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Defender and Stargate – Cane and Rinse No.703

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast · March 3, 2026

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of the learning curve, it's just like, it is like, I think I've called it the North face of the Everest or something like that. But whatever it is, I mean, it's just like, it's just insanely high, which, you know, which is why it kind of didn't do so well on test because I think a lot of people just sat in front of it, just went, what the hell is this? This is way too hard because this was still an era that right, that was Pac-Man, you know, which is one joystick at space invaders, three buttons, you know, I mean, it was like nothing really. Yeah. But I can think of it come before it that had that many buttons.

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... And at the same time, you're just getting absolutely trusted by aliens that are kind of like coming out of nowhere because, you know, I mean, the defender's got about probably about 30 seconds worth of like, all right, you can sit there and we're not going to kill of the learning curve, it's just like, it is like, I think I've called it the North face of the Everest or something like that. But whatever it is, I mean, it's just like, it's just insanely high, which, you know, which is why it kind of didn't do so well on test because I think a lot of people just sat in front of it, just went, what the hell is this? This is way too hard because this was still an era that right, that was Pac-Man, you know, which is one joystick at space invaders, three buttons, you know, I mean, it was like nothing really. Yeah. But I can think of it come before it that had that many buttons. as rotate as and fire. That was probably the yeah. And actually, I literally just the part of the reason why I ended up playing Defender so much is because I just sort of finished ...

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