No Cartridge Audio
By Trevor Strunk
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Description
Critical but casual approaches to current, past, and future video games six times a week. In addition, guests will periodically share their own aesthetic and personal experiences with games in conversation! Subscribe to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/hegelbon if you'd like to hear special patron-only bonus episodes!
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ExplicitEpisode 110: No Gaming After Adulthood with Theo! | We welcome Boonta Vista's own Theo @aynrandy to talk about the nature of gaming when you have responsibilities outside of gaming, how games respect your time, how they do not, and what academia is actually like (it's bad). | 2/11/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 109: Bioshock Althusser: Detournement with Ben | We welcome Ben, otherwise known as @benicus_rex on the show to talk about Bioshock: Infinite and his recent academic work on this controversial title. A heady and book club worthy episode, to be sure! | 2/4/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 108: Oh Yeah That Was Huge! Def Jam: Fight for New York Competitive | We welcome Joey Bag O'donuts, GK, and Chris Princler to talk about building, expanding, and all-in-all embodying the competitive Def Jam: Fight For New York competitive scene. The birth of competition! | 1/28/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanState of the Podcast (Intermission) | Friends, gather round while I, your noble leader, tell some upcoming truths and futures about the podcast you know and love -- also, about this podcast, No Cartridge. | 1/25/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 107: The Theme is Dragons with Malcolm Pierce | We welcome Malcolm Pierce to the show to discuss his work in gaming, his experiences with development, and his upcoming visual novel from Woodsy Studio! | 1/18/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 106: Critical Support for Darth Plagueis w Luke | We welcome Luke @lukeisamazing back to talk about, what else, Star Wars as he gets set to start his new prequel podcast with Kelsey Atherton! An absolute joy for fans of the space opera and regular opera alike (source?) | 1/18/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 105: The Transformative Nature of Speedruns with John Donahue | Just in time for AGDQ, we welcome John Donohue on the show to talk about speedrunning, the appeal of the spectacle, and the way it creates a uniquely cooperative social space! | 1/8/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 104: Saying the Quiet Part Quiet | Solo episode this week! I talk The Messengeer, EDF 4.1, and the ways games and art get politics across when it is and isn't literally in the work itself. | 12/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 103: The Curious Case of Paul Walker-Emig and the Return of the Obra Din | We welcome Utopian Horizon's own Paul Walker-Emig on the show to talk about a game that's not so much a game but a detective simulator, The Return of the Obra Dinn! Plus, Paul talks Discworld: Noir, which shouldn't be missed. | 12/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 102: Inside the Comic's Studio with Michael Kupperman | We welcome Michael Kupperman, comic artist extraordinaire, to the show to talk gaming, kids, cliques, and fandom -- with, of course, a lot of conversation about his impressive catalogue of work! | 12/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 101: Destiny For Dummies with Ian @ianperialism | We didn't stop at 100! And now, in a week where a new Destiny 2 season is launching and new DLC is forthcoming, we have Discourse Collective veteran Ian on to talk to us about all things Destiny lore. Get the real scoop. | 11/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 100!! The Return of Alex Navarro | For this milestone episode, we welcome back our very first ever guest, Giant Bomb's Alex Navarro! We talk Red Dead 2, Extra Life drumming, the podcast, gaming journalism, and we get an oral history of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing. | 11/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitNo Cartridge LIVE with Scott Benson | I am thrilled to finally debut -- as part one of our episode 100 spectacular -- the live show at Caveat NYC with Scott Benson! Sword and Sworcery, Katamari Damacy, a special call in Q&A -- it's all here! | 11/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitNo Cartridge After Dark BONUS: Wheatus After Dark | Olivia (@spookyoolong) and I welcome Brendan B Brown from Wheatus onto After Dark in our first (and perhaps ONLY) free episode! We try to get over being deeply star struck, and talk videogames, brothers, amps, music and more! | 11/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 99: Modding as a Kind of Praxis with Thumblesteen | We welcome Fallout modder and all-around impressive leftist organizer Thumblesteen to the show to talk about disability, modding politics, and how effective organizing starts with camaraderie. | 11/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitNo Cartridge Patreon Unlock: Leon "leyawn" Chang on his Music | Free to non-subscribers for the first time! We were lucky enough to get Leon Chang, also known as @leyawn back on the show to talk about