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Episodes
Patch Notes 2.27 - The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and Trev selflessly return from vacation for an EMERGENCY Patch Notes covering the big Activision Blizzard news. Support this podcast at — https...
No Cartridge 188 - Día de Dia
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest of the Millennium Dia Lacina returns to talk about a whole mess of stuff, Suda51's The Silver Case (it's good)! Difficulty discourse (it's bad!...
No Wallscroll - Katanagatari Episode 4
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back from a brief sabbatical for MORE ANIME. It's Katanagatari Episode 4! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/d...
Patch Notes 2.26 - Silent Hills is Dead and Abandoned is Alive!
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our boys cover some of the E3 and E3-adjacent announcements, David Cage's Francophone court tribulations, Silent Bloober Hill, and the big Kojima Hoax...
No Wallscroll - Katanagatari Episode 3
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Da friendz are back again with episode 3 of Sword Show. This week there might not even be a sword! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/n...
No Cartridge 187 - Albus Degendore
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
High Scoring Guest A. Degen drops by yet again for a wide-ranging chat on the aesthetics of outsider art, post-Amano Final Fantasy, Kobo Abe, Lynch, e...
No Wallscroll - Katanagatari Episode 2
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katanagatari Episode 2! Also maybe more Bill Simmons and "futbol" chat than is warranted in an anime podcast. Support this podcast at — https://redc...
Patch Notes 2.25 - Have Sex With the Devil
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
News: Great. A Marvel Firaxis game. https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/03/xcom-style-avengers-game-from-2k-is-real-so-is-the-rest-of-the-leak/ Naugh...
No Cartridge 186 - The Podcast Person
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome back Chris Person to talk about games, politics, the deeply strange overtones of Far Cry 6, and what it means to work in games media these ...
No Wallscroll - Katanagatari Episode 1
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trev and Piss embark upon a new tale! A.... SWORD tale, even. The first episode of our Summer Special, Katanagatari, is here. Support this podcast at ...
Patch Notes 2.24 - Cream Cheese Wonton, Things of That Nature
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Crab-less rangoon, new Sonic game, Horizon: Manifest Destiny, FFXIV: Endwalker, Twitch finally legalizes sexy, Mass Effect Legendary, Trev's backlog. ...
No Wallscroll - Vampire Hunter D (1985)
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's the summer of D baby! Trev and Piss watch Vampire Hunter D (1985) and discuss extremely aesthetic bodily bifurcations, cyborg horses, and hanging...
Patch Notes 2.23 - Ignominious Games Network ft. @ugarles
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
*bill joel voice* One day late, sorry guys, producer must apologize/ IGN, Palestine, Charles Ugarles is on the line/ Apple vs Epic fight, podcasting l...
No Cartridge After Dark - Boop of Neopia ft @alecrobbins
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monsieur Boop himself Alec Robbins joins Trev and Liv on this #rare mainline edition of No Cartridge After Dark. Our heroes discuss Alec's projects pa...
No Cartridge 185 - Funland ft. @ZaaackKoootzer
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zack Kotzer is here to talk about the launch of @FUNLANDmag, being "Queer GamePro" without pigeonholing yourself, and some quick opinions about what R...
K:D Ratio 1 - Homicide S1S1 (Patreon Unlock)
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey! Double episode today, produced by me. Welcome to the new project I'm planning for the patreon -- daily recordings, varying in length, focus, appr...
Patch Notes 2.22 - Bombe Géante
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny and Trevvy spend the WHOLE DANG EPISODE*** discussing everybody's favorite website named Giant Bomb, Giant Bomb. ***not counting nearly twenty ...
No Cartridge 184: The Clothes Make the Man, 47 ft @utopianhorizons
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paul from Utopian Horizons stops by for an enlivening conversation about objects in games: the trad-masculine assumptions of meat as a health restorat...
No Wallscroll - Daily Lives of Highschool Boys 4-6
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Piss and I return to discuss more of our favorite times with our favorite teens...wait let me restart that. Teenage life as only the perpetually funny...
No Cartridge After Dark - Adios (it's the name of the game, no one's leaving)
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Liv and Trev engage in some lovely cross-promo by reviewing a game by a former main show guest- Doc Squiddy's Adios. Support this podcast at — https...
No Cartridge 183 - Albany, NY: Profaned Capital ft @byyourlogic
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Ape Connoisseur himself, Felix Biederman makes his triumphant return to the show with an extended discussion of From Software's most-podcasted-abo...
No Wallscroll - The Daily Lives of High School Boys 4-6
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More Trev, more Piss, more coffee, more Lives, more High School Boys. Episodes 4-6! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-aud...
Patch Notes 2.21 - The Damn PS3 Has No Games
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and Trev discuss the resplendent B-Game-ness of Outriders, 2021's sparse calendar in general, Days Gone, The Epic Metaverse, and tons of other stu...
