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This is a podcast where your friends Cameron Kunzelman and Michael Lutz read books about games and discuss them chapter-by-chapter. We're exploring the big world of game studies, and we want you to come along!



You can find Cameron on Twitter @ckunzelman, and you can find Michael @warrenisdead.
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70 – De Koven – The Well-Played Game

70 – De Koven – The Well-Played Game

2024-05-3102:16:32

We talk about Bernard De Koven’s The Well-Played Game. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
69 – Hunter – Playing Real

69 – Hunter – Playing Real

2024-04-3001:58:40

We talk about Lindsay Brandon Hunter’s Playing Real: Mimesis, Media, and Mischief. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
68 – Švelch – Player vs Monster

68 – Švelch – Player vs Monster

2024-04-0101:29:39

We talk about Jaroslav Švelch’s Player vs Monster. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
67 – Kelly González – Ready Player Juan

67 – Kelly González – Ready Player Juan

2024-02-2801:50:40

We talk about Carlos Gabriel Kelly González’s Ready Player Juan. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
66 – Cote – Gaming Sexism

66 – Cote – Gaming Sexism

2024-01-3101:52:29

We talk about Amanda Cote’s Gaming Sexism. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
65 – Ito – Engineering Play

65 – Ito – Engineering Play

2023-12-3101:46:09

We talk about Mizuko Ito’s Engineering Play: A Cultural History of Children’s Software. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
64 – Nguyen – The Digital Is Kid Stuff

64 – Nguyen – The Digital Is Kid Stuff

2023-11-3001:15:48

We talk about Josef Nguyen’s 2021 book The Digital Is Kid Stuff: Making Creative Laborers for a Precarious Economy. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
63 – Kinder – Playing With Power

63 – Kinder – Playing With Power

2023-10-3101:43:001

We talk about Marsha Kinder’s 1991 classic Playing With Power. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
62 – Ryan – Narrative As Virtual Reality

62 – Ryan – Narrative As Virtual Reality

2023-09-3001:35:15

We talk about Marie-Laure Ryan’s 2001 book Narrative As Virtual Reality. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
61 – Hon – You’ve Been Played

61 – Hon – You’ve Been Played

2023-08-3102:26:17

We talk about Adrian Hon’s You’ve Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games To Control Us All. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
60 – Nguyen – Games: Agency As Art

60 – Nguyen – Games: Agency As Art

2023-07-3102:23:44

We talk about C. Thi Nguyen’s Games: Agency As Art Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
59 – Bódi – Videogames and Agency

59 – Bódi – Videogames and Agency

2023-06-3001:37:00

We talk about Bettina Bódi’s Videogames and Agency. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
58 – Indie Game: The Movie

58 – Indie Game: The Movie

2023-05-3101:38:383

We talk about 2012’s Indie Game: The Movie. Ryerson piece referenced: https://web.archive.org/web/20120718043913/http://midnightresistance.co.uk/articles/indie-game-movie-review Ryerson podcast referenced: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10a-white-collar-mario-from-the-future/id1475437756?i=1000524299956 Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
57 – The Last of Us Roundtable

57 – The Last of Us Roundtable

2023-04-2701:37:001

We’re joined by TreaAndrea Russworm, Jesse Ramirez, and Gerry Canavan to talk about The Last of Us game and television show. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for… Continue reading 57 – The Last of Us Roundtable
56 – Sudnow – Pilgrim in the Microworld

56 – Sudnow – Pilgrim in the Microworld

2023-03-3001:34:00

We discuss David Sudnow’s 1983 classic Pilgrim in the Microworld. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
55 – Isbister – How Games Move Us

55 – Isbister – How Games Move Us

2023-02-2801:44:03

We discuss Katherine Isbister’s How Games Move Us: Emotion By Design. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
54 – Rubin – Well Met

54 – Rubin – Well Met

2023-01-3103:22:32

We discuss Rachel Lee Rubin’s 2012 book Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
54 – Gee – What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

54 – Gee – What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

2022-12-3002:13:42

We discuss James Paul Gee’s 2003 book What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
53 – Mukherjee – Video Games and Storytelling

53 – Mukherjee – Video Games and Storytelling

2022-11-3001:45:03

We discuss Souvik Mukherjee’s 2015 book Video Games and Storytelling. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
52 – Woodcock – Marx at the Arcade

52 – Woodcock – Marx at the Arcade

2022-10-3101:23:44

We discuss 2019’s Marx at the Arcade by Jamie Woodcock. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.
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Shak Skb

This podcast is a gem, wish I could've found more podcasts like this.

Oct 25th
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sushi

As someone with ADHD, the idea of tying ADHD to Kids Dont Read Anymore Because Of Dang Games or whatever is hilarious because I used to be the kind of kid who would devour entire books with obsessive focus in half a day.

Oct 26th
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sushi

The comment about a hypothetical television show where you can zero in on the characters and plotlines you enjoy most reminds me of the way people now consume streamer and youtuber ecosystems, most notably things like Hololive and... that one minecraft youtube server that all the kids are into.

Oct 25th
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sushi

When I was a child, I spent a lot of time on flash game websites For Girls. They had a lot of games that were not strictly speaking Made For Girls, but they all had some sort of reason to be there that tied them to the overall themes of Games That Girls Are Assumed To Enjoy- I never saw any tower defense games in those sites, but I do recall a comedy cocktail-making sandbox type of game. I haven't thought about those games in a long time, but this discussion unearthed a lot of those memories of how I spent much of my childhood, and in pulling those experiences out and examining them, I'm realizing how parodically depressing some of them were. Some of my favorite games on those sites were the Shopaholic series, where you are given a certain amount of in-game money every real time day, and the game is just going around the various clothing shops and buying things. That's it, that's the game. You can use them to customize your avatar, but there's no real purpose to it other than its own s

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