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90 – Crawford – The Art of Computer Game Design

2026/01/31

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.

89 – Get Lamp

2025/12/31

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.

88 – Bowling For Columbine

2025/11/30

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… Continue reading 88 – Bowling For Columbine

87 – Fisher – Capitalist Realism

2025/11/01

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.

86 – Jacob Geller

2025/09/30

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.

85 – American Truck Simulator

2025/08/28

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.

84 – Baudrillard – Simulacra and Simulation

2025/07/31

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.

83 – Raser – Simulation and Society

2025/07/01

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

82 – Gunkel – Gaming the System

2025/05/31

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

2025/05/01

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

2025/03/31

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

2025/02/27

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.

78 – Dibbell – My Tiny Life

2025/02/01

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.

77 – Flanagan and Jakobsson – Playing Oppression

2024/12/31

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… Continue reading 77 – Flanagan and Jakobsson – Playing Oppression

76 – Trammell – Repairing Play

2024/12/01

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 final check — Riven did eventually release for the Sega Saturn. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter.… Continue reading 76 – Trammell – Repairing Play

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4.9 out of 5

272 reviews

★★★★★

CoolBean1990 2025/11/02

Top tier theory pod

Hope y’all read the Parallax View soon! Thanks for keeping this going for so long.

★★★★★

meowth playing w a yarn ball 2025/11/02

good podcast

i listen to it and i Think. profound

★★★★★

FalconJustice 2025/09/17

Gradschool never seemed like a better bad idea

I know I shouldn’t go back and get a masters in Sociological Narratology. That said, these guys make the horrible agony of course work and the ever sh...

★★★★★

ejshcs 2025/04/18

the best!

inspired my college thesis!!

★★★★★

Dstuck88 2025/03/13

Hold on to Your Butts!

A rip roaring good time. Like hanging out with the buds at a poker night if they were all also reading the same book for grad school. You’ll never gue...

★★★★★

JESLA84 2025/03/07

I like Study Buddies

The only complaint is that when you read from a book or a text, you read it way too fast; the content is usually dense so I’d appreciate it if you’d s...

★★★★★

Eka-Frikay 2025/02/27

like grad school but fun

I don’t know why but I started listening to this while completing my masters degree in computer science. This podcast is way more fun than grad school

★★★★★

Criminal Crime Doer 2025/02/05

Erudite and Engaging

Just listened to the episode on My Tiny Life, it was great. Needs more dinosaur facts.

★★★★★

cgjdghuddhdtjxfjxfjjfdhb 2024/12/31

Five Stars is Simple Math

One star for Michael + One for CMRN + Three for Michael’s Printer = Five Star Podcast

★★★★★

Totter87 2024/12/01

A joyful and indispensable resource

Michael and Cameron are reading the massive tomes of game studies so you don’t have to. If I hear about a book that may help in my research, but am on...

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