his remarkable work as a composer of electronic music. | 10/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 98: Rockstar, Red Dead Redemption 2, Crunch, and Pierre Bourdieu | Solo episode this week as I delve into the controversies around labor treatment at Rockstar and think about games in the vein of Pierre Bourdieu and Restricted Fields. A unique approach on a crowded topic! | 10/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 97.5: An Afternoon With Adi Shankar! | We welcome Adi Shankar, producer of the Castlevania Netflix original series, The Grey, and the upcoming film Bodied! We talk production, inspiration, Halo, gaming, and much much more. Absolute podcast verite, a low-fi overheard call on a subway car. | 10/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 97: Bash Bash Revolution with Doug Lain! | We welcome Doug Lain, prolific author and big wheel at Zero Books to talk about his newest novel, his experience with older senses of technology, apocalypse, utopia, and communism! | 10/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 96: Fortnite Dads Unite with Charles! | We welcome Charles @ugarles onto the show to discuss Fortnite, why kids enjoy videogames, what exactly dads are up to as regards these videogames, and why the fish costume is so damn desirable! | 10/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAnnouncement: Live Show!! | There's a No Cartridge Live Show! It's in New York City at Caveat NYC on October 27th at 4PM! Scott Benson will be there! I hope you will be too! | 10/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpidsode 95: The Better Translation with Alex Degen | We welcome artist and translator Alex Degen on the show to talk about, well, a lot of stuff from comics, to RPGs, to gaming origins, to the nature of narrative. It's a wild ride, you're gonna love it. | 10/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 94: Your Own Personal Torture with Spencer Hall | We welcome SBNation and EDSBS bigwig and all around nice college football man Spencer Hall on the podcast to talk about gaming late in life, college football, and the way games and the way we respond to them tell us about ourselves. | 9/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 93: Buying and Selling Yourself In Game | It's just me this week! That's right, the long promised solo episode considering precarity, scarcity, the gig economy and Recettear. A mix between a book club and an anime retreat, this is one you shouldn't miss! | 9/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 92: WoW Forever with Tony Palumbi | We welcome Tony Palumbi on the show to talk about the new WoW expansion, just why people play MMOs, what's going on with Destiny 2, and more! | 9/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 91: Warcraft (2016) Part Two | Welcome to a very special No Cartridge, wherein me, Olivia @spookyoolong, Michael @michaelfilm94 Lattimer, and Kevin @swearsayer tackle the modern cinematic triumph WARCRAFT (2016). | 9/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 91: Warcraft (2016) Part 1 | Welcome to a very special No Cartridge, wherein me, Olivia @spookyoolong, Michael @michaelfilm94 Lattimer, and Kevin @swearsayer tackle the modern cinematic triumph WARCRAFT (2016). | 9/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 90: We're Gonna Go Beyond This w/ Ian Borsuk | We welcome Ian Borsuk to talk about games and the ecology and leftism -- a deeply underserved topic and a fascinating and sprawling discussion. Alt-right speculation included. | 8/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 89: News From the Front with Alex Pareene | We welcome Alex Pareene, fresh from being bought out in what is now the third or fourth most recent online media venture capital nightmare, to talk about the news, writing in gaming, and why Grim Fandango and the 3DS are dad magnets. | 8/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 88: Cartoonists in Apartments Drinking Coffee with Matt Lubchansky | We welcome Matt Lubchansky on the show to talk about, well, everything really -- games, comics, life, millenials, and of course their recent ongoing kickstarter project with The Nib! | 7/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBONUS EPISODE: No Coasts No Kings - Live From Combo Breaker! | Trev and his family just welcomed a new son, but enjoy this on the floor dialectic fresh from Combo Breaker! | 7/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 87: "I Get Angry, Obviously," Gaming Unions with Felicia McIntyre & Tim Colwill | We welcome Felicia and Tim on the podcast to talk about unionizing efforts in Australia and worldwide involving game devs, streaming personalities, and beyond. Absolutely fascinating if you love labor law! | 7/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 86: We're All Friends in the Garbage Can with Jocelyn Monahan | We welcome Jocelyn @gulduxchats on the show to discuss her experience in games, her passion for Minecraft, and, yes, the anatomy of melancholy as it relates to videogames. If you like lists, well, you're gonna like this one. | 7/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 85: "More Normal, More Human" with Meredith Gran! | I'm very excited to welcome Meredith Gran onto the podcast to talk about her new videogame project Perfect Tides, what it means to take your