Ranged Touch

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A Canticle for Leibowitz – Part 3
Yesterday at 9:00 AM

We talk about the third part of Walter M. Miller Jr.’s A Canticle for Leibowitz. Content warnings for: racism, antisemitism, ableism, misogyny, child injury and death, suicide and euthanasia On the next episode, we’re discussing the first eight chapters of Philip K. Dick’s Dr. Bloodmoney. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the… Continue reading A Canticle for Leibowitz – Part 3


82 – Gunkel – Gaming the System
05/31/2025

We talk about David J. Gunkel’s Gaming the System.

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A Canticle for Leibowitz – Part 2
05/23/2025

We talk about the second part of Walter M. Miller Jr.’s A Canticle for Leibowitz. Content warnings for: racism, antisemitism, suicide On the next episode, we’re discussing Part 3 of A Canticle for Leibowitz. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael… Continue reading A Canticle for Leibowitz – Part 2


Duma Key
05/12/2025

We talk about the 2008 novel Duma Key. A Florida classic!

Content warnings for this episode include: misogyny, racism, child death.

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A Canticle for Leibowitz – Part 1
05/09/2025

We talk about the first part of Walter M. Miller Jr.’s A Canticle for Leibowitz. Content warnings for: ableism and cannibalism On the next episode, we’re discussing Part 2 of A Canticle for Leibowitz. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael… Continue reading A Canticle for Leibowitz – Part 1


81 – Jørgensen – Gameworld Interfaces
05/01/2025

We talk about Kristine Jørgensen’s Gameworld Interfaces.

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Virtual Obsession
04/25/2025

We talk about the classic cyberpunk film that Mick Garris made in 1998.

Content warnings for: stalking, misogyny, medical and body horror, ableism.

On the next episode, we’re discussing Part 1 of A Canticle for Liebowitz.

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The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker.

The show is produced by Jordan Mallory (https://linktr.ee/jordanmallory)

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Blaze
04/14/2025

We talk about the 2007 Richard Bachman novel Blaze.

Content warnings for this episode include: ableism, child abuse, racism.

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Mona Lisa Overdrive – Part 2
04/11/2025

We finish Mona Lisa Overdrive and the Sprawl Trilogy!

Content warnings for: misogyny, abuse, racism.

On the next episode, we’re discussing the film Virtual Obsession.

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The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker.

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80 – Grand Theft Hamlet
03/31/2025

We talk about the film Grand Theft Hamlet.

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Mona Lisa Overdrive – Part 1
03/28/2025

We read the first 17 chapters of Mona Lisa Overdrive.

Content warnings for: misogyny, domestic abuse, racism, cannibalism.

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The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker.

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The show theme song is composed and performed by Cinder Well (https://cinderwellmusic.com/)

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Count Zero – Part 2
03/14/2025

We finish Count Zero!

CWs for: medical horror, misogyny, racism.

For the next show, we are reading the first 17 chapters of Mona Lisa Overdrive.

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The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker.

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Lisey’s Story
03/10/2025

We talk about the 2006 novel Lisey’s Story.

Content warnings for this episode include: misogyny, ableism, alcoholism, self-harm and mutilation, severe child abuse and death, stalking, sexual assault and violence.

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Count Zero – Part 1
02/28/2025

We read the first sixteen chapters of Count Zero.

CWs for:

For the next show, we are finishing Count Zero.

CWs for: medical horror, misogyny, racism.

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79 – Humphreys – Manifest Destiny 2.0
02/27/2025

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

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Neuromancer – Part 2
02/14/2025

We finish William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer.

CWs for: racism, ableism, cannibalism, medical horror, incest, sexual assault.

For the next show, we are reading the first 16 chapters of Count Zero.

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Cell
02/10/2025

We talk about the cellular-phone oriented novel from 2006, Cell.

Content warnings for this episode include: ableism, child death, extreme burns, suicide, eye injury and head trauma.

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78 – Dibbell – My Tiny Life
02/01/2025

We talk about Julian Dibbell’s My Tiny Life.

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Neuromancer – Part 1
01/31/2025

We read the first ten chapters of William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer.

CWs for: racism, body horror.

For the next show, we are reading the rest of Neuromancer.

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Burning Chrome – Part 2
01/17/2025

We read the rest of the stories of William Gibson’s Burning Chrome.

CWs for: misogyny, rape, ableism.

For the next show, we are reading the first ten chapters of Neuromancer.

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Th...


The Colorado Kid
01/13/2025

We talk about 2005’s crime novel The Colorado Kid.

Content warnings for this episode include: murder.

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Burning Chrome – Part 1
01/03/2025

We read the first six stories of William Gibson’s Burning Chrome.

CWs for: sexual assault, racism, addiction, animal abuse, suicide.

For the next show, we are finishing Burning Chrome.

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77 – Flanagan and Jakobsson – Playing Oppression
12/31/2024

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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Love in Paradise
12/20/2024

We watch the Hallmark film Love in Paradise.

For the next episode, we are reading the first five stories of William Gibson’s Burning Chrome.

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Faithful
12/09/2024

We talk about the 2004 nonfiction book about baseball, Faithful.

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Magic’s Price – Part 2
12/06/2024

We finish Magic’s Price.

CWs for: extreme sexual assault, homophobia, animal abuse.

For the next show, we are watching Love in Paradise.

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76 – Trammell – Repairing Play
12/01/2024

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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Magic’s Price – Part 1
11/22/2024

We read the first eight chapters of Magic’s Price.

CWs for: homophobia.

For the next show, we are reading the rest of Magic’s Price.

CMRN might be misremembering the plot of “Dethcarraldo” as something that actually happened.

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The Dark Tower
11/11/2024

We talk about the 2004 novel The Dark Tower.

Content warnings for this episode include: animal endangerment and death, child death, automobile accidents and injury, mind control, mutilation, eye trauma, sexual assault, ableism, racism.

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Magic’s Promise – Part 2
11/08/2024

We finish Magic’s Promise.

CWs for: child and domestic abuse, incest, misogyny, homophobia.

For the next show, we are reading the first eight chapters of Magic’s Price.

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75 – Jameson – Postmodernism
10/31/2024

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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Magic’s Promise – Part 1
10/25/2024

We read the first seven chapters of Magic’s Promise, the second book in the Last Herald-Mage Trilogy.

CWs for: Homophobia, incest, child abuse and domestic violence.

For the next show, we are finishing Magic’s Promise.

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Song of Susannah
10/14/2024

We talk about the 2004 novel Song of Susannah.

Content warnings for this episode include: racism, terrorism, alcoholism, rape.

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Magic’s Pawn – Part 2
10/11/2024

We finish Magic’s Pawn, the first book in the Last Herald-Mage Trilogy.

CWs for: manipulation and abuse, suicide and self-harm, homophobia, sexual assault and rape.

For the next show, we are reading the first seven chapters of Magic’s Promise.

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74 – Guerra – Slantwise Moves
09/30/2024

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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Magic’s Pawn – Part 1
09/27/2024

We read the first seven chapters of Magic’s Pawn, the first book in the Last Herald-Mage Trilogy.

CWs for: homophobia, domestic abuse, csa.

For the next show, we are reading through the end of Magic’s Pawn.

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Final Days of Planet Earth (2006)
09/13/2024

We talk about Final Days of Planet Earth.

We had some audio issues on this one. Please forgive us.

CWs for: misogyny, body horror.

For the next show, we are reading the first seven chapters of Mercedes Lackey’s Magic’s Pawn.

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Wolves of the Calla
09/09/2024

We talk about the 2003 novel Wolves of the Calla.

Content warnings for this episode include: ableism, racism, mutilation, hate crimes.

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73 – Wardrip-Fruin – How Pac-Man Eats
08/31/2024

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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Episode 98 – Baldur’s Gate 3 – Part 18
08/31/2024

We finish the game.