No Cartridge 182 - A 2004-Ass Color Scheme (in the cool way) ft. @scarlettmiracle
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Miri (@scarlettmiracle) joins us to chat about Othercide, an extremely Aesthetic tactical roguelike that you may have unjustly overlooked! Support thi...
No Wallscroll - The Daily Lives of High School Boys 1-3
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trev and Piss return! This week we are embarking on a NEW ANIME PROGRAM. The Daily Lives of High School Boys episodes 1-3! Support this podcast at —...
No Cartridge Throwback: Leyawn Patreon FREE
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! We are light on episodes this week so I thought why not give everyone a treat now that the book is done. One of my fav Q&A's from way back when...
No Cartridge After Dark - Thick Bugs Not Welcome
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone's pal Liv (@aveyclub) returns to the After Dark to talk exploration in gaming! PHYSICIAN'S WARNING: Contains a non-trivial amount of Australi...
No Cartridge 181: [Caption Missing]
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is the appeal of non-translated works? Is it a way of exoticising something in an othering way? Or is it a way of divorcing parts of a story from...
Patch Notes 2.20 - Vaccine Hunter: Rise
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trevor says the phrase "My daughter's karate dojo teamed up with a local dermatologist". Sony unceremoniously murders the PS3 and Vita store. Activisi...
No Cartridge 180 - Gaming and The Sluts
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A solo episode! I discuss experimental literature while musing on Dennis Cooper's The Sluts and Kathy Acker and ask why we don't have experimental gam...
Patch Notes 2.19 - FaZe Clan is NOT for the Children
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Da Boyz are back to converse about the news of the week! Gail Simone's dumb comic antics, Meyers Leonard's terrible racism antics, Star Citizen's depr...
No Cartridge 179 - Dinner for Shmups (ft. @ marc_normandin)
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Series regular Marc Normandin is BACK to chat about RetroXP- his ambitious substack project ranking the top 101 Nintendo-published games. Support this...
Patch Notes 2.18 - Trev and JondaVision
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our boys hop through the news of the week, starting with some dismal comics chat! We also cover EA slowly allowing BioWare to maybe become good again,...
No Cartridge 178 - Sean McTiernan and the Creeping Australia
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sean McTiernan (All Units, Hundreds of Pixelated Dead Bodies) stops by for some incisive talk about the mundane and dumb kernel at the core of cost-be...
Patch Notes 2.17 - Crazy Miserable Sex Tourism
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trev and Jon return from a brief vacation, President Biden demands PS5s for the masses, Anthem goes to live on a lovely farm upstate, and Bloodlines 2...
No Cartridge 177: The Odyssey (Working Title) ft. @illybocean
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Boonta Vista's own Andrew "Illybocean" shows up to have an actually interesting version of the Scorsese v. Marvel debate, chat about AAA games that bu...
No Cartridge 176: Dia Lacina's Revenge
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Friend of the show Dia returns for some chat on FFXIV, as well as plenty of classic NC digressions into FFXI, Ultima Online, MUDs and lots of talk abo...
No Cartridge 175: Why Games?
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
No Cartridge Monarch Trevor Strunk does a solo episode to tackle some of the big questions of Cultural Studies, and chart the direction of the show to...
No Wallscroll - Kyousougiga 7 & 8
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Piss and Half-Vaccinated Trevor link up to discuss Kyousougiga episodes 7 and 8. Cool! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-...
Patch Notes 2.16 - Victura Games are Imperialist Running Dogs
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and Trev discuss the CDProjekt hacks, Shrek, putting Shrek into games, Resident Evil: Shrek, the horrific, naked propaganda of Six Days in Falluja...
No Wallscroll - Kyousougiga 4-6
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hot on the heels of episodes 1-3, Trev and Piss are back with Kyousougiga episodes 4 -6! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridg...
No Cartridge 174: Preserving Worlds ft. @dereklmurphy & @mitchellzemil
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mitch and Derek of Means TV's Preserving Worlds stop by to discuss the nitty-gritty and whimsy of their video game archival work with Trevor. Support ...
No Wallscroll - Kyousougiga 1-3
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NEW SHOW SHOW! Trevor and Piss return with a benevolent vengeance for the first new animated program coverage of the new year- Kyousougiga episodes 1-...
Patch Notes 2.15 - Jet Set Biden Future
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and Trev boldly enter the New Year. Things we are leaving in 2020: Cyberpunk takes (we go back on this one immediately)! Okay that's it I guess. T...
No Wallscroll - Roujin Z
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trev and Piss return with a vengeance to discuss 1991's Roujin Z, a film about a robotic geriatric care bed that has some real Themes. It's written by...