creative process to gaming, and, of course, some Octopus Pie for good measure. | 7/2/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 84: Esports as a Design Question with Will Partin | We welcome Will Partin onto the show to talk about esports, gaming in the academy, and his response to my article in nonsite dot org. Well, okay, the first two definitely. | 6/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode HELL: Cartridge Shrugged | Trevor Strunk is away. The grim legacy of Dutch techno and objectivist philosophy collide in a very special episode, narrated by Will. | 6/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 83: "Roy is Broken," Smash Bros Melee with Phil Nolan | We welcome Phil @nilpholan Nolan onto the podcast to talk about his time in the competitive Smash Bros Melee scene, his sense of the game itself, the wild world of real life fighting game competitions, and more! | 6/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 82: "You Make a Lot of Enemies" w/ Brian Hanson! | We welcome Brian Hanson onto the podcast to discuss the heady days of the Japanese economic boom and the loads of unspent money that produced some of the stranger, more engaging, and fascinating games of the pre-crash 90s! | 6/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 81: "It's Just Gone." Demon's Souls with Scott Benson | You know him and love him, not just friend but family of the podcast, Night in the Woods' own Scott @bombsfall Benson is back from his BAFTA winning sojourn and here to talk at length about the newly departed, but really always alive Demon' | 5/29/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 80: A Deeply Miserable Process w/ Alex Reed | We're lucky to have Alex (@alexmreed) on the show to talk about his experience on the production side of gaming! QA testing, ratings, the vagaries of publication, and a History Channel game panned -- don't miss this. | 5/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 79: "They Had to Have An Ending" KOTOR with Luke | We welcome Luke @lukeisamazing to talk Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Finally, we solve Star Wars! | 5/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 78: "Toad Has No Inner Life" w/Branson Reese! | Finally, after months in the offing, we welcome the charming and talented Branson Reese on the podcast! You know his comics already, but we talk art, aesthetics, videogames, comics, the whole gamut! | 5/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 77: "Narrative in the Age of Mobile" w/ Tom Dziuba | We welcome mobile games writer Tom @coachfordads Dziuba on to talk Spider-Man, mobile development, and the way narrative is evolving daily. Super interesting look into the industry! | 4/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 76: Videogames' Citizen Kane w/David "TheBeerNerd" Eisenberg | We welcome David Eisenberg, aka the Beer Nerd, who comes on to talk Earthbound, OFF, and emotionally and psychologically evocative RPGs. | 4/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 75: "There Isn't Always Tomorrow" w/Jason Rohrer! | We welcome Jason Rohrer, famous and even infamous indie game designer to talk narrative, form, his vision, and his new game One Hour One Life. An absolutely crucial account of game design straight from the horse's mouth. | 4/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 74: "Like Being Interested in Scorpions" w/ Pete "Whandall" | We welcome Pete @Whandall on to talk about the economics of games both in and out of the gamespace -- price theory, economics of scarcity and scale, everything you could want as an econ person who's torn your hair out to my podcast so far! | 4/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 73: Game Workers Unite w/ Liz Ryerson | We welcome Liz Ryerson (@ellaguro) to the show to talk about the recent and powerful unionization effort at GDC, as well as her role in and evaluation of the nascent Game Workers Unite collective! | 4/2/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 72: Far Cry 5's American Dystopia w/ Jack Smith IV! | We welcome back Jack Smith (@jacksmithiv) to review Far Cry 5, hot off or not even quite off the presses! Mic's resident expert on anti-governmental separatists and fascism walks us through the plot, clearly tagged spoilers and all. A No Cartridge first | 3/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 71: "Systems of Domination" w/ Seth Shepherd | We welcome media mind Seth @asapsunscreen Shepherd on the show to talk with us about narrative, systemic analysis, realism, and the ways in which games end for the player but do not end for the character! | 3/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 70 - "No Problem Calling it Casual Gaming" w/Liz Roscher | We welcome Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports fame and of The Good Phight credentials on to talk about casual gaming, gendered expectations, and the double-edged sword of plot. Plus -- is Hatoful Boyfriend a good game? We ask the hard question. | 3/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 69: "The Methadone of Gaming" w/ Riley Quinn | We welcome Riley @raaleh Quinn of the Trash Future Podcast on to talk about streaming, what to do when you can't game like you're used to, and the joy and struggle of getting back into gaming as an adult. | 