cmrn knzlmn
@ckunzelman.bsky.social
Critic. Tabletop columnist at Endless Mode and Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Wrote THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO and ON ASSASSIN'S CREED. Working on a Magic: The Gathering book.
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cmrn knzlmn
@ckunzelman.bsky.social
· Jul 3
You can PREORDER my book about the Assassin's Creed franchise NOW! Please do that. I think it is both a fun and interesting dive into what Assassin's Creed is, how it develops its ideas, and what it says about the world we live in. TOC attached, preorder at the link! bookshop.org/p/books/ever...
annihilated from orbit, the only way to be sure
Gosh, if only someone had already covered how to use choices to build subtext is a characterful linear scene already, in a talk that takes less time to read than a medium post from a guy who seems to have only played one game and that’s cos he wrote it
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
annihilated from orbit, the only way to be sure
If you’ve got a weird TTRPG or board game or miniature game then I want to see it.
I will be at PAX Unplugged, but Danni will not be. I'll be doing mobile podcasting and checking out people's cool projects. If you have a cool project to show me (or just want to hang out), please let me know!
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If you’ve got a weird TTRPG or board game or miniature game then I want to see it.
ive just discovered that you can do manual injection molding by blasting resin through a mold using a pipette
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
ive just discovered that you can do manual injection molding by blasting resin through a mold using a pipette
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And if you’re like “I’m a game dev & I don’t see how a narrative person who is also a historian is helpful for me and my non-historical game”
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
Micro and Macro History
Hello! I’m Holly Nielsen, a historian, writer and narrative designer. I’m lucky enough to be working on Amberspire, and Nic has kindly offere...
lunardivision.net
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
And if you’re like “I’m a game dev & I don’t see how a narrative person who is also a historian is helpful for me and my non-historical game”
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
Then you can read my design diary about some of the work I’ve done for Amberspire (which has a fantasy sci-fi setting)
lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...
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We've added 100 new CDs to our collection of press CDs from GamePro magazine, with thousands of pieces of game art, screenshots, and more
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
The art of GamePro | VGHF Library Highlights
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We've added 100 new CDs to our collection of press CDs from GamePro magazine, with thousands of pieces of game art, screenshots, and more
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
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it was an absolute pleasure to interview the brilliant and thoughtful @vajra.me, whose writing frequently leaves me floored. the le guin prize is so well deserved
Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me)'s Rakesfall recently received the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In this new interview, Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asks him the author about genre boundaries, violence in fiction, and how Le Guin has inspired his writing:
A Conversation With Vajra Chandrasekera, Author of Rakesfall - Reactor
"I think writers, like all artists, have a responsibility to act as human cultural workers in an actual society"
reactormag.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
it was an absolute pleasure to interview the brilliant and thoughtful @vajra.me, whose writing frequently leaves me floored. the le guin prize is so well deserved
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We return to the question of BASEBALL this month for a rather light lift on JUST KING THINGS, as a fairly solid co-authored short story is, for some reason, touted as a standalone novella with A FACE IN THE CROWD, giving us opportunity to discuss King's "cash-in" era: rangedtouch.com/2025/11/10/a...
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We return to the question of BASEBALL this month for a rather light lift on JUST KING THINGS, as a fairly solid co-authored short story is, for some reason, touted as a standalone novella with A FACE IN THE CROWD, giving us opportunity to discuss King's "cash-in" era: rangedtouch.com/2025/11/10/a...
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If you still hunger for more JUST KING THINGS, our Patreon-exclusive BONUS EPISODE this month is a wide-ranging edition of the yearly Q&A special where Michael talks a great deal about Dean Koontz and CMRN shares a story about coyotes and brave wives: www.patreon.com/posts/just-k...
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If you still hunger for more JUST KING THINGS, our Patreon-exclusive BONUS EPISODE this month is a wide-ranging edition of the yearly Q&A special where Michael talks a great deal about Dean Koontz and CMRN shares a story about coyotes and brave wives: www.patreon.com/posts/just-k...
Sitting in a waiting room listening to two people in their 70s talking about how they used to have to buy chickens and kill them at home if they wanted meat. Just going forever on this. And then one of them said “life was simpler then.” It sounds like it wasn’t!
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sitting in a waiting room listening to two people in their 70s talking about how they used to have to buy chickens and kill them at home if they wanted meat. Just going forever on this. And then one of them said “life was simpler then.” It sounds like it wasn’t!
I will be at PAX Unplugged, but Danni will not be. I'll be doing mobile podcasting and checking out people's cool projects. If you have a cool project to show me (or just want to hang out), please let me know!
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I will be at PAX Unplugged, but Danni will not be. I'll be doing mobile podcasting and checking out people's cool projects. If you have a cool project to show me (or just want to hang out), please let me know!
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new horror story about men, women, animals and appetites
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
new horror story about men, women, animals and appetites
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
I think a really bad byproduct of social media is that it allows you to know who is a mark at an obliterating rate. Just a cavalcade of learning who can be sold to and how.
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think a really bad byproduct of social media is that it allows you to know who is a mark at an obliterating rate. Just a cavalcade of learning who can be sold to and how.