No Cartridge 173: Confessions of a Catboy Impresario (ft. @guldeuxchats and Vig)
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Returning guest star Jocelyn and close associate Vig regale Trevor with tales of their alarmingly ambitious in-game FFXIV mounting of The Nutcracker. ...
Patch Notes 2.14 - CYBERNOTES 2077
02 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings, cybercitizens. Join CyberJon and CyberTrev as they devote NINTETY-FIVE entire MINUTES to talking exclusively about Cyberpunk 2077, 2020's h...
No Cartridge 172: Вий for Vendetta ft. Scott Benson
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mr Scott "The Sidfather" Benson returns with more Weird Tales of Rural PA with occasional digressions into video games and the USSR's only horror film...
Patch Notes 2.13 - AVENGERS AIN'T SHIT, Y'ALL
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and Trev discuss the extremely obvious failure of that Avengers game you already forgot about, as well as some dire prognostication about vaccines...
No Wallscroll - Aria S1 Finale
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trev and Piss cover the final episodes of Aria the Animation. Trevor remembers almost all the characters' names! And finally... THE SUBJECT OF THE NEX...
Patch Notes 2.12 - 24 Hour Turkey Therapy
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our boys Trev and Jon are back with a post-Thanksgiving deluge of news. Join them as they chat Bill Gates brain chips, the Mass Effect remasters, and ...
No Wallscroll - Aria 7-9
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trev and Piss return to Planet Vibes for another sojourn among the Martian waves, and discuss the subtle joys of the interior monologue of President C...
Patch Notes 2.11 - All Hallow's Eve Eve (Late Late Edition)
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for last month, Trevor and Jon are back to discuss the news of the recent past. CDProject Red's very "thinking emoji" relationship with c...
No Wallscroll: Aria 4-6
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trevor and Piss revisit the idyllic, low-key future of Aria, evaluate different approaches to anime cat designs, and confidently remember the name of ...
No Wallscroll - Aria! Episodes 1-3
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the new, calm, series of No Wallscroll! Piss and I are back and we are introducing (me) to a new genre of anime called Iyashikei that is a ...
Are You Afraid of the After Dark...THE RETURN
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back as Liv takes over the podcast with perennial bete noir Curt to talk about spooky tales, spooky technology, and spookiest possible spaghet...
No Wallscroll - Kaiji...Conclusion!
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome, we are back with more No Wallscroll! And as a present for everyone sticking with us through our longest series yet, here is the conclusion of...
GGNRR 5: Mannequins, Teens, and You
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to GG No Reread! Liv and I join you today to discuss the incredible novella Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones and the evoca...
Patch Notes 2.10: Bad News, Stadians
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! AOC is not on this one, I'm so sorry. But Jon is! And me! Me!!! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/dona...
No Cartridge 171 - Mods? Mods?! with Eliza
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome the internet's own @3liza, Eliza on the show to discuss...well god so many things. Morrowind mods, Red Dead 2, the life of a videogame and ...
No Wallscroll - Kaiji S2 Episodes 19-22
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kaiji has tricks up his sleeve! Ichijou is feeling confident! Piss and I are feeling stressed! It's Kaiji and it's nearing the end of our long journey...
Patch Notes 2.8 & 2.9: Minecraft Steve Knows No Mercy
10 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Double Episode!!! Jon and I didn't really have a lot of news these last two weeks so we combined them into a giant episode about all your favorite stu...
No Cartridge 170: Diary of a Game Dev with Craig Bideojamesin
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In an unprecdented sequel to our first episode, Craig aka @bideojamesing hops on the show to discuss his days in game development, and the series of m...
Patch Notes 2.7: Microsoft Bought Us Too (Parody)
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and I are back! We're here to talk about the big ol merger news, Hades, Rune Factory 4, and more! It's a big news week, so let's get into it baby!...
No Wallscroll - Kaiji S2 Episodes 15-18
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Piss and I return to follow Kaiji as he rages, rages, rages against The Bog! What is his plan? Can it possibly succeed? And can Hyodo be any more deep...
GGNRR 4: Zone One and Left4Dead 2!
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Liv and I (and the dang podcast) are back! And we finally have a book we don't really care for very much. The good news it's by one of my favorite eve...
No Cartridge 169: Highlight Reel is Back! With Chris Person
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome back returning guest Chris @papapishu Person to talk about the return of Highlight Reel on his own terms, apart from Kotaku! Listen to Chri...
BONUS: Free release of Surplus Value Episode 3
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS! Since it's been a weird week thanks to Labor Day, I thought I'd throw in a bonus release and put out the free version of the last patreon episo...
No Wallscroll Kaiji S2 Episodes 10-14
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with No Wallscroll! Piss and I watch Kaiji as he takes on the bog and tries desperately to win against all odds and secure his freedom. Wil...
Kapital Vol 1 Recap - Episode 4
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We move on in the newly released-to-the-public Book Club episodes of No Cartridge, as we cover Marx's understanding of the money form. Why is money so...