3/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 68: "People Want to Love Your Game" w/ Ethan Hammerman | We welcome Ethan Hammerman, former gaming marketer, current gaming enthusiast, and uniquely qualified insider to talk about the past, present, and future of gaming, marketing, and microtransactions! | 2/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 67: "The Final Goal" w/ Shenanigansen | We welcome webcomics' own Shenanigansen to talk about horror games, visual novels, memes, hard games, and, well, basically the gamut. Perhaps the episode best designed for getting into the show, as it is broad, funny, and we eventually get to a point! | 2/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNo Cartridge Patreon Preview: No Cartridge Leftist Book Club Episode One | I'm opening up the vaults today and releasing the first episode of the No Cartridge Leftist Book Club, my weekly dive into Capital Volume 1 that will eventually cover the whole book! Find more on patreon.com/hegelbon! | 2/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 66: "Let Me Buy A Silly Dance," Microtransaction Talk with Peter @litescript | We welcome Pete @litescript on to talk about microtransactions, Destiny 2, and the future of gaming itself. | 2/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 65 -- eFedding and the Artifice of Artifice w/ jonwuka | We welcome Obi, better known as jonwuka (@thenearzone) of the Weird of Sport podcast to talk with us about the deeply strange phenomenon of efedding, pro-wrestling without the wrestling, but with a precise understanding of its own fiction. | 2/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPreview of the Super Bowl with Ethan Hammerman, Pats Fan | In what is a preview of both the big game and the next episode, check out this lo-fi clip from my conversation with Patriots fan and friend of the show Ethan Hammerman (@ethanhamm); see if the musical cues can help you determine who I want to win! | 2/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 64: Live Debate w/ Matt Christman and Virgil Texas at The Bell House! | Finally, the long awaited audio from our live show at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY! Virgil Texas and Matt Christman of Chapo Trap House face off in a battle to determine the very fate of videogames, with special and unexpected guests! | 1/29/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 63: Desert of the Real Fictions w/ Scott Benson | We welcome Scott Benson (@bombsfall) back again to discuss fandom, the "reality" of fiction, why shipping bothers people so much, and what the core of the fictional worlds we love really counts for. And, somehow, more! | 1/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 62: No Cartridge is true; everything is permitted" w/ Marc Normandin! | We welcome Marc Normandin on the podcast to talk about everything Assassin's Creed -- the joy of Origins, the downslides of the past, and why Ezio being a great character is a narrative problem of sorts. | 1/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 61: Sonics of Future Past w Alex (Yelix) Perry | We welcome Alex Perry (@Yelix) on the show to talk about Sonic, Sonic Mania, Sonic Forces, self-insertion fanfic, and more! Finally, the real truth about Sonic, set out in posterity forever, never to be contradicted -- what a service! | 1/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitNo Cartridge 60.5: Patreon Throwback with @bronzehammer and @boring_as_heck | Before they were famous, the two OG members of the @gooffkings came onto No Cartridge to talk toilet seats and gaming. And now you can hear it for free! | 1/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Heggies Finale! | We finish off the Heggies with four game reviews and a couple of things to look forward to, plus a show announcement and more! | 1/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Heggies 2017: PUBG! | We get real normie and real buggy with the introduction of PUBG on this year's Heggies -- meet the game that broke a thousand hearts and gave ten thousand heart attacks. Plus, the Heggie for missing the boat! | 12/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Heggies 2017: Night in the Woods! | For our very first GOTY series, the Heggies, we present the lovely podcast favorite Night in the Woods! Plus, who wins Most Dialectical? Tune in to find out! | 12/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 60: "No Clear Way Forward" with Andy @andymoney69 | We welcome Andy @andymoney69 to talk to us about esports, CS:GO, the smoothie picture, and the future of competitive work. | 12/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 59: Marxplaining Patreon | I go it alone this week as I explain Marx, relative surplus value, Patreon fees, and the small compromises we make to capitalism. | 12/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 58: Rowsdower Loves Cuphead w/ @NKVDeeznuts | We welcome Inquisitive Grunt co-host and long time podcast lifemate Rowsdower (@NKVDeezNuts) onto the podcast to discuss Cuphead, cartoons, racism, and maybe even a little Tim Allen. | 12/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 57: "Trouble is a Fake Idea" with Drew Toothpaste | We welcome Drew Toothpaste (@drewtoothpaste), star of internet screen and page, on to talk about dad gaming, Grand Theft Auto, getting in trouble