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The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

The Darkness and The Darkness II – Cane and Rinse No.26

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Cane and Rinse

Leisure, Video Games, Games, Hobbies

4.8801 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2012

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Tony, Joshua, Karl and Darren Gargette take a look back Starbreeze Studios' The Darkness, along with its more recent sequel, The Darkness II.  Is its play style truly unique or an excuse to have everyone's heads ripped of by small demons? Music used in this show is as follows: Track 1: The Darkness Theme by Gustaf Grefberg Track 2: Jenny's Theme by Gustaf Grefberg Track 3: The End of the Line by Gustaf Grefberg Cane and Rinse 26 was edited by Sean O'Brien 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Volume 1, Issue 26, The Darkness 1, and 2.

0:36.6

After the surprising critical success of the Chronicles of Riddick, Starbury Studio,

0:41.0

released the next licensed game based on the top power production of comic book, The Darkness,

0:44.9

on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the summer of 2007.

0:49.0

It's the story of a man named Jackie Escocardo,

0:51.9

who inherits demonic powers of the darkness from his father

0:55.0

on the night of his 21st birthday. In 2012, while Stuyperry Studio had moved on to

1:00.1

syndicate, the development duties of the rather aptly named Darkness 2 fell to digital extremes.

1:05.5

On this week's show, we're going to discuss that these games are unique within their genre,

1:09.6

or merely just an excuse to rip countless millions

1:11.7

heads off with flats and flappy arms

1:13.4

joining me today are

1:15.2

Darren Gargett

1:16.6

Hello

1:17.4

Joshua Garrity

1:19.2

Hello

1:19.9

And Karlmoo

1:21.5

Hola

1:22.1

Hello We are on the end of

1:30.3

The war

1:32.3

The song

1:35.3

The king

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