Patch Notes 2.6: DC Comix Patch Notes
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yes we talk games, but oh the comics. Jon and I get on one about Batman, and more! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audi...
No Cartridge 168 - Pig Farmers Vs the Mob with Doc Squiddy!
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Doc Squiddy, known for his work on Paratopic, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, and more to the show to talk about disability, writing, his new game,...
No Wallscroll - Kaiji S2 5-9
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We return to Kaiji Season 2 -- The Backslide Arc! Piss and I watch enraptured to see if Kaiji can pull one over on the dastardly Ōtsuki. The stakes c...
Patch Notes 2.5: The One During the DNC
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bad news everyone, we're back! Ok wait that came out wrong -- we're back and it was the DNC when we returned. Pale, oatmeal like affirmations of decen...
No Cartridge After Dark FREE - Liv and Trev Q&A
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a free NCAD thanks to a patron who sent me a note saying it brightened their quarantined day to hear two friends talking and having fun. I ...
No Wallscroll - Kaiji S2, Episodes 1-4
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Kaiji chat! Piss and I have returned to talk about the next, truly deranged and stressful chapter of our hero, Kaiji's, life. It's not...
Capital Vol 1 Recap - Episode 3
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the recap before the storm, as I release the No Cartridge Leftist Bookclub backlog in preparation of our new exploration into Marx's m...
No Cartridge 167 - Shin Megami Tensei IV's Social Answer
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a recurring feature, I'm covering a game I was asked to play by a patron, the lovely @jeanlucpeakhard asked me to play Shin Megami Ten...
Capital Vol 1 Recap: The First Two
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a retrospective of my much requested and soon-to-be-fulfilled series on Capital volume 1! These are old episodes that were originally patre...
Indie Review: Signs of the Sojourner
08 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Liv and I are back with another review! This time it's friend of the show Kevin Snow's Signs of the Sojourner, and it is one of the only times that Li...
No Cartridge 166 - A Seemingly Futile Gesture with Craig!
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Craig @bideojames on the show to talk about the often interesting, always frustrating, and never dull world of videogame production and des...
Patch Notes 2.4
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
No Cartridge 165 - Sa Ga Ga Ga Ga with A. Degen
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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://r...
No Cartridge After Dark - Spoilers for First Grade
25 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trevvv and Livvv continue their undersung indie game recommendation journey Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donat...
No Wallscroll - Kaiji 16-22
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
No Cartridge 164 - Reading, Writing, Gundam with Em and Jackson
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
No Cartridge After Dark: Happy Birthday Liv!
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
No Wallscroll - Kaiji 10-15
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 an...
Patch Notes 2.3
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger Warning on this whole one as it's about rampant sexual abuse, grooming, and misconduct all throughout gaming, from gamers to executives. The p...
No Wallscroll - Kaiji 1-9
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 "n...
Patch Notes 2.2: The Last of Us One
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Patch Notes! Jon and I are here (belatedly because of uh...me...) to talk about TLOU2, RE8, and other non-sequel news! Much of the pas...
No Wallscroll - Mob Psycho S2 Episodes 10-12
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back baby! Mob Psycho Season 2 is getting to the boiling point as the action starts to heat up (no pun intended) with Shigeo's house destroyed, ...
No Cartridge 163 - Dia Plays the Hits With Dia Lacina!
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome, long overdue, the wonderful Dia Lacina on the podcast! She talks about her massive undertaking as she takes on a Let's Play of all of the ...
GGNRR 3 - Calvino and Stanley Walk Into A Bar
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with GG No ReRead! Liv and I delve into our most thematically complex episode yet, considering Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a tra...
No Wallscroll - Mob Psycho S2, 7-9
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Finally, it's the return of the mack as Piss and I are back to talk Mob Psycho 100, in perhaps the most emotionally resonant bit of anime we've seen y...
No Cartridge 162 - Sharkbite with Scott Benson
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome back everyone's favorite recurring guest, Scott @bombsfall Benson! We spend one hour talking about politics, police, and ACAB philosophy, a...
No Cartridge 161 - Everything is Political
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
So this one is a bit old, and doesn't mention the current police brutality because I recorded it a relatively long time ago and didn't have the heart ...
Patch Notes: The Slow Burn
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hi all! Jon and I are still at it but you may have noticed that 1) there has been very little video game news and 2) there has been a LOT of real life...
No Cartridge 160 - Frontier with Matt Margini
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Matt Margini, author of Red Dead Redemption from Boss Fight Books, to discuss his fantastic reading of the frontier, the genre of the weste...
No Wallscroll - Mob Psycho S2 4-6
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with more Mob, and this time there's some emotional turmoil as Mob start to...assert himself?! Join me as I try to grapple with this along ...