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!
05-04-2017
Scott Benson, one third of Infinite Fall, the studio that brought us the charming cult-hit Night in the Woods, stops by to talk game design, narrative, aesthetics, depression, capitalism, and politics. Seriously, it's good.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 52.93MB - Duration: 1:43:31 m (71 kbps 16000 Hz)
25-03-2017
I theorize open world gaming as a genre and as an aesthetic, loosely upon the occasion of Breath of the Wild being so so good.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 18.31MB - Duration: 15:23 m (166 kbps 44100 Hz)
20-03-2017
We invite Alex Navarro on the show to talk Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special, as well as the history and legacy (and perhaps future) of the classic wrestling franchise. Oh and we talk smarks, too.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 22.4MB - Duration: 43:20 m (72 kbps 16000 Hz)
19-03-2017
We talk genre in Nier: Automata and the idea of constrained aesthetics. We also get a guest appearance from Ira Glass (NOTE: Not really Ira Glass).
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 13.28MB - Duration: 11:44 m (158 kbps 44100 Hz)
12-03-2017
We delve into what exactly appeals to me about Sunless Sea, a game I have played for hours and hours with no clear ultimate outcome.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 7.86MB - Duration: 8:35 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
08-03-2017
We discuss narrative, RPG history, irony, and how we tell stories in this, a double-sized No Cartridge Audio episode 6
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 26.62MB - Duration: 22:00 m (169 kbps 44100 Hz)
05-03-2017
We cover two twinned but importantly distinct video game homages to Twin Peaks in Alan Wake and Deadly Premonition in episode 5!
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 15.66MB - Duration: 13:21 m (164 kbps 44100 Hz)
05-03-2017
Patron only work...free for the launch! We talk Euro Truck Simulator and the nature of work versus play.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 13.1MB - Duration: 10:35 m (173 kbps 44100 Hz)
05-03-2017
We play Devil Daggers and ask if difficulty counts as an aesthetic condition for video games or whether we're still in the realm of personal artistic appreciation.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 14.58MB - Duration: 11:45 m (173 kbps 44100 Hz)
05-03-2017
We discuss music, structure, and the importance of their confluence in modern and classic video games in this second episode with Mega Man 2.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 14.23MB - Duration: 11:52 m (168 kbps 44100 Hz)