online, and more! | 11/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 56: "Pretense for a Conversation" w/Christopher Bell | We welcome Christopher Bell (@thenewswiz) on to talk about the allure of JRPGs, the nature of conversation, and the sweet science of film! | 11/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 55: "Simulated Identities" with Jack Smith IV | We welcome Jack Smith IV (@jacksmithiv) to the show to discuss fascism, the alt-right, gamergate, videogames, and, oh, Wolfenstein II. It's a good one. | 11/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 54: Radical Honesty w/KC Green | We welcome KC @kcgreenn Green on to talk about video games, art, Cool Spot, Chester Cheeto, depression, autobiography, Sonic and more! | 11/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 53: "It grew with me" CJ Fleck on Deus Ex | We welcome CJ Fleck (@realcjfleck) on the show to discuss Deus Ex, political philosophy, disability, and the production of possibility. | 11/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 52: Better Solidarity: Misogyny, Games, the Left, and Beyond with Christina @Squierzz and Emma @surfbordt | We're lucky enough to have Christina @squierzz and Emma @surfbordt on the show to discuss the recently explosive issue of sexual harassment and misogyny, a topic relevant to gaming and beyond. Absolutely important episode. | 11/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 51 -- Prima's Official Strategy Guide for No Cartridge w/ Leon @leyawn Chang | We welcome artist, musician, and wit Leon Chang (@leyawn) to the podcast to discuss nostalgia, game guides, free to play immersion, message boards and more! | 10/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 50: "That Hideous Strength" w/ Chris Gardiner of Failbetter Games | We welcome Chris Gardiner (@CHGardiner) to the show to discuss Sunless Skies, Failbetter Games, and lore, lore, lore. An absolute gem. | 10/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNo Cartridge Bonus: Patreon Sample on RUINER | A brief sample of what you can get over at the Patreon, as I give a few minutes introduction to RUINER and the issue of difficulty as gatekeeping. | 10/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 49: Empathy Machines with @dogin_hoodie | We're lucky enough to have @dogin_hoodie with us today. Half of the VR studio Iteria Games, he comes on to talk with us about virtual reality development, empathy, art, teleology, and so much more. | 10/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 48: "Army Figurines Have Been Here Forever" w/ Conor McGovern | We welcome Conor "@conorFMcgovern" McGovern on to discuss mini-gaming, the ties that bind between work and play, historical accuracy and more! | 10/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBONUS: Preview of Patreon episode on Violence | In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, I look at violence in videogames, trying to answer the question of why we should be lenient (or if we should be at all) to "murder simulators." Full episode available on patreon.com/hegelbon | 10/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 47: "Against an Easy Mode" with Scott @socksmahoney Blaha | We welcome Scott Blaha (@socksmahoney) on the podcast to talk about Dark Souls, the reason it's fun, its lore, and to close the book on difficulty. | 10/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 46: "We know you need healing, Genji" w/ basically half of UK twitter | We welcome Andrew @andrewfairbairn Fairbairn, @tom_j_allen, @deadpanmarc, @showcasemassive, and @moontreezone on the podcast to talk about playing Overwatch as a team and the game's sense of balance and competition. | 9/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 45: Axis of Difficulty w/ Ian @Glennfinito Renfroe | We welcome Ian Renfroe (@glennfinito) onto the show to talk about difficult games, the nature of challenging work, and why music might be the best analogue to games yet. | 9/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 44: "Psychic Warfare is Real" with Alexander Hinman | We welcome longtime friend of the podcast Alex Hinman to talk Red Alert, ideology, and cut scenes, among other Soviet psyops. | 9/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 43: The Mountaintop w/ Erica @lavosxii | We welcome back Erica (@lavosxii) to talk with us about MMORPG theory, FFXIV, and the nature of cooperation. | 9/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 42: "Hearthstone With Schilling" w/ Jesse Farrar and Stefan Heck | We welcome Jesse @bronzehammer Farrar and Stefan @boring_as_heck Heck on the podcast to talk about streaming, toilets, and the nature of home ownership. | 9/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 41: "/play" w/ Lena @lbourgie | We welcome Lena (@lbourgie), long time friend of the podcast and of me, to the podcast to talk about quitting gaming, addiction, and fulfillment. | 9/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 40: "Malevolent Magical Realism" w/ Michael Lutz (@warrenisdead) | We welcome Michael Lutz, creator of "The Uncle Who Works at Nintendo" and "My Father's Long Long Legs", on to talk about narrative, horror, expectations in gaming, and even a bit of dramatic theory. | 9/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitMini Ep: The Indiegogo (w/ Jesse