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Game Studies Study Buddies

Ranged Touch

88 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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Game Studies Study Buddies

87 – Fisher – Capitalist Realism

We talk about Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism.

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2 weeks ago

2 hours 58 minutes 50 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

86 – Jacob Geller

Michael is out on family leave, so Jacob Geller comes in for an interview about making YouTube videos.

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1 month ago

1 hour 20 minutes 56 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

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

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2 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes 5 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

84 – Baudrillard – Simulacra and Simulation

We talk about Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation.

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3 months ago

2 hours 33 minutes 15 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

83 – Raser – Simulation and Society

We talk about John R. Raser's Simulation and Society.

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4 months ago

1 hour 49 minutes 57 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

82 – Gunkel – Gaming the System

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

We talk about Kristine Jørgensen’s Gameworld Interfaces.

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5 months ago

2 hours 34 minutes 47 seconds

Game Studies Study Buddies

81 – Jørgensen – Gameworld Interfaces

We talk about Kristine Jørgensen's Gameworld Interfaces.

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6 months 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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7 months 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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8 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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9 months ago

2 hours 7 minutes 2 seconds

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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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10 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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11 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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1 year 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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1 year 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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1 year ago

2 hours 22 minutes 9 seconds

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72 – Myst: Masterpiece Edition

We talk about Cyan's Myst.

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

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1 year 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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1 year 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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1 year 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

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.