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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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).By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Joey Bag O'donuts, GK, and Chris Princler to talk about building, expanding, and all-in-all embodying the competitive Def Jam: Fight For New York competitive scene. The birth of competition!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Malcolm Pierce to the show to discuss his work in gaming, his experiences with development, and his upcoming visual novel from Woodsy Studio!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Luke @lukeisamazing back to talk about, what else, Star Wars as he gets set to start his new prequel podcast with Kelsey Atherton! An absolute joy for fans of the space opera and regular opera alike (source?)By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

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

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

We welcome Ian Borsuk to talk about games and the ecology and leftism -- a deeply underserved topic and a fascinating and sprawling discussion. Alt-right speculation included.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Alex Pareene, fresh from being bought out in what is now the third or fourth most recent online media venture capital nightmare, to talk about the news, writing in gaming, and why Grim Fandango and the 3DS are dad magnets.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Matt Lubchansky on the show to talk about, well, everything really -- games, comics, life, millenials, and of course their recent ongoing kickstarter project with The Nib!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

Trev and his family just welcomed a new son, but enjoy this on the floor dialectic fresh from Combo Breaker!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Felicia and Tim on the podcast to talk about unionizing efforts in Australia and worldwide involving game devs, streaming personalities, and beyond. Absolutely fascinating if you love labor law!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Jocelyn @gulduxchats on the show to discuss her experience in games, her passion for Minecraft, and, yes, the anatomy of melancholy as it relates to videogames. If you like lists, well, you're gonna like this one.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

I'm very excited to welcome Meredith Gran onto the podcast to talk about her new videogame project Perfect Tides, what it means to take your creative process to gaming, and, of course, some Octopus Pie for good measure.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Will Partin onto the show to talk about esports, gaming in the academy, and his response to my article in nonsite dot org. Well, okay, the first two definitely.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

Trevor Strunk is away. The grim legacy of Dutch techno and objectivist philosophy collide in a very special episode, narrated by Will.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Phil @nilpholan Nolan onto the podcast to talk about his time in the competitive Smash Bros Melee scene, his sense of the game itself, the wild world of real life fighting game competitions, and more!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Brian Hanson onto the podcast to discuss the heady days of the Japanese economic boom and the loads of unspent money that produced some of the stranger, more engaging, and fascinating games of the pre-crash 90s!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

You know him and love him, not just friend but family of the podcast, Night in the Woods' own Scott @bombsfall Benson is back from his BAFTA winning sojourn and here to talk at length about the newly departed, but really always alive Demon'By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We're lucky to have Alex (@alexmreed) on the show to talk about his experience on the production side of gaming! QA testing, ratings, the vagaries of publication, and a History Channel game panned -- don't miss this.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Luke @lukeisamazing to talk Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Finally, we solve Star Wars!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

Finally, after months in the offing, we welcome the charming and talented Branson Reese on the podcast! You know his comics already, but we talk art, aesthetics, videogames, comics, the whole gamut!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome mobile games writer Tom @coachfordads Dziuba on to talk Spider-Man, mobile development, and the way narrative is evolving daily. Super interesting look into the industry!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome David Eisenberg, aka the Beer Nerd, who comes on to talk Earthbound, OFF, and emotionally and psychologically evocative RPGs.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Jason Rohrer, famous and even infamous indie game designer to talk narrative, form, his vision, and his new game One Hour One Life. An absolutely crucial account of game design straight from the horse's mouth.By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Pete @Whandall on to talk about the economics of games both in and out of the gamespace -- price theory, economics of scarcity and scale, everything you could want as an econ person who's torn your hair out to my podcast so far!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome Liz Ryerson (@ellaguro) to the show to talk about the recent and powerful unionization effort at GDC, as well as her role in and evaluation of the nascent Game Workers Unite collective!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome back Jack Smith (@jacksmithiv) to review Far Cry 5, hot off or not even quite off the presses! Mic's resident expert on anti-governmental separatists and fascism walks us through the plot, clearly tagged spoilers and all. A No Cartridge first!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).

We welcome media mind Seth @asapsunscreen Shepherd on the show to talk with us about narrative, systemic analysis, realism, and the ways in which games end for the player but do not end for the character!By trevor.strunk@gmail.com (Trevor Strunk).