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89 – Get Lamp
Dec 31, 2025 1h 53m

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...

88 – Bowling For Columbine
Nov 30, 2025 2h 10m

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! O...

87 – Fisher – Capitalist Realism
Nov 01, 2025 2h 58m

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 th...

86 – Jacob Geller
Sep 30, 2025 1h 20m

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 ...

85 – American Truck Simulator
Aug 28, 2025 1h 5m

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 wel...

84 – Baudrillard – Simulacra and Simulation
Jul 31, 2025 2h 33m

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 Patre...

83 – Raser – Simulation and Society
Jul 01, 2025 1h 49m

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 crea...

82 – Gunkel – Gaming the System
May 31, 2025 2h 34m

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.

81 – Jørgensen – Gameworld Interfaces
May 01, 2025 1h 33m

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.

80 – Grand Theft Hamlet
Mar 31, 2025 2h 3m

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.

79 – Humphreys – Manifest Destiny 2.0
Feb 27, 2025 1h 44m

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. ...

78 – Dibbell – My Tiny Life
Feb 01, 2025 2h 7m

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 Michae...

77 – Flanagan and Jakobsson – Playing Oppression
Dec 31, 2024 2h 13m

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-OppressionT...

76 – Trammell – Repairing Play
Dec 01, 2024 1h 45m

76 – Trammell – Repairing Play

We talk about Aaron Trammell’s Repairing Play. It is open access on The MIT Press’s website: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5530/Repairing-PlayA-Black-Phenomenology Note: Did one last fi...

75 – Jameson – Postmodernism
Oct 31, 2024 2h 30m

75 – Jameson – Postmodernism

We talk about Fredric Jameson’s “Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism” which was originally published in New Left Review in 1984. Note: Checked one more time — Riven did eventual...

74 – Guerra – Slantwise Moves
Sep 30, 2024 1h 33m

74 – Guerra – Slantwise Moves

We talk about Douglas Guerra’s Slantwise Moves: Games, Literature, and Social Invention in Nineteenth-Century America. Note: Checked again — Riven did eventually release for the Sega Saturn. Buy th...

73 – Wardrip-Fruin – How Pac-Man Eats
Aug 31, 2024 2h 22m

73 – Wardrip-Fruin – How Pac-Man Eats

We talk about Noah Wardrip-Fruin’s How Pac-Man Eats. Note: Still confirming that Riven eventually released for the Sega Saturn. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Books...

72 – Myst: Masterpiece Edition
Jul 30, 2024 2h 0m

72 – Myst: Masterpiece Edition

We talk about Cyan’s Myst. Note: Riven did eventually come out for the Sega Saturn. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter...

71 – Pinchbeck – Doom: Scarydarkfast
Jul 01, 2024 1h 26m

71 – Pinchbeck – Doom: Scarydarkfast

We talk about Dan Pinchbeck’s Doom: Scarydarkfast. 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 ...

70 – De Koven – The Well-Played Game
May 31, 2024

70 – De Koven – The Well-Played Game

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. Fol...