Farrar) | We invite Jesse Farrar (@BronzeHammer) on to help me tweak the final details of my indiegogo pitch with his YKS knowledge | 8/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 39: "Dad, someone took my items!" w/ Brandon @sexualjumanji Zaboklicki | We welcome Brandon Zaboklicki (@sexualjumanji) onto the podcast to talk Rainbow Six: Seige, multiplayer gaming, why he's not a fan of PUBG and more! | 8/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 38: "This is the formula for turning games into a class issue" with Ed Zitron | We welcome longtime friend of the cast Ed Zitron (@edzitron) on the show to talk about Gacha games, Fortnite, and the slow and painful death of the single player title. | 8/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 37: "If you're forced to have combat, it's taking away your agency" with @RS_Benedict | We welcome RS_Benedict on the show to talk about pacifism, gaming, agency, and player choice -- and RS' ongoing novel! | 8/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 36: "An attempt to streamline a system that's, just, present" with Andrew @illybocean | We welcome Andrew (@illybocean) onto the podcast to talk a wide range of topics from censorship laws to open world gaming to being scared when the sun goes down! | 8/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 35: "Even if Everything is Artifice, It is Imbued With the Human Spirit" | We welcome Donald Borenstein (@boringstein) onto the podcast to talk about licensed games, mediocrity, capitalism, and the particular joys of bad cash-ins. | 7/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 34: "I want a reason to play video games" with Chris Person (@papapishu) | We're lucky to have Chris Person (@papapishu) on the podcast to talk about game length, narrative structure, and 100 hour monster games. | 7/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 33: "Historical Madlibs, to a degree" with Andrew Dunn (@anndraadunn) | We welcome Andrew Dunn on the podcast to talk about history, representation, mechanics, and the ways we understand the nuanced flows of the visions given to us by historical reenactment. | 7/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 32: Finding the point at which it's no longer possible to have a happy ending (with Josh Boerman @boshj) | We bring Josh Boerman (@boshj) on to talk narrative, theater, and the rising action of video games! | 7/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 31: "Life is beautiful, you just have to understand it" (with @kamel_altamimi) | We invite Kamel Altamimi (@kamel_altamimi) on to offer a rebuttal and expansion on Matt Christman's analysis of gaming in Episode 23. Politics, gaming, and hope! | 7/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 30: Brock Wilbur, Religion, and Postal | We invite Brock Wilbur on to talk religion, revenge, agony, ecstasy, and of course video games. | 7/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitBONUS: Jon Bernhardt on Iron Man | What he said. | 6/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 29: Jon Bernhardt on Prey | We have Jonathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) on to talk Prey, Bethesda and Arkane's new part-stealth part-shock game Prey, among other things! | 6/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 28: Hazel Monforton on Writing for Dishonored: Death of the Outsider | We welcome Hazel Monforton onto the show to talk about her experience as a writer on the upcoming Dishonored: Death of the Outsider | 6/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 27: Dave Mangels on No Man's Sky and Trump | Bleeding Green Nation's Dave Mangels joins us to talk No Man's Sky and the way the famously outre and disappointing game reflects, unexpectedly, the Trump campaign and election. | 6/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 26: Scott Benson Part 2, Scott Bensoner | Part two of Scott Benson's deep conversation with us on life, punk, and the nature of the road in Kentucky Route Zero. | 6/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 25: Scott Benson Part 1 - Pessmism of the Spirit, Optimism of the Will | Scott Benson, one third of Infinite Fall, the studio that brought us Night in the Woods, returns to the podcast to talk about art, punk, video games, theory, and everything in-between in part 1 of this two part conversation. | 6/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 24: Qara Koyunlu on Baseball, Games, and Knowledge | We welcome Kara (@QaraKoyunlu) to the podcast to talk about baseball simulations, sabermetrics,and the particular value judgements of late capitalist sports. | 6/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 23: Matt Christman Takes on Gaming | Matt "Cushbomb" Christman comes on to meet me in the squared circle, where I will fight for the honor of gaming. Or, well, we'll chat animatedly anyway. | 5/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 22: VR and Games Dev (with @fender_splendor) | We invite Paul (@fender_splendor) on the podcast to talk VR in terms of his own experience in development, its future, its aesthetics, and how we can understand it as a conceptual apparatus. | 5/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 21: Hazel Monforton on Narrative and Games | We have Hazel Monforton (@hazelmonforton) on to talk about gaming