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!
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 23 days 23 hours 14 minutes
Episode 26: Scott Benson Part 2, Scott Bensoner
Part two of Scott Benson's deep conversation with us on life, punk, and the nature of the road in Kentucky Route Zero.
Episode 25: Scott Benson Part 1 - Pessmism of the Spirit, Optimism of the Will
Scott Benson, one third of Infinite Fall, the studio that brought us Night in the Woods, returns to the podcast to talk about art, punk, video games, theory, and everything in-between in part 1 of this two part conversation.
Episode 24: Qara Koyunlu on Baseball, Games, and Knowledge
We welcome Kara (@QaraKoyunlu) to the podcast to talk about baseball simulations, sabermetrics,and the particular value judgements of late capitalist sports.
Episode 23: Matt Christman Takes on Gaming
Matt "Cushbomb" Christman comes on to meet me in the squared circle, where I will fight for the honor of gaming. Or, well, we'll chat animatedly anyway.
Episode 22: VR and Games Dev (with @fender_splendor)
We invite Paul (@fender_splendor) on the podcast to talk VR in terms of his own experience in development, its future, its aesthetics, and how we can understand it as a conceptual apparatus.
Episode 21: Hazel Monforton on Narrative and Games
We have Hazel Monforton (@hazelmonforton) on to talk about gaming and narrative, architecture, and the lovely What Remains of Edith Finch. By far our most academic conversation yet -- no don't leave, it's good!
Episode 20: Metal Gear Solid with Felix Biederman
Chapo Trap House's Felix Biederman joins us to talk about the aestheticization of war, the melancholy of the deep state, and the prescience of Hideo Kojima.
Episode 19: Conversations with Matt Brady
I talk with Matt Brady (@mattvbrady) about Fallout, gaming in your thirties, Australia, and why Skyrim's civil war was such a downer.
Episode 18: Rhythm Games with Roger Clark and Trent
We welcome Roger Clark (@rogerclark) and Trent (@goodboytrent) on the podcast to talk rhythm games, their seemingly timeless appeal, immersion, abstraction, and more!
Episode 17: RPGs and Sequels with LavosXII
Erica (@LavosXII) and I talk sequels, indirect concepts, RPG plots, and even a little schlocky action in this extra-long episode of No Cartridge Audio!