

No Cartridge Audio
Trevor Strunk
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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Sep 12, 2025 • 1h 35min
Episode 299 - Santo, Mechs, Saints!
We welcome Santo (Santo.bsky.social), of Cosmo Champs, CybeRRRevolution, and more! They talk with us about games writing, writing about imperialism, the importance of mechs and magical boys, and even more! If you love queer mech stories, Saint Seiya, or both, this one’s for you!
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Sep 4, 2025 • 51min
Episode 298 - NC At the Drive In, Animal Crossing the Anime!
Liv and I review the absolutely lovely, relaxing, dare I say ARIA-ESQUE Animal Crossing film! Gekijōban Dōbutsu no Mori, released in Japan only, is available through the magic of the internet, and boy is it lovely. Kick back with us and reevaluate the joy of ol Tom T Nook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 28, 2025 • 24min
No Cartridge Interlude: Fireside Chat With Liv and Trev
Hello! Sorry for being a bit absent this month, but we are back and recharged, and ready to tell you all about what we're planning to do with our podcasting talents in the near and far future. Enjoy hearing some previews about the future (the long future!) of No Cartridge! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 8, 2025 • 1h
No Cartridge 296 -- Indie Game Review HEATWAVE
Liv and Trevor dig into the delisted but wonderfully dark and intriguing HEATWAVE by DeadDeadDeath -- check out the rest of their work, free to download at https://deaddeaddeath.neocities.org/index.html. This is a fantastic glimpse into a wonderful visual novel that is dark, sexual, political, and intensely different. Trigger warnings abound, so if you're at all triggered by sexual violence or abuse, it may be one to skip. But otherwise, a truly compelling dive! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 24, 2025 • 21min
No Cartridge 295 - Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Ending 1 (Patreon Repost)
On the eve of the second ending episode posting on the patreon, this solo episode drops on the main feed! A thorough examination of visual novels, the nature of 100 line as an intervention into the genre, and what I expect from finishing 100 endings bit by bit. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 17, 2025 • 59min
No Cartridge 294 - At the Drive-in! Wing Commander!
Liv and Trevor wade into the extremely disappointing but also kind of promising but mostly disappointing WING COMMANDER. Thrill at Matthew Lillard and Ginny Holder (of Death in Paradise fame) being asked to save an entire movie's plot! It's all here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 10, 2025 • 1h 41min
No Cartridge 293 - Unbeatable is Coming! feat RJ Spellman
I welcome DCELL's RJ Spellman on the show to discuss the studio's upcoming rhythm/minigame/anime/critique extravaganza UNBEATABLE. We talk about the demo, the struggles of making a game, what we can expect from the full piece, how a project changes over time, and we go off on hundreds, if not thousands, of tangents. It's good radio folks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 25, 2025 • 1h 29min
Episode 292 - GGNoReread Presents Death of the Author and Split Fiction!
Liv and I cover Nnedi Okorafor's Death of the Author and Hazelight Studio's Split Fiction for this installment of GG No Reread! A robust discussion of mind versus body, author versus text, and the manifold properties of reception and interpretation. Seriously go listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 16, 2025 • 1h 9min
No Cartridge 291 - An After Dark Preview
On the main feed due in part because me and Liv get in the weeds (positive) about games and leisure and commitment, and part because I want everyone to know what they're missing not being on the patreon. Go subscribe to the patreon at patreon.com/nocartridge, you are MISSING OUT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 13, 2025 • 1h 40min
No Cartridge 290 - No WallScroll, Miami Guns Finale!
We welcome Emily (Spacequeenemily on bluesky) back to talk us through the final, very serious episodes of Miami Guns! Well okay, *kind* of serious. For this show.
Anyway! We finish up a wonderful journey with our bizarre cast of characters and gear up for our next series today. Once again justice is served! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices