Vessel / Dear Esther – Cane and Rinse No.34

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Cane and Rinse

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🗓️ 26 May 2012

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Tony, James, Josh and Darren are your panel for two contrasting titles. Strange Loop's Vessel is a puzzle-platformer with a steampunk aesthetic and an emphasis on physics. While thechineseroom's Source Engine adventure Dear Esther exists almost entirely without videogame conventions or ludological concerns, instead focusing entirely on relating a story to the participant. Find out if the crew believe that that each succeeded in its aims. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_thirty_four.mp3 Music used in this issue: 1: Vessel by Jon Hopkins 2: Sleepwalker by Jon Hopkins 3: The Bone of Jakobsen by Jessica Curry Cane and Rinse 34 was edited by Darren Gargette 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 This Vessel video was recorded using an early preview of the game's code and does not fully represent the quality of the finished product: If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find many more (plus a few other bits and bobs) over on the Official Cane and Rinse YouTube channel.

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0:00.0	I'm Volume 1, Issue 34, Vessel and Dear Esther.
0:37.2	At the beginning of March, two very different games were released on Steam. Vessel, Dear Esther At the beginning of March
0:38.4	two very different games were released on Steam
0:40.2	Vessel a fluid-based platforming puzzle game
0:42.9	that requires the player to implement many mechanics
0:45.2	and gameplay systems to achieve their goal
0:47.3	On the other hand, Dear Esther,
0:49.5	a game whose sole mechanic is to entice the player
0:52.2	to explore its environments using a narrative to achieve their goal.
0:56.6	So what better way to spend an evening in chatting with my cane and rinse buddies about these two very contrasting games?
1:02.3	So tonight on the panel we have James Carter.
1:05.4	Hello.
1:06.0	Joshua Garrity.
1:07.4	Hello there.
1:08.4	And Darren Gargett.
1:10.5	Yo!
1:11.2	Yo, you'll tell you the truth.
1:14.4	So normally when we're picking stuff for Canaan Rince, some of us played it, some of us
1:20.2	haven't.
1:21.1	A lot of the times it's a classic game, so you know, obviously we want to talk about it and
1:24.3	review it.
1:25.5	These two in particular came about because I'd just got a brand new PC.
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