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The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Norco – Cane and Rinse No.596

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Cane and Rinse

Hobbies, Leisure, Video Games, Games

4.8767 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

“Know it's not what happened but it's what I wanted.” It's the near future. The town of Norco has been driven to the brink of devastation by the Shield Corporation. Ryan, Jesse, Jon and Leah venture back home to uncover the secrets of the town, and the supernatural powers hiding within. In this issue, we discuss point-and-click adventure debut, Norco. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_596.mp3   Music featured in this issue:1. Grainer to Chicago by Gewgawly I2. Delirious Eyes by Gewgawly I Edit by Ryan Zhao You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT). Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Canterance podcast, Volume 12, Issue 596. We're nearing our 600th issue.

0:18.0

Today, we will be talking about Norco. My name is Ryan Jow, and I'll be your

0:22.6

host for today, your Norco dorko, if you will, which, uh, in fact, is the, uh, the band in which

0:29.1

composer Danny Elfman got his start. Oh, I promise that, uh, all of the information that I give

0:34.6

you will be at least 80% correct today. Uh, joining me today, we have an expert on adventure games from Norco to Zorko, Jesse Fuchs.

0:43.3

Aye.

0:44.0

He stays up late at night playing the game, which I suppose would make him a norcolectic.

0:48.7

John, John, John, John, John, Saman.

0:50.9

Hello.

0:51.9

And, of course, our American bird, less terrifying, but equally as powerful as

0:56.4

Super Duck, Leah Hey-Doo.

0:57.9

Man, I wish I had laser eyes.

0:59.4

That'd be sick.

1:02.1

A lot can happen over the course of the podcast recording.

1:05.5

Let's check it afterwards.

1:08.8

Norco.

1:10.0

Norco, this is a point-and-click adventure game and very, very story-heavy.

1:16.3

So as such, we need to give a spoiler warning up front.

1:20.3

This is definitely a game that can be spoiled.

1:24.0

Potentially not by me, though.

1:25.5

I don't know if I have a firm grasp of everything that happened in this game, despite having played it and reviewed it before this show. But it's, we'll get into it. There's a lot of magical realism. There's a lot of kind of a mystic semi-reality is going on. And so we'll do our best to kind of reconstruct as we go.

1:45.4

But spoiler warning up front, there are some fun and terrifying discoveries to make in this game.

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