

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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Aug 4, 2020 • 2h 27min
No Cartridge 166 - A Seemingly Futile Gesture with Craig!
We welcome Craig @bideojames on the show to talk about the often interesting, always frustrating, and never dull world of videogame production and design! How did he get there, what did he do, and why did he leave? A fascinating look inside a lately controversial industry.Production by Julian Crocamo! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 2, 2020 • 1h 34min
Patch Notes 2.4
Mild content warning for discussion of sexual assault on this one.Jon and I return with another Patch Notes- covering awful news from Ubisoft to The Team Soon to be Formerly Known as the Washington Football Team and some other assorted bummers!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 28, 2020 • 2h 29min
No Cartridge 165 - Sa Ga Ga Ga Ga with A. Degen
Veteran guest Alex Degen returns to idly chat for an hour followed by rather more focused chat for another hour!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 25, 2020 • 51min
No Cartridge After Dark - Spoilers for First Grade
Trevvv and Livvv continue their undersung indie game recommendation journeySupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 24, 2020 • 1h 23min
No Wallscroll - Kaiji 16-22
We return to Kaiji! Piss and I discuss the aftermath of the bridge debacle, and embrace the world of e-card. What will happen to Kaiji! Why does his head look bloody in every famous pic of him? And is this show Marxist or something it seems like maybe it is -- this and more with production by Julian Crocamo!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 22, 2020 • 1h 12min
No Cartridge 164 - Reading, Writing, Gundam with Em and Jackson
We welcome Em and Jackson of the Great Gundam Project and Abnormal Mapping to the show to discuss their incredibly ambitious project of watching and analyzing all of Gundam; their understanding of analysis and reading, particularly when it comes to videogames; and the answer to the question on everyone's mind: where is the robot?Production by the impressively prolific Julian Crocamo!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 18, 2020 • 1h 6min
No Cartridge After Dark: Happy Birthday Liv!
Olivia is back on the classic After Dark podcast to talk about, well, everything with me as we catch up over the pandemic and life in general. Oh and we note that today begins Liv's birthday month, so please, act accordingly!Production by Julian! Expect nothing less!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 17, 2020 • 1h 33min
No Wallscroll - Kaiji 10-15
We're back with our second chunk of Kaiji as Piss, Sean, and I continue on our journey through the best damn gamblin' anime ever. Enjoy the rampant anti-capitalism and the extremely dark turn of this week's bunch of episodes! Will Kaiji actually repay his debt? Hah, well, uh, there are a bunch of episodes left so uh. Hm.Production by Julian Crocamo, da god.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 15, 2020 • 53min
Patch Notes 2.3
Trigger Warning on this whole one as it's about rampant sexual abuse, grooming, and misconduct all throughout gaming, from gamers to executives. The part of the news we hate to cover, but we do anyway -- Jon and I do our best to scratch the surface here. As always, we believe survivors.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 3, 2020 • 2h 8min
No Wallscroll - Kaiji 1-9
Welcome to the next chapter! It's the incredible Kaiji, which I'll be talking through with the inimitable Piss and longtime friend of the show Sean "nochorus on twitter" McTiernan! Gambling, loss, stress, and capitalism...what's better than this?Thank you to Julian for production duties!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices