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Game Studies Study Buddies

Ranged Touch

85 episodes

2 weeks ago

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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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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Episodes (20/85)

Game Studies Study Buddies

81 – Jørgensen – Gameworld Interfaces

We talk about Kristine Jørgensen's Gameworld Interfaces.

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2 days ago

1 hour 33 minutes 57 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

80 – Grand Theft Hamlet

We talk about the film Grand Theft Hamlet.

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1 month ago

2 hours 3 minutes 46 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

79 – Humphreys – Manifest Destiny 2.0

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

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2 months ago

1 hour 46 minutes 27 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

78 – Dibbell – My Tiny Life

We talk about Julian Dibbell's My Tiny Life.

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3 months ago

2 hours 7 minutes 2 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

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

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4 months ago

2 hours 13 minutes 56 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

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 final check — Riven did eventually release for the Sega Saturn.

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5 months ago

1 hour 45 minutes 56 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

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 eventually release for the Sega Saturn.

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6 months ago

2 hours 30 minutes 56 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

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.

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7 months ago

1 hour 33 minutes 16 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

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.

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8 months ago

2 hours 22 minutes 9 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

72 – Myst: Masterpiece Edition

We talk about Cyan's Myst.

Note: Riven did eventually come out for the Sega Saturn.

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9 months ago

2 hours 8 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

71 – Pinchbeck – Doom: Scarydarkfast

We talk about Dan Pinchbeck's Doom: Scarydarkfast.

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10 months ago

1 hour 26 minutes 32 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

70 – De Koven – The Well-Played Game

We talk about Bernard De Koven's The Well-Played Game.

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11 months ago

Game Studies Study Buddies

69 – Hunter – Playing Real

We talk about Lindsay Brandon Hunter's Playing Real: Mimesis, Media, and Mischief.

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1 year ago

1 hour 58 minutes 40 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

68 – Švelch – Player vs Monster

We talk about Jaroslav Švelch’s Player vs Monster.

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1 year ago

1 hour 29 minutes 39 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

67 – Kelly González – Ready Player Juan

We talk about Carlos Gabriel Kelly González's Ready Player Juan.

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1 year ago

1 hour 50 minutes 40 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

66 – Cote – Gaming Sexism

We talk about Amanda Cote's Gaming Sexism.

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1 year ago

1 hour 52 minutes 29 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

65 – Ito – Engineering Play

We talk about Mizuko Ito's Engineering Play: A Cultural History of Children's Software.

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1 year ago

1 hour 46 minutes 9 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

64 – Nguyen – The Digital Is Kid Stuff

We talk about Josef Nguyen's 2021 book The Digital Is Kid Stuff: Making Creative Laborers for a Precarious Economy.

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1 year ago

1 hour 15 minutes 48 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

63 – Kinder – Playing With Power

We talk about Marsha Kinder's 1991 classic Playing With Power.

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1 year ago

1 hour 43 minutes

Game Studies Study Buddies

62 – Ryan – Narrative As Virtual Reality

We talk about Marie-Laure Ryan's 2001 book Narrative As Virtual Reality.

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Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.

1 year ago

1 hour 35 minutes 15 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

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.