No Cartridge Audio
477 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 116 ratingsCritical 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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Episodes
BONUS: Jon Bernhardt on Iron Man
June 25, 2017 16:54 - 2 minutes - 1.19 MBWhat he said. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 29: Jon Bernhardt on Prey
June 25, 2017 13:14 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBWe have Jonathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) on to talk Prey, Bethesda and Arkane's new part-stealth part-shock game Prey, among other things! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 28: Hazel Monforton on Writing for Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
June 21, 2017 13:05 - 47 minutes - 47.2 MBWe welcome Hazel Monforton onto the show to talk about her experience as a writer on the upcoming Dishonored: Death of the Outsider Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 27: Dave Mangels on No Man's Sky and Trump
June 19, 2017 13:04 - 46 minutes - 24.6 MBBleeding 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 26: Scott Benson Part 2, Scott Bensoner
June 12, 2017 12:59 - 50 minutes - 39.6 MBPart two of Scott Benson's deep conversation with us on life, punk, and the nature of the road in Kentucky Route Zero. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 25: Scott Benson Part 1 - Pessmism of the Spirit, Optimism of the Will
June 09, 2017 13:03 - 1 hour - 79 MBScott 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 24: Qara Koyunlu on Baseball, Games, and Knowledge
June 02, 2017 12:51 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBWe welcome Kara (@QaraKoyunlu) to the podcast to talk about baseball simulations, sabermetrics,and the particular value judgements of late capitalist sports. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 23: Matt Christman Takes on Gaming
May 25, 2017 12:52 - 42 minutes - 49.8 MBMatt "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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 22: VR and Games Dev (with @fender_splendor)
May 20, 2017 12:48 - 48 minutes - 23.8 MBWe 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 21: Hazel Monforton on Narrative and Games
May 15, 2017 12:47 - 53 minutes - 54.6 MBWe 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! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 20: Metal Gear Solid with Felix Biederman
May 11, 2017 12:46 - 50 minutes - 55.7 MBChapo 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 19: Conversations with Matt Brady
May 09, 2017 12:42 - 46 minutes - 23.1 MBI talk with Matt Brady (@mattvbrady) about Fallout, gaming in your thirties, Australia, and why Skyrim's civil war was such a downer. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 18: Rhythm Games with Roger Clark and Trent
May 01, 2017 12:40 - 51 minutes - 25.3 MBWe welcome Roger Clark (@rogerclark) and Trent (@goodboytrent) on the podcast to talk rhythm games, their seemingly timeless appeal, immersion, abstraction, and more! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 17: RPGs and Sequels with LavosXII
April 29, 2017 12:40 - 1 hour - 37.4 MBErica (@LavosXII) and I talk sequels, indirect concepts, RPG plots, and even a little schlocky action in this extra-long episode of No Cartridge Audio! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 15 -- Side Quests
April 25, 2017 12:36 - 18 minutes - 21.5 MBA No Cartridge Update and Manifesto followed by a serious consideration of why I like side quests so much. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 14 - Night in the Woods and Creepypasta
April 15, 2017 12:34 - 10 minutes - 13.1 MBWe talk creepypasta and narrative window dressing in relation to Night in the Woods' adept use of the supernatural. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 13 - Night in the Woods with Scott Benson
April 04, 2017 22:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBScott 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 11 - Open World Games
March 25, 2017 13:33 - 15 minutes - 18.3 MBI theorize open world gaming as a genre and as an aesthetic, loosely upon the occasion of Breath of the Wild being so so good. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 10 -- Fire Pro Series with Alex Navarro
March 20, 2017 13:32 - 43 minutes - 22.4 MBWe 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 9 - Nier: Automata
March 19, 2017 13:31 - 11 minutes - 13.3 MBWe 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). Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 7 - Sunless Sea
March 12, 2017 13:30 - 8 minutes - 7.86 MBWe delve into what exactly appeals to me about Sunless Sea, a game I have played for hours and hours with no clear ultimate outcome. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 6 - Planescape: Torment
March 08, 2017 13:30 - 21 minutes - 26.6 MBWe discuss narrative, RPG history, irony, and how we tell stories in this, a double-sized No Cartridge Audio episode 6 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 5 - Alan Wake and Deadly Premonition
March 05, 2017 13:29 - 13 minutes - 15.7 MBWe cover two twinned but importantly distinct video game homages to Twin Peaks in Alan Wake and Deadly Premonition in episode 5! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 4 - Euro Truck Simulator 2
March 04, 2017 23:04 - 10 minutes - 13.1 MBPatron only work...free for the launch! We talk Euro Truck Simulator and the nature of work versus play. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 3 - Devil Daggers
March 04, 2017 23:03 - 11 minutes - 14.6 MBWe 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 2 - The Music of Mega Man 2
March 04, 2017 23:02 - 11 minutes - 14.2 MBWe discuss music, structure, and the importance of their confluence in modern and classic video games in this second episode with Mega Man 2. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Episode 1 -- Rungunjumpgun
March 04, 2017 23:00 - 13 minutes - 16.9 MBNarrative and platforming meet in our first episode when we take aim at the fascinating and frustrating Rungunjumpgun. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands