The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast Cane and Rinse

Nearly 10 years on from our previous Animal Crossing series podcast - and three years on from the release of the behemoth Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch, Cane and Rinse gathers once more around the campfire to talk towns and villagers. Leon, Brian, Chris, Ryan and community correspondents consider what was gained and what was lost between New Leaf and New Horizons in terms of both gameplay and experience. The panel and contributors don't even try to separate their time with the game from living in the Covid-19 pandemic, and what that meant to them on a personal level.

Time to tackle your fears and crack some skulls in Condemned 2: Bloodshot.  Join Brian, Jon, Leah, and Tony as they examine the 2008 release, discussing whether or not time has been kind to this survival horror title. Is this elusive game worth your time to track down or does it deserve to stay on the backlog?

Continuing our coverage of SEGA's side-scrolling ninja series, Shinobi, we arrive at the second instalment - Shadow Dancer.This time he's brought his dog. And he's a Very Good Boy. Leon, Chris W. and Rich also compare and contrast the original arcade Shadow Dancer with its later Mega Drive adaptation, subtitled The Secret of Shinobi. There's even time for a look at the 8-bit Master System version, as well as U.S. Gold's home micro conversions.

More than 11 years since we covered the original Dead Space and its first sequel, a different Cane and Rinse panel convenes to consider its less well-received trilogy concluder. Leon, Karl and Leah suit up for solo and co-op conversation, gameplay discussion and debate around the game's controversial microtransactions, backed up and augmented with contributions from the forum and Patreon communities.

In which we explore Simogo's 2013 metatextual point and click adventure, Year Walk. Burying themselves in Scandi folklore, Leon, Brian, Ryan and Thomas set out into the dark woods, cold and hungry, in a bid to know their futures. Listen in if you wish to find out just what they saw in the creaky, bitter night.

This week, we kick off our twelfth volume of podcasts with an exploration of the absurd and jazzy worlds of musician and game developer Cosmo D. Ryan, James, Chris, and Thomas take a musical journey through these bizarre spaces.