Ranged Touch

We talk about Chapters XX – Appendix of The Claw of the Conciliator, the second book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: physical abuse, misogyny, sexual assault and rape, racism, suicide. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron… Continue reading The Claw of the Conciliator –...

We talk about Adrian Hon’s You’ve Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games To Control Us All. 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.

Dr Talos’ Play: Eschatology and Genesis is the chapter XXIV of The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe, part of The Book of the New Sun. Adapted for audio, directed, produced, and edited by Grant www.cohost.org/My-Name-is-Grant The Giant Nod and A Statue were played by Ansel Burch www.indecisionist.com Meschia The First Man, A Prophet, and The… Continue reading Dr. Talos’s Play...

We talk about Chapters X – XIX of The Claw of the Conciliator, the second book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: cannibalism, transphobia and homophobia, suicide, pedophilia, imprisonment and torture, misogyny. Next episode we read through the end of The Claw of the Conciliator. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support… Continue reading The...

We talk about the 1996 serial novel The Green Mile. Content warnings for this episode include racism, ableism, torture and electrocution, rape and murder, animal cruelty and death. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our… Continue reading The Green Mile

We talk about Chapters I – IX of The Claw of the Conciliator, the second book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: torture and mutilation, rape, racism, misogyny, incest. Next episode we read X – XIX of The Claw of the Conciliator. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show… Continue reading The Claw of the Conciliator – Part 1

We talk about C. Thi Nguyen’s Games: Agency As Art 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.

We talk about Chapters XXX – Appendix of The Shadow of the Torturer, the first book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: misogyny, sex, fatphobia, incest, violence, ableism, beheading. Next episode we read I – IX of The Claw of the Conciliator. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and… Continue reading The Shadow of the Torturer &#...

We talk about the 1995 novel Rose Madder. Content warnings for this episode include misogyny, racism, homophobia, antisemitism, domestic violence and sexual assault, miscarriage, childhood sexual abuse, urination, cannibalism, mutilation, and severe jaw-related injuries. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop...

We talk about Chapters XIX – XXIX of The Shadow of the Torturer, the first book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: drugs, misogyny, incest, violence, ableism, homophobia. Next episode we read XXX through the Appendix of The Shadow of the Torturer. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the… Continue reading The Shadow of the Torturer – Part...

We talk about Bettina Bódi’s Videogames and Agency. 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.

We talk about Chapters VII – XVIII of The Shadow of the Torturer, the first book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: misogyny, sexual violence, eugenics, psychological manipulation and mind control, suicide. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The… Continue reading The Shadow of the Torturer – P...

We talk about the 1994 novel Insomnia. Content warnings for this episode include misogyny, domestic violence, terrorism, fatphobia,homophobia, ableism, ageism, dismemberment, medical horror, torture and flaying. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel.… Cont...

We talk about Chapters I-VI of The Shadow of the Torturer, the first book of The Book of the New Sun. Content warnings for this episode include: torture, animal cruelty, misogyny, medical horror including de-gloving, bestiality, and general physical violence. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed.… Continue reading The Shadow of the Tortu...

We talk about 2012’s Indie Game: The Movie. Ryerson piece referenced: https://web.archive.org/web/20120718043913/http://midnightresistance.co.uk/articles/indie-game-movie-review Ryerson podcast referenced: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10a-white-collar-mario-from-the-future/id1475437756?i=1000524299956 Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page!...

We talk about 1993’s short story collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes. Content warnings for this episode include alcoholism and substance abuse, child death, childhood sexual abuse, abduction and sex trafficking, mutilation and wounding, racism, mind control, ingestion of sexual fluids, sexual assault, homophobia, dismemberment and brain injury, suicide. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support...

We’re joined by TreaAndrea Russworm, Jesse Ramirez, and Gerry Canavan to talk about The Last of Us game and television show. 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… Continue reading 57 – The Last of Us Roundtable

We talk about 1992’s Dolores Claiborne. Content warnings for this episode include childhood sexual abuse, incest, misogyny, domestic violence, alcoholism, broken bones and bludgeoning. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel. Geneva “Gensuta”… Continue readi...

We discuss David Sudnow’s 1983 classic Pilgrim in the Microworld. 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.

We talk about 1992’s Gerald’s Game. Content warnings for this episode include discussion of sex acts and sexual fetishism, childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault and rape, grooming and molestation, gaslighting, misogyny, necrophilia, cannibalism, discussions of blood, gore, and de-gloving (skin removal), racism, ableism. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some&...

We discuss Katherine Isbister’s How Games Move Us: Emotion By Design. 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.

We talk about 1991’s Needful Things, the last Castle Rock novel (for now). Content warnings for this episode include suicide, child and animal death, addiction and substance abuse, ableism, fatphobia, misogyny, bestiality, pedophilia, homophobia. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org… Continu...

We read the Homestuck Epilogues. CW: sex and sexual violence, rape and sexual coercion,  drugging, suicide, grooming, transphobia, homophobia, manipulation and mind control, racism, misogyny, concentration camps, the Holocaust. Fan Art Tumblr: https://homestuckmadethisfanart.tumblr.com Homestuck Tumblr Explorer: https://counterturns.pythonanywhere.com/hstumblr This show is listener supported, and...

We discuss Rachel Lee Rubin’s 2012 book Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture. 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.

We finish Homestuck. This episode is about Homestuck pages 7960 – the end. CW: stalking and harassment. Fan Art Tumblr: https://homestuckmadethisfanart.tumblr.com Homestuck Tumblr Explorer: https://counterturns.pythonanywhere.com/hstumblr This show is listener supported, and you can help out by going to patreon.com/rangedtouch The theme for this show is by Lynn July [https://tinytachyon.band...