrinse.com

New podcast - Black Myth: Wukong (early access) Leon, Jay and Tony hop aboard their magic flying clouds to batter their way through Chinese studio Game Science's mighty smash in Issue 700. Available now from our $2 per month Patreon.

As the book closes on Volume 14, what better time to reveal what we have in store for Volume 15? We forgo the usual format for this monthly, to discuss what games we're covering over the next twelve months.* Support Cane and Rinse for just $2 per month and find out what's in store. Happy 2026!

Worst reappraisal: Saturn Bomberman Best Classic Revisited: Wipeout Biggest Disappointment: Umuangi Generation Biggest surprise: Jet Grind Radio GBA Best music: DK Bananza Best visuals: Sea of Solitude Best gaming adjacent experience: Being a correspondent for @caneandrinse.com

As the book closes on Volume 14, what better time to reveal what we have in store for Volume 15? We forgo the usual format for this monthly, to discuss what games we're covering over the next twelve months.* Support Cane and Rinse for just $2 per month and find out what's in store. Happy 2026!

New podcast: Sonic Adventure Leon, Darren, Leah, Tony and a glut of forum and Patreon correspondents come together to try to make SEGA Sonic Team’s Dreamcast-launcher make sense, from the opening spectacle of Emerald Coast, right through to fishing with Big the Cat. Available now for free.

My #PlayStation 2025 Wrap-Up. #PanzerDragoonRemake was only my top game cause of that one trophy for 100 hours of gameplay (not sure why it logged it at 99 hours but I still got the trophy.) 4 out of top 5 played for @caneandrinse.com podcast. Add #BluePrince to the list please!!!

My #SteamReplay2025. All 5 of my top games on Steam played for the @caneandrinse.com podcast from my backlog.