Aesthetic Critique Of Video games 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! RSS »iTunes »

Episode 114: We Need to Drive People Crazy with Pedro Paiva We welcome Pedro Paiva, Brazilian videogame auteur and creator of Mario Empalado, Carrocracia, Text-Based Contra, and Esses Games Violentos: Proibidão! Politics, design, aesthetics, theory -- this one has it all! More Download Filetype: MP3 - Size: 57.24MB - Duration: 1:09:04 m (116 kbps 44100 Hz)



Episode 113: I'm So Sorry for Your Codebase w/Dante Douglas We welcome Dante "VideoDante" Douglas on the show to talk about Anthem, arena shooters, his own work, characters in gaming and more! A wide-ranging episode you can't miss. More Download Filetype: MP3 - Size: 57.9MB - Duration: 1:13:54 m (110 kbps 44100 Hz)



Live Week Bonus: No Cartridge After Dark with Liv and Josh Sawyer, Free! Breaking one out from the patreon vaults in honor of our live show on 3/9, this is a classic After Dark episode with Liv (@aveyclub) and I hosting Josh Sawyer (@jesawyer). Hear where it all began! More Download Filetype: MP3 - Size: 58.39MB - Duration: 1:24:48 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)



Episode 111: Parasocial Drinkers w/ Shannon Strucci We welcome Shannon Strucci, YouTube's own, on the show to talk about her video series Fake Friends on parasocial relationships, the way they inform the strange connections we have to perfect strangers, and how gaming plays into this odd modern problem! More Download Filetype: MP3 - Size: 63.3MB - Duration: 1:24:19 m (105 kbps 44100 Hz)



Episode 110: No Gaming After Adulthood with Theo! We welcome Boonta Vista's own Theo @aynrandy to talk about the nature of gaming when you have responsibilities outside of gaming, how games respect your time, how they do not, and what academia is actually like (it's bad). More Download Filetype: MP3 - Size: 55.82MB - Duration: 1:32:48 m (84 kbps 44100 Hz)



Episode 109: Bioshock Althusser: Detournement with Ben We welcome Ben, otherwise known as @benicus_rex on the show to talk about Bioshock: Infinite and his recent academic work on this controversial title. A heady and book club worthy episode, to be sure! More Download Filetype: MP3 - Size: 39.74MB - Duration: 1:09:23 m (80 kbps 44100 Hz)



State of the Podcast (Intermission) Friends, gather round while I, your noble leader, tell some upcoming truths and futures about the podcast you know and love -- also, about this podcast, No Cartridge. More Download Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4MB - Duration: 7:35 m (74 kbps 44100 Hz)

