No Cartridge Audio
Episodes
Episode 43: The Mountaintop w/ Erica @lavosxii
19 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome back Erica (@lavosxii) to talk with us about MMORPG theory, FFXIV, and the nature of cooperation.Support this podcast at — https://redcir...
Episode 42: "Hearthstone With Schilling" w/ Jesse Farrar and Stefan Heck
15 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Jesse @bronzehammer Farrar and Stefan @boring_as_heck Heck on the podcast to talk about streaming, toilets, and the nature of home ownershi...
Episode 41: "/play" w/ Lena @lbourgie
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Lena (@lbourgie), long time friend of the podcast and of me, to the podcast to talk about quitting gaming, addiction, and fulfillment.Suppo...
Episode 40: "Malevolent Magical Realism" w/ Michael Lutz (@warrenisdead)
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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, expectatio...
Mini Ep: The Indiegogo (w/ Jesse Farrar)
29 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We invite Jesse Farrar (@BronzeHammer) on to help me tweak the final details of my indiegogo pitch with his YKS knowledgeSupport this podcast at — h...
Episode 39: "Dad, someone took my items!" w/ Brandon @sexualjumanji Zaboklicki
25 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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!Su...
Episode 38: "This is the formula for turning games into a class issue" with Ed Zitron
17 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 si...
Episode 37: "If you're forced to have combat, it's taking away your agency" with @RS_Benedict
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome RS_Benedict on the show to talk about pacifism, gaming, agency, and player choice -- and RS' ongoing novel!Support this podcast at — http...
Episode 36: "An attempt to streamline a system that's, just, present" with Andrew @illybocean
02 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 35: "Even if Everything is Artifice, It is Imbued With the Human Spirit"
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Donald Borenstein (@boringstein) onto the podcast to talk about licensed games, mediocrity, capitalism, and the particular joys of bad cash...
Episode 34: "I want a reason to play video games" with Chris Person (@papapishu)
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're lucky to have Chris Person (@papapishu) on the podcast to talk about game length, narrative structure, and 100 hour monster games.Support this p...
Episode 33: "Historical Madlibs, to a degree" with Andrew Dunn (@anndraadunn)
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Andrew Dunn on the podcast to talk about history, representation, mechanics, and the ways we understand the nuanced flows of the visions gi...
Episode 32: Finding the point at which it's no longer possible to have a happy ending (with Josh Boerman @boshj)
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We bring Josh Boerman (@boshj) on to talk narrative, theater, and the rising action of video games!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/n...
Episode 31: "Life is beautiful, you just have to understand it" (with @kamel_altamimi)
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 30: Brock Wilbur, Religion, and Postal
01 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We invite Brock Wilbur on to talk religion, revenge, agony, ecstasy, and of course video games.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-ca...
BONUS: Jon Bernhardt on Iron Man
25 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What he said.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn m...
Episode 29: Jon Bernhardt on Prey
25 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We have Jonathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) on to talk Prey, Bethesda and Arkane's new part-stealth part-shock game Prey, among other things!Support th...
Episode 28: Hazel Monforton on Writing for Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Hazel Monforton onto the show to talk about her experience as a writer on the upcoming Dishonored: Death of the OutsiderSupport this podcas...
Episode 27: Dave Mangels on No Man's Sky and Trump
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 T...
Episode 26: Scott Benson Part 2, Scott Bensoner
12 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Part 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 — http...
Episode 25: Scott Benson Part 1 - Pessmism of the Spirit, Optimism of the Will
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Episode 24: Qara Koyunlu on Baseball, Games, and Knowledge
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Kara (@QaraKoyunlu) to the podcast to talk about baseball simulations, sabermetrics,and the particular value judgements of late capitalist ...
Episode 23: Matt Christman Takes on Gaming
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 anywa...
Episode 22: VR and Games Dev (with @fender_splendor)
20 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 21: Hazel Monforton on Narrative and Games
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We have Hazel Monforton (@hazelmonforton) on to talk about gaming and narrative, architecture, and the lovely What Remains of Edith Finch. By far our ...
Episode 20: Metal Gear Solid with Felix Biederman
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 K...
Episode 19: Conversations with Matt Brady
09 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I talk with Matt Brady (@mattvbrady) about Fallout, gaming in your thirties, Australia, and why Skyrim's civil war was such a downer.Support this podc...
Episode 18: Rhythm Games with Roger Clark and Trent
01 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Roger Clark (@rogerclark) and Trent (@goodboytrent) on the podcast to talk rhythm games, their seemingly timeless appeal, immersion, abstra...
Episode 17: RPGs and Sequels with LavosXII
29 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 15 -- Side Quests
25 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A No Cartridge Update and Manifesto followed by a serious consideration of why I like side quests so much.Support this podcast at — https://redcircl...
Episode 14 - Night in the Woods and Creepypasta
15 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We talk creepypasta and narrative window dressing in relation to Night in the Woods' adept use of the supernatural.Support this podcast at — https:/...
Episode 13 - Night in the Woods with Scott Benson
04 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 11 - Open World Games
25 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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.Support this podcast at ...
Episode 10 -- Fire Pro Series with Alex Navarro
20 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 wre...
Episode 9 - Nier: Automata
19 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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).Sup...
Episode 7 - Sunless Sea
12 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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.Support this podca...
Episode 6 - Planescape: Torment
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss narrative, RPG history, irony, and how we tell stories in this, a double-sized No Cartridge Audio episode 6Support this podcast at — http...
Episode 5 - Alan Wake and Deadly Premonition
05 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We cover two twinned but importantly distinct video game homages to Twin Peaks in Alan Wake and Deadly Premonition in episode 5!Support this podcast a...
Episode 4 - Euro Truck Simulator 2
04 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Patron only work...free for the launch! We talk Euro Truck Simulator and the nature of work versus play.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle....
Episode 3 - Devil Daggers
04 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 2 - The Music of Mega Man 2
04 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss music, structure, and the importance of their confluence in modern and classic video games in this second episode with Mega Man 2.Support t...
Episode 1 -- Rungunjumpgun
04 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Narrative and platforming meet in our first episode when we take aim at the fascinating and frustrating Rungunjumpgun.Support this podcast at — http...