and narrative, architecture, and the lovely What Remains of Edith Finch. By far our most academic conversation yet -- no don't leave, it's good! | 5/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 20: Metal Gear Solid with Felix Biederman | Chapo Trap House's Felix Biederman joins us to talk about the aestheticization of war, the melancholy of the deep state, and the prescience of Hideo Kojima. | 5/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 19: Conversations with Matt Brady | I talk with Matt Brady (@mattvbrady) about Fallout, gaming in your thirties, Australia, and why Skyrim's civil war was such a downer. | 5/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 18: Rhythm Games with Roger Clark and Trent | We welcome Roger Clark (@rogerclark) and Trent (@goodboytrent) on the podcast to talk rhythm games, their seemingly timeless appeal, immersion, abstraction, and more! | 5/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 17: RPGs and Sequels with LavosXII | Erica (@LavosXII) and I talk sequels, indirect concepts, RPG plots, and even a little schlocky action in this extra-long episode of No Cartridge Audio! | 4/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 15 -- Side Quests | A No Cartridge Update and Manifesto followed by a serious consideration of why I like side quests so much. | 4/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 14 - Night in the Woods and Creepypasta | We talk creepypasta and narrative window dressing in relation to Night in the Woods' adept use of the supernatural. | 4/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 13 - Night in the Woods with Scott Benson | Scott Benson, one third of Infinite Fall, the studio that brought us the charming cult-hit Night in the Woods, stops by to talk game design, narrative, aesthetics, depression, capitalism, and politics. Seriously, it's good. | 4/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 11 - Open World Games | I theorize open world gaming as a genre and as an aesthetic, loosely upon the occasion of Breath of the Wild being so so good. | 3/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 10 -- Fire Pro Series with Alex Navarro | We invite Alex Navarro on the show to talk Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special, as well as the history and legacy (and perhaps future) of the classic wrestling franchise. Oh and we talk smarks, too. | 3/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 9 - Nier: Automata | We talk genre in Nier: Automata and the idea of constrained aesthetics. We also get a guest appearance from Ira Glass (NOTE: Not really Ira Glass). | 3/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 7 - Sunless Sea | We delve into what exactly appeals to me about Sunless Sea, a game I have played for hours and hours with no clear ultimate outcome. | 3/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 6 - Planescape: Torment | We discuss narrative, RPG history, irony, and how we tell stories in this, a double-sized No Cartridge Audio episode 6 | 3/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 5 - Alan Wake and Deadly Premonition | We cover two twinned but importantly distinct video game homages to Twin Peaks in Alan Wake and Deadly Premonition in episode 5! | 3/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 4 - Euro Truck Simulator 2 | Patron only work...free for the launch! We talk Euro Truck Simulator and the nature of work versus play. | 3/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 3 - Devil Daggers | We play Devil Daggers and ask if difficulty counts as an aesthetic condition for video games or whether we're still in the realm of personal artistic appreciation. | 3/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 2 - The Music of Mega Man 2 | We discuss music, structure, and the importance of their confluence in modern and classic video games in this second episode with Mega Man 2. | 3/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 1 -- Rungunjumpgun | Narrative and platforming meet in our first episode when we take aim at the fascinating and frustrating Rungunjumpgun. | 3/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
One of the smartest gaming podcasts around
A great podcast if you appreciate deeper discussions into games than the usual brand of Gamer Podcast (you know the type). Trevor always gives insight into the ways politics are expressed in games and consistently gets very interesting guests with expertise in a variety of different subjects. Come for the great interviews with people like Night in the Woods’ Scott Benson and Giant Bomb’s Alex Navarro, stay for the Marxist analysis. Don’t sleep on it!
Gaming Criticism at its most daring and insightful
There’s 50,000 gamer podcasts, and they’re all about 2 or 3 people palling around and playing games. They sound like they’re having fun, but it’s just not interesting to listen to.
No cartridge is a podcast that lifts the hood on game creation. It takes political theory, economics, art, gaming theory, and many other vantage points to examine the state of games today. It’s also fun to listen to, with interesting guests, an insightful host and a willingness to take risks. Hit play.
Truly magnificent
Trevor brings an academic yet interesting angle to games. Not the usual gaming podcast.
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