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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I don’t want to become the sort of person who reads all of Tolkien in 2026, but I will do it for Shelved by Genre
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I don’t want to become the sort of person who reads all of Tolkien in 2026, but I will do it for Shelved by Genre
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Let's make it official:
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
Shelved By Genre
These are books discussed on the podcast Shelved by Genre!
bookshop.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Let's make it official:
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
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and in case anyone thinks i'm just teeing up to be the ultimate hater with this, i'll have you know i've got my copy of the monsters and the critics at hand. i have a lot to say about what i think tolkien wanted his works to be versus what other people want them to be! 𝙄 𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙄𝙇𝙈𝘼𝙍𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙊𝙉
get in, loser. we're going to middle-earth
Let's make it official:
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
and in case anyone thinks i'm just teeing up to be the ultimate hater with this, i'll have you know i've got my copy of the monsters and the critics at hand. i have a lot to say about what i think tolkien wanted his works to be versus what other people want them to be! 𝙄 𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙄𝙇𝙈𝘼𝙍𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙊𝙉
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Little preview of the world you can explore in 'AUTOMATON HEART'
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Little preview of the world you can explore in 'AUTOMATON HEART'
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Are you a TTRPG self-publisher going to Pax Unplugged?
Meet other creators and have a common spot/time to say hi to friends at the Self Pub Meet Up hosted by TTRPGkids!
Let me know if you'll be there, and I'm looking forward to seeing folks at the con!
#PaxU #PaxUnplugged #selfpub #TTRPG
Meet other creators and have a common spot/time to say hi to friends at the Self Pub Meet Up hosted by TTRPGkids!
Let me know if you'll be there, and I'm looking forward to seeing folks at the con!
#PaxU #PaxUnplugged #selfpub #TTRPG
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Are you a TTRPG self-publisher going to Pax Unplugged?
Meet other creators and have a common spot/time to say hi to friends at the Self Pub Meet Up hosted by TTRPGkids!
Let me know if you'll be there, and I'm looking forward to seeing folks at the con!
#PaxU #PaxUnplugged #selfpub #TTRPG
Meet other creators and have a common spot/time to say hi to friends at the Self Pub Meet Up hosted by TTRPGkids!
Let me know if you'll be there, and I'm looking forward to seeing folks at the con!
#PaxU #PaxUnplugged #selfpub #TTRPG
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Our Moore unit continues with another huge episode on From Hell, which I think really deserves the deep and complex discussion we gave it.
Also, we announce what we'll be covering ALL of next year!
Also, we announce what we'll be covering ALL of next year!
SHELVED BY GENRE completes Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's FROM HELL, learning a great deal of things in another barn-burner 4-hour episode! Plus, if you pay close attention, you'll catch the official announcement of our NEXT UNIT. Listen in: rangedtouch.com/2025/11/07/f...
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Our Moore unit continues with another huge episode on From Hell, which I think really deserves the deep and complex discussion we gave it.
Also, we announce what we'll be covering ALL of next year!
Also, we announce what we'll be covering ALL of next year!
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Listen to this episode to learn what reading Charles Fort books at age 11 does to a child (makes them grow up to host podcasts)
SHELVED BY GENRE completes Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's FROM HELL, learning a great deal of things in another barn-burner 4-hour episode! Plus, if you pay close attention, you'll catch the official announcement of our NEXT UNIT. Listen in: rangedtouch.com/2025/11/07/f...
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Listen to this episode to learn what reading Charles Fort books at age 11 does to a child (makes them grow up to host podcasts)
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One of the most political and contested works going right now. A year of us engaging with this complex, weird series of books and figuring out what it’s all about. Subscribe now to Shelved By Genre to come along!
Let's make it official:
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
Shelved By Genre
These are books discussed on the podcast Shelved by Genre!
bookshop.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One of the most political and contested works going right now. A year of us engaging with this complex, weird series of books and figuring out what it’s all about. Subscribe now to Shelved By Genre to come along!
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Super excited that we're hiring a senior writer to join @wired.com's culture team! If you're obsessed with internet culture and like our vibe, apply! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
Senior Writer, Culture
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Super excited that we're hiring a senior writer to join @wired.com's culture team! If you're obsessed with internet culture and like our vibe, apply! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
this mf mad we’re talking about the wrong type of weird old englishman
Suggestion from a humble listener who physically cannot read books with elves in them due to being a grown-up: there's still time to switch to spending a year on the equally popular and impactful Dan Kearney and Associates novels by Joe Gores! Something to consider!
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
this mf mad we’re talking about the wrong type of weird old englishman
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Year of the Ring, babyyyyy
time to talk about these books that have deeply shaped all of fantasy fiction, and which a bunch of reactionary techboys actively and eagerly misunderstand
time to talk about these books that have deeply shaped all of fantasy fiction, and which a bunch of reactionary techboys actively and eagerly misunderstand
Let's make it official:
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
Shelved By Genre
These are books discussed on the podcast Shelved by Genre!
bookshop.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Year of the Ring, babyyyyy
time to talk about these books that have deeply shaped all of fantasy fiction, and which a bunch of reactionary techboys actively and eagerly misunderstand
time to talk about these books that have deeply shaped all of fantasy fiction, and which a bunch of reactionary techboys actively and eagerly misunderstand