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No Cartridge 181: [Caption Missing] Apr 08, 2021

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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 themselves? And do videogames do this in a way that would differ from other media? In other words, is there something outside of the regressive gawking at the "other" in our enjoyment of untranslated work, or is it simply not all that interesting at all?

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Patch Notes 2.20 - Vaccine Hunter: Rise Apr 02, 2021

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Trevor says the phrase "My daughter's karate dojo teamed up with a local dermatologist". Sony unceremoniously murders the PS3 and Vita store. Activision fucks with CoD matchmaking. Warner Bros. makes a Looney Tunes gacha game. Reality continues to unravel. Snyder Cut.

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No Cartridge 180 - Gaming and The Sluts Mar 25, 2021

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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 games in the same way. The answer will reveal a bit about how medium expectations impact art in a way I think will be rewarding for all. Or not, but hell, I tried OK.

Viewer discretion advised on this one for some intense descriptions of sexualized violence. Production also by the one and only Julian!

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Patch Notes 2.19 - FaZe Clan is NOT for the Children Mar 19, 2021

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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 depressing money laundering antics, and more!

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No Cartridge 179 - Dinner for Shmups (ft. @ marc_normandin) Mar 17, 2021

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Series regular Marc Normandin is BACK to chat about RetroXP- his ambitious substack project ranking the top 101 Nintendo-published games.

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Patch Notes 2.18 - Trev and JondaVision Mar 12, 2021

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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, the ongoing disaster of Hogwarts Legacy, and the "bad death" of Valve's Artifact. Yay!

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No Cartridge 178 - Sean McTiernan and the Creeping Australia Mar 10, 2021

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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-benefit games criticism, and indeed much of our entire relationship with media in 2021!

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Patch Notes 2.17 - Crazy Miserable Sex Tourism Mar 05, 2021

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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 continues to not exist as a video game. :(

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No Cartridge 177: The Odyssey (Working Title) ft. @illybocean Mar 03, 2021

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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 buckle under their own ambition, and how Nintendo may in fact be very good at what they do after all.

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No Cartridge 176: Dia Lacina's Revenge Feb 27, 2021

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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 about pissing into a jug.

Anyone who had "Trevor effortlessly explains an MMO's fast travel mechanic as a resolving dialectic" on your bingo card, congratulations!

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