No Cartridge Audio

Just in time for AGDQ, we welcome John Donohue on the show to talk about speedrunning, the appeal of the spectacle, and the way it creates a uniquely cooperative social space!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

Solo episode this week! I talk The Messengeer, EDF 4.1, and the ways games and art get politics across when it is and isn't literally in the work itself.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

We welcome Utopian Horizon's own Paul Walker-Emig on the show to talk about a game that's not so much a game but a detective simulator, The Return of the Obra Dinn! Plus, Paul talks Discworld: Noir, which shouldn't be missed.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

We welcome Michael Kupperman, comic artist extraordinaire, to the show to talk gaming, kids, cliques, and fandom -- with, of course, a lot of conversation about his impressive catalogue of work!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

We didn't stop at 100! And now, in a week where a new Destiny 2 season is launching and new DLC is forthcoming, we have Discourse Collective veteran Ian on to talk to us about all things Destiny lore. Get the real scoop.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

For this milestone episode, we welcome back our very first ever guest, Giant Bomb's Alex Navarro! We talk Red Dead 2, Extra Life drumming, the podcast, gaming journalism, and we get an oral history of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.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

I am thrilled to finally debut -- as part one of our episode 100 spectacular -- the live show at Caveat NYC with Scott Benson! Sword and Sworcery, Katamari Damacy, a special call in Q&A -- it's all here!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

Olivia (@spookyoolong) and I welcome Brendan B Brown from Wheatus onto After Dark in our first (and perhaps ONLY) free episode! We try to get over being deeply star struck, and talk videogames, brothers, amps, music and more!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

We welcome Fallout modder and all-around impressive leftist organizer Thumblesteen to the show to talk about disability, modding politics, and how effective organizing starts with camaraderie.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

Free to non-subscribers for the first time! We were lucky enough to get Leon Chang, also known as @leyawn back on the show to talk about his remarkable work as a composer of electronic music.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

Solo episode this week as I delve into the controversies around labor treatment at Rockstar and think about games in the vein of Pierre Bourdieu and Restricted Fields. A unique approach on a crowded topic!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

We welcome Adi Shankar, producer of the Castlevania Netflix original series, The Grey, and the upcoming film Bodied! We talk production, inspiration, Halo, gaming, and much much more. Absolute podcast verite, a low-fi overheard call on a subway car.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

We welcome Doug Lain, prolific author and big wheel at Zero Books to talk about his newest novel, his experience with older senses of technology, apocalypse, utopia, and communism!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

We welcome Charles @ugarles onto the show to discuss Fortnite, why kids enjoy videogames, what exactly dads are up to as regards these videogames, and why the fish costume is so damn desirable!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

There's a No Cartridge Live Show! It's in New York City at Caveat NYC on October 27th at 4PM! Scott Benson will be there! I hope you will be too!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

We welcome artist and translator Alex Degen on the show to talk about, well, a lot of stuff from comics, to RPGs, to gaming origins, to the nature of narrative. It's a wild ride, you're gonna love it.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

We welcome SBNation and EDSBS bigwig and all around nice college football man Spencer Hall on the podcast to talk about gaming late in life, college football, and the way games and the way we respond to them tell us about ourselves.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

It's just me this week! That's right, the long promised solo episode considering precarity, scarcity, the gig economy and Recettear. A mix between a book club and an anime retreat, this is one you shouldn't miss!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

We welcome Tony Palumbi on the show to talk about the new WoW expansion, just why people play MMOs, what's going on with Destiny 2, and more!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

Welcome to a very special No Cartridge, wherein me, Olivia @spookyoolong, Michael @michaelfilm94 Lattimer, and Kevin @swearsayer tackle the modern cinematic triumph WARCRAFT (2016).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