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Game Studies Study Buddies

Ranged Touch

Learn all about the academic field of game studies!

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  • August 3 · 2 hr 20 min

    96 – Barthes – Camera Lucida

    We talk about Barthes. Send stuff to the PO Box! Order CMRN’s book! Order here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • June 1 · 1 hr 57 min

    94 – Taylor – The Grounds of Gaming

    We talk about Nicholas Taylor’s 2024 book. Send stuff to the PO Box! Order CMRN’s book! Order here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • April 29 · 2 hr 52 min

    93 – Sutton-Smith – The Ambiguity of Play

    We talk about Brian Sutton-Smith’s 1997 book. We talk about the 2004 documentary War Game. Send stuff to the PO Box! Order CMRN’s book! Order here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • April 2 · 1 hr 26 min

    92 – War Game

    We talk about the 2004 documentary War Game. Send stuff to the PO Box! Order CMRN’s book! Order here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • March 2 · 1 hr 38 min

    91 – Game Studies vol. 1, issue 1

    We talk about the 2001 journal issue. Send stuff to the PO Box! Order CMRN’s book! Order here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • January 31 · 1 hr 3 min

    90 – Crawford – The Art of Computer Game Design

    We talk about the 1984 book The Art of Computer Game Design by Chris Crawford. Order CMRN’s book! Order here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • Dec 31, 2025 · 1 hr 53 min

    89 – Get Lamp

    We talk about the 2010 film Get Lamp. Order CMRN’s book! Order here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • Nov 30, 2025 · 2 hr 10 min

    88 – Bowling For Columbine

    We talk about the 2002 film Bowling For Columbine. Content warning for school shooting footage and gun violence and death footage in the film itself (and our discussion of it). Order CMRN’s book! Order here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • Nov 1, 2025 · 2 hr 58 min

    87 – Fisher – Capitalist Realism

    We talk about Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism. Preorder CMRN’s book! Preorder here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • Sep 30, 2025 · 1 hr 20 min

    86 – Jacob Geller

    Michael is out on family leave, so Jacob Geller comes in for an interview about making YouTube videos. Preorder CMRN’s book! Preorder here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • Aug 28, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

    85 – American Truck Simulator

    The Summer of Simulation ends with an American Truck Simulator episode. You can watch the video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/C1n8zfXSek0 Preorder CMRN’s book! Preorder here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • Jul 31, 2025 · 2 hr 33 min

    84 – Baudrillard – Simulacra and Simulation

    We talk about Jean Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation. You can find Historiographies of Game Studies here. Preorder CMRN’s book! Preorder here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • Jul 1, 2025 · 1 hr 49 min

    83 – Raser – Simulation and Society

    We talk about John R. Raser’s Simulation and Society. Preorder CMRN’s book! Preorder here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.d

  • May 31, 2025 · 2 hr 34 min

    82 – Gunkel – Gaming the System

    We talk about David J. Gunkel’s Gaming the System. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • May 1, 2025 · 1 hr 33 min

    81 – Jørgensen – Gameworld Interfaces

    We talk about Kristine Jørgensen’s Gameworld Interfaces. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • Mar 31, 2025 · 2 hr 3 min

    80 – Grand Theft Hamlet

    We talk about the film Grand Theft Hamlet. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

  • Feb 27, 2025 · 1 hr 44 min

    79 – Humphreys – Manifest Destiny 2.0

    We talk about Sara Humphreys’ Manifest Destiny 2.0: Genre Trouble in Game Worlds. 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.

  • Feb 1, 2025 · 2 hr 7 min

    78 – Dibbell – My Tiny Life

    We talk about Julian Dibbell’s My Tiny Life. 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.

  • Dec 31, 2024 · 2 hr 13 min

    77 – Flanagan and Jakobsson – Playing Oppression

    We talk about Mary Flanagan and Mikael Jakobsson’s Playing Oppression. You can read the book open access on The MIT Press website: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5547/Playing-OppressionThe-Legacy-of-Conquest-and 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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