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Episode 312 -- No Cartridge At the Drive In: Grand Theft Hamlet! Feb 23, 2026

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This one has had a chance to mature as I got my act together, but it's a real gem as Liv and I cover Grand Theft Hamlet, a truly wonderful exploration of theater, COVID, sociality, and community. Genuinely an amazing piece and I hope you enjoy our conversation about it -- you can watch it on mubi!

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Episode 311 - Black Lagoon Episodes 7-12! Feb 14, 2026

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Me and Piss and Em are back again and that's right -- we're talking about maids and cigarette kisses and all sorts of other great stuff! A real murderer's row of episodes that will keep you on the edge of your seat as we break them down.

Go listen to Em over at Giant Robo FM

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Episode 310: GG No Reread NEUROMANCER Feb 03, 2026

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Liv and I return for more GG No Reread, this time in a first time experience of covering a game and a book of the same exact name. That's right, it's the classic cyberpunk novel Neuromancer by William Gibson and the monumental if less well known Commodore64/Dos/Amiga game Neuromancer! We absolutely go in on adaptation, accessibility, insights about the future, the ways books and games differ in their expression, and more and more. Cyberpunkers, unite and jack in!

PS: Go watch a Let's Play hero, GamerForFun play this game at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMzapyB2VHw

PPS: Head over to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE90qAx_yNM at Wednesday Feb 4 at 930 PM EST for a live show follow up with me and Liv!

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Episode 309 - No Wall Scroll Original Flavor - Black Lagoon! Jan 24, 2026

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We welcome back long distant and now returned friend Andrew (Piss) to the show along with our equally fond friend Emily (SpaceQueenEm) to talk about the phenomenal cult classic Black Lagoon -- a Madhouse special, and a true treat. Rock, Revy, and the rest killing Nazis and ramping Torpedo Boats: get ready and get excited.

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Episode 308: Abide With Horses with Jack King-Spooner! Jan 14, 2026

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We welcome back past beloved guest Jack King-Spooner (Dujanah; Mashina; Judero) to talk about his new game Abide and extreme media, specifically the oft-banned videogame Horses. A wide-ranging, philosophical conversation I think is well needed and timely!

Keep your eyes peeled for the kickstarter for Abide!

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Episode 307: Da Games of Da Month...Of Da Year (With Jacob from Workers Lit!) Jan 06, 2026

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We welcome Jacob of Workers' Lit on to talk about the best games we've played in 2025! A fantastic run of beautiful work released in this year and others as well brought to you by two handsome, intelligent, aesthetic gurus...what could be better?

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Episode 306 - Sekiromantasy With Aysha of Workers Lit! Dec 20, 2025

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We welcome the wonderful Aysha from Workers' Lit and All My Maidens podcasts to talk Sekiro, lore, beauty, intention, and much much more! Find out why this game is probably the Souls game I most remember and Aysha most cherishes!

Links to both Dia Lacina articles referenced in today's episode are: here and here. Follow Aysha at ayshaufarah.bsky.social, and find my work anywhere you find No Cartridge, including the patreon at patreon.com/nocartridge. Apologies for the long layoff in episodes this month -- technical difficulties! But much more to come before the end of the year!

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Episode 305 - GGNoReRead Presents: House of Leaves and What Remains of Edith Finch Nov 24, 2025

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Liv and Trev reconvene to put two totems of their respective forms in conversation with one another: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves and Giant Sparrow's What Remains of Edith Finch; two works with many commonalities outside of the core premise of "what if a house was fucked up" (sorry I don't know how to do the blue text thing on here).

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Episode 304 - The Secret World of Alex Haus (feat. @hausofdecline) Nov 14, 2025

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This week we have Alex Haus from Haus of Decline talking about just about everything under the sun, but also video games, art, music, queer artistry, the golden age of webcomics, Sluggy Freelance and more more more. She was a fantastic guest and y ou should go check out her patreon at patreon.com/hausofdecline !

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Episode 303 - Cameron Kunzelman and the Chamber of Banter Oct 31, 2025

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We finally get our stuff together and welcome Cameron Kunzelman of The World is Born From Zero, and Ranged Touch, and games journalism, and the upcoming Everything is Permitted to the show! We kind of have a lot of fun with this one, and I'm hoping you all have as much fun as us -- stick around to the end to hear some more about Cameron's new book on the Assassin's Creed series, and pop in up top for nickname discourse, facts on who read or purchased my book, and a series of sitcom pitches.

Follow Cameron on Bluesky at ckunzelman.bsky.social and find his new book here, and follow us at nocartridge.bsky.social and patreon.com/nocartridge. Thanks!!

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