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Black Myth: Wukong – Cane and Rinse No.700

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast · January 27, 2026

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00:15:15 - 00:15:28

So as I say, it's sort of Journey to the West, but it's sort of Journey to the West too, Electric Boogaloo, if you will. The official blurb goes Black Myth Wukong

In Context

... I'm about two thirds of the way or three quarters of the way through New Game Plus. I do not have the Platinum, more of which later. But, yes, I've very much sunk a lot of time into it So as I say, it's sort of Journey to the West, but it's sort of Journey to the West too, Electric Boogaloo, if you will. The official blurb goes Black Myth Wukong You shall set out as the destined one to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of glorious legend from the past. Quotes a world unseen where wonders gleam ...

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00:15:05 - 00:15:41

... But, yes, I've very much sunk a lot of time into it and feel I know the game pretty intimately. So as I say, it's sort of Journey to the West, but it's sort of Journey to the West too, Electric Boogaloo, if you will. ...

00:19:02 - 00:19:33

I'm certainly leaning towards more Leon side here, which is, I think there was a prerequisite that you needed to at least have a knowledge of Journey to the West. And I think maybe that's where the cultural thing is slightly different again, because I feel like, I don't know, just pick anything that's more relevant in the West, a Shakespearean novel, like Romeo and Juliet or something like that. ...

00:16:54 - 00:17:24

... 'Cause I've not, I'm not completely au fait with Journey to the West. I've never read the novel, right? ...

00:24:08 - 00:24:38

... The month from the forum says, having basically zero knowledge of Journey to the West beyond Goku, most of it felt like just non-sequiturs. ...

00:13:24 - 00:13:57

... Of course, there's been a whole bunch of games that have taken the fundamental concept of Journey to the West and this game sort of sequels it. ...

01:02:23 - 01:02:56

feel fair to criticize the game for saying it's something it never alluded to in the I think for a lot of people souls mate souls like now means difficulty. I think if I think so was like I think there's not just that it's some of the game systems. So if I think so was like I think personally difficulty, but also think difficulty throughout my entire journey is not just like the bosses are like the peak and but everything in an area has the potential to kill you. I don't think this falls into that category. But…

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